My mom used to repeat an old saying when one of us kiddos was being stubborn. The saying was “You’re cutting off your nose to spite your face.” That saying fits today’s political situation when you compare the Biden administration’s actions to undo the policies of the Trump administration.
Looking at the colorful quilt of many beliefs that defines the American landscape, it is hard to understand how the Nation could be split fifty-fifty between Democrats and Republicans. This balance allows a radical minority faction to control the course of the whole country.
America First is not a new notion, just ask the late Charles Lindbergh and O.K. Armstrong. They wanted us to stay out of the conflict that would become World War II. But we couldn’t isolate the US from the rest of the world. And we still can’t. And we can’t make the rest of the world American. We have tried that. Iraq and Afghanistan are just recent examples of that failed notion.
The Trump administration implemented policies that were good for the Nation. But a maniacal hatred for Trump, the man, has led the Biden Administration to not only undo those positive policies but to implement destructive policies. And to place inexperienced or incompetent partisans in leadership positions. So the Democrats are “cutting off their nose to spite their face.” Unfortunately, we share that face and its fate. Time to grow up and act as adults.