The Object of Trump’s Objection
The envious die not once, but as often as the envied win applause — just ask Donald Trump. For years, Barack Obama has been the object of his obsession. Envy is a complex cluster of feelings that stems from an extremely narrow-minded desire: You want what you believe someone else has.
The truth is, the character assassination waged against Barack Obama does Trump worse than good because despite all the on-camera rights inherited by a sitting president, his popularity nor his performance will ever equal that of Obama.
Trump magnifies the insecurities in his mind that results in him behaving irrationally. No other president’s sanity has been questioned more than his, and no other president’s departure from the White House has been more disturbing than Obama’s.
More Americans rank President Barack Obama higher than any others when asked about the president who did the best job in their lifetimes
VERSUS THE OBJECT OF OUR AFFECTION, BARACK OBAMA
Our nation’s emotional journey with Obama started with the 2008 campaign for the presidency, an extraordinary endeavor that gave young Democrats and Republicans a bipartisan belief that Obama could win. It also made a young generation believe in the power of the vote, in themselves, and in a democracy that judges a man by his courage and not by his color. On November 4, 2008, America delivered its personal best, and the entire world knew it. For eight years, we were privy to the kind of American politics where truth-telling was more critical than image-making. How often has that happened?
Obama is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, an honor that supports an undeniable fact, the world respects Obama. However, it has little confidence in President Donald Trump to do the right thing in world affairs. He may desire a Nobel Peace Prize, but it would push the standard so low that Kim Jung-Un might begin thinking he’s earned the right to be a legitimate competitor.
Some of the world’s most memorable leaders seem to extend the olive branch to hard hearts commanders and teach them the art of being faithful allies. They display an extraordinary gift, and the time they have finished leading a country, we have all experienced a healing presence from one degree to another and a benevolent time in history, without an ounce of reluctance in their political philanthropy. Like Barack Obama, it is their lot in life, and they live it as best they can. They do so with considerable courage and without self-pity.
As so, the prizes for peace have historically been awarded to these brave women and men who have done the most and the best work for the fraternity between nations.
Donald Trump is a racist and cyberbully. Where he lives is of no consequence. The shape of his office is of no value. It makes no difference which presidents slept in the bedroom before him. His actions are about him. His crimes and misdemeanors are his own. He courts bigotry and has belittled black people, Muslims, and Hispanics. He continues to bestowed offensive nicknames on most of his opponents. His ignorance is enough to unbalance the planet. His stance on human rights is so disgraceful that the most pervasive opinions in America today is Trump is more qualified to be the grand wizard of the Klan than serving as President of the United States, making him morally unfit to hold an office that represents a democracy. He has damaged the lives of the innocent and left them to live it. The entire term of Donald J. Trump has been an encounter of unexpected situations that have caused cruelty. These ups and downs, disturbing periods of hopefulness, episode of traumatic deception, seasons of discouragement which mock civil rights, lie about liberty, humility human decency, are the foundation of his political playbook.
Trump turned back healthcare, turned back civil rights, and stripped away the rights of the most vulnerable people in the world. Trump’s policies banned them, caged them, killed them, and threaten to destroy the lives of more than anyone dares to say; the elderly are unable to rely on the health benefits they worked a lifetime for. The young may inhabit bunkers that blow up, and no one survives. It won’t matter how many “free-fire zones” are authorized to US troops to use their weapons at will. For every firearm pointed, triggers will be moved from the opposite direction in a war that could churn on for years. Let’s not forget about the family who’s loved one will be classified as a “casualty,” a title which undervalues “death,” something which is anything but casual. He also threatens to steal the oil of any country the US can overthrow
Obama’s mere presence energized a generation to set its sights higher; Donald Trump’s obsession with oil has set up the same generation to come under fire. His actions will leave our children captured, missing, or whose whereabouts have not been determined. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of our nation’s happiness will be continued to be sold to the Saudis for their oil, along with the expectation of the death and destruction of young adults. Millennials love Obama, but they will despise Donald Trump
There were problems during the Obama administration, and admittingly there is no need to elevate him to be more of a man than he is. He did not comment on every crisis, but when he surfaced to address the issue, you saw it in his eyes. He understood what we understood.
Donald Trump has always approached America after a disaster with awkward hesitation, and he lied to us. Obama choked up with tears after every mass shooting. Obama will forever have an open the door to the White House because he cried with us, then struggled to diminish the power of the gun lobbyist after the deaths of 20 first-graders in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
He gave us insight in times of trouble, strength in times of grief, and laughed with us in times of happiness. We did not always agree with him. He did not consistently appease us. But wrong or right, we trusted his loyalty to America. Obama never abused his authority; he did what we expect of a president. The concept, “We the people” never escaped him.
Throughout the Obama administration, we could not help but profit from his appreciation. So, perhaps Donald Trump has a legitimate reason for envying Barack Obama. He will never be the object of our affection simply because Donald Trump doesn’t love America; he loves the power that comes from being president. We do not need another four years of what we have experienced in the last three years. We know who he is and what he has done. Do we need to think of everything he may someday do and is capable of now?
