Donald Trump, in order to satisfy his base, has made the Black Lives Matter movement his enemy. Recently Trump tweeted, “Any protesters... who are going to Oklahoma please understand, you will not be treated like you have been in New York, Seattle, or Minneapolis. It will be a much different scene!” This is a stark reversal from the president’s attitude a few short weeks ago when a different group of protesters was marching on their state capitols demanding the lockdowns be ended, in fact, the president sided with those protesters and suggested: “The Governor of Michigan should give a little, and put out the fire.“
We cannot expect the same leadership from this president as from his predecessors made evident by his countless failures to address the nation on critical issues in our time. This has not failed to have an effect on the electorate in that polls, whether you trust them or not, consistently show Biden with a small but respectable lead in many swing states and a moderate lead nationwide despite being unable to conduct the traditional campaign events. Perhaps one of the reasons Biden is polling so well is that he represents steady leadership, accountability, and respectability. Even Black Lives Matter is polling better than Trump with 67 percent of people supporting the movement and almost 7 in 10 people having a discussion about race in the last month per Pew Research Center.
The issue of Trump is that he cannot be relied on to be the moral guide of the country despite what the most vocal televangelists might say. He has failed this country by letting a pandemic run amok, assassinating foreign enemies with disregard for the consequences, putting Wall street before Main street, and many other ways. Furthermore, in aligning BLM with ANTI-FA (Anti-Fascist) he actually is siding with pro-fascist organizations. That goes inherently against the founder’s vision of a new country one that would be free from a tyrannical king. It is time to right this wrong and in November vote Donald Trump out of the office and end our national embarrassment. We are battling two pandemics, the COVID-19 and racism, neither one trump is equipped nor willing to fight.
Citations
Trump, Donald J. “Any Protesters, Anarchists, Agitators, Looters or Lowlifes Who Are Going to Oklahoma Please Understand, You Will Not Be Treated like You Have Been in New York, Seattle, or Minneapolis. It Will Be a Much Different Scene!” Twitter, Twitter, 19 June 2020, twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1273972301156016130.
Trump, Donald J. “The Governor of Michigan Should Give a Little, and Put out the Fire. These Are Very Good People, but They Are Angry. They Want Their Lives Back Again, Safely! See Them, Talk to Them, Make a Deal.” Twitter, Twitter, 1 May 2020, twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1256202305680158720.