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Donald J. Trump became President of the United States of America in 2016 because he is a great con man and sold the country snake oil by convincing enough people that he could lead the nation.  He fast talked a big base of mostly right wing, angry, disenchanted, gullible, and fed up voters into believing he was their champion and would stand up to establishment politicians and institutions.    Trump quickly realized that his colorful, rebellious, showman style and spiel mattered much more to his followers than truth or policy.  The more outrageous, nonsensical, and ridiculous the wild claims he made were the more his supporters worshiped him.  Among his lies and baseless promises he said he would build a wall to stop illegal aliens from coming into the United States. He said Mexico would pay for the construction of that wall. He also said that he would create a new and better health care program to replace Obamacare. He promised to end wars, get nuclear ...

I started to write down the names of all the people who have bullied me, both physically and psychologically, in my life and I realize that I could write forever about those experiences. It all started when I was a very little boy. I was afraid to fight back when I was harassed and soon everyone had my number. Even though I was popular and a good athlete bullies would find me and pick up on my vulnerability. So, eventually at school, in the playground, at a party or the movies, anywhere at all, a bully would test me and see that I would not stand up for myself. So, besides the shame and disgrace I felt then I would have to constantly be fearful of being around that guy. Hyper vigilance and constant anxiety became the cornerstones of my existence. I am now 65 years old and things have not changed except the ages of the people who test me to see if I will become their victim. I can still be easily intimidated if a bully knows what to say or do to get in my head. I have used so much...