Sadly, Trump bombing Syria was probably the least wacky thing he's done so far. There are a lot of delicate push and pulls as far as relations with our allies and our enemies with this action, and it seems like a flimsy excuse to retaliate against a country that didn't attack us, but we have blown up shit for less reasons. It's horrible, it's heartless, and it's business as usual. It's pretty obvious that this is Trump's way of diverting attention from his other messes and appealing to his base that blindly wants to kill people from different cultures and races because they are convenient boogeymen. Don't forget, this is a man that got elected by promising to do something about all the scary Muslims. Oh, and by the way, while this was going on, the senate just changed the rules of the game and put someone on the Supreme Court. What it means besides the fact that someone that appears unqualified in some ways to even be on the Supreme Court is that we are set up for decades of erratic swings back and forth every election cycle and more partisan bullshit.
Another thing that is starting to worry me about this train-wreck of an administration is that there is a vast(and lucrative, don't kid yourself) segment of the "media" whose stock and trade is to point out every single thing Trump does wrong or suspect and turn it into click-bait or memes that can be shared and posted ad nauseam. It seems like every other day I see people sharing tweets from the election or years ago pointing out what a hypocrite he is. Thing is, we know that, and his supporters could care less about it. I understand it's satisfying to prove your point and continuing to hammer this idiot, but my concern is that eventually it will just look like piling on and nitpicking and it will just make his supporters dig their heels in deeper. Worse yet, people in the middle of these two factions might start becoming sympathetic because they think he's being treated unfairly. You know what they say about never underestimating the intelligence of the American people. Everything is about perception and most people don't put as much thought into what they are perceiving as you do. Hell, you probably don't put as much thought into perceiving as you think you do. These are dangerous times, and I don't know what the answer is anymore. People are desperate and the reptilian part of their brain takes over and they fight for what they believe in. Sad thing is, fear usually means you make bad decisions and there are very powerful and skilled people who's sole purpose is to use that fear to manipulate you into doing what is best for them, not for you.
One final thought. This country was at a tipping point years ago, and whether you know it or not, 9/11 tipped things further than anyone ever imagined. That was the beginning of the end. It is still used as a cheap and effective way to manipulate and frighten us into doing questionable things, and if you challenge the validity of invoking that horror, you are quickly branded as unpatriotic and unAmerican, and it is the favorite tool of unscrupulous leaders. Our enemies hurt us far more that day than even they could have imagined.
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