If you are a regular reader, you know I don’t usually take the time to talk about how I feel my patriotism. I don’t say the pledge of allegiance because if you read the words with a dictionary handy, and you take to heart what the bible actually says, you will be making a really hard choice. I cannot choose my country over my God and I can’t pledge allegiance to a piece of fabric, no matter how beautiful it is or how it makes my heart feel full of love when I look at it. But I do stand and thank God for choosing to let me born here, with my family and loved ones and for the freedoms I enjoy, even if they are not as free, or as beautiful as they sound in the song I love to sing.
I am grateful for the home I have always known. The United States of America is full of every kind of dream you could ever imagine and as an artist, with stark opinions, this shines to me. I love The Star Spangled Banner and I love to sing it at the top of my lungs! I love to meet new people and listen to their stories. I enjoy reading history. I feel compelled to write about how I experience these stories.
As a child I remember talking at school and playing part in pretend elections and debating with my grown ups. I remember the peaceful transition of power each time. Some presidents were enjoyed more than others, but always respected and respectful.
I was raised by parents who were opinionated but relatively independent and grandparents who were on either democrat or republican. So I heard lots of ideas. I have registered to vote as a republican and a democrat; which I think is unfair. We should not have to declare a party. At one time, I could honestly say I was conservative or liberal. But now I am angry at everyone because they have all failed.
I loved Obama, but now I know he could have done something for the victims of the Epstein Files, and I am sad.
But before I knew that, there was Trump. Who has brought chaos to every day he is in office. There has never been a peaceful transition of power with him. I will never completely get over the insurrection he was never punished for. His first term, I could not turn my TV on, or hear his name without an anxiety attack because I have anxiety disorder and I don’t need a trigger; I have worked hard to overcome him in therapy and still work hard to overcome him because he is still creating chaos in the world. I will always wonder why people chose him and then I don’t because I have read enough of history to comprehend that evil has a way of infecting people so they don’t realize what it is until they are so committed, they can’t stop now.
I do sometimes hate Trump, but he has earned it. I don’t worship anyone. Everyone is imperfect, but this man; he is completely self-serving. He is totally willing to do anything as long as he gets what he wants. He is a terrible leader. A good leader rolls up their sleeves and gets in the dirt, alongside the people.
Iran has been corrupt for as long as I can remember, but if we learned anything from the near endless war after 9-11, is that going half-cocked at the Middle East is futile. And there is no plan here. We can’t afford this. But Trump doesn’t care. He is happy to keep making money for his rich friends while our military potentially dies and our tax dollars are flushed down the toilet.
The same reason that ICE is collecting immigrants in concentration camps instead of deporting them. His friends that own those privately owned prisons are making money off our tax dollars while people who might have only been guilty of a misdemeanor, once had a job and paid taxes and added to our communities and loved their families are now rotting in traumatizing situations. The policy is bad. Just like when Obama was in office, they should have gone after the dangerous criminals first, and after they deported them, gone after people who were not dangerous. But you don’t make as much money that way. It is worse because we hated it when Obama did it and he should have learned from it, but you can’t teach Trump anything.
Mistakes are meant to be learned from. Questions are meant to be answered. On the day after Iran had been bombed and the Ayatollah was dead, someone suggested that I had TDS because I told a group that I thought they were small minded because they remained strong that only democrats were unhappy that our country had entered into war, without the backing of Congress. They followed up their response with a picture of Obama with a title with a word obliterated so that it was no longer English and no longer violent. I asked them what TDS was and I asked them what the word was supposed to be. I can guess what the word is because I am not daft, but I do think that it is ridiculous when adults use the word grape for rape or change letters to numbers so that they are no longer technically a violent word; we are adults here. And apparently, whether we want to admit it or not, we live in one of the most violent countries in the world. I think we should stop trying to hide from it, and face it, so maybe we can stop doing it.
Three days later, no one had answered me, so I looked up TDS because I am a curious person. TDS stands for Trump Derangement Syndrome.
“Simply put, Trump Derangement Syndrome is a derogatory term used to describe a form of toxic criticism and negative reaction to former President Trump’s statements and political actions. The origin of the term can be traced to the late political columnist and commentator Charles Krauthammer, a psychiatrist, who first coined the phrase ‘Bush derangement syndrome’ in 2003.” Alex Pattakos Ph.D.
I have dealt with many of my responses to DJT. My greatest one, was when I watched the clip of his assassination, I recognized that he looked a bit like my abusers. This helped me to accept some of the reasons I was afraid of him. Once I did that, I was no longer afraid of him. He is just a man.
Another thing about recognizing that he reminds me of my abusers is that it wasn’t just physical, but mentally and emotionally he reminds me of my abusers. He is a coward and he is mentally and emotionally weak. Without his money. He has nothing. He thinks I am nothing because I don’t have any money, but in reality. He has much more to lose than I ever will, because I have people that will always love me and stand beside me, even if I don’t have a dime. He can’t say that. His followers think he will save them because he has the resources. But he wont. I know his kind. It is all about him. If he loses his Benjamins he has nothing. That is a very scary place to be.
I have a firm foundation that can not be bought with money.
Because I am intelligent, I can live through anything. And I have. I know I need God. He has always downloaded what I needed to know as long as I remained calm enough to ask Him for it. Trump thinks he is God. That is a huge mistake.
So if you are still comfortable following him, or if you never did, or if you are living in one of his concentration camps or if you are somewhere in the gaps between…God bless the USA
Read More:
- The Paradox of “Trump Derangement Syndrome” Finding meaning in the space between stimulus and response by Alex Pattakos Ph.D. for Psychology Today. September 5, 2024
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My name is Summer. That is how you can call me. I hope that I am a blessing to you. I am not perfect. I will fall again. But I am forgiven. For anyone reading this that isn’t a Christian, unapologetically, I am a Jesus Follower, but I believe there is room for lots of beliefs and religions in the world. It is not my intent to offend people with different beliefs than I have and I would be open to open-minded conversations with no goals of changing anyone’s mind, but sharing information. If you are interested in becoming a Jesus Follower…Do you know Jesus? Do want the Holy Spirit to fill you and give you understanding and salvation? Ask Him. Want someone to pray with you? Contact me.
If you would like to know Jesus as your friend, but want to make this amazing commitment by yourself please pray something like this: Thank you Jesus that You are the Son of God, the God that created heaven and earth. Thank you Jesus that You came to earth in the form of a man so that You would be able to empathize with my humanity. Thank You that You did this in order to fulfill the promises You made at the foundation of the world. I realize that I am a sinner and do things that hurt myself and keep myself away from you. Thank You that You died for my sins so that You could defeat death and bring me into Your life. Please forgive me. I ask You to be Lord of my life. I ask you to heal my hurts and show me what my new life, empowered by You looks like. Thank You for Your mercy.
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