Trump is a Megalomaniac NOT a War Monger !!!

Mohamed Brahimi
2 min readNov 12, 2020

Trump and his supporters are now going through the seven stages of grief. This is very obvious as they have already transitioned seamlessly from shock to denial. Biden’s supporters, on the other hand, are carefully watching every move from Trump and his henchmen not knowing what they’ve got up their sleeves. Yes, Biden’s 75 Million voters have turned into a paranoid mess letting their imagination run wild and conjuring up scenarios that range from plausible to outrageous.

CNN commentator, Van Jones, released a short video about existing loopholes in the constitution that Trump may in fact use to stay in power. Jones’s laid out a convincing case as to why the need is pretty dire for rectifying some constitutional stipulations that may have become obsolete. Society has undergone major changes and the existing laws governing elections can easily be manipulated. The details of the video are sobering and give one the feeling that this Soap opera is nowhere near over. Americans are starting to come to terms with the fact that the US constitution is not divine by any stretch of imagination and the founding fathers were not infallible

Biden is not getting any intelligence briefings nor is his transition team given any operating funds. These are all telltale signs that malicious things might be cooking up in the GOP kitchen. Trump has also sacked top brass in the Pentagon and fired his own Defense Secretary. This major shakeup had people hearing the drums of war and smelling brimstone. Commentators are talking about a looming war that’s going to earn trump membership in the club of “War Presidents” of the past few decades. This analogy is baseless and counter intuitive.

A respected media outlet like the NYT has reported back in May 2020 on Trump’s serious efforts to pull US troops from Afghanistan. By doing this, Trump would be breaking a vicious and perpetual cycle. The Nobel prize committee that awarded Obama the peace prize has a lot of explaining to do.

As much as I loathe and despise everything he stands for, Trump did not start any fire fronts. Despite his tough talk, Trump broke tradition with previous administrations by signing the February 2020 deal with Taliban. He did it against the strong odds that Afghanistan may become a sanctuary for a new and fortified Taliban insurgency.

Trump is a megalomaniac, but pacifists should acknowledge him for doing very little to fatten the pockets of Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Boeing and the likes. The recent shakeup in the Ministry of Defense as well as in the rank and file of the Pentagon ought to be counted for trump not against him.

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Mohamed Brahimi

Free lance Journalist, College professor, and ardent believer in the promise of Study Abroad Programs.