Land of the "Free", Home of the Great

 My roaring return to blogging has not gone as planned. Since January, I have just been so stunned, tired, angry, and worried that just getting by day to day has been the extent of my energy. The winter has grown long, dark, and unstable. My February Blues arrived a month earlier and they have yet to diminish. Why?

Uncertainty. My future is just unstable. I'm pretty sure I'm not alone. 

I wish I could blame it all on Trump and his MAGA followers but that's only part of the problem. Where is Congress? Where are our representatives to stand up for what the voters want? Where is the media to expose the lies and half-truths that the Executive Branch is spewing? If we have a system of checks and balances, why is Trump running roughshod all over OUR CONSTITUTION!?

I find it depressingly funny that Trump's slogan of "Make America Great Again" is now tied to a sinking ship. We are now a laughingstock on the world stage, no longer a respected leader, but instead the fool who seeks to entertain the king. We were "great" because we were helpful to other nations that couldn't afford necessities for their people. We were "great" because we sought peace when there was war. We were "great" because when powerful countries began to bully their neighbors, we would bolster our allies and support them. We were "great" because we supported and believed in Democracy, in governments that were representative of the people they were designed to serve. 

Trump said that we had lost our Greatness. That America was no longer Great, and he would restore that glory. I find it depressing that what we have today is his idea of greatness. We have threatened our neighboring countries with Tariffs if they don't comply with demands. We have threatened to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal just Because. We have implied that we're gonna own Gaza and turn it into the next Riveira. We have sided with the Russians over the Ukrainians despite the fact that Russia brings nothing to the negotiating table except threats. 

Have we become the Bad Guys? Are we now the villains of this reality?

WTF is wrong with us? When did we stop seeing the world as a whole? A global economy? Send out a ripple and get back a tidal wave. Why do people think we live in a vacuum? 

I seem to have lots of questions and no answers. There are no answers. Everybody has their own idea of what is happening in our country. Some praise it, some downplay it, some are worried about it, some are downright fearful of it. They are all valid. 

All I know for sure is that this is not what Trump promised; he promised Greatness and that is not what this is. 

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

-Wy