America, You Blew It – Again
Well, congratulations, America. You did it. You looked at the absolute disaster of a presidency from 2016 to 2020 and said, Yeah, let’s run that one back. You saw Trump impeached twice, indicted four times, and ranting about “wokeness” like a guy who just found out his grandkid is nonbinary; and yet you still handed him the keys to the Oval Office again.
And what was the alternative? Kamala Harris. Okay, sure, she’s not exactly a political rock star. But let’s be honest, choosing between Kamala and Trump is like choosing between an overcooked steak and a plate of raw sewage. One might be bland, but the other will definitely kill you. And yet, here we are.
Since it’s too late to stop this trainwreck now, let’s at least break down why this was a terrible idea using the same reasons that made his first presidency such a mess.
Mistake #1: He Lets His People Eat Each Other Alive
Trump doesn’t run a government. He runs a reality show where his own staff spend more time knifing each other in the back than actually doing their jobs. We saw it last time: the leaks, the betrayals, the constant chaos. He pitted everyone against each other, from Reince Priebus to Steve Bannon to Sean Spicer, and half of them ended up disgraced, in jail, or humiliated on Dancing with the Stars.
And now? It’s happening again.
Just weeks into his second presidency, we’re already watching his cabinet implode like a Republican family reunion where someone mentions climate change. His administration is less of a team and more of a Game of Thrones spin-off, except they all survived season one.
Mistake #2: He Publicly Humiliates His Own People
Every boss has his flaws, but a good one at least backs up his team. Trump? He throws them under the bus, then reverses over them just to be sure.
Remember when he called Jeff Sessions “mentally unfit”? Or how he made Rex Tillerson, his own Secretary of State, find out he was fired from a tweet? Imagine working for a guy who praises you one day and calls you a loser on Truth Social the next. That’s like dating someone who constantly threatens to break up with you at dinner.
And yet, here we are again. Another administration full of people who think they have power until Trump decides they don’t.
Mistake #3: He Cares More About Loyalty Than Competence
Trump doesn’t hire the best and brightest, he hires whoever kisses his ass the hardest. If Albert Einstein came back from the dead and said, “Mr. President, I disagree with your economic plan,” Trump would call him a “woke loser” and replace him with a MyPillow executive.
During his first term, he turned the entire government into a cult of personality, demanding blind loyalty over actual qualifications. And guess what? It’s happening again. The only people left in his inner circle are the ones willing to nod along as he rants about rigged elections and JFK Jr. being alive.
Competence? That’s for suckers.
Mistake #4: He Has No Idea How to Stay on Message
A good president has a clear vision. Trump has a brain that works like a browser with 50 tabs open, half of them frozen, and a pop-up ad playing unsolicited Russian propaganda.
One minute, he’s talking about tax policy; the next, he’s rambling about water pressure in toilets. His Twitter account (oh sorry, Truth Social, the JCPenney of social media) is already a mess of misspelled insults and conspiracy theories. His administration is constantly scrambling to clean up whatever bizarre rant he just unleashed.
And guess what? That’s not going to change. We’ve got four more years of government officials playing PR janitors every time Trump goes off-script.
Mistake #5: He Ignores Experts in Favor of His Gut
Trump’s decision-making process is basically:
- Hear expert advice.
- Ignore expert advice.
- Trust his feelings instead.
- Get mad when it blows up in his face.
He’s already ignored scientists on climate change, public health officials on COVID, and intelligence agencies on literally everything. Now, in 2024, he’s back at it, dismissing economists, military leaders, and cybersecurity experts because his gut tells him they’re wrong.
Trump thinks he knows more than the generals, more than the doctors, more than the economists. And he’s never read a book in his life. That’s like me thinking I know how to land a plane because I’ve watched a lot of flights.
Mistake #6: He Doesn’t Delegate Because He Thinks He’s the Smartest Guy in the Room
Here’s the thing about running a country: You can’t do it alone. A president has to trust experts, advisors, and a competent team to get things done.
Trump? He thinks he is the competent team. He sees himself as a one-man government, making impulsive decisions based on the last thing he saw on Fox News. He doesn’t delegate; he dictates. And when things inevitably go wrong, he just blames everyone else.
That’s not leadership. It’s narcissism. And now we have four more years of it.
The Bottom Line: We’re Screwed, Again
Listen, America. I get it. Some of you thought Kamala Harris was uninspiring. Some of you missed Trump’s stand-up comedy routine disguised as politics. And some of you just love voting for chaos.
But guess what? You don’t rehire the guy who got fired for incompetence. You don’t bring back the chef who gave you food poisoning because “at least the portions were big.”
Trump was a disaster in his first term, and now we get to watch the sequel, except this time, he’s learned from his mistakes. Not in a good way, but in the terrifying way where he now knows exactly how to break the system even more.
So buckle up, America. We just re-elected the guy who thinks nuking hurricanes is a viable strategy. What could possibly go wrong?
