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Why The 2020 Elections Promises To Be Another Shit Show
There are now about 24 candidates in the crowded pool of presidential hopefuls, and the major addition, Bill de Blasio, the woefully unpopular Mayor of New York City, has officially turned this unentertaining reality show into the shit fest that the current president is ready and willing to engage in — with extra toppings of vengeance.
Nothing has changed since the revolting climate of the 2016 elections ended with the predictable win of Donald J. Trump, the self-professed “King of New York,” who once boasted about how the crippled Twin Towers that were grazed to the ground due to the terror attacks of 9/11, seamlessly allowed the “second-tallest building” in downtown Manhattan, that bore his name, to become “the tallest building.”
As the first term of his turbulent, combative, and suffocatingly toxic administration winds down, President Trump rightfully claim the grand prize for his ability to display uncanny allegiance to the religion of persistent narcissism.
Running for the highest office of the land was never a great ambition for someone who doesn’t possess the tendencies of selflessness, empathy or a general compassion for mankind.
It was the seductive lure of absolute power that attracted the foul-mouthed overgrown toddler to the global stage, and once he fell into…