For Trump, Was the Murder of Charlie Kirk Equivolent to the Burning of the Reichstag?

Note: I am changing direction on this blog. I believe that promoting benevolent reciprocity and universal empathy is not effective because we humans remain too cognitively primitive to follow the only logical path to achieving peace and security, both socially and economically. Our evolutionarily inherited genetic behavioral traits of xenophobia, territoriality, aggression, dominance and indifference to the sufferings of others are still too strong. As indicated by my last post, I am now focused on highlighting our darker nature and predicting what is to come, predicated on the grim behavior of our current authoritarian government.

In reference to the leading question, no, I don’t believe Trump was behind the tragic and mindless murder of Charlie Kirk. Still, I do think he couldn’t be more pleased, even though Kirk was a strong, far-right Trump supporter and advocate. His only diversion from the MAGA and evangelical playbook was his apparent homosexuality. Still, his murder has given Trump yet another excuse to exploit the moment by seizing greater dictatorial powers and adding to his white, goose-stepping MAGA Macho-Manosphere’s ongoing orgasm. Kirk’s death was like a delicious “ICEing” on Trump’s cruelty cake.

When the news of the murder broke, I couldn’t help but think of the rise of ruthless dictators throughout history and the Reichstag metaphor so common among them. If you can’t find a public-horrifying action committed by your political enemy, invent one.

Psychologically, Trump is the same as they: a deeply insecure, narcissistic sociopath, whose thirst for violence and revenge can never be quenched. I believe this is Donald Trump. Based on his wordsfar more repulsive and divisive than those of any notable opponentand his ongoing actions of pure cruelty, I believe he is quite capable of committing similar atrocities to those perpetrated by past dictators, including Stalin and Hitler.

He will not leave the White House peacefully in January of 2029. It will be, by far, a more bloody insurrection than his first. The only caveat might be if he successfully passes power to his son through threats, fear, judicial compliance, and election rigging (currently ongoing).

The only way this can be stopped is if enough citizens with integrity and honor are willing to do whatever it takes to throw out the dictator, regain stability under the Constitution, and then force Congress to address the real root cause of government dysfunction and corruption (now a barely operable malignant cancer): corporate and private-interest money in politics.

Donald Trump Needs an Appropriate Moniker

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Captain Philip Francis Queeg

AMERICA, MEET DONALD (CAPTAIN QUEEG) TRUMP,” a real-life version of the fictional Captain Philip Francis Queeg of the minesweeper USS Caine. The Caine Mutiny, was the 1951 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Herman Wouk, and subsequently became, in 1954, a five-star movie starring Humphrey Bogart—one of my all-time favorites.

The “Queeg” moniker came to me yesterday after months of observing and listening to Trump’s unstable lashing out at virtually anyone of note (and some not-so-much of note) from whom he perceives an insult and his consistent display of an uber authoritarian persona. It reminded me of Captain Queeg’s monomaniacal obsession with strict discipline—dominating and micromanaging his crew—which easily distracted him from his primary duties in WWII.

I recalled Queeg’s paranoia, his turning the Cain inside out in a search to find the thief of a can of strawberries, his demanding that no one may interrupt him while he’s talking, his intolerance of being contradicted and his angry rebuke of a subordinate while his ship steamed over its own tow cable.

Considering this juxtaposition with Trump, his presidency is chilling on many levels, especially that he’s now in possession of the nation’s nuclear missile launch codes (Dr. Strangelove comes to mind), his global-warming denial and his intention to go full bore in opening up more land to drilling for fossil fuels, a bow to the Kochs and which includes rescinding the sanctions on Russia for the sake of huge profits for Exxon Mobile (the corporation of Rex Tillerson—Trump’s nomination for Secretary of State and likely confirmed on Jan. 23rd).

As for Trumps thin skin, in my mind he needs some early conditioning on how to thicken it. Since his subordinates in the White House and most congressional conservatives likely are sycophants (yes men) who would bow to his demands for no other reason than for profit and power (although I hope the military types are not so greedy and demonstrate the integrity his Wall Streeters are not likely to display), his education is left to the public.

I will, henceforth, refer to him as Capt. Queeg, until and unless he proves me wrong. I won’t, however, bet the farm. I hope others adopt this view as well.

I once thought that GW Bush was much like Queeg and suggested as much in my novel, The Empathy Imperative, but at least Bush’s insecurity left him open to manipulation (mainly by Cheney). Trump, however, masks his insecurity in extreme narcissism and hostility, therefore, he is not likely controllable.

 

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