The ultimate irony in Trumps statement regarding Venezuela and The Democrats

On Monday October 8, at the Confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, the president had this to say: “I think a lot of Democrats are going to vote Republican, because I have many friends that are Democrats.The main base of the Democrats have shifted so far left that we’ll end up being Venezuela. This country would end up being Venezuela. I think a lot of Democrats are going to be voting Republican on November 6th.”

I find this statement not only thoughtless and ludicrous (as most of Trump’s statements are) but completely ironic. It is not an economic philosophy (ie socialism) which lies at the root of Venezuela’s travails, it is inept, corrupt, unchecked, authoritarian leadership. The ultimate irony is that Trump is an advocate of the same “dictators handbook” used by Nicolas Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chavez.

Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey, Viktor Orbán in Hungry, Rodrigo Duterte in The Philippines and Donald Trump in the USA all have somthing in common. All were democratically elected, but proceeded to attack and discredit the independent media as “fake news” and “enemies of the people”, attack the independent Judicial system, appointing judges based on political loyalty, and created a divisive nationalism by attacking a minority sector of society, and using them a scape-goats to rally their base in an “us against them” mentality. All of these 21st century leaders have used these tactics to one common end: to consolidate and increase their power and move toward greater authoritarianism.

I would contend that Nicolas Maduro is simply following his predecessor’s play book in Venezuela...a play book that Trump himself has followed religiously. How ironic that he would claim the “ Democrats would turn the USA into Venezuela when it is he, himself who is following the Chavez authoritarian play book...

It is also interesting to note that two 20th century leaders used the same process to achieve and consolidate power. In the case of Benito Mussolini, it was the Bolsheviks, in Adolf Hitler’s case it was the Jews, in Trumps case it is the Hispanics, blacks and immigrants. Different groups, but with a common goal of strewing the pot of fear, hatred and divisiveness.....I believe we have enough government “checks and balances” in our country so as not succumb to the fates of Italy in 1923 or Germany a decade later....however left unchecked and to his own devices, our current President would continue to follow the authoritarian handbook, discrediting the Independent Judicial and law enforcement, discrediting and attempting to control the media and viciously attacking the disenfranchised, and less fortunate minorities among us. 

Yes, Venezuela is a tragic humanitarian crisis under Maduro’s authoritarian regime, however we are far more likely to resemble their plight under Donald Trump’s authoritarian tendency’s than almost any other potential US leader.

The final insult to this injury is that Trump is most likely to clueless the even recognize the irony in his own statements.

The moderate approach will no longer work to save our democratic institutions and our personal freedoms.

It’s a bit funny in hindsight, which is, of course 20/20, that 10 years ago I started a Political blog which really, at its core, was a call and plea to the center of American political behavior to come home and wrestle back their overwhelming common beliefs from the extremities of the left and the right. At that time and later in the 2012 presidential election, I concentrated on global, geo-political perspectives on macro economical behavior and their consequences, along with national political rhetoric. I thought that divisions and partisan political behavior could not get any worse and stated as much on a regular basis......HOW UNBELIEVABLY WRONG I WAS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

The stuff of fantasy fiction which was represented by the Republican Party Presidential 2012 primary line-up with the the social conservative/ evangelical likes of Michelle Bachmann, Rick Santorum, and Mike Huckabee, now seems like some distant, benign normalcy. The truth is that by current comparison, it did represent normalcy. Nothing.....and I mean NOTHING, in my past political observations, could have possibly prepared me for the current political climate.

We have obviously reached a  total outer limits, Orwellian, incomprehensible state of affairs that is so unrecognizable, that we find our head spinning day after day, and every conventional process that was accepted one year ago, is simply gone. We have reached an unbelievable new low in American politics just today where the President of the United States has a personal attorney in the form of Rudy Giuliani who just said (in front of several hundred million people) that “ truth isn’t truth” .....Really...What the Fuck.....really “ truth is not the truth”..did that man, who was once the Mayor of New York City and Federal Prosecutor for the southern dist. of NY just say that ????

At a time 4, 6, 8 and maybe a dozen years ago, I may have been naive, I may have been spot-on, but ether way, my opinion that most Americans lay in the political mid-land, and that the best solution to our gridlock and divisiveness was a moderate “ middle of the road” third political party is simply no longer the case. At this point the only way to survive as a Democracy as we currently know and understand it, is to remove the current President from power as soon as possible.

There may be no presentient with which to execute the removal of a President who clearly presents a  danger to our very existence as a functioning free democracy, however there has also never been the acute abuse of power and lack of congressional oversight in the history of the USA. We are laterally swimming in uncharted waters here folks. There is no limit to the current POTUS’s hubris, unethical behavior, and abuse of power, and he is not inclined or incentivized to change hid behavior any time soon.....so; my “middle of the road”, “ reach across the aisle” sit around the campfire and sing Kumbiaha attitude is no longer applicable. 

It is actually time to reject all the previous Geno “Common Sense Party” philosophy that I was spouting 6 years ago, and realize this president is fucking insane and totally off the rails.

There is no good end to this. However, the only acceptable end that does not present total fucking disaster and loss of free representative government as we know it, is an instant removal of our POTUS and complete repudiation of the illegal, immoral, dishonest, racist and mean spirited attitude and philosophy with which he operates.

The Republican Party ( which I often supported a scant dozen years ago) has lost any credibility and moral relevancy. There is quite simply no other choice but to support the a Democratic Party (as much as it pains me to deviate from my “common sense party” philosophy). There is simply no other way to check the aspirations of Donald Trump to become a totalitarian dictator... He known no humility. He knows no honesty. He knows no integrity or dignity. He knows no humanity or compassion....all he knows is self service, self grandiosity, self centered ness to the extreme. 

I know that I was wrong in my naive believe that a centrist approach could have been successful as has been proven by the inexplicable support of Trump by a preponderance of mis and ill informed people. I can only hope that, for the sake of democracy, that we all educate ourselves to the facts and the truth.....because, yes Rudy...facts do matter and the truth is in fact THE TRUTH...