When Greta Thunberg came to the United Nations she sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. Prior to that trans-Atlantic trip she had been on a sail boat only one time before. When out in the middle of the ocean you are completely at the mercy of nature. You have to act accordingly. It puts life into a different perspective. You have to completely trust the scientific data and the weather models. You don’t take any unnecessary risks. You don’t act irresponsibly. If you were cold you would not light a fire on the deck. We are a civilization in the middle of the ocean and we are right now setting fire to the boat. We have nowhere left to turn to.
This seems a very accurate view of how the present administration is burning the boat and seeking to profit as it sinks. Trump has failed the country at very turn. His constant gas lighting is infuriating. Things didn’t need to get this bad. He is still dismissing this virus as “the sniffles.” He wants to open schools with no plan for safety. He destroys all he touches, and he wants to take you down with him. While his campaign flounders, he is also diverting millions of dollars from donors into personal profit. He continues to rake in millions from his campaign, millions from the Republican National Convention, and millions from committees. What does he have to loose? The Senate has given him a license to steal. Since becoming president he has done everything in his power to hide his tax returns. The Supreme Court on Friday July 17, 2020 granted a Manhattan district attorney’s request to reject President Trump‘s claims of absolute immunity from a subpoena for eight years of tax returns. Those finding however will not become public until after the election in November.
For the next four months Trump will continue to divide the country and let it burn. He is a desperate man at a desperate time. He is capable of anything. After deploying unidentified troops to Portland he now plans to also send troops to Chicago with the excise of protecting statues. The Portland Mayor, Ted Wheeler, was tear gasses along with protestors in an unprovoked attack by Federal officers. Trump has warned he may order troops into other states and cities he deems insufficiently policed, even if governors and mayors in those places don’t ask for help. Trump’s campaign has turned to themes of violence and chaos as it seeks to falsely paint his Democratic rival Joe Biden as anti-police.
Meanwhile Trump waxed poetic about how good he did at a cognitive test intended to check for dementia. This is the man who plans to restore public safety for fear of protest, while thousands die every day from COVID-19. It is a strange distraction tactic. The United States COVID-19 cases have doubled in just the last 6 weeks to over 4 million. Deaths and hospitalizations continue to rise sharply in many states. Florida is poised to become the next epicenter for the virus. The U.S. death toll now exceeds 141,000. The country is engulfed in flames.