Does America Need An Intervention?

Disturbing?  To me, yes.

Here’s what immediately comes up on Microsoft Bing when one does a query for signs of an abusive relationship:

• Psychological and emotional abuse: Abusers often undermine their partner’s self-worth with verbal attacks, name-calling, and belittling.
• Physical abuse: The abuser might physically harm their partner in a range of ways, such as grabbing, hitting, punching, or shoving them.
• Sexual abuse: Even in a committed relationship, it is not permissible for partners to force sexual acts on their partner.
• Threats and intimidation: One way abusers keep their partners in line is by instilling fear. They might be verbally threatening, or give threatening looks or gestures.
• Isolation: Abusers often limit their partner’s activities, forbidding them to talk or interact with friends or family.
• Economic abuse: Abusers often make their partners beholden to them for money by controlling access to funds of any kind.
• Using children: An abuser might disparage their partner’s parenting skills, tell their children lies about their partner, threaten to take custody of their children, or threaten to harm their children.

Take a deep breath, and ask how many of these qualities has it been documented that Donald Trump exhibitied to significant others in his life or, worse yet, directly toward any of his supporters?

Maybe ask Ted Cruz?  You know, the same guy whose dad was accused of abetting Lee Harvey Oswald, had his wife called ugly and then jumped on a phone bank to help him take donations after he groveled at the feet of Tucker Carlson and his nightly FOX News pulpit reaffirming his devotion?

My friend’s sister may lose her spleen.  Cruz has arguably already lost his spine.

And still, an overwhelming number of Americans believe that not only is Trump a victim, as he now spews to whomever is reading Truth Social on a daily basis, but indeed the organizations who revealed his abuse of power should be defunded.  Shame on the mainstream media that amplifies that message by reporting on it akin to how they report on the relative propoganda of data that streaming services put out to justify their latest originals as “hits” despite any third party empirical evidence to support it.  Tens of millions of otherwise decent, law-abiding (well, at least the Second Amendment) individuals who somehow believe that not only should he still be the next president, but a significant percentage of them believe he never lost any election to change that status.   And candidates who evangelize that belief are continually winning summer primaries and will define many of the key midterm general elections.

I’m not about to engage in political debate; besides, I actually find myself sometimes in agreement with some of those who point out we were better off economically under Trump, and how hopelessly inept so many Democratic initiatives have been under the Biden adminsitration.  I’ve already written that for as much as I despise Ron DeSantis’ views on free speech the way he has handled the pandemic–and the statistics on education and quality of life surveys that support his actions–is far and away one of the sanest and, in hindsight, most accurate approaches undertaken by any local leader.  It’s one reason he is currently slightly ahead of Trump in general polls regarding the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

But what is sadly undeniable is that when someone in it midst of an abusive relationship, you’re as likely to be in denial of that truth as you are to be aware of it.  And a majority of those in them take months or years to have the desire, let alone take the action, to leave.

For me, it took a perfect storm of events, including nearly dying and a pandemic, to be my impetus.  To even type that admittance of my own culpability is difficult; arguably, self-defeating.  But it’s my truth.  It’s also my history.  I’m now blessed with renewed physical health and emotional stability that I never dreamed I could have in this lifetime.   I cannot more strongly assure any of you who may have doubts that as of this morning that’s how I roll.   But I didn’t get to this point via an intervention, and I doubt many voters would be swayed at this point if any were attempted on them.  Certainly, polls suggest that’s the case.

I lost my gallbladder; my friend’s sister may lose her spleen.  We both nearly lost our lives.  And one could argue much of America has lost their way.  One can only pray our heart and soul don’t follow.

i hope you’ll join me in praying for all those who have been or are being abused.  Even those who aren’t aware that they are or have been.

Until next time…