The Reason that I Write These Blogs
On vacation in the Ozark Mountains during the summer of 2024, I visited a Native American museum. During this visit, I saw an Iroguois painting with these words painted on it:
In every deliberation and decision, we must consider the impact on the next seven generations that follow us.
I believe that! I really do! That is why I write these blogs and do the podcasts. I want my children, grandchildren, my grandchildren’s children, and the next seven generations to know about these topics. These are the most important topics of today!
The Health of America
This is public health blog. This is an article that deals with the health of America. You must understand that politics determine a person’s health status. The health of the U.S. public has always been political. Here are just a few examples: The quality and accessibility of our heath care. Political. The quality of our water. Political. The quality of our air. Political. The safety of the food we eat. Political. Protecting our children and grandchildren from mass shootings. Political. Advice and policies o immunizations. Political. What we use to heat and cool or our homes. Political. The safety of the products that we use at work or at home. Political. The safety of our roads. Political. The safety of our vehicles and the gas mileage that they receive. Political. The quality of our neighborhoods, homes, and schools. Political. Assuring adequate public health infrastructure. Political. Preparing for and responding to emergencies. Political. Access to reliable childcare. Political. Access to reliable transportation. Political. Having adequate employment. Political.
It is difficult to think of an area of health that is NOT influenced by politics.
Public Health is important. It keeps Americans safe and healthy via prevention, preparedness, and surveillance. Such programs serve as the first line of defense against epidemics and pandemics. Yet politics have decimated public health. So unwise and short sighted.
Moreover, increased spending on public health programs is associated with a decrease in deaths from preventable diseases. An investment of just $10 per person per year in evidence-based, community health programs yields an incredible return! Such a minor investment would save the U.S. more than $16 billion annually. That is a potential savings of $5.60 for every $1 invested.
Turning Points in History
There are a few events that are true turning points in history: World War II from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945; Pearl Harbor in December 1941, which made America get involved in WW II; the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1961; the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in April of 1968; Americans on the moon in July of 1969; The Vietnam War of November 1955 to April 30, 1975; the falling of the Berlin Wall in November 1989; terrorists attack on the World Trade Center on the 11th of September 2001; and now Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency in January 2025.
Though he has been in office for a relatively short time, Trump’s words and actions are already creating problems. Many of these problems are likely to last.
Who is Donald Trump, Really?
You need to understand who Donald Trump really is before you read on. The best source of information is Trump family members, especially Fred C. Trump III (his nephew) and Mary L. Trump, (his only niece), a trained clinical psychologist. I encourage you to purchase their books!
The second best source is David Cay Johnston, an American investigative journalist and author. Mr. Johnston has great knowledge of Donald Trump, his family, economics and of tax issues. He won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting. He has known the Trump family for over 40 years and has never been proven wrong about Donald. He has written at least four bestselling books on Donald Trump. I also encourage you to purchase his books also.
Fortunately for you, I had David Cay Johnston on my podcast. It is free!
Listen to this podcast before your read on:
Problem # 1: Donald Trump Ignores the U.S. Rule of Law
Trump has no respect for the U.S. rule of law. He has a history of publicly attacking judges who rule against him, which undermines judicial independence. He has weaponzied the U.S. Attorney General’s Office and Pam Bondi serves as his personal attorney and does his bidding instead of remaining independent from the President, as our founding fathers intended.
During his presidency, the Trump administration ignored or failed to comply with many court orders. Trump gives the middle finger to federal judges and he makes no effort to comply with their orders.
According to an analysis by the American Constitution Society, Trump’s actions have repeatedly challenged the boundaries of executive authority. Some of his executive actions have been unconstitutional.
Does he care? No!
Trump is 79 years old and is in worsening health. He is more concerned about doing what he thinks his base wants. He know that his time is limited.
Remember that his base is only 25% of the U.S population and that Trump barely won the 2024 presidential election by just 1.5 percentage points. There is no landshlide here and Trump does not have mandate from Americans.
The Supreme Court has been asked to stay lower court orders multiple times regarding his policies. What does that tell you about the Supreme Court?
Trump is vengeful and is using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries. It started with James Comey and LeTitia James.
Trump posted a quote attributed to Napoleon on his social media account, suggesting a leader is above the law when acting to “save” the country. What is he saving us from? Himself?
Problem # 2: Trump Ignores International Law
Trump has no respect for the sovereignty and integrity of countries, especially small ones.
Ignoring international law also means lack of support for multinational institutions and their rules.
He is the first US president to openly share Communist Russian President Vladimir Putin’s contempt for the principles of the rules-based order. During his first term as President, he even sided with Communist Russia and Putin over his own USA security reports. Trump and Putin both believe that great powers should enjoy spheres of influence in their own neighborhood, and think that smaller countries should “kow-tow” to nearby big countries.
Trump’s belief in spheres of influence, causes him to veer towards old-fashioned 19th century imperialism, makes it natural for him to seek territorial expansion into Canada, Greenland and parts of Central America. Putin and China’s President Xi observe that and smile, seeing that the US is now much less likely to oppose their own schemes of territorial aggressiveness.
Trump and Putin share a penchant for strongman authoritarian leaders – such as Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi, and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Trump probably has not read Thucydides because he does not read anything. But if he had, he probably would agree with these oft-cited words by the Greek historian: “The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” In other words, might is right. This is how Trump operates.
Trump seems utterly indifferent to international law and organizations (including those establised by and effectively run by the US, such as NATO and the WHO), to alliances with key European and Asian partners, and to whether a country respects democratic norms and human rights.
He routinely embarrases himself and our country on the world stage among other world leaders.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/7-key-moments-from-trumps-u-n-speech
On November 21, 2024, following an investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for two senior Israeli officials, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, and Yoav Gallant, the former Minister of Defense of Israel, alleging responsibility for the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts during the Gaza war. The warrant against Netanyahu is the first against the leader of a Western-backed democratic country for war crimes.
Did such a ruling by the International Criminal Court stop Trump? Take a look at this photograph on page one and persuade me that it has.
Problem # 3: Donald Trump is Racist
Evidence A: In 1973, Trump and his company Trump Management were sued by the Department of Justice for housing discrimination against Black American renters. He settled the suit, entering into a consent decree to end the practices without admitting wrongdoing.
Evidence B: Trump continued to say, as late as 2024, that a group known as the Central Park Five mostly made up of Black American teenagers were responsible for the 1989 rape of a white woman in the Central Park jogger case, despite the five males having been officially exonerated in 2002 by a jury and judge.
Evidence C: In his 1991 book Trumped! John O’Donnell quoted Trump as saying: “I’ve got black accountants at Trump Castle and at Trump Plaza. Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys wearing yarmulkes…. Those are the only kind of people I want counting my money. Nobody else… Besides that, I’ve got to tell you something else. I think that the guy’s lazy. And it’s probably not his fault because laziness is a trait in blacks.”
Evidence D: In 2016, when Trump first ran for president, just about every self-declared white nationalist, white supremacist, Klansman, neo-Nazi, and fascist in the country supported his candidacy. Trump did nothing and said nothing to discourage this.
Evidence E: One of the longest-running white nationalist journals in the United States, American Renaissance, is edited by notorious racist, Jared Taylor. In January 2016, during the primary race in Iowa, Taylor circulated a robocall that stated, “I urge you to vote for Donald Trump because he is the one candidate who points out that we should only accept immigrants who are good for America. We don’t need Muslims. We need smart, well-educated White people who will assimilate to our culture. Vote Trump.”
Evidence F: On February 24, 2016, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke stated to his white radio audience, “Voting against Donald Trump at this point is really treason to your heritage.”
Evidence G: When Trump was later asked on cable TV about his support from the then-most-famous racist in the nation, his reply was, “Well, just so you understand, I don’t know anything about David Duke. OK? I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. So, I don’t know.”
This is what Trump always says when he is confronted with the truth. “I don’t know him!” “I don’t know anything about it.” Just like Epstein. Not exactly an unequivocal denunciation.
Duke, however, was undeterred and continued to suport Trump in enthusiastic fashion. After the election, he even tweeted, “Make no mistake about it, our people played a HUGE role in electing Trump!” Trump said nothing. Trump posted nothing.
Evidence H: Trump was supported by the Ku Klux Klan’s official newspaper, The Crusader, which calls itself the “Political Voice of White Christian America.” On its front page, Pastor Thomas Robb wrote, “While Trump wants to make America great again, we have to ask ourselves, ‘What made America great in the first place?’ The short answer to that is simple. America was great not because of what our forefathers did—but because of who our forefathers were.… America was founded as a White Christian Republic. And as a White Christian Republic it became great.”
Evidence I: Trump faces the awkward and inconvenient truth that he has never lost the full-scale support of the nation’s most hardcore racists. No matter how often he pretends to be free of racism and bigotry, his racist worldview shows itself at every turn.
Evidence J: During the 2016 race, he falsely said that “half of all Detroit residents do not work, and cannot work, and can’t get a job.”
Evidence K: At his September 2016 debate with Clinton, he went on: “We have a situation where we have our inner cities, African Americans, Hispanics are living in hell because it’s so dangerous. You walk down the street, you get shot.” He has continued that lie in 2025 as rationale for sending troops to only Democratic states and cities.
Evidence L: At a gathering in Washington, DC, Richard Spencer, leader of the white supremacist, alt-right movement, declared: “Hail Trump, hail our people, hail victory!” He was speaking to a crowd of nearly 200, many of whom responded with Nazi salutes. The crowd expressed no confusion about what Trump represented. Trump did nothing to quiet this crowd.
Evidence M: Trump sees Brown and Black people and immigrants as crime-ridden, dirty, and rodent-infested. In 2018, Trump referred to Haiti and African nations as “shithole countries” during a meeting with a bipartisan group of senators at the White House.
Evidence N: Recently, Trump spewed lies at a white dominated gathering in an obscure Black church in Detroit, while denouncing that city as “hell” and “totally corrupt,” and describing black communities as dangerous and depressed. He continues this lie in 2025 as justification for sending troops into only Democratic American cities.
Evidence O As Trump said in a Time magazine interview, “If you look right now, there’s absolutely a bias against whites [people] and that’s a problem.” As usual, Trump offerered no examples or data of that “problem.” However, his lies fit nicely with his erroneous belief 58% of “racial minorities” are favored over whites in the United States.
Evidence P: Trump claims that he is a victim of anti-white racism from “radical vicious, racist prosecutors” in Georgia, New York, and Washington, DC. They are going after Trump, he insists, simply because he’s a white man and not because he committed any actual crimes. Yeah, and I have a bridge in the desert to sell you also!
Fact: Donald Trump, was found guilty of 34 felonies, becoming the first president in American history to be criminally convicted (by a jury.)
Evidence Q: After Trump lost in 2020, he repeatedly blamed cities with large Black populations and leadership for various imagined kinds of voter fraud and wrongdoing. He tweeted: “Biden did poorly in big cities except those of Detroit (more votes than people!), Philadelphia, Atlanta and Milwaukee. Not surprisingly, they are all located in the most important swing states, and are long known for being politically corrupt!” Trump claimed after the election without evidence or data that “Detroit and Philadelphia—known as two of the most corrupt political places anywhere in our country, easily—could be responsible for engineering the outcome of a Presidential race.”
Evidence R: Trump tried and failed to invalidate 200,000 votes in Milwaukee and Madison Wisconsin. Many from Black voters. The state capital of Wisconsin (Madison) has the state’s second-largest Black population.
Evidence S: Of course, Trump was talking negatively about Black cities and Black leadership before he lost the election. After the late Representative Elijah Cummings criticized his border policies, he tweeted: “Cumming [sic] District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place.”
Evidence T: Likewise, when the late civil rights hero Representative John Lewis announced that he wouldn’t attend Trump’s inauguration, Trump claimed that Lewis’s home district of Atlanta was “falling apart” and “crime-infested.”
Evidence U: Trump frequently denounces Democratic-led cities as unsafe — even as violent crime decreased nationally in the most recent FBI statistics of 2024. Trump often calls black cities bad. He said this about Black cites of Detroit, Baltimore, Oakland, and Chicago: “It’s like living in hell,” he told Fox’s Sean Hannity in June 2020.
Evidence V: In his “debate” with President Joe Biden, Trump made his usual hateful statements against immigrants (of color) and added that the lies that “taking black jobs now and it could be 18. It could be 19 and even 20 million people. They’re taking black jobs and they’re taking Hispanic jobs and you haven’t seen it yet, but you’re going to see something that’s going to be the worst in our history.” Of course, Trump never offers any evidence or data. He never has any. There is no evidence or data that immigrants are taking jobs from Black and Latino Americans.
Evidence W: By “black jobs” and “Hispanic jobs,” of course, Trump was referring to his belief that only certain kinds of work define those communities. He was not referring to engineers, lawyers, office managers, doctors, professors, veterinarians, or any positions of a professional or middle-class nature. He sees Black Americans and Latinos as nothing but the lowest-paid, lowest-status workers in America. They are inferior in Trump’s mind.
Evidence X: Trump believes that Black Americans only occupy low-level manual labor jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2023), almost half of all Black Americans work in professional, management, or office jobs.
Note: The Washington Post on January 28, 2024, said this: “The Black unemployment rate remains near historic lows and wage gains are at all-time highs.” In fact, the lowest Black employment on record occurred under President Biden when, in April 2023, it fell to 4.8%. As of September 2025, it was 7.5% and rising.
Evidence Y: In the televised debate of September 2024 that featured Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump said: “In Springfield, they (meaning the Hatians) are eating the dogs. The people that came in, they are eating the cats. They’re eating – they are eating the pets of the people that live there.” During the debate, Trump also claimed to have seen “people on television [saying] ‘My dog was taken and used for food.” Trump again did not presenent any evidence or data. City officials have told many sources that there have been “no credible reports” that this has actually happened.
Note: The baseless claim about Hatians (which have dark skin) had spread on social media, with Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance, who promoted this lie on X.
Evidence Z: Just before the city hosted the Republican Convention in June of 2024, Trump called Milwakee “horrible.” In Milwaukee, the Black American (Non-Hispanic) population is the largest single racial group, representing 39% of the total population. The Hispanic population (including those identifying as two or more races or as other race) is also a significant portion, accounting for approximately 12% and 7% respectively. That is 39% plus 12% plus 7%. That’s 58% minorities. Hmmm.
I have presented 26 incidences to you that prove that Trump is a racist. However, if you think that Trump is good Christian and you do not believe that he is a racist at this point, you never will. I feel sorry for you. You have been brainwashed. You have been “Trumped.”
Questions that Trump and His Followers Should be Asked
- Christians: Why do you follow and vote for a man who is so opposite the Bible and the teachings of Jesus Christ? Maybe it is because you don’t know or do not follow the Bible and the teachings of Jesus Christ.
- Trump: Why do you continue to receive such wholehearted support from avowed racists?
- Trump and His Followers: What is the “anti-white racism” that you so often talk about and why do you consider it more of an issue than racial discrimination faced by communities of color?
Problem # 4: Donald Trump has Weakened America
Do not believe the lies. The U.S. did not take in $17 trillion like Trump is fond of saying recently. $17 trillion is larger than the GDP of many countries that he mentions – combined.
Here is a fact check. Read here: https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/11/politics/fact-check-trump-17-trillion-investment
Trump is making things up as usual.
In contrast, his policies are creating serious problems for the US economy. Both tariffs (which are like taxes on Americans) and mass deportations of irregular migrants who take the jobs that Americans will not are stoking inflation. Prices of health care insurance are soaring. The frequent changing of policy creates uncertainty, harms investment and has a negative impact on market sentiment. You will feel the effects of Trump’s budget!
Public health has been gutted by Trump. Not believing in climate change hurts America and makes us weaker. The defunding of large areas of scientific research undermines the innovation that has given the US a consistently higher growth rate than Europe. America is giving up the leadership of many green technologies to China. Furthermore, a country that expels visitors, confiscates their electronic devices for criticising the president and detains international students engaging in protests will be less attractive for international business and academic exchanges.
Problem # 5: America’s Reputation With Our Allies is Now Negative
In many developed nations, people have grown up with the idea of American global leadership. But Trump’s words make many US allies, especially those that feel threatened by Russia or China, insecure. Leaders in these countries worry that America may not stand by its longstanding commitment to their defense. Some of them, for example Poland and South Korea, are seriously considering whether they should build their own nuclear weapons, given the uncertainty over whether they can count on the protection of America. The world will certainly be safer if more countries have nuclear weapons. Not!
Many allies wonder what happened to the democratic values that American leaders have preached for generations. Trump and his close advisers seldom talk of them – and some are even overtly hostile to such values. Hmm.
Even if in three years’ time, a more internationalist president sits in the White House, America’s reputation in the world will have taken a massive hit.
Few countries in the global south are bothered by the weakening of the West and of the transatlantic alliance. However, huge numbers of people living in developing countries, whose living standards and health have benefited from US-funded NGOs, are paying a terrible price for Trump’s second presidency.
The world can also see how Trump is eroding the checks and balances of the US political system, through his attacks on the federal government, his criticism of the courts (and his non-compliance with some of their decisions), his hounding of political opponents and his sidelining of Congress. Other world leaders are not blind!
The decisions to abolish institutions like USAID and Voice of America and to pull out of the Paris Agreement have done a lot to undermine US power – and American global influence. A nationalist and unpredictable U.S. is less attractive as an ally and as a trading partner. Many countries are moving away from us.
I Am Not a Fan of Trump
From voting age to around age 57, I considered myself a conversative Republican. I listened to Rush Limbaugh and laughed at his jokes. I listened to Glenn Beck. I voted for only Republicans starting in 1977. I voted like my parents and members of my church. I thought that everyone was a Republican. My entire world was consertative.
Then came Trump. I researched him throughly. Trump is not a consertative! He takes from the poor and give to the rich! He believes in BIG Government. He is vengeful. I could not in good conscience vote for him.
Trump, the New York businessman, playboy, and former reality TV show star, changed political parties at least five times since the late 1980s. In fact, in August of 2001, he registered as a Democrat and stayed a Democrat for eight years. He has no core values, no center. He uses whomever and whatever it takes to get elected.
In 2009, he even gave the Clinton Foundation a gift of more than $100,000. One of Trump’s daughters, Ivanka, is also listed as a donor to the Clintons who gave between $5,001 and $10,000. Ivanka’s father-in-law, Charles Kushner, gave between $250,001 and $500,000.
Prior to his election as president, Trump had a long track record of making statements and supporting candidates who were pro-abortion. Furthermore, in January 2015, Trump explained that same-sex marriage is a “state right’s issue.” Now what does he say? Huh?
Trump claims to be a Christian. Yet, he said publicly, “Why do I have to repent? Why do I have to ask forgiveness if I am not making mistakes.”
He went on to say publicly that, “I fully think apologizing is a great thing. But you have to be WRONG . . . I will absolutely apologize sometime in the distant future … if I’m ever wrong.” In Trump’s mind, he is never wrong.
So in 2016, I could not vote for Trump. I voted for an independent candidate from Utah. If memory serves, I think it was Mr. Evan McMullin.
In 2016, what started with research on a candidate has turned into a soul searching journey. I no longer vote straight Republican. I research local, state, and federal candidates and vote for the candidates that best match my values. I then support them. I encourage you to do the same.
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