This whole election cycle is beyond absurd. We’ve got the former president of the United States—who let’s be honest, acts like a sugar-high toddler with a flamethrower—being publicly called “unfit for office” by literal four-star generals, and somehow, they’re the bad guys! Are we living in Opposite Land? John Kelly—General John Kelly—says Trump is dangerous, and people act like he’s just mad about losing a parking space. This guy has more military medals than Trump has excuses for why he lost the election, and yet he’s being called disloyal!
Let’s take Mike Pence. Loyal, quiet Mike Pence—who spent four years standing next to Trump like an obedient golden retriever—says, “Hey, maybe inciting a riot and almost getting me hanged isn’t cool,” and now suddenly he’s the villain! How is Pence the bad guy here? He didn’t commit treason, and somehow people are mad at him for not helping Trump commit treason. You can’t make this stuff up! Trump wanted to play real-life “Call of Duty” and when Pence refused to play along, people acted like he’d just stolen the Declaration of Independence!
And don’t even get me started on John Bolton. The guy who probably has a war plan for every day of the week said Trump was “dangerously unfit” to handle foreign policy. Bolton—Bolton—thinks Trump’s too reckless! When the guy who wants to bomb every country before breakfast tells you to slow down, maybe you should listen. But no, Trump world’s like, “Nah, Bolton’s just bitter.” Bitter? This man spent his career living in a permanent state of preemptive military readiness, and even he’s saying Trump’s playing Russian Roulette with five bullets.
Then there’s Mattis. Mad Dog Mattis—who probably drinks black coffee with barbed wire for breakfast—resigns because Trump’s foreign policy was so reckless, it made him leave. He said Trump “failed to value our alliances,” which is military code for “This guy is tearing the world apart like a toddler with a bucket of Legos.” What do Trump’s people do? They call Mattis overrated! Overrated! That’s like calling a grizzly bear “too cuddly.” This guy could run the Pentagon in his sleep and now he’s the problem?
We’ve got Dan Coats, the former Director of National Intelligence, a guy who literally spent his days knowing all the secrets, saying Trump “doesn’t listen” and “was a danger to national security.” The man who probably knows the code to the nuclear football is telling us that Trump’s leadership is like letting a pyromaniac guard the fireworks stand, and people are like, “Nah, Coats is just out of the loop.” He’s the loop!
And then there’s H.R. McMaster, a guy so smart and tough, his brain has biceps. McMaster said Trump’s recklessness is a threat to national security, and instead of everyone going, “Oh my God, this is serious,” Trump’s fans respond like McMaster is some intern who didn’t get the memo. McMaster has faced off against actual dictators, and he’s here saying, “This is a bad idea,” but Trump’s over there asking if nukes can be used “just to send a message.”
And don’t forget Rex Tillerson. Rex “Big Oil” Tillerson called Trump a moron! A moron! This is a guy who once ran ExxonMobil, and he’s saying Trump’s decision-making is so idiotic that he couldn’t even stand to work in the same building anymore. How much clearer can it get? When Rex Tillerson—who probably negotiated oil deals by arm-wrestling bears—calls you a moron, you might want to rethink a few things. But nope, instead we get, “Oh, Tillerson’s just mad because Trump wouldn’t let him be the boss.” Really?!
All these guys—lifelong public servants, warriors, diplomats, people who’ve lived in the trenches of global strategy and national security—are practically shouting at us that Trump is dangerous, reckless, and unfit. And what’s happening? They’re the ones getting roasted, they’re the ones getting called disloyal and bitter and “out of the loop.” It’s like we’re living in an alternate universe where the adults in the room are getting fired because they won’t let the toddler play with the kitchen knives!
Wake up, people! These men—men who know more about leadership than Trump could fit into one of his golf courses—are trying to save the country. It’s time to listen. Because if we don’t, we’re not just letting the toddler with ADHD keep playing with the live ammo—we’re handing him more!
