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Feb 2018
So, what about Number Forty Five?
He’s worn that number on his jersey for a year now,
So what can we surmise?
He demands loyalty, or your days may be numbered until your demise.
He’s as scrappy as they come, and that’s no surprise.
I hear DC politicians tread with fear in their eyes.

Does he project the benevolence of American presidential tradition?
HELL NO, he doesn’t seem interested in any such transition.

Is he a statesman, a great unifier?  Hardly!!
Is he a man of diplomacy whose words are well chosen of course,
Who retains his dignity?
Quite the hot-head most of the time I see,
A bull in a china shop
uncaring of how he’s obnoxious or coarse.

A shrewd negotiator?  I’ll give him that;
He can be rude, crude, rash, brash, and yes shrewd
At the drop of a hat,
Seemingly more concerned with the substance of gain
rather than principle
and how played goes the game.

Not a man of promises forgotten,
Our president makes every effort to follow through on each one.

A humanitarian?  I don’t think so, not his way.
“America first” construed to mean economic prosperity
To trickle down to workers’ payroll and nothing more
Leaves a large lacking of heart – materialism over philosophical perspective,
Defining who we are by how we live and to others how we give.

Mutual respect?  He respects his own ego and that seems to be it –
a character deficit.
How else could he refer to African countries in such ****** insult?
This is certainly no good for US Diplomacy abroad, an undeniable fault!!

He still has his main ****** as a business negotiator;
The rest of the presidency I don’t think he really cares for!!

Everyday disruption seems to be
more in the news than in the days before, and
Trump is usually in the thick of it (as we reluctantly keep score) –
often for something he says or tweets impulsively.
We know he’s eccentric, but is he psychotic – out of his tree?
(Rome had Nero; we have Trump it seems)
“Do we need more” presidents from Queens?
Should we FIRE the one we have?

We’ve seen the lightening flash;
Amid the “fake news”,
we’ve heard the true loud thunder.
After one year,
We have his number,
Number Forty Five!!
Written by
Marcus Well
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