When I was in 6th grade, I was elected class president. The will of my classmates, acting through their own whimsical thinking, made me so. I was not a true leader, but I had an abrasive sense of humor, and a big, ill-informed mouth, which somehow made me attractive as a leader to some peers. I went through the motions of being a pseudo-leader for several weeks, until one fateful day. I walked into the boys restroom, and two classmates were flooding the urinals. They were having a pretty good time, laughing and carrying on. I started laughing with them, and I did not try to stop them. Right then the principal walked in, and we were all caught in the same net. Since I did not try to stop the misbehavior, I was found guilty as a co-conspirator, and removed from the president of the class.
Pandemics, child separation from parents, stratification of wealth, health insurance insecurity, divisive politics, white supremacy and its corrosive effects on the human soul. Our world is burning, and Trump has no clue.
Trump has stood by while all manners of amoral, immoral, inhumane, and unethical behavior has happened under his watch and leadership. The rules of my principal still apply here. Trump has shown no capacity for leadership, enabled malevolent behavior through his own inaction, and he must be removed from office.
