Andrew Sullivan recently commented on how difficult it can be to stay “on point” with the Trump Administration, that the constant lying and stripping of context and general blurring of the truth of just about anything can leave the observer tipsy and burned out.
I’ve noticed just in the last day or two that anything the Administration says, whether it’s Trump or one of his minions Cabinet Secretaries, I will dismiss as drivel. I want to just say,
Thanks for your opinion, now will you please go sit in that corner while the adults resolve the situation. No, no, don’t try to tell me what you think, you lie so much that you’ve gone from good, firm meat to just soupy infected flesh that I want nothing to do with.
Every official seems to become infected, with perhaps the exception of Defense Secretary Mattis. It’s frustrating, it’s embarrassing, and it makes me just want to ignore their input, because I simply have started to assume it’ll be deceitful, boastful, ignorant, and biased to play to the Republican base that still adores Trump’s promises of an America of decades ago. Instead of placing truth first, it’s made politics the name of the day.
And there’s a reason most religions and parents make truth a high priority. I’m sure we can all figure out why that might be.
