Declaring War

It looks as though the president--

The dull and tedious bore--

Has unilaterally decided

That he's declaring war.

 

War on what or whom? you wonder.

The man who thinks he's king

Appears to be declaring war

On almost everything:

 

War on truth; war on judges

Who don't agree with him;

War on any critic who doesn't

Support his every whim;

 

War on immigrants' rights and war

On aid to people in need;

War on any measures that

Restrict corporate greed;

 

War on DEI, or course,

And war on voters' rights;

War on historic records that he

Thinks are unfair to Whites;

 

War on the rule of law, and war

Also on reason and science;

War on wokenesss, because he doesn't

Tolerate defiance;

 

War on schools with high Hispanic

Enrollment; war on the press;

When he imposes his tariffs, then war

On countries that don't acquiesce;

 

War on clean-air regulations

And health protections for sure,

For he's defunding research, which

For him has no allure;

 

War on an independent Department

Of Justice and FBI,

For now they jump when he says "Jump!"

And do not ask him "Why?”;

 

War on public broadcasting

Which gives him fits of pique;

War on ANY station that

Allows his critics to speak;

 

War on cities, particularly

Those in states that are blue;

War on you if you perhaps

Are LGBTQ;

 

War on us, for he is using

Our troops against us. His orders:

Troops have the right to stop and question

Anyone near our borders.

 

Especially on Democrats

War has been declared,

But he'll go after anyone.

Very few are spared.

 

It's really war on democracy

As our rights disappear.

I never thought I'd see the day

That THAT would happen here.

 

There seems to be no end in sight

Of this continuing saga.

The Statue of Liberty now wears

A red cap saying "MAGA."

 

-by Bob B (8-23-25)

Reviews

[keith]

i am a never trumper
like you i have seen his failures his lies his corruption
i don't deserve to live like this nor are you and you and you
you have shown your lack of confidence in trump with your mighty pen
your words your message is loud and clear

i don't understand how our paths have never crossed until today
a solid write if there ever was one ... kudos

[Bob B]

I didn't like Trump even before 2015. He was a fraud then and he's a bigger fraud now. I have been writing about him since 2015 because I am appalled by what he's doing and also by the people who have been duped by him and give him their undying support.