Yesterday I was driving around listening to political “talk” on MSNBC and, of course, the conversations were focused on our deranged president.  Unfortunately, what was missing in almost every commentary was that pretty much every thing coming from Trump’s mouth is a LIE!  I mean, I realize this is no secret – a recent article pointed out Trump is now over 1000 verifiable LIES since he took the “oath” of office, but he outdid himself in Phoenix last week.  I put “oath” in quotes because anyone who’s listened to Trump with an objective ear has to understand the gravity of having someone worse than a pathological LIAR in the “White House.”

The reason I say he’s worse than a pathological LIAR comes from watching him recently as he  was LYING to a crowd of “low information voters” in Phoenix – people who willingly accept the LYING as OK.  (Evidently, about 30% of Americans fall into that category – Yikes!!!)  In Phoenix, Trump was attempting to make the point that he’s not a racist (anyone who’s followed him over the past 8 years knows differently – he led the “birther” stupidity – but, it gets worse if you check out his history as a landlord in New York) by recounting his comments right after the violence recently in Charlottesville where people protesting the “Alt Right” clashed with a group who had, the night before, carried Tiki Torches through the campus of the University of Virginia.

So, Trump pulls a piece of paper from his lapel pocket and says it has the EXACT words he spoke on that Saturday.  He proceeded to read them and stirred up the crowd claiming the media was “dishonest” and claiming the media is “fake” because they failed to acknowledge his condemnation of “The KKK, Neo-Nazi’s and White Supremacists.”  Of course, as he read the remarks he made that day he LEFT OUT the phrase that got him in so much trouble with the media which, quite honestly, has been giving his racism a “pass” for quite some time.  (I’ll comment about the racism later)  What Trump didn’t include in his speech in Phoenix were the words “On many sides, many sides.”  Those were the words the media was focused on (and MILLIONS of the rest of us who deplore the KKK, the Skinheads, the Neo-Nazi’s, etc.) and, those were the words that Trump said in an attempt to placate “both sides.”  Meaning, he didn’t want to offend people like David Duke, Richard Spencer, and, of course, in his own administration (at that time) Steve Bannon.  (Duke, afterward, actually thanked Trump for his “honest” remarks)

Trump’s problem is he can’t have it both ways.  David Duke was correct when he pointed out to Trump that the “Alt Right” is the reason he got elected.  Trump was in an impossible situation after the violence unless he really had a moral foundation – which, if you’ve followed him at all, you already knew he doesn’t.  In this instance, “we the people” would (and do) expect our leaders to condemn ANYTHING that relates back to the Nazi’s.  Seeing young Americans walking with Tiki Torches and carrying flags with swastikas on them is nauseating.  Listening to their leaders claiming they’re at war with our government should raise the hair on people’s backs (actually, it’s seditious – but, with Jeff Sessions as Attorney General there is little chance they’ll be held to account for their claims).  Listening to our president repeatedly try to pledge “allegiance” to “BOTH SIDES” is sickening.

And, the way Trump did it in Phoenix was even more sickening.  For example, when I watch someone who’s pathologically LYING I’m thinking this is some kind of mental disease.  I’m thinking he’s LIED so much that he actually believes his LIES are true when they’re coming out of his mouth (kind of similar to people like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity – who many in the Phoenix audience likely listen to for their “education”) but, the LIES are done without fore thought.  That’s scary knowing he’s the president and has the codes to the nuclear arsenal – but, in Phoenix, Trump showed that he’s even worse than that!  When he pulled that piece of paper from his pocket and told the crowd “these were my exact words” and then LEFT OUT the words that got him in trouble – well, that was not the LYING of someone who’s pathological (although he is).  That was PREMEDITATED LYING!

I’m not sure what was more deplorable to me – Trump’s PREMEDITATED LYING or the willingness of the crowd to accept it.  They roared their approval as Trump went into his “it’s the media that’s the problem” ranting.  He “ginned” them up as someone we could now call “the divider in chief.”  In one breath Trump suggested the media is the reason America is divided and, in the next breath, he began his attacks on ANYONE who even hints at disagreeing with him.  Trump is a very disgusting person.  He attacked John McCain and Jeff Flake the two REPUBLICAN Senators from Arizona.  Now, I’m not a fan of McCain’s (other than his vote to stop “Trumpcare”) and know little about Flake, but to have a sitting president go to the state of two Senators of his own “party” and attacking them was astonishing.  Trump’s attacks pretty much were aimed at the 67% of Americans who DON’T support him.

Shortly after his Phoenix fiasco I heard that Trump has support from NONE of the members of the United States Senate.  While that is astonishing on its own merits, it kind of makes you wonder why these Senators with an “R” before their name continue to operate in silence – for the most part.  I guess they’re waiting for Robert Mueller to come out with the “truth” as it relates to the “Russia thing” before they proceed with any action to save “we the people” from Trump.  Kind of ironic isn’t it?  Remember, it was the now deposed head of the FBI James Comey who essentially put Trump into the “White House.”  Could it be the man who was put in place because Trump fired Comey who could give us the mechanism to end this national nightmare?  We can only hope.  (Obviously, republicans will not act until they have even more of a reason than they already have to “oust” the most unpopular president in modern United States history)

To make it all worse (at least for me) the crowd was filled with a bunch of white people with @#^t eating grins on their faces, but Trump had ONE  Black guy who kept flashing his “Blacks for Trump” sign strategically placed almost within arms length of Trump and perfectly so the cameras were almost as focused on him as on Trump.  I’ve seen the guy before and always wonder if he’s a paid “plant” or just someone a bit unhinged?   I have to admit my skepticism – just being honest as I can here – I wondered how did that guy get in that place.  And, I’m still wondering that. although when you “google” it, there’s lots of information.  I guess it always appears to me the guy’s sign should read “Black for Trump” because he’s always the only person who’s not white in Trump’s audience that I can see – and, obviously, I can only stomach small portions of Trump’s words before I turn off the TV or change the channel so maybe there’s others.  (Of course, for some reason, Trump had Ben Carson there for a cameo at the beginning of his speech)  I guess the guy with the “Blacks for Trump” sign didn’t care about Trump’s defense of the KKK.

Again, my point here is that Trump’s pulling a “prop” from his lapel pocket to make it appear his next LIE is the truth is a new low!  How many of his previous LIES were thought out ahead of time?  Is he truly pathological or does he plan out all the LIES willingly and purposefully?  As I’m sitting here writing I can’t help but wonder, “which is worse?”  A pathological LIAR is, to me, disgusting.  But, premeditated?  I really think that’s even worse.  Either way, our president is a LIAR of proportions no politician I can remember even comes close to.  So, do you believe him when he says, “no one colluded with the Russians?”  I hope not, because you can’t believe ANYTHING he says.  To the republicans in Congress: It’s up to you to solve this problem.  You will bear the results of your actions regarding Trump’s future in the “White House” in the history books one way or the other.  I would think you’d want to save “we the people” from this disgusting man.  (Obviously, the “battle” with his supporters will happen either way and it’s not going to be “pretty.”  Let’s get this over with!)