Salute

March 28, 2019

Salute in Italian means health. Ironically, Donald Trump is giving people who depend on the Affordable Care Act the one-fingered salute. Without a replacement plan in place, he stays “Trust me.” There is no plan, and, as Trump always says, everyone knows it. Why would anyone trust someone who has lied literally thousands of times as documented by the Washington Post and other outlets?

He wants to kill the Affordable Care Act because it is an Obama/Democratic program. He wants to gut the Special Olympics because it was a Kennedy Era/Democratic program. He wants to throw Puerto Rico to the sharks because they don’t vote at all. When he says “Make America Great Again,” he is saying that he wants to make only a portion of America great again. The vulnerable are not part of his program. America is great just because we take care of the neediest amongst us. Trump reflects our worst instincts. The Mayor of San Juan calls him a bully. For this, Mr. President, I salute you.