Who Is Playing Whom?

World leaders met and Trump,

Who lives in various wonderlands,

Also had a meeting with Putin

And played right into the dictator's hands.

 

Trump admires Putin--a man

Who bullies targets to do his bidding.

If Trump's not aware that he's being played,

The neophyte has to be kidding.

 

A man who loves to undermine

Democracy and put down dissent,

Create chaos in the world

And pull the strings of our president,

 

Maintain control of a criminal state

Where greed, graft, and corruption hold sway,

And jail or kill opponents doesn't

Even deserve the time of day.

 

Yes, we know that power corrupts

And absolute power, absolutely.

Its hideous effect on a free people

Is something we're aware of acutely.

 

Does Trump just love the idea that Putin

Controls the country, controls the press,

Surrounds himself with loyalists,

And governs the people with fear and duress?

 

Not a pretty picture, of course.

Concerned Americans very much fear

That Putin-like threats to democracy

Are showing their ugly faces here.

 

(7-9-17) By Bob B