Posted By: Frank

You know, I sit back sometimes and I just shake my head. I truly cannot wrap my mind around how some people—grown adults with the ability to think and reason—can still look at Donald Trump and say with their whole chest, “That’s a good man.” Really? A good man? After everything we’ve seen, after everything he has said and done, people are still lining up behind him like he’s some kind of savior. It baffles me, it infuriates me, and honestly, it scares me. Because at what point do we as a country stop excusing cruelty, stop normalizing lies, and stop pretending like this man is anything other than what he has always shown us he is?

Let’s not get it twisted—Trump has been consistently mean-spirited, divisive, and self-absorbed from the very beginning. He’s not hiding it. He flaunts it. He basks in it. And somehow, people eat it up like it’s candy. He mocks people with disabilities, he calls women names, he thrives on insults, and his idea of leadership is tearing down anyone who doesn’t bow down to him. That’s not strength. That’s not boldness. That’s just mean. Pure and simple. And I don’t know how many times someone has to show you who they are before you believe them.

What gets me even more is the way his supporters twist themselves into knots trying to justify his behavior. “Oh, he tells it like it is.” No—he doesn’t tell it like it is. He tells it like he wants it to be, regardless of whether it’s true, and people just accept it. “He’s fighting for us.” Fighting for who? He’s fighting for himself, for his own ego, for his own pockets, for his own power. He doesn’t care about the everyday person trying to put food on the table or keep the lights on. If you’re not useful to him, you’re disposable. And if you dare to stand up to him, you’re instantly labeled an enemy. That’s not leadership—that’s a dictator’s mindset.

And let’s talk about decency for a second. Since when did we stop caring about whether someone is decent, kind, respectful? People will say, “Well, we’re not voting for a pastor.” True, but does that mean we just throw morality out the window? Does it mean we celebrate rudeness, dishonesty, and bullying as long as the person is on “our side”? Because that’s exactly what’s happening. People are willing to overlook blatant cruelty just because they like the idea of someone being “tough.” But let me tell you something: meanness is not toughness. Hurting people does not make you strong.

Every time I think about Trump, I think about the trail of division he’s left behind. Families torn apart because some folks idolize him while others can’t stand him. Friendships ruined. Whole communities split right down the middle. And for what? For a man who doesn’t even know your name, who wouldn’t cross the street to help you if you were in need, but who gladly takes your loyalty, your money, and your dignity just to keep his power. That’s the sad part. People give him so much, and he gives nothing back but more anger and more chaos.

And then there’s the lying. Oh, the lying! He lies like it’s his second language. He lies when he doesn’t even have to lie. It’s like breathing for him. And still, people shrug and say, “Well, all politicians lie.” Sure, but not like this. Not with this kind of shamelessness. Not with this kind of disregard for reality. At some point, the constant lying isn’t just politics—it’s manipulation. It’s gaslighting on a national scale.

I think what frustrates me most is how blind people choose to be. The evidence is all there. The words are all recorded. The behavior is all documented. We’ve seen it with our own eyes and heard it with our own ears. Yet people act like it’s invisible, like if they just squint hard enough, they can make him into a good man. No. You don’t get to rewrite reality. You don’t get to pretend that cruelty is kindness or that corruption is leadership.

So, I’ll say this as plain as possible: Donald Trump has shown us exactly who he is—a mean-spirited man who thrives on division, who elevates himself by tearing others down, and who doesn’t care who he hurts in the process. And if after all of this, someone still wants to call him a “good person,” then maybe the problem isn’t just Trump. Maybe the problem is that too many people have gotten comfortable excusing bad behavior because it serves their agenda.

Well, not me. I refuse to call wrong right. I refuse to clap for cruelty. And I refuse to sit here quietly while people try to convince me that a man who consistently shows us his worst self is somehow worthy of praise. Enough is enough. Trump is not a good man, and it’s high time more people had the courage to admit it.