WE HAVE BECOME MERE PAWNS IN THE STRUGGLE FOR ABSOLUTE POWER

The events of the past few days, with the Steve Bannon book now on the store shelves, proves beyond doubt that Trump has surrounded himself with treacherous and treasonous servants who don't give a damn about American history or the Constitution.  Yet, Trump is by no means ignorant nor is he an imbecile; one therefore has to ask himself: "Why?" 

We know by what we have seen that the Democrats, the liberals, the press and the media are all in one giant conspiracy to seize back the presidency which we, the people, "stole" from them.  We also know by what is going on in the Trump administration and the "deep State" that just because Trump is in the White House does not mean that he is unencumbered from the shackles of "the establishment."   And we know that, to our dismay, an uncomfortably  large number of Republicans in the Congress are members of that "establishment;"  the Republican franks are filled with people who are nothing but charlatans, pretending to back Trump while working behind the scenes to undermine him.  

Certainly, by surrounding himself with disloyal mini0ns, Trump has played right into their hands.  Whether that is deliberate or not remains to be seen.  

One thing is clear: the struggle for power in Washington casts the "will of the people" to the side.  We want truth, justice and the American way; they all want the power...  no matter how high the stakes might be.  

One would think that if Trump was really on our side, he would come out and say so and ask us for our help: he would ask us to turn out the scum in Congress in the 2018 elections; he would ask us to stand behind him in ridding the country of sanctuary cities; he would reach out to us and explain to us just how high the stakes really are.  

He would ask us to stand behind and with him, but he has not.  He speaks to us of what he is going to do for the country and has so far done an admirable job of doing so.  Yet, he has not recruited from the ranks of the people who would stand with him, but instead has selected his team from members of the "establishment."  To me, that speaks volumes.  He has saddled himself with the likes of Jeff Sessions, for example, to the disservice of what he claims to be his agenda and to the dislike of those who want to see this country dig itself out of the cesspool of sharks it is now infested with.  

And we, the pawns, don't have anything to say about it?  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.