I TOLD YOU SO, WEEK ONE

To those who told me to wait and give Trump a chance;

Well it’s been about a week since the inauguration. Everyone sort of held their breath, waiting to see what would happen. There were many who told me to wait. Many who said I should give him a chance. Many who swore that none of the things I was fearful of would ever really happen? He won’t really build a wall. He won’t really ban or register Muslims. He won’t really try to deport people. He won’t really get rid of the ACA. Everyone wanted to wait and see. Well that waiting is over. We see. At least I see. I see that everything happening is exactly what I feared from the start. It is you, you out there who tried to tell me that my fears were irrational, who did not see. Many of you still do not see the truth. Many of you are still saying that nothing yet has happened. Many of you are sitting there wondering why half the country is screaming about all of this. I am unsure what it will take for you to see the truth of Trump’s America. And that’s just what it has become. His. So this is Week One and we are already at the I Told You So stage. Here are the things I Told You So about for Week One. (And yes, it’s sad that ALL of this has happened in Week One.)

Trump signed an order to build that wall. That wall that SOME of you swore would never really happen. It was campaign rhetoric you said. It was scare tactics you said. The American people nor Congress would ever allow it. Well, guess what? It’s allowed. Congress is today already moving money around to pay for it and they’re happy to do so. Oh and Mexico? As I tried to explain MONTHS ago, they aren’t paying for Trump’s big beautiful wall. They never intended to and they never will. I’m sorry folks but if you are okay with your tax dollars being spent for HIS wall, you are part of the problem with this country. Remember he told you time and time again that Mexico was paying for it? Now he says we are paying for it. He says that one day, in “some form”, Mexico will pay for that wall but it will be “complicated” to explain how. You’re still falling for it, while I see the truth. He will build his wall. We will pay for it. Great job. I told you so.

Muslim Ban will never happen! Oh you were so sure that was unconstitutional and that American’s would never allow it. But guess what? Trump signed an order to put a ban on Muslims entering our country yesterday. By the way this was for immigrant and non-immigrant entries into the US. It happened and it was fast. He first stated in the order that Syrians are totally banned. Totally. Then he blocked Muslims (or anyone really) from other countries on the list as well. And by the way, WHY did he intentionally leave Saudi Arabia off that banned list? I still haven’t figured that one out so there must be some money there for him. We will also ban foreign nationals from those countries. Anyhow, the ban was signed and he is sticking to it. I told you so.

Refugees? Oh we must allow them since they’re all vetted in detail, right? We would not, as a country stop allowing people fleeing for their lives a safe place of respite. OH but we will. Trump’s order this week suspends Syrian refugees indefinitely. Then it goes on to suspend ALL refugees for 120 days. After that 120 days, we will allow some but only from the countries he approves, and not from Syria at all. We will cap refugees for this year at 50k. Trump will establish safe zones in Syria – so that means this is really the first plan for the US to escalate its involvement inside Syria and who knows what that will mean. But it’s a fact that safe zones will not, and do not work. I am sad for those refugees who thought that America might offer them a safe haven. But so many of you swore that this would never actually happen. I told you so.

This week Trump signed an order for Congress to move forward with the immediate and full repeal of the ACA. This is a big one because so many of you told me that this would not happen. He cannot repeal that entire law you said. He won’t take it away from us you said. He will, you said, just fix it, make it better, and make it more affordable. Well you are eating your words today. There is no plan in place to replace the ACA. This means there is no plan for our healthcare. Oh and many of you don’t care because you aren’t “on the Obamacare” anyhow, right? This is where you have been blinded by the sleight of hand, or just not paying attention. When the ACA is fully repealed we will ALL lose, no matter what insurance we currently have. You see, as I’ve been saying all along ACA is a law not a health insurance plan. The ACA had MANY mandates that we all benefit from. For example, it makes it illegal for an insurer to deny coverage due to a pre-existing condition. It takes away the lifetime maximums. It allows parents to insure their children to age 26. It provides birth control and reproductive care to women. All of these things will be repealed with the ACA. So you will go back to the days where if you had a pre-existing condition, insurance companies would deny you. Remember, there is no replacement in sight. I keep reading that some have drafts and ideas of what it could be replaced with. Just this morning I read the plan that has supposedly been given to Trump for review. This plan does not offer insurance to all. It does not mandate about pre-existing conditions. In fact, it gives vouchers or tax credits so that we can buy our own policies. It is horrible and it will leave millions uninsured yet again. The ones who are sick will not be able to get coverage. Also, Medicare in that drafte is done with block grants. Do you know what that means? It means each state will get a certain amount of money for Medicare and that’s it. When it runs out? No more care. Those who can’t get Medicare or pay for their own insurance and have a pre-existing conditions would go right back to high risk pools. Waiting lists. People die in high risk pools. Please research that if you don’t believe me. So week one and he has already ordered that the ACA will be fully repealed. I told you so.

On top of the things I worried Trump would do, I too was concerned what the states would do with their new power. I’ve seen quite quickly what they will do. They will attack abortion rights, women’s rights and healthcare. They will again start working against the LGBT community and worker's unions. They will again start ensuring that nobody takes away their gun rights. You can see this in states and communities all across our country right now. Here in KY, our state rushed and passed a few new laws. First KY passed a law for Right to Work. If you’re not familiar with this, I suggest you look into it. RTW laws bring the money that Americans make down. They are not good for our workers (union and other) nor are they good for our communities. They do not bring in good, decent paying jobs. Right to Work means Right to Work for Less. Also in KY, we’ve passed two new abortion laws. SB5 and HB2 were passed very quickly. In fact our leaders determined that RTW and Abortion were the top priority! They met on a Saturday, special session to sign these into law. Kindly note that they were already in session and no special weekend session was actually needed. But they wanted to hurry before it blew up. There are many supporting these new abortion laws. I dare say that the supporters have NOT read the details. See the devil is often in the details. These laws sound okay to many people if you only read the title. But read them word for word and you’ll find the problems pretty quickly. There is, for example, no exemption for rape or incest in either law. There is a clause in one of them allowing “any father” to sue any mother and doctor for an abortion where he is that baby’s father. The problem there is that again, there is no exemption for rape or incest. So in fact it allows a rapist who impregnates a girl (rape or incest) to sue her and her doctor for aborting his child. This is a travesty and it is wholly against all rights a woman should have. We should never give them the opportunity victimize the woman again. This is just plain wrong, and they knew it when they met on a weekend to vote and sign it. So while many were worried about what Trump would do, I was also very worried about what the states would do. They’re doing it quickly. I told you so.

By the way, many of you also swore a few other things that aren’t written in orders or direct actions. Some of you said that once elected he would release those tax returns. He said he would and that meant he would. But now he says that he won’t. He never intended to and he refuses to do so. He said he would divest any business arrangements that would be against the law. He has not and he does not intend to. He is in my opinion, totally in violation of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. If you don’t even know what that is, go look it up! Some of you even had the audacity to tell me that once elected he would calm down, be more respectable, be more “Presidential” and less of a bully. You said his crazy, insulting, ranting tweets would cease. Well, can I just say again, I told you so? He has spent the greater part of this first week ranting over the 3-5 million fraudulent votes he believes HRC got. He spent the rest of that time ranting over the number of people who attended his inauguration event. The man is delusional and dangerous. This man is not going to ever be respectful of others. He only respects those like him. Those who have money or power. He is never going to be a good lead or seem “Presidential”. Presidents don’t sit up ranting and raving, and attacking people over Twitter in the middle of the night. He is what he always has been, a big baby who likes to bully his way around. His total lack of respect for people will not change. It has not changed. Nothing about him has changed. He thinks this is all one big reality show and he's the star of it. Don’t even get me started on that pipeline! I told you so.

So, with one week in office, many things that I feared have already started. There are more things he has done here in week one. I can’t talk about all of them. All around our country people are gearing up for fights about one issue or another. Some are still saying “but what have you lost” and “nothing has really happened”. But those of us with our eyes open can easily see the changes taking place. It might be that millions do not want to accept that. They don’t want to hear I Told You So, but they may as well face facts right now. Real facts that is, not alternative facts. There is in fact, nothing real about an alternative fact. There is no such thing. An alternative fact is not the truth. You might be living in an alternate society in your mind. But I assure you that facts are facts people. I must face the fact that he is the US President. I agree that is a fact. However, I will never support or respect him in any way. But you know, he will not support or respect me either. That is a fact right there folks! This ends my First Installment of I Told You So. Pretty long list for Week One, wouldn’t you say? Well friends, it only goes downhill from here. I’m personally hoping that it crashes and burns quickly. That tends to keep the body count low.

Be safe out there,

SanityChick