True Monster: Need Intervention

My wise friend wrote:

We have created a true monster that does not want to accept and respect the constitutional boundaries or accepted norms of the country. Gangster style . Trump and his financial supporters have no problem splitting up the country for their personal gain. We need an intervention.

That we do.  I sent the following letter to my elected official (Congress) in February:

I voted for you in the last few elections and appreciate your general level headedness. Balancing traditional conservatism with MAGA populism and its irreverence of reality must be quite the challenge. 

I am writing in regard to the absurd report that nearly 1.9 million federal employees received an e-mail Saturday afternoon with instructions to report what they did in the past week by Monday evening or be fired. There is no credible management theory that supports such a screen for eliminating unnecessary jobs. 

It's clear Elon Musk's six companies have no need for his onsite supervision. His boards of directors must have no expectations. Any work he is doing for those companies and DOGE is not all onsite, thereby he is telecommuting. I imagine you telecommute at times in your role as a Congressman. 

The quality of savings produced thus far is rather shaky. Musk would eviscerate any leaders from his six companies that presented him that shoddy level of analysis. 

I find Musk's demand absurd and unanchored from any sound management/leadership theory. It's a horrible look for our country, having a petulant South African excoriate our federal government. 

I recognize you are in a difficult space. I worked for a CEO with similar predilections as President Trump. Subservience and loyalty are all that are allowed. Independent thinking for the good of the organization (or country) is not permitted and usually met with ridicule, shunning and derision from the CEO/Trump and his ring of enforcers. 

Leadership is why you are there. I hope you find a way to exercise some on behalf of all your constituents, traditional conservatives, the MAGA "base", liberals and independents. 

An intervention is needed.  Anything public would not be tolerated and I have no desire to endanger anyone's political future. The longer reasonable members of Congress and the Supreme Court wait, the harder it will become.

Trump the Usurper will continue to envelop and incorporate anything valuable in his path along with quick detours to consume his political enemies.  

One day our grandchildren's children will learn the stories of how the monster ate a whole democratic country and usurped its economy solely for his image needs and pocketbook demands.

Update 8-31-25:  Next up is splitting up the world for personal gain.

Update 9-10-25:  Jesse wrote:

I find it almost amazing how boldly Trump's cabinet members lie to the people. Yes, all politicians lie, but generally it is the exception and not the rule. And there is always an element of 'shame' to it. 

Not anymore. Lying is now a duty to the Commander, even when it doesn't matter, or is counter-productive. 

And the manner in which the mask has fallen away from the madness of governments is stunning, even more so for the lengths to which some will bend their minds and hearts to excuse obvious sadism, dishonesty, injustice, and murder.

Update 9-11-25:   Jesse noted:

If you cannot see the parallels between the deistic, politically subservient Christianity of the Nazis, and the co-opting of God as a benign figurehead for land, power, money, and nationalism today, you may wish to take a closer look. 

They do not serve God. God serves them, or remains obediently quiet. They replace His bloody crown of thorns, the symbol of His suffering for the sake of love, with a red cap of greatness and power. 

Why would God become man, suffer and lay down His life for his sheep? What was in it for Him? They don't get it. And they certainly do not want anything to do with the Cross. God serves them. And so they steal and murder en masse, in a perversion of His promise. For the sake of their own pride and prosperity. 

This is the abomination that brings desolation, the raising of idols and calling them God. 

Serve whom you will, but know whom it is that you serve.

South Koreans know what to do when the Trump monster starts to subsume them, 

U.S. President Donald Trump offered to allow hundreds of South Korean workers arrested during an immigration raid to stay in the United States, but only one has opted to remain, South Korean officials said on Thursday.

Update 9-14-25:  Brazil knew what to do with a former President who tried to overthrow a free and fair election.  That got Trump II's dander up.

Update 9-22-25:  Stars of the political Red Team showed up en masse at Charlie Kirk's funeral.  Only Charlie's widow, Erika, sounded like a follower of Christ's teachings.  Trump II and his minions were straight out of the Old Testament, full of tribal vengeance.  Jesus brought a new way, one they repeatedly ignore.