“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time,” often attributed to Maya Angelou, meaning that when someone reveals their true nature or character, trust that this is who they really are and don’t try to ignore or excuse their behavior.

So, why are there not enough people listening to what Donald Trump is telling us?

Think about this for a minute. Donald Trump has told us exactly what he plans to do if he wins this election.

He said that this would be the last election if he wins. What the hell does that mean? Is he going to do away with elections in this country? Will we never be able to vote again? That’s concerning, isn’t it?

He said he will jail his political opponents. He said he’s going to revoke the broadcast licenses of media outlets that oppose him. So, will he also jail anyone who opposes him?

He wants to reimpose his travel ban to keep people from Muslim countries from entering the US. This would ban “dangerous lunatics, haters, bigots, and maniacs” and that’s hilarious, considering it’s a pretty accurate description of Trump, himself!

He will end transgender rights. He wants to cut funding to hospitals and health care providers to prevent care for those transgender people. Surely everyone in this country has a family member or knows someone or knows of someone who is transgender. So, imagine someone you care about losing their rights to gender-affirming surgery, treatment, or therapies.

He wants to terminate the Department of Education. He says under his administration, kids will be taught to love their country and not to hate it as they are being taught now. On the surface, that sounds nice, doesn’t it? It sounds to me like he wants to dictate what is being taught. Which is hilarious, considering he doesn’t know a damn thing about anything! Until he submits his school grades, I will stick to my opinion of him, which is that he doesn’t know his ass from a hole in the ground! In a game of “Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader,” he would freakin’ lose his ass.

He says police should be empowered to shoot suspected shoplifters in the act. Keyword: suspected. Whatever happened to “innocent until proven guilty”?

He is fixated on those he believes have wronged him. He wants to use the military against people he claims are the “enemy within;” The Department of Justice, Adam Schiff, Nancy Pelosi, journalists, CBS News, and the list goes on. Do you honestly think he will stop there? What makes you think that he won’t eventually go after YOU? Eventually, power will go to his head, (even more than it is already) and he will come after those of us who have something to say about him, against him, or about something he has done.

When will we stop and realize, actually understand, what he is telling us? He’s definitely not a good person. Why would you vote for someone who has demonstrated time and time again that they are not a good person?

Anyone who calls certain countries “shithole countries” is not a good person.

Anyone who calls this country “the garbage can for the world” is not a good person.

Someone who tells us and shows us repeatedly what they think about poor people, people of color, women, science, LGBTQ+ people, disabled people, etc., is not a good person.

Someone who calls people names, harasses and intimidates people is not a good person.

Someone who lies about everything is not a good person.

Why would you vote for someone who is not a good person?

I think, and this is my speculation, that half if not more of those who are supporting Trump, will do so for one or more of the following reasons:

1. They do not want a woman to be President,
2. They do not a person of color to be President, or
3.  They do not want a Democrat to be President.

I say, COUNTRY over party for crying out loud. At least Kamala Harris is trying to unite us and is working for all of us. We may not agree with everything she says, but she is a much better choice than Donald Trump could ever be!

We will be in deep shit if Trump is elected again. Dictatorship. Plain and simple. Mark my words.