Horse 2713a - This American Carnage

For too long, a small group in our nation’s Capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost.

Washington flourished – but the people did not share in its wealth.

Politicians prospered – but the jobs left, and the factories closed.

The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country.

Their victories have not been your victories; their triumphs have not been your triumphs; and while they celebrated in our nation’s Capital, there was little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land.

That all changes – starting right here, and right now, because this moment is your moment: it belongs to you.

It belongs to everyone gathered here today and everyone watching all across America.

This is your day. This is your celebration.

And this, the United States of America, is your country.

What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people.

The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.

Everyone is listening to you now.

You came by the tens of millions to become part of a historic movement the likes of which the world has never seen before.

At the center of this movement is a crucial conviction: that a nation exists to serve its citizens.

Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families, and good jobs for themselves.

These are the just and reasonable demands of a righteous public.

But for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists: Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation; an education system, flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of knowledge; and the crime and gangs and drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential.

This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.

We will no longer accept politicians who are all talk and no action – constantly complaining but never doing anything about it.

The time for empty talk is over.

Now arrives the hour of action.

- The words of Donald J Trump. 20th Jan 2017.

The 45th President of the United States might not be actually responsible for causing the Coronavirus but given that he is probably a more corrupt President than Nixon or Harding, probably a more licentious President than Clinton, definitely a more incompetent President than Jackson, and probably a more apathetic President than Buchanan, his reponse has been entirely predictable.

This couple with his bellicose taunts on Twitter, especially on matters of race, have help to fuel the worst case of rioting across the United States since 1968. A nation which was already tense due to lockdowns, simply did not need and has not coped with this attitude.

Although, even in depicting a hellscape of an America which didn't exist, I don't think that even Mr Trump could have foreseen that he was either promising or prophesying the future. America was already perfectly willing to accept a person with no previous government experience, as much as they were already perfectly willing to accept a rejection of constitutional checks, a a rejection of the basic promise of equality, justice, or oversight, or the rule of law.



When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.
- Proverbs 29:2