The President Who Came In From The Cold!

The news just keeps getting better and better. Not only is it becoming evident that the Russkies hacked the Democratic National Committee and funneled the results of those hacks through the wild west worldwide web outlet of Wikileaks, it seems the incoming President doesn't even believe that happened. (My new measure of how true something is might well be to what extent does Trump disbelieve it. Not perfect, but looking to be often reliable.) When it comes to the former Soviet Union, our incoming leader is just okay with whatever they do, or so it appears.

As I write this we have Trump himself, who trades compliments with the savage Putin, and we have countless new American oligarchs getting posts inside the administration. What's most ironic is that  as is often the case with these "heroes of the workers" it's the workers who suffer the most. (What's with all the hating on unions for instance...sheesh.) As the United States mumbles along in the coming year anticipate amazing tax cuts for the "haves" and not inconsequential tax increases for the "have-nots" and soon to "have-even-less". They won't have to worry about buying health insurance because apparently the plan to repeal and replace has been cut in half and only the first half of the long-bragged-about mythic plan is now operative. So it's back to going to the Emergency room for basic health care at ten times the price, a price we will all eat in our steadily increasing premiums. (I bet they sill blame Obama for it though...just saying.) I'm just waiting for word that medicare is going to go private and that medicaid is going away entirely.

The folks who happily voted for the great and powerful Trump are about to have an exceedingly rude awakening as the Tweeter-In-Chief spends his time watching "the shows" and ignoring the problems of the world. Ensconced in the phallic celebration named Trump Tower he will hover above the fray free of the nagging problem of facts and details.

I suspect folks will want a change in four months, but we're stuck with this mope for four years. Democrats need to get busy. If they can't win after four years of unplugged Republicanism then we are well and truly screwed.

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