A Glimpse Into Why I So Strongly Oppose Trump

One thing that I know to be true is that both major political parties have long been largely taken over by wealthy corporate interests. There are several exceptions within the Democratic Party, but most democrats and all republicans are in the pockets of Wall Street and Big Banks, the fossil fuel industry, the military industrial complex, the pharmaceutical and insurance industries, the prison industrial complex, the animal and agricultural complexes, etc. Big Money has indeed infiltrated our political system and all corporate funded American media. And this is the root of the enormity of the crises that we all face today in our country and across the world. This absolutely must change.

However this is not why Trump poses the enormity of the threat that he does to our nation and the planet. Here are some of the profound concerns shared by myself and countless others:

1. He is in the pockets of enormous wealthy interests who pose a profound threat to American democracy. This video piece first shared with me by my youngest son highlights the facts of Trump’s involvement in and support of Project 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=284OgviS_kY.

2. Trump is an enormous threat to life on Earth. He is  in the pockets of the fossil fuel industry and plans to wipe out all policies and practices (which are already completely insufficient) to address the climate crisis. He is completely uninformed about the human causes of our warming planet and the climate emergency we are in. His plans to drill baby drill us all into oblivion — which dooms my grandchildren and all children everywhere on Earth. He is totally ignorant of the fact that we’re already in the midst of the sixth major extinction — the first ever to be human caused.

3. Trump has long been aligned with fascist dictators who mirror what he aspires to. He has a history of cozying up to Putin, Netanyahu, Viktor Orbán, Bolsonaro, Kim Jong Un, and other dictators. And they all know that Trump’s severe narcissism makes him easily manipulated by praise into doing their bidding.

4. Trump stands against the rights of women over their own bodies. This is putting countless women’s lives at risk and the doctors who are their physicians.

5. Trump is a misogynist who has a documented history of sexual assaults on women. He demonstrates no accountability or remorse.

6. Trump is the antithesis of all values which embody love, compassion, empathy, wisdom, a dedication to truth, consciousness of and commitment to Do No Harm,  a commitment to recognizing and alleviating the suffering of others, and the experience of connectedness and a dedication to standing in protection of all of life.

7. Trump is the embodiment of his projections, very much including his criminality, distain for democracy and disregard of the rule of law, and his strenuous efforts to disregard the will of the American people and derail the peaceful transfer of power to Joe Biden.

8. Trump suffers from the same malignant narcissistic disease that my mother did. This is manifested through chronic pathological lying, an inability to feel empathy and compassion, an extreme sense of entitlement, chronic polarization of us against an Other, the inability to own any mistakes or shortcomings or being anything other than the best in everything, directing violent behavior towards anyone who doesn’t feed his narcissistic supplies, projecting his self-loathing (that is the root of his narcissism) onto others in the form of extreme and relentless dehumanization of others — his misogyny, racism, Islamophobia, and on and on. The malignant narcissism in and of itself makes him extremely dangerous to the welfare of our nation and the world.

I could go on. Please also know that if someone in the Democratic Party was running for the Presidency and exhibited these same behaviors and beliefs and characteristics that I would be doing everything humanly possible to stop them. Trump terrifies me. He must be stopped.

Bless us all and may the 

highest good prevail,

— Molly