We’ve been a month at Trump 2.0 and I’ve noticed that I’m still pinned to the Trump 1.0 features.
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the meaning of everything going in. It has been our slang fixture for the past decade or so. All of the people have embraced all sorts of things, including their faith, new TV series, Lululemon pants, their favorite cocktails. Recently, it was a slogan for our WDIV-TV colleagues and me for coverage of the Lions. (By the way, I’m still in everything.)
Is someone in everything for you? Do you think someone in your life is perfect in every way? If so, don’t be sure it’s a blessing. Someone needs to love you. These shoes may be scary, or you may want to rethink that tattoo idea.
“All in” feels like a rather new phrase, but it goes back in concept. In 1816, it was Admiral Stephen Decatur who raised a glass of toast after dinner and was told, “In our country – foreign affairs, she was always right and successful, right or wrong.”
I have always been troubled by blind loyalty to the wrong things and to someone. And now it appears we have arrived at the perfect Dikaturian moment.
Defense the defense
Honestly, no one knows what to do with the title “My Favorite President of My Life,” but I’m sure he agreed to that person with less than 75%. (If you loved Ronald Reagan, Iran Contra was wrong, wrong, wrong. If you loved Barack Obama, the fact that the person responsible for the subprime loan disaster was not wrong.
And I argue that disappointment and enlightenment from those who love you are essential and far more useful than the sycophantic attaboy from the Greek chorus, which has lost the ability to think and speak critically. It was difficult to pace what Steve Bannon calls “moulder speed.” The rapid pace of fire that Bannon said the Trump administration should issue instructions — puts aside torching its relationship with Canada, suggesting that the Gaza crisis can be resolved through real estate transactions.
And what’s defenseless is the silence from the president’s dugout. (The US Congress Republicans seem to have determined that being a “rubber stamp” is too tired. They are currently opting for taxation with far fewer “door mats.”)
There is no justified defense against forgiveness of the nearly 1,600 instigators who have tainted our highly democracy. This includes physically tainting our sacred Capitol and attacking the fact that decent men and women assigned their care.
The peaceful transfer of power for nearly 250 years has halted with a shocking burst of disorderly violence and rhetoric. And our vice president and Speaker of the House of Representatives had very realistic reasons to wonder if they would survive it.
Trump forgives all of the instigators on January 6th. It was a blanket made of nonsense and negligence, and even those who expressed shame at their actions were forgiven. (As a bonus, some of these defendants argue that the pardon is equivalent to a free card for a multipurpose escape that spans murder groups and child pornography charges.
I have no patience in the argument that they were “rejected with justification.” The due process is the basis of appeal for almost everyone in America’s vast prison complexes.
It was also one of the most videotaped crimes in history. US Senators Ted Cruz and President Donald Trump himself have asserted that Ender, the most violent ever, must be held accountable. Well, thanks to Muzzle Velocity, we don’t even hold these two responsibilities for their own words.
If it looks like a scam…
I’ve also been crushing molars on the launch of Donald Trump Meme Coin’s cryptocurrency. It’s about getting clear money, not just making money from the presidency, but also how to benefit from the Ponzi scheme, which continues to define the code, thinking some of us. (Fortune estimates that thousands of investors lost $2 billion on the rollout, but the Trump family raked it up at a $100 million trading fee.) What’s worse, thanks to Crypto’s invisible cape, there’s no way to know who’s pouring Russian rubles and Chinese yuan into Trump’s coffer.
In 2021, Trump said Bitcoin “feels like a scam.” I think things will change if scams work in your favour.
I don’t think it’s surprising that there’s a lack of criticism from the right on this issue.
Back in 2016, consider that Trump’s supporters were not particularly bothered by him becoming the first modern president to reject his business interests to blind trust. (By the way, rotten corpses on the road are a good old emoluments phrase. It’s a quaint little section that prevents the president from profiting from the president.
The Trump coin is clearly and unharmed, how to pick up the presidency with the ankle and swing nickel from the pocket. However, it appears that only those who have lost their money are suffering so much.
Truth and Transparency Business
During my 40 years as a journalist, I have constantly reminded people that I am not in the opinion business. Rather, I was in the business of truth and transparency.
That remains true. I don’t think either of these frustrations is based on politics. I think they are clearly based, wait for it, the Constitution.
And while Donald Trump doesn’t care what I say (I’m a journalist) or what Democrats say (they’re politically motivated) or what anti-Trump Republicans say (ibid), he cares what his most enthusiastic supporters think.
And that’s why they need to call bad behavior and nonsense when they see it, like good parents or good friends. It will also come a long way to help those who didn’t vote for Donald Trump see his supporters as critical thinkers who can see beyond the dazzling dashboard.
Now let’s consider the limits of “All In.”
I love the Detroit Lions. However, I can have problems asking a wide receiver to throw the first pass of his career later in the theater when I’m still trying to get to the age of 10.
And if you love Donald Trump, I think so too do you.
Devin Scillian is a news anchor for recently retired Detroit TV and has appeared on WDIV-TV (Channel 4) for nearly 30 years. You may send a letter to the editor at freep.com/letters and make it available online and in print.
