Today’s America has never been written about in our history books. There is not a single resemblance to what is occurring in Washington to those who led our nation to good times and bad in our 241 years of existence. This illegitimate president and his party of hypocrites and villains is changing my nation and I am pissed off. I am a 71 year old man. I am an original baby boomer, born in July of 1946. Today I am aware that not all of the glorious tales of our nation’s past were based on fact, but I have learned a great deal about our nation’s people, and the occasions when our government supported me and the people I love, whether I knew them or not.

My least favorite holiday is ‘President’s Day.’ I believe it is a travesty. Prior to congress making a decision to honor all presidents in February, I grew up celebrating Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on February 12^th, and George Washington’s birthday on February 22^nd. They deserved my respect and gratitude for what they accomplished for my America. Sadly, not all of our nation’s leaders deserve that same adulation and certainly not our respect.

White men dominated the label of President of the United States for 232 years, until an African American by the name of Barrack Hussein Obama became a respected and deserved leader on January 20, 2009.

In 1776 John Hanson was the acting president throughout the Revolutionary War. In 1789 George Washington became the official first President of the United States of America. Since that time we have had 44 men hold this esteemed office. Grover Cleveland held the office twice with a separation between his first and second elections. Several of them failed the American people and do not deserve the honor offered them in February of each year.

Today America has an illegitimate president. He fails to fit the description of an American president. His actions are opposed to the principles and even to the law of the land of the United States of America. In my mind, after reading thousands of pages of information, I have no doubt that he is guilty of treason. Donald J. Trump colluded with Russian President Vladimir Putin to win the 2016 election. More importantly for the American people, he is unfit to be the president. He lacks a single qualification to lead our once respected nation. He and his circle of sinners view our nation as an ‘adult sandbox.’ They are pretending. The have no idea about what they are doing, and make every decision based upon a reaction to their last debacle.

Not a single man or woman in the White House has the experience or the intelligence to move our nation forward into the 21^st century.

Trump is a ‘regressive.’ He is not a leader. A leader moves his supporters, his city, his state, or his country forward. Trump is looking to our dark and immoral past as his blueprint to destroy my America.

When children play in a sandbox, they occasionally act in an unacceptable manner. They are children; they are learning. When adults play in a sandbox they have goals and ambitions which make their actions reprehensible. This is Trump’s White House. They have no interest in the nation they are intended to serve. The people of our nation are no more than collateral damage for their own ambitions.

The saddest part of this reality is that an entire party is supporting the most immoral president in history. Republicans have no intention of serving our nation’s people. They have only one purpose; to support their masters; the one-percent of our nation’s wealthiest citizens; and Donald J. Trump is one of them.

When the American people cast their ballots for a man or woman with an “R” next to their name, they are creating a member of the super-rich who will spend his or her career ignoring those who elected him or her. Their constituents are the wealthy, not the working class.

Washington has become a sandbox where the rich and powerful come to play. Your and yours are not invited to participate in the festivities unless you are a millionaire at the bare minimum.

Donald Trump is one of 585 billionaires in America. Who do you think he will work for? If you have the slightest belief that he cares about your and those you love, you are out of touch with reality.

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Op-ed by James Turnage

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