Watching From Outside the United States

Many of us here do not live in America.  We watch events with various impressions of dread and mirth.

Speaking for myself, I thought Trump was a clown.  We have comedians here, such as IT & Fancy Cat who do this kind of political satire.  We often have shows where these comedians pretend to be politicians and repeat things that were said in Parliament.

When it became clear that Trump was really a candidate I was sure he had to lose.

This man, Donald Trump is a disgrace.  He can not speak intelligently, acts as if he’s drunk/doped up/mentally deficient /all three.   He’s an embarrassment.  He wouldn’t be allowed at my dinner table.

Yes, I know Americans are racist.   I know they hate the fact that a Black Man was in the White House, and instead of being able to say it, they go around in twelve circles to make it seem that Obama is/was incompetent or ignorant or incapable, which is why they object.

Not his skin colour.

But it is and was always the colour of his skin.

To vote for the whitest most racist candidate was obviously the American way.  And Trump was that white racist.

Those who know how ‘politically correct’ Americans speak understood instantly that when he said; “Make America Great Again,”  he meant “Make America White Again.”

He went after the soft target, Muslims and Mexicans in an obvious manner.   Not so obvious has been his deportations of Africans and those from the Caribbean who are Black.

Despite the fact there are 50,000 unregistered illegal Irish immigrants in America, no one is going after them.  This is because they are White.

By directing eyes to Muslims and Mexicans, what is happening in the Black communities in America is ignored. Funny that over 200 people have been murdered by the police since January 2017 and there isn’t any publicity. We haven’t heard a peep from Blacks in America.

We know Trump lies.  He has been caught in so many, even before the election.  But Americans are kind of stupid.

It reminds me of a situation that happened at the P.T.A.

Barbara’s mother was supposed to bake two cakes for the function.   She brought one saying that the other hadn’t come out well.

Everyone believed her.

Later, Leni’s mother mentioned that Barbara’s mother had bought the one cake from the bakery.

So here comes the split;   Do you believe Barbara’s mother that she baked two cakes and only one came out well, or do we believe Leni’s mother who said that the one cake was purchased from the bakery?

Americans are in that position.

Do they believe what Trump tells them and take every thing else as ‘Fake News?”   Do they shut their mouths because they don’t know for a fact?  Do they listen to Leni’s Mother and check the bakery?

The easiest thing is to ‘reboot’.   That is go back to where their brain was before Leni’s mother spoke.

How many times they can do that depends on how stupid they are.