When The President Is a Bully...

What Does It Teach The Children?

Public schools claim to have anti-bullying committees. They say that they fight bullying head on. They make bold claims.

There’s no bullying here at the Grove School!

Bullies aren’t welcome here!

I remember, I worked with a teacher who had a bit of a hero complex. He spoke about a time in high school when he was shoved in a locker. He said that he didn’t just take it, though. He said that he “bullied the bullies” and that they never bothered him again. Was it really that simple? How does one do that? Does one stand up for him or herself, and that is somehow interpreted as “bullying the bully?”

I thought bullying was when people repeatedly and on purpose use words or actions against someone to cause pain. But if you are just trying to defend yourself, when a bully strikes, is that actually bullying back? It doesn’t seem quite like the same thing to me.

So, the people of the United States are being bullied, and by a typical one. By an insecure, intimidated frail man, compensating for his own failures. So, he picks on “The little guy” meaning the immigrant. Immigrants can’t fight back. I mean, they can, but not if they want to stay in this country or have any rights at all.

I heard earlier, on the radio, that local businesses run by Latin owners are not being patronized as much as of late. Am I surprised? Not at all. Trump’s regime is of intimidation tactics. We make immigrants the first enemy, and then we keep adding more. Immigrants are dirty, manipulative, taking our jobs, greedy.. okay? So, why did you marry one, Donald? And why are you and everyone who voted for you ignoring that fact that this country was founded by the labor and on the backs of immigrants?

It seems very easy to forget this information when we are looking for scapegoats, or rather when Trump is. I’ve had a hard time with the 4th of July. I’ve had a hard time watching our country be overrun by people who care only for themselves. People have expressed that they miss Obama because he was eloquent. He was, I agree. But what I truly miss is having a President who cares about anyone besides himself.

So, why do bullies act the way they do? Usually they are compensating for something, maybe they aren’t very bright, or well-liked, maybe they lack something. Well… Trump lacks everything. I can’t see a single redeeming quality about him.

And if that wasn’t bad enough… he is now going after the people of this country, the very people who voted him into this position. So how will history remember this man? Will the history books tell the truth? Will they admit he was an insane, rambling, evil bully?Will they discuss the damage he’s done? Or will it just be another lying history textbook that some poor underpaid teacher has to teach from? I guess it all depends on the legacy he leaves, if he leaves any at all, amidst his path of destruction.