Yesterday’s events at the White House were pretty… wow. And not a good kind of wow, either. I don’t know whether to cry for my country’s even more uncertain future, shake my fist at the man who’s pulling all his might to lead us there, or to be physically and violently sick.
Watching the aftermath on the evening national news, I could feel some part of myself go numb. And I think – no, I’m pretty confident I’m not the only one who feels that way too. What we have witnessed is nothing short of cowardice, distain, and general apathy toward one’s own government. Taking another world leader’s words – one who has been known to use drastic measures to get his own way more times than not – over our own country’s leading investigators and their mountainous load of evidence is beyond frightening. It’s essentially the equivalent of wrapping up the States in a pretty Russian-inspired ribbon and handing the reigns over to a malevolent demon who dares call himself a man. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if Putin started sending troops over here to begin his territorial reign over us, like some sort of dictator over a newly-acquired colony.
The point to being a leader is to lead your own people toward a future that will continue to thrive long after you’re gone. Being a good leader is someone who puts their people’s needs above their own. Mr. Trump has done neither. Look up any trustworthy news source, and you will find a long list of the things he has either repealed already or is already in the process. He has begun the repeal of a rule that would weaken emission standards, reversed a rule banning hunting bears and wolves, ended a rule banning dumping waste from mining into streams, chosen a Chief Justice who wants to end the Roe v. Wade decision, chosen a woman with no education background whatsoever to the head of the Department of Education, who believes that only those who can afford to go to college without student loans should, and also has a goal of ultimately ending the entire department all together. The list truly goes on.
This is not the America I grew up on. This is not the home I came to love. This is not the government I learned about in school. Something needs to be done, and it needs to be done now more than ever. The clock is ticking down to the last minute on this man.
We are watching, Mr. Trump. Believe you me, we are most certainly watching. And the moment we find out chance, the people of the United States of America will take back what is rightfully ours.
And we will do it without your help.
L.J. LaBree 