On way to worst US President

Turning a blind eye to his narcissism and his megalomania, I tried to embrace my misplaced optimism to find a glimmer of hope for Trump, but he proved that optimists have no place in Trump’s America.

The terrible US Presidents of the past basically screwed up their own country, but Trump’s outdoing them by knocking the entire world off balance.

He turned the stoic Chinese into laughing Buddhas when he pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

The Chinese know those 12 countries that border the Pacific Ocean are responsible for about 40 percent of the world’s economic output so the Chinese are going to fill that void faster than you can say Donald Trump.

North Korea is threatening to step up its nuclear missile shenanigans, and Trump is goading North Korea with inane tweets that include reactions to North Koreans’ nuclear missile threats. “It’s not going to happen,” Trump tweeted.

That’s a dare and Trump should not be playing that dangerous game.

Meanwhile, Trump had the world up in arms when he signed an order to ban citizens of seven countries (Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia) from entering the US. He left Germany and England stunned as they pondered how this would affect dual citizens from their countries.

That ban, which included people with valid visas and permanent residence cards, created havoc in the airports as these travellers weren’t allowed in the US. It affected US businesses that employ some of these people who were turned back at US airports.

Thankfully, US law prevailed over Trump wielding his executive pen like a sword, which he uses to slice laws and slash basic human rights. The American Civil Liberties Union stepped in with a class action suit that was upheld by a federal court.

The only comforting statement I’ve heard in the US in the past week was from someone who said, “I hope Trump enjoys losing because he is going to be doing a lot of it.” There are likely to be many more lawsuits under Trump.

I haven’t even touched on all the ethical violations that are going to pile up as some of his political decisions touch on his businesses.

There’s too much to untangle.

Let’s not touch the Mexican wall right now, but what about California talking about seceding from the union? Under Trump, we are having discussions that date back to the Civil War in 1861.

Poor California. I’ve lived there.

It’s a progressive place. Californians don’t suffer fools.

One lessons Trump has taught us for sure is the importance of voting in an election. Trump didn’t have to be on the road to becoming the worst President ever. People who didn’t vote put him there just as much as people who did vote.

Let that be a lesson to you. Vote.

Always vote, and try to have some sense when you vote.

In the meantime, Trump is going to learn the hard way that he is not a dictator or a king. He’s a president, well on his way, it seems, to becoming the worst President ever.