Trump's Tweets, Nixon's List and Sanders' Shame

I seem to remember back in the good old terrible days during the reign of Richard Nixon the revelation of his secret hit list—or was it called the Dirty Tricks list? Daniel Schorr earned an honored place on the list as a result of his reporting on the illegal behaviors of the President and his co-conspirators during the Watergate scandal. Nixon’s list became a source of some delight, and citizens often received accolades when their names were discovered on that infamous list. People wondered why they weren’t also given a place on that notorious list.
     Today there seems little need for such a list for the current holder of the office of President of the United States tweets his displeasure willy-nilly at all those who disagree with him or with whom he has developed a peculiar pique, or whose knowledge and insight into public affairs highlights Trump’s ignorance. There are not a few of these in all parties and walks of life. The more recent attack on Charles Schumer, the Senator from New York, who the President accused of facilitating the terrorist attack on New York City for an advocacy of the Diversity Immigration Law twenty-seven years ago, is the latest outrage stemming from the government. The photo in the New York Times of the Gang of Eight whose immigration bill would have eliminated the diversity visa lottery is today’s Trump’s display of willful stupidity. Trump is not a simple fool; Trump is an ignorant and dangerous government official with a serious narcissistic personality disorder who endangers the welfare and safety of the world. And it seems to me that any government official is not on Trump’s tweet hit list is not doing his/her job. As it was an honor to be recognized for one’s activity by Nixon and his accomplices in 1972-4, so too should it be an honor to be today’s target of Trump’s absurd tweets. This is not a government.
     And next to Trump I would place Sarah Huckabee Sanders as second in stupidity as she brazenly defends Trump’s blatant lies. Obviously, the woman has no shame, and it is for this lack that she will be long remembered.