A Canadian’s Viewpoint: Trump has a God Complex

I never saw myself writing about politics. My bailiwick has been women’s rights, human rights, being a stepmom, being a grandparent, taking care of an elderly parent with Alzheimer’s Disease and surviving abuse; basically my personal experiences. Right now, though, I feel the need to write about what’s going on in the world.

Trump shows respect to no one or nothing. He is despicable. Definition of despicable: deserving hatred and contempt. My emotions range from annoyance to anger every time he appears on the news, but this week took the cake. There’s so much, but right now I’m focused on the Ukraine. There is so much bullshit coming out of Trump’s mouth, it’s hard to keep track.

Although it could ultimately have some benefit, it’s horrible that he’s gone off on a tangent to meet with Putin excluding President Zelenskyy. When Trump spewed a barrage of lies from saying Ukraine started the war to calling Zelenskyy a dictator, the calm Zelenskyy retorted by turning the other cheek and merely saying that Trump is living in a “disinformation space”. Zelenskyy took the high road and even said he respected Trump and the people of America. He remains a class act.

Others have come to Ukraine President’s defense. Many world leaders, representatives of the European Union have commented that Trump is wrong.

Here’s my take on Trump. His personality is one that needs to be the ‘big shot’, the one who calls the shots, the one who orders everyone around, the one who is in control, the one who has the ideas, the one who thinks he’s better than everyone else…to the point where he truly believes he can fool everyone, and believes others are generally stupid. These personality types generally thrive on taking risks, love to stir things up and count on their minions to take care of the details and pick up the pieces. He’s got an inflated view of his abilities. He’s got a God Complex.

With respect to Ukraine, the rest of the EU need to chime in. So, far some of them have, but there are 27 countries included in the EU and they need to stand strong. Starmer and Macron are meeting with Trump on Monday. Maybe with their joint backgrounds in the law (criminal prosecution), philosophy and public affairs, they can talk some sense in the man. However, both are far from conservative and the meetings might not go so well.

Someone has to stop the man!