Lisnaholic

^ That article is a pretty good antidote to some of the exaggerated outrage going on. I'm going to try and take its advice to heart...


^ That never ocurred to me, but it would certainly benefit us all I suspect!

I guess the key is to sort out the media sensationalism from the actual economic/social/diplomatic damage that Trump is inflicting on America. As far as I can judge, there's enough of that to cause genuine concern.

Years ago, as a teenager in England, I was oblivious to what was going on in politics, happy to think that none of it affected me, "and it's true sometimes you can see things that way." As I got older, though, the big picture became more intrusive; your friend's father who loses his job, prices go up, a relative can't afford health cover, other people are mis-spending your hard-earned your tax dollars and environmental damage escalates. That's when you start to realise that politicians are screwing ordinary people at every turn. That's when I decided that if nothing else, I should at least keep an eye on how I was being screwed.

Bottom line: I believe Trump is doing serious damage to the USA, which has a knock-on affect in other parts of the world, and he deserves to be called out on it.

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