Dystopia
On January 20 2017, surrounded by family and the usual suspects, the real-estate mogul, sexual-predator and conman Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Now known as ‘National Day of Patriotic Devotion’, it will be remembered as the day Trump used inflammatory language, some fist-pumping, and a healthy measure of old-fashioned populism to deliver a message of “America First” to a relatively small crowd at the National Mall. Trump’s inauguration debacle would be the first of a series of alarming signs that a fascist-like regime has taken power in America.
Less than a week after leaving The Oval Office, neoliberal Democrat Barack Obama seems like a distant memory that is quickly fading, a punctuation mark in the story of this country. In what may be the defining moment of his presidency, Obama assured a smooth transition of power to the American oligarch Drumpf and his merry band of misogynists, religious zealots and white supremacists.
Since taking the helm, Trump set in motion a regressive, dystopian agenda that will enrich the billionaire class at the expense of regular Americans, minority communities, the environment and world peace. The new president signed executive orders targeting women, indigenous groups, the environment, immigrants, refugees and Muslims and has already managed to compromise the health of millions of Americans.
Those who believed Trump the President would be any different than Trump the host of