Trump Looks Like Putin's Useful Idiot

      The United States is stuck with a man that lied his way into the presidency, backed by millions more than willing to believe his b.s. He promised a lot, and it turns out to be nothing but hot air and empty promises. He had no plan for health care. He had no plan or idea how to bring back manufacturing jobs. He had no plan for stopping North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons program. He had no plan for stopping Islamic fanaticism. His administration is full of the same billionaire and millionaire super rich crowd that have always served their own interests, not working and middle class interests. By the time this is over, the United States will be full of more tax breaks for the rich, an end to estate taxes so the road to oligarchy continues, more debt, a stronger Russia and other American adversaries, and a weakening of America's leadership role.

        Trump tweeted that he hoped to be Putin's best friend when he was in Russia at a Ms. Universe  beauty pageant. During the election, Russian television kept pushing Trump over the flawed Clinton. Putin wanted Trump, and so Russian television followed their master's lead. Putin got what he wanted. The weaker and more foolish the United States appears, the stronger Putin becomes. Trump thinks that because he is increasing military spending, it shows his independence from Russia. No, it does not. Russia does not fear conventional war with the United States. Nuclear powers can never go to war unless they have decided to end human life as we know it. The United States squandering its wealth on its bloated military does not weaken Russia.

         A couple of lessons from all of this.... stop worshipping people because they have money, power, or are celebrities.  Stop following blindly.  Stop believing so easily in promises. Stop believing that because someone is a successful business person he or she is automatically qualified for politics or other things. The rich and powerful are not superior human beings, no matter how much they, or the people that kiss their asses, believe otherwise. For whatever reasons Trump needed to be president, whether it was ego or something else, he is looking more and more like Putin's useful idiot.