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The Confirmation we didn’t need.

Roger Hawcroft
3 min readJan 23, 2025

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So there we have it.

It only took one day for Trump to confirm for anyone still unsure, that all his past perfidy, lack of morality, disdain for the majority and screw-loose ego, are as much a reality as has been alleged.

This ‘man’ — I’m not sure he deserves even that label, is a tyrant in the making already.

That those with the offices and responsibility to go through a process of inauguration of Trump with this record:

  • someone who promoted others to assault the Capitol, thereby causing the injury of a hundred or so police officers and the death of one, as well as what could have been the injury or death of senators and congress members, it it were not for the bravery of those police, including let’s remember, his own Vice-President
  • someone who has flaunted the Constitution and said he will change it
  • someone who has flagrantly lied and does so almost every time he opens his mouth
  • someone who openly and publicly, on more than one occasion, expressed admiration and approval, even invitation for a major enemy of the US to do whatever it wants
  • someone who has demeaned and abused service men and women who gave their lives for the nation
  • someone whose business knowledge is so poor that he…

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Roger Hawcroft
Roger Hawcroft

Written by Roger Hawcroft

Expat Tyke in Australia. Dismayed & depressed at World conflict/poverty/disadvantage/hatred. Buoyed by music, art, literature, nature, animals & birds.

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