No Change

Donald Trump devours flattery.

(That's why he loves Putin so.)

And so, no way would he pass up

An invitation to Mexico

 

To meet with president Peña Nieto.

Looking rather out of place,

He read his speech; but what he did

Afterwards was a slap in the face

 

To Mexicans and to immigrants

As he expounded in detail his stance

On immigration, which ended up

Being his usual song and dance.

 

Using emotive loaded terms

With connotations that cut like sheers,

He appealed to the lowest common

Denominator of people's fears.

 

Focusing on the criminal element

Of the undocumented, he tried

To prove his point with misstated facts--

Again taking us for a ride.

 

He continued to harp on his towering,

"Beautiful southern-border wall,"

Which, according to many experts,

Actually makes no sense at all.

 

Regarding that wall, Trump doesn't

Want Americans to forget

That Mexico will pay for it,

Though "they don't know it yet."

 

He's still saying that all people

Here illegally will have to leave.

There's no softening in his approach--

No mention of any reprieve.

 

Still blowing racial whistles

And still playing the media with lies,

Nothing about his fear-mongering

Approach turns out to be a surprise.

 

Hateful speech disguised as concern

For all Americans doesn’t empower

Society. Instead it disrupts

Our freedom and turns Americans sour.

(9-1-16) By Bob B