Votes For Trump Were Votes for
Dishonesty, Xenophobia, Misogyny, and Corruption

World’s best government: what a delusion!
Our voting naiveté demonstrated our confusion.
After precipitating the 2016 Trump disaster,
We groveled before an incompetent master.

Gaining power through paranoia. How ironic!
With dad’s vast wealth, Don became iconic.
Through bullying, incivility, and recklessness,
He concealed his fragility, fear, and fecklessness,

Concealing business failures, faking savvy and ability,
Convincing lenders of his management facility.
All his assets were illegally attained;
22 lawsuits and investigations remained.
(https://www.justsecurity.org/75032/litigation-tracker-pending-criminal-and-civil-cases-against-donald-trump/)

Are we educated and informed? Another Big Lie.
He sold us a lemon and wore a red tie.
Intrigue reigned in the golden Trump Towers
As he fought to blur separation of powers.

Sarcastic, demeaning, superficial, and shallow.
In Trump’s misdeeds our country must wallow.
Fake university and foundation, bad deals and corruption.
Money laundering, sedition, and justice disruption.

His psychotic quest for authoritarian autocracy,
Led militia wingnuts into anarchy.
Within the image we neglected to vet
Lurked a tyrant we came to regret.
He ruled by hubris, bullying, and intimidation.
Examples for our kids’ emulation?

Have we not learned that more of the same
Can only bring us regret and shame?

Will Walsh 2022