I've withheld comment here, but my occasional radio criticisms and those of others who are horrified by our 45th President seem to have little effect on Donald Trump supporters. Beyond the outrageous tweets that even confound many of his own backers, alternate facts, "swamp" cabinet appointments, executive orders, uneasiness overseas, juvenile predecessor trashing, cruel budget cuts and now disastrous "health care" proposals, 36% give him a pass. Just last week, someone who just heard me engage a Trump supporter on the radio couldn't figure out why I was worried about Trump and right-wing radio conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones. After all, a bunch of other people he knew weren't concerned and Hillary was the devil herself. It's all a joke, right?
Wrong. I don't go around bringing up politics in casual conversations these days knowing that changing minds can be a fool's errand. I do talk about the need for respect and facts when polarizing issues do present themselves, and I am not ashamed to say I'm concerned about the turn of events from bad to worse. Our 45th President is in way over his head, most notably with a lack of understanding of what our democratic republic is all about. I can still laugh at aspects of his personality, but his agenda and that of his enablers is no joke. We can't just ignore someone who gets talking points from Alex Jones, a man who said 9/11 and Sandy Hook were inside jobs. That is vile.
