Appreciating Trump

We owe President Donald Trump a debt of gratitude.

He pardoned 1500 criminals involved in the 1/6/21 insurrection, including many who pled guilty to assaulting police officers that day, and commuted the sentence of 15 others. Then he fired prosecutors assigned to the case and demanded the names of the prosecutors involved in the probe. And why not? They were "hostages," he unbelievably claimed.

This is on top of 

the attempted elimination of birthright citizenship to the freezing of federal grants and funds – and the accessing of sensitive computer systems and data by unofficial entities.

Trump’s wrecking ball approach since his 20 January inauguration continued this week with deeper infiltration by Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) into federal institutions – and the latest firings of vast numbers of employees.

On Sunday, Bloomberg reported a wave of new dismissals at health department agencies including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Other agencies where the workforce has, or will be, slashed include the homeland security department, the Food and Drug Administration, US Forest Service and National Park Service, the US Agency for International Development (USAid), and the Department of Education.

Critics believe that a hollowing out of many essential taxpayer-funded services, especially in healthcare, support for veterans, and military and defense expenditure, will come with a lucrative corresponding financial windfall for private companies, including those owned by Musk. 

And now 

Echoing France's Napoleon Bonaparte, U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday took to social media to signal continued resistance to limits on his executive authority in the face of multiple legal challenges.

"He who saves his Country does not violate any Law," Trump, a Republican, proclaimed on his Truth Social network. The White House did not respond to a request for more details.

The phrase, attributed to the French military leader who created the Napoleonic Code of civil law in 1804 before declaring himself emperor, drew immediate criticism from Democrats. 

However, comparing the President merely to Bonaparte risks missing minimizing a portion of the identity he is crafting for himself. For it was on Holy Monday, in the midst of civil trial for steering hush money payments to Stormy Daniels that Trump that Trump on Truth Social tweeted

Received this morning- Beautiful, thank you! 'It's ironic that Christ walked through His greatest persecution the very week they are trying to steal your property from you. But have you seen this verse....?'"

Of course, the tweeter did not mean "ironic" but rather "fitting" because he was comparing the defendant to Jesus Christ, an identity his subject already had chosen for himself.  

Trump, who apparently identifies as a great conqueror blessed with God's approval, borrowed the tweet from Napoleon (and others). It was first posted on Truth Social, then X, afterward pinned to the top of Truth Social, then finally posted on the White House's X account. Consequently, we should be grateful to Donald Trump. He has made clear his intention for all those who care to notice.

 

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