President Donald Trump’s continued war on objective facts and on democratic institutions is a continuation of a war on people and life by life-alienated and human-hostile narratives.
Tweets are particularly amenable to being fashioned as weapons against people by their brevity, which can lend itself to emotionally driven outbursts based on transient fact-alienated realities. Trump is a master of this medium. But, I have to ask, why?
If Trump wants to be a great and outstanding figure in history, he has a real possibility to aim for that. As, perhaps the most powerful man in the world, why not choose being a champion of saving the planet, doing good and working with the massive knowledge-base of science and technology for the raising of all?
Separating children from their parents and forcing them into cages and chaotic conditions is plain wrong. Blaming former president Barack Obama, the laws, the parents for fleeing harsh and life-threatening situations, or anybody else when you are the most powerful person in the world is unnecessary.
Mr. President, elected officials, appointed officials: I encourage you to be great men and women and not give in to the fact-alienated narratives that make you just one more oppressive bully. Bullying and aggression toward others based on spontaneous or long-standing vilification and justification narratives may feel good in the moment.
On the other hand, doing the right thing, accepting responsibility and acting on that would make you real and courageous leaders and would bring a deeper sense of satisfaction. It would elevate your standing in the world.
Keep children with their parents. This cruelty will last these children a lifetime.
Stop attacking others with fictional realities. Instead, use the incredible resources at your disposal to lift up the world and all its people. I believe you can do this. Why do you deprive yourself of this opportunity?
Take the first steps by reuniting these children with and stop separating them from their parents. Be truly great. Show real leadership. Please do it now.
Ed Olmstead
Florence