(#6190) Think of America as your favorite sports team

      I hope this helps those who are oblivious to what is happening to our team America. With trump as the team captain of our American team, he is in cahoots with putin, the team captain of Russia. What trump is doing is behind the scenes colluding with putin to throw the game. We team America used to sit atop the world standings as an undisputed leader. With democracy as our strategy, we dominated most every game we played. We didn't always win every contest but we didn't let an occasional bump in the road stop our dominance. No other country has a record like ours so when it comes to odds for winning we are always the favorite.
     Thus the hook trump is trying to hide from us. We see his deception however because those of us who pay attention to the day to day workings of our democracy are not fooled by his slow but steady dismantling of our treasured form of government. Many do not see what is happening which is why I am writing in this analogous way. Our team is being hampered and hamstrung by the trump cabal to weaken our resolve to maintain our dominance. No longer are we the prized trophy in the display case. Our democracy is shifting before our eyes into an authoritarian state where thugs under the questionable veil of color of law, are harming and detaining our citizens at will.
     All the while in Ukraine we Americans are abandoning the fight for democracy there. Instead trump is immorally shirking our promises to Ukraine that we would protect them from Russian invasion. From broken promises to dismantling democratic institutions within America, trump is fixing the contest so that his preferred outcome is more likely than not. What he gains from fixing the fight with Russia is still uncertain, but let there be no doubt, it won't be good for team America. When my favorite team is taking a fall the only solution is to wholesale remove all those involved. Which is where we are now with the trump cabal!