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Who is the man upstaging Tillerson?
Who has usurped the State Department’s place?
Who is Trump’s only trusted one?
His son-in-law, who’s less than forty years of age

Jared’s the man Trump turns to for his views
Jared’s the man Trump’s put in charge of much:
That’s Mexico and Canada, Iraq and Israel too
China, Japan, and tax reform as such

The list goes on, both foreign and domestic
What tasks need done, it’s Kushner’s job to do
And State’s ignored; it seems surrealistic
Old Tillerson is left out there to stew

The expertise of statecraft is ignored
The ship of state is rudderless I fear
One man’s in charge of everything onboard
And, lo, that man’s still wet behind the ears

4/3/17

 

Many of Trump’s entourage have basked in Putin’s gaze
Who’ve looked upon the Kremlin viewing everything as good
Who’ve taken money, who’ve colluded, singing Putin’s praise
But one stands out among the crowd, it must be understood

It’s Putin’s puppet, Tillerson, whom Putin told Trump choose
To be Sec. State, a perfect choice, from Putin’s point of view
Since State Department Putin hates for publicizing news
Of murders and corruptions, all for power, what he’ll do

Emasculate Department State is one of Putin’s aims
And weaken NATO and the EU, Putin views as threats
Rex Tillerson is just the guy who’ll play the Kremlin’s games
As partial payback for assisting Trump; this pays the debt

Rex Tillerson’s behavior as Sec State has been a laugh
He operates in secret, no reporters, no replies
Refuses interactions with the State Department staff
And asks them not to look at him, no contact with his eyes

There’ll be a NATO summit for the nations to attend
But Tillerson won’t be there, more important things to do
He’ll be instead in Russia drinking vodka with his friend
Receiving new instructions and reporting what is new

The news these days is all about the Russian interference
And collusion with the Trumpsters, generally about the past
Although we’ve need to know, it’s second ranking in importance
Compared to Tillerson whose future damage can be vast

4/2/17

 

I keep telling myself that this, too, will pass
I see my future self looking back and saying
Thank whatever powers be, it’s over!
And then I cast my future eyes to view the wreckage in his wake
And ask:
Was this really necessary? Did we need this now?
I guess we did!
I guess we did!

We Democrats, we’re smug in all our uppermiddleclassed-ness
We used to be the labor force. Now labor’s for the immigrants
The immigrants we used to be
Oh, we decry disparity in social services – and wages too
But then, that’s for the government. We live our tricky-tacky lives
Somewhat aware, somewhat aware

Republicans, we were elite and militarily the best
We were conservative, before destruction of that word
What are we now? The new do-nothings of the day
The highest bidder gets his way
We blind our eyes to Trump’s corruption shames parading by
As long as he will sign our wretched bills

Will we have learned?
Will we go forward hence
As all eyes turn
To President Mike Pence?

4/1/17

 

Surprise, surprise the White House was the source of Nunes’ leaks
Three White-House Intel staffers found to be the ones involved
In combing through top secret files in search of those that speak
Of Russia and the Trump team, the Trump tweets to be absolved

These files were shown to Nunes to inform the President
‘Twas meant to be a mystery, the sourcing of these leaks
But Nunes, in naivety, revealed where he was sent
To fetch this new Intelligence to justify Trump’s tweets

My question: who would orchestrate a caper such as this?
Just who could order White-House staff to compromise themselves?
Who else but Bannon, CEO of all that goes amiss
Scandal piled on scandal, ever deeper that we delve

Revealed, also, amid the mist of these shenanigans
The White House seems to have guy who’s serving as their spy
His name is Cohen-Watnick, NSC, an inside man
The target of his efforts seems to be the FBI

I have a bigger question, Admin. scandals left and right
The family Trump, Trump’s Cabinet, the conflicts that we see
The lies, the fact-less tweets that Trump keeps posting every night
Amid this Gov. corruption just where is the GOP?

3/30/17

 

The House Intel committee’s now effectively dysfunctional
It didn’t take long for the Trump to bring it tumbling down
Their open Hearing having Comey’s words which were sensational
Revealed they’re close to where Trump’s coverup is blown

Chairman Nunes had permitted things to get too far
Ranking Member Schiff implied of having really credible
Intelligence about collusion: Trump team with the Bear
Trump had to halt their functioning, avoiding outcomes terrible

It’s clear that Trump is guilty; of just what we may know never
Or else why go to these extremes to cover his connections
To have one branch of government destroy part of another
That, in itself, implies of scandal grandest in proportion

3/29/17

 

They say that tax reform is clearly on the docket next
Repeal, replace the ACA is ancient history now
The scuttlebutt in beltway land: Obama had it hexed
The GOP’s now ready to draft bills where they know how

Especially on tax reform, straightforward what they need
To simplify the code, remove the loopholes, make it flat
To lower corporate taxes to assuage the business greed
And to be sure the Enterprise receives its share of fat

Two fundamental schools of thought, how countries raise their dough
Tax income or consumption, which is less and which is more
Unlike most Western countries our consumption tax is low
Our progressive tax on income’s where the rich pay for the poor

Reducing business income tax encourages their growth
Producing more employment, so Republicans would say
And makes them more competitive abroad as well as home
It didn’t work for Reagan and it still won’t work today

Increasing income tax has been a no, no many years
However, Trump plans to impose a border tax on goods
From Mexico and other trading partners we hold dear
Consumption taxes raise all prices, be it understood

Compared to health-care legislation, tax law is a mess
Each loop-hole has its lobbyists who will not stomach change
Republicans do not agree which way would be the best
That Democrats would get on board, would certainly be strange

With Trump and Ryan weakened by their crippling defeat
With powerful stakeholders and tax-law complexities
I doubt if much significant this effort will complete
But Trump will see some law is passed and claim a victory

3/28/17

I noticed that this poelitic did not come through in its Email version when I posted it  (3/17).  I believe that it is just as relevant today.

Credibility

Credibility is difficult attaching to Trump’s words
When it comes to Trump pronouncements, what he claims
Sensibilities are damaged just digesting comments heard
When they’re proven false, Trump indicates elsewhere to take the blame

Trump, con artist, conned supporters out there on the stump
With his budget plan, denuding programs his supporters need
While millions lose their health insurance under Health by Trump
A con man tells you what you want, but comes up short on deeds

Security’s my chief concern; what Trump will do or say
When tested by belligerents who’ve labeled Trump as weak?
Who, then, will trust responses Trump proposes as the way
To counter the aggression? It’s a situation bleak

3/17/17

Hi all

Some of my recent surge of health problems have made it difficult for me to compose political poems.  Hopefully this will be temporary.

Sabba Rabba

 

A Trumpcare defeat wasn’t hard to foretell
Aside from the grass roots resistance it gained
Stakeholders against it, poor staffing as well
Plus miserable marketing, often hair-brained

A loss of Trump’s first legislative initiative
Damages more than does simple defeat
Implied inability to win, it’s indicative –
Trump’s prime agenda near dead at his feet

We’ll see these same attributes each time around
Overhyped messaging, how great the bill
Naive incompetence, logic unsound
And rush, rush to bring it to vote on the Hill

If Trump felt that health care was awfully complex,
Just wait ’till he reckons with income-tax law
Admins of the past had all promised their best
But only we’re able to mend minor flaws

The Trump market rally revealed expectations
Of tax cuts and jobs that Team Trump will deliver
Now, after disaster, we’ll see the reaction,
We’ll see if there are any left, Trump believers

1/25/17

Names: Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House; Devin Nunes [NEWness], Chairman, House Intelligence Committee

Strange Machinations

Strange machinations ’round Devin and Paul
Also ‘tween Nunes and President Trump
The President’s man since their days on the stump
I’m seeing some patterns, reviewing it all

There’s the relation ‘tween Trump and Paul Ryan
Mutual dependency, politically
Wary each one of the other, they be
Each needs the other or bills would lie dying

Devin is Chair of the House Oversight
Committee to do with all matter of Intel
The group is bipartisan, secret as well
Ryan appointed Dev, gave him the right

Dev’s Intel has probes into Trumpish connections
Collusions with Russia throughout the campaign,
Through the transition and even Trump’s reign
An odor of treason pervades this election

Who sits in the midst of this controversy?
Devin, himself, steeped in conflicts, no end
To honor his loyalty to his great friend
To honor his organizational creed

What role plays the Speaker, Paul Ryan, in this?
He must know what’s happening; this is his House
But Paul seems oblivious; more like a mouse
The title of Squeaker should really be his

We’re watching soap opera, just holding our breath
Quixotic behaviors, and new revelations
Spiraling downward with no indication
Of when this is over, just what will be left

3/25/17