Still on Trump’s inauguration speech

W HEN the Americans completed their primaries for the November 2016 presidential elections and ended up with Hilary Clinton for the Democrats and Donald Trump for the Republicans, I personally observed for anybody who cared and was willing to listen that both candidates did not look to me or indeed any normal person that I know as the best candidates that the country or the two political parties were capable of presenting to the Americans for that election. I observed that either of the candidates’ election to the presidency of the USA were each apparently a visible disaster just waiting to happen. I did so because, as a student of the world, of history, of religion, politics and culture or civilization, I know enough of these rather very important issues to say so.

I observed that if Hilary Clinton won the said election, the subjugation of the entire world to the Illuminati Supremacist International imperialism and Caucasian neo-colonialism of the whole world would continue by the world social-engineers that she so very well represents, in spite of their pretentions to the contrary; and eventually maximize the radical Islamic fanatical terrorism and other-worlds’ genuine freedom and equality-seeking resistances (and perhaps world war). If on the other hand, Donald Trump won, the internal American socio-political war will start at once; and may eventually engulf the rest of the world. In everyone occasion and everywhere that I made those observations, I invited anyone who cared, to pray – not just for America but for all of ourselves, the entire world! Apparently, only God Himself will be able to use either of these otherwise wrong results for His mysteriously always good purposes!

Some self-acclaimed political and international event gurus dismissed the above observations as ignorant and accused me of playing God by these observations; even though I myself did not understand what they mean, as well as what are in those statements that seemed like playing God to such people! However, since Donald Trump eventually won the election and protest marches erupted spontaneously all over the USA and I asked those erstwhile self-acclaimed gurus what they think now, at that time, they have not responded since then – neither to me directly, nor to anybody or any other fora that I know, with these explanations.

On Friday, January 20, 2017, I returned from work and whatever I had to do by 4 pm so that I could watch the Trump inauguration programme on the television, life. I succeeded in keeping the television logged onto the CNN, no matter whatever else I was doing, from 5pm till midnight when I went to bed. I saw and listened to everything most carefully, especially Donald John Trump’s post-swearing-in speech. From early in the morning of Saturday 21st January, I re-opened the CNN and listened to a good deal of the panel discussions arranged for the different groups of American commentators; and have been amazed that most of these people still continue to fool themselves about what has happened to America!

These same people had virtual complete control of these mass media during the American electioneering campaign period and never gave anybody (except the wise and studying folks) any expectation that Trump would ever come near to winning the elections! Obviously, they have learnt nothing and thus have continued in that erroneous mode. Again, large marches have erupted all over America even now that Trump had been sworn in who claim that “in his speech thereof he had failed to repent and to carry them along!” I had a good laugh listening to these things because these same people tell us about democracy; yet, they themselves do not even understand (to talk less, actually in practice, accept) it! They or the person they voted for lost an election, and they cannot even accept it?

Obviously in Trump’s mind, the American “popular” politicians on both sides, but of course with the Democrats in the preponderance, had been raping America all of the time for quite a long time now, politically! Trump came up with a populist appeal to the American people, whom according to his self-chosen language, the “popular” politicians had been getting and consolidating these their political positions by a continuing “carnage” of these people! These people eventually elected him to rescue them from this long-lasting carnage. There has never been any doubt that “Trump does not know how to talk” nor talks “politically right!” But he was obviously talking to “the right people”, in the practical and effective politics of TODAY, you would say. Otherwise, how could he have been elected despite all the negativisms about him in these public media; of which, even little people like me know very much about? As the Pope has reportedly said and advised him in his congratulatory letter on his inauguration, we should all be praying for him – whether we like him or not – as well as hoping and trusting the he will make all coming decisions and rule America according to the best cultures of unity, universal freedoms, people protection and good governance; of which America is known to share very much in.

On my own, my advice to everybody concerning the Trump Inaugural Address is that they should get hold of the video (preferably, so that they will listen as well as watch the entire body language and speech as well), or at least the vocal or written document; and study it most carefully and dispassionately. Without doing so, they will have no basis for any proper reactions to it – such as I was seeing in many of the panel discussions on the CNN ever since that speech, or in the prompt, and to my mind, pre-emptive, demonstrations that have erupted there and else, spontaneously, against the presidency all over the world. As everybody must know, the number of/in a crowd often shows foolishness rather than reasoning human behaviour! Nobody should judge the success or failure of the Trump administration on the basis of how mammoth or how world-wide these protests are. They should however be judged by the quality of the people and the depth of a-partisan considerations and analysis that they have had on that speech – such as in the speeches, acts and entire body language of many UK and European politicians.

Perhaps, in due time, one will return to this inauguration speech for a more detailed discussion. But until then, let us pray for the “popular” American politicians, let us pray for Donald John Trump and the team that he is trying to organize for his rulership of the USA; but above all else, let us pray for our own selves – that we will remain politically wise, objective and a-partisan in all of these. We should do so as sure world citizens who must be involved in these things. Only in that way shall we be able to enjoy all the drama as due; as well as our ever going to be able to contribute anything worthwhile to it, both locally and globally.

• Asuzu is Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Ibadan