In 2018, Rick Wilson wrote a book titled “Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever.”
Today, since we know that not only does every single thing Trump touches dies, a much larger sequel could be written to include the real people who have died thanks to Trump and Trumpism.
In addition to Renee Good and Alex Pretti, how many people have suffered and died in the prison cages around the country? How many U.S. military members have been killed? How many Iranians? How many people in the Persian Gulf region have been killed?
How many people have suffered and died because USAID was dismantled? The disruption of the world economy? What about the people in our country who cannot afford health insurance after the Republicans gleefully passed the childishly named OBBBA — what is their future?
The alliances we have developed over the last 80 years have been destroyed. By burying the Epstein files, Trump has dismissed Virginia Giuffre’s tragic passing. Republicans’ grave concern about government spending has surely expired, what with Trump’s war costing $1 billion per day. The list goes on and on, but one of the most serious deaths that has occurred in the last year is the death of our democracy.
I look forward to reading Mr. Wilson’s updated edition.
Dean Olsen, North Ogden