Watch Carefully as POTUS Distracts the People

Power is often tied to a position of authority, such as president, police, or parent.  As a person in that position of authority, you must be cautious in how you wield that power that has been granted to that position.  If you always say, "because I said so" as justification for why others should respect your wishes, you may find that your constituents, community, or children begin to lose respect for you as a person, and also for the position.  Generally, people who abuse the power of the position risk losing respect from others, the very people who gave them that role.

The President of the United States of America has a tremendous amount of power.  Along with great power comes great responsibility.  The person filling that position has a constitutional obligation to see to the best interests of the People as a whole, by presiding over the executive branch of the federal government and by serving as Commander in Chief over the United States' Armed Forces.  There are over four million people actively employed within the executive branch, including those actively serving in the armed forces.

In Trump's blatant current power play of shutting down the government until his demands are met, he is demonstrating that not only is he not presiding responsibly over the executive branch nor the armed forces; but neither is Trump acting in the best interests of the rest of the 327 million People as a whole.  It is not clear to me why we the People continue to allow this man to preside over us.  One tactic that seems be used frequently is that by constantly instigating, inflating, and exaggerating crises, Trump and his ilk create distractions that do not allow any constructive, effective, or beneficial work to be done for, by, and of the People as a whole.

I've never had respect for Trump, as a person.  Yet I continue to respect the position of President.  I yearn for the day when a respectable person is in office once again.