Trump is in big trouble

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STEVE SCHMIDT

JUL 19, 2023


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Donald Trump, the greatest failure in American history, betrayed the United States of America and desecrated the presidential oath of office.

Twice impeached and charged with 37 felony counts over his alleged misconduct involving the nation’s most sensitive secrets, Donald Trump will soon be held accountable for inciting an insurrection against the US Constitution and trying to take political power illegally. He attempted to incite a coup d’état. It was planned, organized and executed from within his White House. It was seditious and criminal.

There is no betrayal against the American flag that equals Trump’s since the Civil War. His treachery equals that of Jefferson Davis. He attacked what he swore to preserve, protect and defend. He assaulted the sacrifices and memory of 250 years of patriots who built the United States with his outlandish misconduct. His presidency was a national humiliation without respite.

His current candidacy is our national herpes. He is America’s loathsome canker and most exquisite scum bag. He is rotten, dishonest, staggeringly corrupt, bombastic, ignorant and cruel. He combines imbecility and arrogance into a potent weapon, which for some reason has found appeal among America’s vast taker and victim classes. Wherever grievance is a virtue and self-pity heroic, a Trump flag will be flying high. The pathetic and weak need their heroes too, after all.

All of the graves in the American cemetery that lies above Omaha Beach face west, back across the Atlantic Ocean towards the United States. The graves are laid out in perfect symmetry. It is an American army at permanent rest. Each died in combat against a profound evil. They died so that darkness would not fall over the world. How are we measuring up?

Donald Trump is a criminal and an abomination. He is a grotesquerie. He tried to burn America down. What he did was criminal, and no one is above the law in America. He is a shameful man and his bill has come due — finally.

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Author: Richard L. Fricks

Writer, observer, and student of presence. After decades as a CPA, attorney, and believer in inherited purpose, I now live a quieter life built around clarity, simplicity, and the freedom to begin again. I write both nonfiction and fiction: The Pencil-Driven Life, a memoir and daily practice of awareness, and the Boaz, Alabama novels—character-driven stories rooted in the complexities of ordinary life. I live on seventy acres we call Oak Hollow, where my wife and I care for seven rescued dogs and build small, intentional spaces that reflect the same philosophy I write about. Oak Hollow Cabins is in the development stage (opening March 1, 2026), and is—now and always—a lived expression of presence: cabins, trails, and quiet places shaped by the land itself. My background as a Fictionary Certified StoryCoach Editor still informs how I understand story, though I no longer offer coaching. Instead, I share reflections through The Pencil’s Edge and @thepencildrivenlife, exploring what it means to live lightly, honestly, and without a script. Whether I’m writing, building, or walking the land, my work is rooted in one simple truth: Life becomes clearer when we stop trying to control the story and start paying attention to the moment we’re in.

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