Tyrant?

Indeed, yes. Trump is just that. Some projected this was his intention all along. Others pooh poohed it. And I just wondered. Until now.

Executive orders are temporary and focused on exact actions and policies. Not forever. Not even for real if the underlying circumstances do not warrant such action. Check on each EO of Trump’s, and you will note the political nature of each, the ideological bent to them all, and their purpose becomes clear. Control. Of everyday matters.

They are political, vengeful, targeted, and bent. Just like Trump. Just like a control freak. Tyrannical.

His actions are also without much forethought. Quick with little substantial thinking behind the entirety of the EO itself. This reflects pettiness. This reinforces vengefulness.

And lying. The constant lying. So much lying we have little basis of knowing what truth he does spill from time to time. He is a totally unreliable source of information and facts. His skew is so reliably a lie, we don’t listen anymore. And I doubt foreign leaders do either.

Where does that leave us? I think it means we have a mean, evil man willing to distort reality to get what he wants. What does he want? To be a dictator? Is that too simple a conclusion? Or does it merely mean we are watching a man go nuts before our very eyes? Is that conclusion too simple? It seems so to me when compared to a life of research, reasoning, and fact-based thinking.

Surely his staff knows this as well. Or are they part of the entire warp? Are they maybe directing it? Probably mostly true if we agree that Trump has faulty reasoning and mental capabilities. Doesn’t that make this even more dangerous? A cabal of who is attempting to take over America and her people? And for what purposes? It can’t be merely greed for money and power, can it?

At any rate, a tyrant only has power if the people allow him that. We the people have total power over our government. We empower government. We make it. So too can we remove people from it who break our bond and truth. The tyrant only has power if we let him.

The question becomes, are we Americans willing and allowing the tyrant of Trump to be?

If not, then the states have the combined power to rectify the situation. It will take coordination. We don’t even need the congress to do this. Besides, they have forfeited their power a few years ago. Governors Newsom and Pritzker know this. How many other governors are in the know and ready to act? How many more does it take to cancel the authority of one sick, old man in residence at the White House?

August 27, 2025

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