Trump Showed Anyone Can Be President — And that’s Not a Good Thing
By: Manny Otiko
Tags: Media, Politics, Propaganda, Elections, Trump

Don Trump Jr. has hinted he wants to run for president in 2024 (Max Goldberg)

I woke up this morning to see on Yahoo News Donald Trump Jr., son of the worst president in history, blood sports enthusiast and general dimwit, has suggested he may run for president in 2024.

When I read this, I didn’t know whether to either laugh or throw up. But then I had a second thought, we also laughed at his dad and look how that worked out?

Don Jr. cheated on his ex-wife, who he had five children with, doesn’t have any notable achievements, other than riding his dad’s coattails and has shown himself to be incapable of critical thinking, but he could be elected president. If the Russians back him with an information warfare campaign, like they did for his dad, and fact-averse Cult 45 gets behind him, it’s not beyond the realm of possibility. I saw a meme that predicted the Trumps could create a dynasty that could go on as far as Barron. And Ivanka even said she wanted to be president after her father.

Americans have proved to be incredibly ignorant, obsessed with celebrity and easily swayed by propaganda, so at this stage, I wouldn’t be surprised if Kim Kardashian West got into the race!

We don’t live in rational times. With his ties to Russia, failure to release his taxes, reputation for ripping off contractors and sexual assault and underage rape allegations, Donald Trump should have never been elected — but it happened. And we’re still trying to figure that one out. From reading books like Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury,” I learned that Trump never expected to win and didn’t even have a transition team in place.

But Trump’s 2016 victory had several unfortunate effects. One is now anybody thinks they can be president. Apparently, the job doesn’t seem to require any previous training or skills. So now we have people suggesting the Rock, Oprah, Mark Zuckerberg and even talk show host Rush Limbaugh as potential presidential candidates.

Limbaugh, a four-time married racist and former drug addict, actually warmed to the idea when one of his listeners suggested it.

As Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, when referring to billionaire candidates like former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, respect the process and start at the bottom. “Why don’t people ever tell billionaires who want to run for President that they need to ‘work their way up’ or that ‘maybe they should start with city council first’?” said Ocasio-Cortez in a Twitter post.

“I said I wouldn’t have a prayer simply because I’ve been speaking 15 hours a week for 30 years. And oppo research can go find anything they want that would kill my candidacy,” said Limbaugh on a recent broadcast. “But now with Trump having busted through all those kinds of barriers, it may be possible now.”

It’s no wonder the Democratic primary has about 20 candidates. While some of the candidates are experienced politicians, many of them aren’t. For example, Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg has only served as mayor of South Bend, Ind., yet he thinks he can run the entire country. (He also served as a Naval intelligence officer. )

Buttigieg may be a bright young man, but it’s insulting to think he can leap from running a city to being leader of the Free World. As Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, when referring to billionaire candidates like former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, respect the process and start at the bottom.

“Why don’t people ever tell billionaires who want to run for President that they need to ‘work their way up’ or that ‘maybe they should start with city council first’?” said Ocasio-Cortez in a Twitter post.

If Trump Jr. wants a career in politics, why doesn’t he start with a run for a representative position or maybe even senator? Don’t just leap straight to commander-in-chief. (The New York Republican Party tried to recruit Trump Jr. to run for governor.)

However, Trump Sr.’s presidency has been objectively a disaster. There are daily scandals, he seems clueless on how to do the job, and Trump supporters have just figured out that he lied to them about the middle-class tax cut. He also shows clear signs of mental illness and appears unfit to carry out the duties of the president.

In 2020, can we please go back to thoroughly vetting candidates and choose a president who has the experience and mental and physical capabilities to do the job?