Election Depression
I always want to see the world as it could be, not what it is. I love America. I believe in the goodness of the American people. I also strongly believe "what goes around will come around." I have always said in my blogs that no one person will be able to bring America down even if that person is the President.
There have been a lot of negative statements from Trump about what he will do as President. I say, let's not get depressed until he tries to do them. Remember, there is a Congress that has to agree with him and wants to keep their jobs. Just because the election is over, we the depressed still have a say on how this country will be run.
Two years seems like a long time, but in two years most of the Congress seats will be up for grabs. The Tea Party proved what they could do in that second year election - they turned the House majority to the right. If Trump and this Congress do the things we fear they will do, we the depressed will vote them out of office and Trump won't be able to screw any more things up.
To keep myself sane, I want to believe Congress won't let him do many the the things he said he would do. Mexico will not build a wall with their own money. The Republican Party wants the deficit to go down. Therefore, they will not let him spent money; we don't have, to build his wall.
Trump wants to deport illegals. I want to believe this Congress will find a more humane solution. It will probably not be exactly what we depressed want it to be, but it won't be as bad as his right wing, things he said to get elected, statements.
Women are a powerful political block. They also represent huge numbers of votes. I want to believe Congress will not let Trump do bad things to women and that includes taking away their right to choose. If I'm wrong, we the depressed will throw out this Congress two years from now.
Trump is a business man. He does a lot of business overseas. He talks about getting better deals which I, as one of the depressed, believe is a good thing. My hope is he doesn't let his ego get in the way and piss off other Heads of State. I want to believe he won't.
The Russians think they now have a friend in Trump. I choose to not believe that. When he gets debriefed by the Foreign Relations Committee, he will realize they are not our friends and if anything he may put more clamps on them then Obama has already done.
Trump says he wants to get out of the Iran deal. I don't agree with most of what he is for, but I do agree with his position regarding Iran. Iran hates America. Doing a deal with somebody you can't trust will eventually become a bad deal.
In my opinion the scariest things he will try to accomplish is putting in a Conservative right wing Supreme Court Justice, changing laws regarding LGBT rights and his belief that Global Warming does not exist.
If Congress elects a Supreme Court Justice that helps overturn "Roe Vs. Wade" and other women's rights and the rights of the LGBT community, the streets will be full of protesters. Currently, seventy percent of Americans believe in women's and Gay rights. We the depressed will rise up and fight. I want to believe Congress knows this will happen and knows they will have no chance to keep control in the mid-term election.
I know four years is a long time, but if we somehow can't change Congress in two years we the depressed will surely replace Trump in four years.
Regarding Global Warming, even if Trump doesn't believe it exists, as a business man he sees the potential of making America independent of fossil fuel. He sees the massive job growth potential of going green. I want to believe he will do the right thing regarding Global Warming (probably because he already has money invested in green companies).
Sooo, yes I'm depressed now. However, with my strong belief in America and the American people, I'm going to get over my depression tomorrow and wait and see how it all plays out.
My glass is always half full and I choose to believe:
We Will Survive President Trump
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