<TriceEdneyWire.com> — After Israel’s latest military attack on another nation, Trump said: “I gave Iran a 60-day ultimatum to ‘make a deal!’ That makes the U.S. a partner in this latest tragedy. When will our current U.S. leaders learn that you can’t threaten people believing your threats will make them do what you alone want them to do?
Israeli and American leaders must come to a place where they understand that neither threats nor constant aggressive actions have any place on the road to peace. The world has grown tired of leaders of both nations, especially one who says Israel’s attack on Iran would be a miracle for the stock market.
Trump is applauding Netanyahu’s action against Iran. At the same time, he’s applauding his own efforts trying to change Los Angeles from being a city of immigrants led by a Black woman to something the voters wouldn’t recognize. Mayor Karen Bass is doing her best to take care of her city, while Trump has his people igniting fear. He had his Secretary of Homeland Security and her agents attack a U.S. senator for simply trying to ask a question.
I applaud the millions participating in the ‘Day of Defiance’ and other protests. Our citizens are determined to exercise their constitutional rights. It’s a simple matter of free speech. How does a man who has had every opportunity to live a gross life at the expense of others tell us we can’t even voice our objection to the so-called leader of our nation spending millions of our tax dollars on an event proving he’s ‘a political strong man’ with what he calls a “Big Beautiful Bill” that authorizes him to take whatever he wants while disrespecting the ‘least of these’ and telling them they can’t even object. If they do, they will be dealt with harshly!
He’s using U.S. soldiers to march through our city, tear up our streets (which we’ll have to pay to replace). Then he threatens us with what he’ll do if he doesn’t like our objections. This is the same man who, a short time ago, was telling criminals he loves them for what they did to tear up our Capitol, terrorize our elected leaders, and cause people to die. He pardoned these criminals for their assault on our Capitol, and sent them back to the streets to do whatever destructive thing they might want to do next. Yet Trump left law-abiding citizens to believe that what he was doing was patriotic.
He has done everything he could to show us how little he thinks of us. He overruled the wishes of the governor of California and mayor of L.A. and sent the National Guard to Los Angeles with a threat to send in the Marines to agitate people. That caused more people to go into the street to protest.
In this period of Trump’s chaos, the Black mayor of Newark was arrested by federal authorities. Children are being terrorized. A Black United States’ congresswoman was not only arrested, but also indicted for doing her duty for her constituents. Los Angeles’ Black woman mayor had her city illegally bombarded with federal troops—with the threat of sending Marines in on top of 4,000 National Guard.
This all happened before a judge told Trump to back off. We expected an appeal because Trump is not known for respecting the law. Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla of California was violently manhandled for asking a question at a press conference that impacted his constituents.
ICE has been terrorizing children and their families. These are honest working people who’ve been doing work in the country for many years. They are being uprooted at Trump’s pleasure. Black history is forbidden. When will it stop and who is next for displeasing Trump? It could be you or me if we don’t fight against his cruel and illegal actions.
(Dr. E. Faye Williams is president of the Dick Gregory Society.)
