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Donald's Nightmarish Second Inaugural [1]

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Date: 2025-01-20

The Demagogue Donald /FIC (Felon-in-Chief) 2.0 Nightmare Begins– Bet on It January 20, 2025

Folks, this is my 1,000th post on the blog that I started, www.cameinonsaturdays.com, over 20 years ago, after John Kerry’s presidential loss. Of course, I was hoping that today, January 20, 2025, would be a joyous inauguration with Kamala Harris taking the presidential oath of office and finally breaking the sexist glass ceiling. Unfortunately, that was not meant to be. We are, once more, thanks to a mere 1.5% popular vote margin and Electoral College win, getting a redux of the worst Chief Executive this country has ever had, Demagogue/FIC (Felon-in-Chief) Donald. And I’m calling Donald the absolute worst POTUS (President of the United States) we have ever had, bar none. Unlike some of our other weak and bad Presidents– Pierce, Buchanan, Harding, and even Nixon, they, at least, understood to a great extent that they had to obey and follow the laws and principles of our democracy. All other Presidents prided themselves on following our Constitution. Not FIC Donald, who has shown repeated contempt for that document. “Democracy” and “Donald” are, IMHO, oxymorons all in a class by themselves.

Demagogue/FIC Donald’s second inaugural address says it all. To call our country one that has “been taken advantage of” is absurd. Demagogue/FIC Donald is beyond economically challenged. During his campaign and now as he takes office, he has been pushing tariffs against other countries’ goods that he plans to collect in an “External Revenue Service (npr.org, Montaro, 1/20/25).” Of course, under Trump, the IRS, Internal Revenue Service will not collect too many taxes from the top 1%. He will call for more tax cuts for his ultra-rich supporters. Bet on it.

Should Trump enact these tariffs, as many economists have warned, he will put the U.S. and world economy into a tailspin. A trade war will erupt and prices on U.S. goods will go through the roof. The people who voted for him to reduce inflation will be getting a horrible dose of that economic ill that they wrongly blamed Biden and Harris for. And, of course, Demagogue/FIC Donald from the get-go has been a hard line racist and bigot. He was mainly elected in 2016 and now in 2024 to crack down on immigrants coming to the U.S. He falsely calls immigrants, Mexican ones in particular, people who mainly bring their “absolutely horrible qualities” into the U.S. In his second inaugural, he promised to sign “a series of executive orders” that focus on immigration and the economy. Trump stated he would “declare a national emergency at our southern border,” halting immigration and deporting “criminal immigrants.” Bet on him to start putting up “h uu ge” detention camps to house those ICE has caught. People were horrified in his previous administration when immigrant children were torn from their parents. Such scenes will be far far worse this time. Yes, illegal immigrants who commit crimes should be deported, which Biden did, but bet on Donald tarring with his xenophobic brush all immigrants with just about any criminal charge. Talk of a “national emergency” over a “foreign invasion” is what far too many authoritarians around the world continue to do and have done for years. In Dictator wannabe Trump’s inaugural words, “We will do it at a level nobody has ever seen before (npr.org, Montanaro, 1/20/25).” Cruel deportation raids will soon start and will often wrongly target people who have legally lived here for many years. Far too many people will live in fear and many employers will lose workers whom native-born Americans will not replace. Bet on this.





Trump has additionally spoken of repealing measures that would encourage energy savings and the electric vehicle mandate (npr). Only drilling for oil and gas is on his agenda, the extractive platform of his rich oil and gas allies.

And Demagogue/FIC Donald knows that upholding the ridiculous “culture war” must be right up there or his rabid base will turn on him. He promised in his address that there will only be two genders, “male and female.” Remember, he and his gang ran against LGBTQ rights. Count on his right-wing followers to increase their hate crimes against LGBTQ people and Atty. General-to-be confirmed Pam Bondi not trying very hard to go after such attackers. Again, bet on it. Vengeful Donald has promised “political retribution” against Biden and his allies. Bet on his trying to do that. Trump stated in his inaugural, “The scales of justice will be rebalanced and the weaponization will end.” What “weaponization?” The only “weaponization” will be Trump going against his imagined foes. Bet on it.

Trump also promised to rename the Gulf of Mexico, the “Gulf of America.” Which map makers will do that? He promised to rename Mt. Denali in Alaska Mt. McKinley again. After all, an Inuit name is “un-American,” and must, therefore, not be used. Trump also stated he would wrest control of the Panama Canal back from Panama to the U.S. (npr.org). I didn’t hear any talk about invading or buying Greeneland today. Maybe he’s saving that for another speech or a 3:00 AM tweet. Bet on it.

And, of course, after this belligerent inaugural, Trump stated that his “legacy will be as a peacemaker and unifier (npr.org, Montanaro, 1/20/25).” Donald, obviously lives in an “alternate universe,” one that he and his aides had previously talked about during his prior administration. Give me a break!

Americans, right now, are evenly divided on deporting immigrants, according to an NPR poll. Brutal ICE raids may cause public backlash. They, additionally, correctly, think tariffs will hurt the economy more than help it. Congress, especially the Democrats in it, and a few “moderate” GOPers must resist many of these Trumpian hair-brained schemes. Our democracy depends upon it. Bet on it.

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