Lessons from the Donald, 2020 Update

 

 

In March 2016 I published a blog entitled “Lessons from the Donald” (https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/832341816682623158/2849494625533243905)

Some 4 years and 8 months later, I want to update those thoughts and observations based on the privilege of hindsight.

1.   Apparently you can fool some of the people all of the time.  I’m just saying…

2.   To run an alternate reality you need alternate facts.  Let that sink in for a few minutes to realize just how far we have drifted.  Is truth just a collective hunch?

3.   Despite the declaration of leaders throughout history, it is now clear that the buck does not always stop ‘here’.  We now are assured that it actually stops ‘there’ or anywhere but ‘here’.

4.   Twitter is a megaphone for twits.

5.   It seems that there is an inexhaustible number of people who don’t want to be ‘the guy’ but simply to be the guy that ‘the guy’ relies on. And they are willing to sacrifice any notion of self- respect and integrity to appease ‘the guy’.

6.   Controlling the narrative ceases to be a useful strategy when the narrative starts to control you.  (aka, believing your own press can be dangerous)

7.   Astronomers do not need to peer into deepest space to see a black hole imploding.  They just need to focus on 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue.

8.   Trump has visited North Korea but not Canada.  I don’t know what that says about US foreign policy…but Canadians are happy.

9.   When you are consistently yelling instead of listening, people become deaf.

     Fortunately it is also true that you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.  The four year experiment of irrationality is coming to an inglorious end.

And all God’s children say…AMEN!