How does one build?

house in ruins

President Obama was a serious man who carried out his duties as one lays bricks, one square and true principle at a time. People complained that this was expensive. A house built on justice didn’t look American. President Biden was an experienced woodworker who built us a functional house with two by fours and a picket fence. We complained that his fence didn’t keep migrants out. The house lacked curb appeal. Now Trump is building us a house out of straw. DOGE will make the rich, richer. In Gaza and Ukraine, a quick peace will displace the innocent and deny freedom to millions. The winds of climate change will blow his beautiful straw economy away. Journalists will be commanded to write pulp rather than serious reports of the President’s failings.  Most of all, Justice will no longer be blind, and what she sees will make her weep.