While healing from hip replacement, I’m watching lots of CNN. I heard Iran’s top diplomat respond to our U.S. threats. He said this calls for the United States recognizing the precarious situation we are creating and without thought for consequences. (That’s Donald Trump through and through – unserious about consequences as he shallow-thinking tweets his orders.) Then I heard new Democratic presidential candidate Gov. Bill de Blasio of New York City interviewed.
De Blasio nearly right away launched into explaining that he’s known “Con Don” for a long time. He’s challenged Con Don in court and caused him to back down. I heard de Blasio recount that he’s had six years of tackling the problems of America’s largest city. He’s well aware of the short time we have to address climate change, and he’s well aware of income inequality hurting too many people. He was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017 with landslide victories both times.
If a new Deutsche Bank investigation of the billions Trump and Jared Kushner borrowed and used somehow doesn’t make Trump quake, then this challenge by de Blasio should. If it turns out we see a Bill Weld nomination in 2020 because something happened to derail Trump before then, well, we might have two fine candidates face off: high-achieving, for-the-people Bill de Blasio vs. thoughtful and respected Bill Weld. It could be like the clouds breaking open and a shaft of sunlight shining down, that election. I know that’s a lot of “ifs.” Just hoping.
LYNN RUDMIN CHONG
Sanbornton