More Fearful Than Ever

I find myself caught between wanting to give Donald Trump every chance to succeed and watching his every move and statements with acute apprehension.
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While Donald Trump's recent appearance on 60 Minutes may have calmed some of my fears, he has not put all of them to rest. Indeed, he's even exacerbated them.

Given the low bar that he's set repeatedly, he was more articulate, calm, and coherent than I had any reason to expect. But his past inflammatory comments are real cause for widespread demonstrations. His repeated inability/refusal to acknowledge the legitimate anxieties and fears of the protesters, and that they are not "professionals," is highly disconcerting. But worst of all is his selection of Steve Bannon as his Chief Strategist. The choice of an out-and-out declared racist belies any desire to heal and to bring us together.

Rudy Giuliani scares me as much, if not more. He would be Secretary of State or Defense? He would be that close to the Big Bad Button? These are the actual and potential cabinet choices that are supposed to heal a highly fractured country?

I find myself caught between wanting to give Donald Trump every chance to succeed and watching his every move and statements with acute apprehension.

However, as much as I'm angry at the election of Donald Trump, I'm even more so with my fellow Democrats. How could we have selected such a flawed candidate who couldn't really get in touch with the deep anger of the electorate and thus couldn't truly connect emotionally with their pain?

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