THE OPPOSITE OF WOKE

The opposite of woke is shitty, a category that includes such popular pastimes as racism, homophobia, and misogyny. And, as you're probably already aware, Donald Trump is exceedingly shitty.

Turns out he's also stupid and delusional.

(In addition, he's a vindictive thug and a pathological liar.)

He thinks a cognitive test is an IQ test that proves he's a genius. He thinks you can cure Covid with an injection of bleach. (Not that you have to cure it; just let it wash over the country.) He thinks you can reduce drug prices by 1700%. (How would that work? You buy a pill and the drug company hands it to you for free, then follows up by giving you a tiny bar of gold?)

He thinks he won the election in 2020. Many a marginal man has dived into that rabbit hole, never to be seen again, lest their creditors dun him for life-altering court-ordered awards.

He started a completely disruptive and unnecessary trade war with every single country in the world because he doesn't know how tariffs work. (He thinks that since the people he tariffs will be paying those fees, he can effectively tax those countries to recoup the money they make selling stuff to us he thinks they should have spent on American products. It wasn't enough they were supplying a product we wanted at an excellent price—they were, according to Trump, cheating us!)

He thinks American cities are burning to the ground and he needs to send troops to quell out-of-control riots. Ultimately, he wants no visible push-back on his immigration enforcement policy, a policy he claims to have a mandate to operate. (Hey, Donald, hold the election again right now and see how much of a mandate you actually have.)

He thinks drug runners are narco-terrorists and is blowing their boats out of the water, though he offers no proof those folks are committing capital crimes. (At worst they're supplying a product our citizens crave. Maybe Trump should address the demand-side of the problem and not start international wars without congressional approval as required by the Constitution.)

Trump has authorized the CIA to operate in Venezuela and he plans ground operations there in the near future. What are the chances he doesn't use tactical nukes against the cartels in South America? He once suggested nuking drug suppliers in Mexico, and he's repeatedly complained about being restrained from using nukes whenever he wants.

Trump thinks that a Russian test of a nuclear-powered rocket is the same as a test of a nuclear warhead. Accordingly, he wants to resume testing nukes himself, which will end a Test Ban Treaty in place for thirty years and open the door to actual Russian tests, along with those of China and who knows how many other countries in the nuclear club, not to mention the enthusiastic adventures of nuclear wanna-bes.

Trump "knows" Biden weaponized the DOJ against him so he's fighting that alleged corruption with real corruption of his own by using his DOJ to prosecute this enemies for bogus crimes.

He goes after universities and others for being too woke, illegally withholding federal funding already authorized by congress.

He demands tribute in the form of "judgments" against private companies and corporations in lieu of lawsuits he could never really win. (But it's easier to pay him off.)

He's literally demolishing part of the White House to build an unwanted monument to himself, which he is paying for with "contributions" from companies doing business with the government or which are facing legal hassles with federal regulators.

He even wants the Washington Commanders to change their name back to the Redskins.

Donald Trump plans to drag his salty nuts over every square inch of this country, just to prove he can do it. He thinks immunity from prosecution is the same thing as there being no crime he cannot legally commit, and he's hot to take advantage of the situation.

History will fall down laughing over all this nonsense.

Then excoriate us for not setting up procedures to make damn sure another president as defective as Trump never again holds the office.

I sincerely doubt we will meet that challenge.