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Dale K. Nichols's avatar

Not My President

He isn’t remotely qualified

His presidency is a flop

And his Cabinet cronies—the brightest and best?

The cream of the crop they are not!

Hillary certainly wasn’t a Crook

When he threatened to Lock Her Up

And the second time round, which went by the book

There wasn’t a Steal to Stop

His ICE Capades are a flaming mess

What crisis? What imminent threat?

Immigrants simply aren’t robbing our jobs

Our elections or eating our pets

While the news he loathes is far from Fake

We’re short on Social Truth

From the hand of a man who can barely stand

And who’s getting quite long in the tooth

The Second Coming of Donald Trump

Has spiraled out of control

His assault on our freedoms and basic rights

Is taking a terrible toll

He doesn’t deserve a Nobel Prize

He’s pushing the world into war

He’s neither a Pope nor a Superman

There isn’t a thing he adores

Except himself and his pocketbook

Which he fills at our expense

This fraudulent three ring circus clown

Is Not My President

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Teresa Parsons's avatar

This will be a huge black stain on the history of the USA….😪

Carol F. Yost's avatar

This is not good poetry, but I agree with the sentiments.

Dorothy Paradis's avatar

MAGA: Send all your sons and daughters to fight your war! Orange Turd is so cavalier about casualties as he and his family aren't even in DC! O and yes, send Pete Headscratch. War serves NO one. #SENDBARRON

Susan's avatar

Yes Dorothy, send Barron! I love it!!

Isaac Mizrahi's avatar

Sorry Dorothy...war is great business for some...witness America's last 70 years of invasions...just the Vietnam War costing over a million innocent lives...not to mention the damage to the planet...

Russell John Netto's avatar

Barron Trump's in the clear. He can't be enlisted because the US army doesn't have any uniforms that could fit him or equipment large enough which he could be trained to deploy.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barron-trump-barred-from-army-conscription-with-unusual-medical-exemption-amid-iran-war/ar-AA1XnJAE?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Besides, he's already a hero, isn't he?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/crime/barron-trump-saved-friends-life-attack-b2905596.html

The Grey Pilgrim's avatar

“War does not remain confined to the architects of its design. It moves into kitchens and courtyards, into schools and marketplaces, into the small and unguarded spaces where children once played without knowing the names of rulers. The children do not draft covenants. They do not withdraw from them. They do not order assassinations or airstrikes. Yet it is their nights that are broken by thunder.”

Dale K. Nichols's avatar

Shit Happens When You’re At War

We did what we had to do

They could have made a deal

But no, they decided to play it cute

Instead of agreeing to heel

How long will this go on?

Just a few more weeks of trouble

The bombing will stop when our victory’s complete

And their country’s reduced to rubble

And what happens next you ask?

Good heavens, nobody knows!

As Lindsey says, you expected a plan

For how this all unfolds?

It’s not the President’s job

To figure that part out

We trust their people to fend for themselves

At the end of our glorious rout

I admit we had in mind

Some likely Khanenei successors

But we killed them all in our first attacks

Along with the other transgressors

There are various possible outcomes

Many of them are good

It would take too long to list them all

So I won’t, though of course I could

We’ve lost a few, it’s true

And you can expect there’ll be more

That’s just the way it is, I’m afraid

Shit happens when you’re at war

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Chris Soden's avatar

There is nothing this regime will not do to stay in power and deflect from the Epstein files which is all about pedophilia, sex trafficking, money laundering, implicating many of the powerful people in this world. This regime has no respect for life or lives of anyone except themselves. This is so typical of a dictator who craves praise and attention.

Frederick J Frahm's avatar

pretty soon Epstein becomes

a welcome distraction from

calls to draft Barron

sorry my feet are fat,

not long

Ed Bitter's avatar

It’s ALL about Epstein.Killing the Ayatollah has been the intended distraction from Epstein. I haven’t seen or heard anything about Epstein in the news today. I’m sure there have been a few that I must have missed.

Frederick, you have posted the first reference (although an oblique reference) to the word or the name.

Carol F. Yost's avatar

Not good poetry, but again I agree with the sentiment.

Phyllis Dunitz's avatar

The lack of any real leadership now makes this "military operation" get more frightening every minute.

Robin Kidd's avatar

This guy, I tell ya! I do dislike him quite a bit!!! How can a flippin' draft dodger send young men and women to a war, that is 100% illegal and so unnecessary!! Im glad cannabis is legal here in VA !! Geesshhhhh

Bob Z, Seattle's avatar

He can only bomb Epstein off the map if we let him

Carol F. Yost's avatar

He'll never succeed in doing that.

Alicia Hager's avatar

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a FUBAR of gigantic proportions on our hands. can't thank our own Congress enough for leading us into a WW3.

Mike Burton's avatar

The Moussad and the CIA surely were in contact with their intelligence. The timing of the armada build up and the fact that the trigger was Israeli made a preemptive attack shows that Trump and his minions planned this far in advance. I. don't believe he shared this with any of his Republican lap dogs in Congress. Trump wants what he sees as glory, and after all when it comes to killed in action, that the way it is...I think Steve Miller should be given command of the first platoon on the ground.

Russell John Netto's avatar

Rubio yesterday admitted that the US were triggered by Israel into their pre-emptive strike (and he made this admission shortly after that fool Hegseth told reporters "we didn't start this war, but under Donald Trump we're finishing it"). Furthermore, we also know now that Pentagon intelligence had advised that Iran had no plans to attack make pre-emptive strikes on US bases, advice that was totally contradicted by Rubio. Hegseth says it's not going to be like Iraq and go on forever after Trump boasts that the US has the capability of continuing its attacks for "far longer" than the original 4-5 week timeline.

Meanwhile, six US service men have been killed in action, three planes shot down in friendly fire, the Strait of Hormuz closed leading to a spike in oil and gas prices and the whole region thrown into turmoil by Trump's chaotic decisions. The US is now advising its citizens to leave the region as soon as possible after making it almost impossible to do so.

Colly66's avatar

Idiot in Chief who is out of his mind surrounded by the expert advisers, ( has beens or never made its, news presenters & the like with little or no experience in Foreign Affairs), what could possibly go wrong? Listening to Trump - OMG he is so unhinged & with Miller & Hesgeth as advisors what chance do we have? And him using young Americans as cannon fodder - I still believe this is to totally take eyes of the Epstein files. Remember his comment I am only restricted by my morality - he has none, so be very afraid.

Carol F. Yost's avatar

He HAS NO MORALITY!

Joy Christie's avatar

I adore Heather’s work and just wish someone else read her work.

EB Oppenheim MD JD's avatar

...and we forget those two who ICE murdered.

Judith Powers's avatar

his descriptions of Iran apply more to himself and his actions.

Bobbi Scritchfield's avatar

It's clear that Trump had no plan from his own words.

Remember his response on Venezuela to a similar question?...The country would be run by those behind him, then just named himself President of Venezuela. You'd think he would have prepared better this time.

Isaac Mizrahi's avatar

Just keep feeding the machine quarters (taxes)...even though it's playing songs you don't want to hear...

Sandra Meyer's avatar

Yup. His buddies BeBe and Saudi wanted him to act. Not for us