I came across this post on Facebook this morning. It struck a nerve and I believe it deserves wider circulation. I contacted the original author, who it turns out is a priest, and have received his permission to republish to Daily Kos.
I am mourning for America
By: Hans-Jørgen Svartvasmo
I feel sorry for all of the trumpers. They have open eyed entrusted their lives into the hands of a pathologically lying sociopath, who by his narcissistic and totally irresponsible response to the corona pandemic, has led the nation into the worst crisis in modern times.
He knew. He was informed. He had every opportunity to handle this situation in a professional way months ago, but - as always - the only guide he trusted, was not science, not experts, but solely his own “inner life”.
“I think”. “I mean”. “I feel”.
“Screw science - I am the donald. I am larger than you. Larger than them. Larger than science. Larger than life.”
The donald trump cult is like a religious cult from our worst nightmares.
The trumpers have put a Jim Jones in the White House - except for the significant difference that Jim Jones committed suicide together with his cult members, while donald just watches his cult members die from a safe distance 😢
He had the momentum: he could have beaten China by a million miles. It was a no brainer. But, of course, it still takes a brain. So he blew it, and people are dying in thousands.
“He is so incredibly great”......that he has to receive emergency aid from Russia.
In the end, he is exposed, and so is the result of his politics: donald first - America last.
So - I feel even more sorry for the non trump’ers. For all who have been warning for- and fighting against this incredibly little man with his incredibly big, fermented ego.
They didn’t have a chance to fight the plague, when it was exclusively invited by the White House 😢
(Btw: The US have lost a total of 83 thousand soldiers in the wars in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. So no matter how large the numbers will be, what took Kim Il Sung, Ho Chi Mihn, Al Qaida ond Isis decades, takes donald just weeks. Oh, the irony.)
Lord, have mercy. 🙏