Snookered by Trump?

We’ve all been swindled at some point by a fast-talking salesman who promoted a simple product or simple ideas. After we buy the product, there is a period of dissonance where we may experience dissatisfaction. We remind ourselves that we shouldn’t have bought it in the first place- it was too good to be true.

Turns out a lot of Americans got snookered by a fiery salesman named Trump who promised things he couldn’t deliver, even with a majority in both houses. And now comes his feeble excuses:

The health care issue is more complicated than he thought. The border wall is more expensive than he imagined. The immigration issue is causing constitutional red flags. The Paris Climate Agreement left him isolated and alone. The North Korean nuclear crisis remains unsolved. The Russians didn’t turn out to be his best friends after all. The task of passing legislation like tax reform or an infrastructure bill would increase the $19.8 trillion national debt.

Was it naivete, just plain ignorance, or trickery? Does anyone still consider him their savior? Or, like most unethical peddlers, should he be run out of town?

Joan M. Kopczynski

Spokane