By Don C. Reed

From Donald  Trump’s  youth, there are hints he might not be a kind and caring grownup. Not that he had a difficult childhood —just the opposite. He appears to have been spoiled beyond belief.

As  a child, Trump  was  given an “allowance” of vast sums of money. A millionaire  by age  eight, (1) young  Donald would eventually inherit $440 million dollars from his father.

Trump can turn on the charm when he wants to, as he  did with Elon Musk, the richest man in the world–remember how Trump laughed about Musk being able to fire union workers? (2) He  also revealed  how he hates to pay time and a half “overtime”,  a union-developed benefit.  .

The former President uses  racism for political advantage.

Remember Trump’s attempted ban on Muslims entering America?? Lawyers  stopped that particular nonsense—but things  are  different today, with a Trump-stacked conservative  Supreme Court.  If he becomes  President again, it will be more difficult to find fair play in the courts.

Remember those Mexican children at the border, lying on tinfoil “blankets” on concrete floors inside barred cages?  Forcibly separated from their parents,  many have not seen their  families  since that terrible day.

Who are these people Trump describes as so vile?  You have  seen them in the distant fields, bending figures, outlined against the sun: families doing work no one else will do, for  almost no pay: to keep their children  alive.

Trump brags he will order “the biggest  deportations in history” (4),  eleven million family members or more, many of whom are law-abiding men and women who contributed to America  for decades.  And now, they may be  swept up by police, or ICE,  or the military, to be imprisoned for who knows how many years.

Consider the  Haitians,  whom Trump accuses of eating the neighborhood pets,  dogs and  cats. He knows it is a lie—he has been told, plainly,  and often.

But Trump lies so often  that the Washington Post has a department listing his falsehoods.  How  many lies?  “In four years, President Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims.” (5)

The very future of our planet may  be affected  by Donald J. Trump.  As you now, much of Earth’s  environmental degradation was nobody’s  “fault”. But still the damage must be repaired.  This will be a tremendous effort.

For instance, have you heard  about the collapsing  aquifers?  An aquifer is an underground cave full of freshwater,  a priceless  treasure.  But if the water level  gets too low, the cave may collapse upon itself, a process called “subsidence” (6). After that, when the new rains  fall, they are not gently  absorbed, not stored in the  aquifers. Instead, the water runs across the earth, making it mud,  clogging streams.

And what about those lead-lined water pipes, poisoning our  drinking  water?

Trump has said he is “in favor of clean air and water”,   which seems an odd thing to say—would anyone be in favor of dirty air and water? (7)

In any event, would  President Trump  actually  lead an expensive fight to clean the water and re-line the pipes?

Or would he just do nothing,  meaning  take sides with the polluters?

1.    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/trump-family-wealth.html

2.    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/trump-and-musks-union-busting-joke-wasnt-funny-to-the-uaw/ar-AA1oODT9

3.    https://www.vice.com/en/article/trump-refuses-to-take-back-debunked-claim-about-muslims-cheering-after-911/

4.    https://www.npr.org/2024/08/14/nx-s1-5037992/trump-immigrants-border-mass-deportation-presidential-race-migrants

5.    https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/

6.    https://www.wired.com/story/the-worlds-essential-aquifers-are-in-deep-trouble/

7.    https://www.factcheck.org/2024/10/factchecking-the-vice-presidential-debate-2/

Don C. Reed is the author of four books on the California stem cell program,  including most recently: Science, Politics, Stem Cells and Genes: CALIFORNIA’S WAR ON CHRONIC DISEASE, from World Scientific Publishers Inc., available at a discount from:

https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12997#t=aboutBook

Visit his website at: https:www.stemcellbattles.net
Reed has also written numerous books and award-winning articles on sharks, dolphins, eels, seals and killer whales, based on 15 years as a professional diver for Marine World Africa  USA. His books are available at Amazon.com.

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