It's Personal

What's it take to become the president of the United States?

Insofar as I can tell, Donald Trump had no record of governance, or of serving in the military, and the record shows he displayed behavioral difficulties.

“He was a pretty rough fellow when he was small,” his father later remembered. In an effort to instill a sense of discipline, his parents enrolled him at age 13 in the New York Military Academy, north of New York City.

Trump reported that he enjoyed the drills and lifestyle, but the academy marked the extent of his involvement with the military.

He enrolled in Fordham University in New York City and then transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics through Penn’s Wharton School of Finance and Commerce in 1968.

Elon Musk is the founder of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, among other companies. Their success has propelled him to become the richest person in the world, with a net worth greater than $435 billion.

The South African–born entrepreneur started his first businesses in the 1990s: an online city guide called Zip2 and a digital payment company named X.com, which later became PayPal.

I take a dim view of Donald Trump -- he ain't the kind of guy I cotton to.

Americans are deeply divided over Donald Trump’s plans and the way he is handling his job in the early weeks of his return to the presidency.

Says who?

This is who: The public has long been divided – largely along partisan lines – over how large a role government should have.

Americans have more negative than positive views of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.

No kidding, right?

An essay by Frank Kendall spells it out:

"President Trump's decision to fire senior military leaders without cause is foolish and a disgrace.

"It politicizes our professional military in a dangerous and debilitating way.

"What frightens even more is the removal of three judge advocates general, the most senior uniformed legal authorities in the Defense Department.

Ya reckon that thousands can be in peril because of job cuts.

NBC is thinking the Trump administration’s purge of federal workers may ultimately amount to the biggest job cut in U.S. history, which is likely to have ramifications for the economy, especially at the local level, according to economists.

The White House, with the help of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has fired or offered buyouts to workers across the federal government, the nation’s largest employer.

What the hell is going on?

You might know that Trump has fired top military leaders.

Trump fired the chair of the joint chiefs on Friday night.

Politico reports that high-ranking officers "wipe away decades of military experience."

Says Politico: "The firings wipe away decades of military experience and could create cascade of hasty promotions down the ranks that impact U.S.

These are the times that try our American souls.

Somehow, a guy name Elon Musk seems to have slithered his way into Washington with, I dare say, the approval of our president.

Musk, one of the richest men in the world, who has, with Trump's approval, able to muscle his way to being able to fire government employees, eliminate federal agencies and run roughshod over federal law and the Constitution.

It would seem to be a big hill to climb for Donald Trump.

Perhaps a huge hill. 

Professors Brandon Rottinghaus — political science at University of Houston — and Justin Vaughn — director of the Center for Idaho History and Politics at Boise State University —  conducted a survey of 170 members of the American Political Science Association’s Presidents and Executive Politics section and came to conclusion that Donald Trump is the worst president in American history.

Ouch.

The pope himself has rebuked Trump over migrant deportations and refutes Vice President Vances theology.

Moreover Trump's border czar tells Pope Francis to stick to the Catholic Church.

Here's the word from Rome:

"In an open letter to U.S.Catholic bishops sent Tuesday, the Argentinian pope criticized mass deportation off migrants that Mr.Trump had initiated in his second term.

"In an open letter to U.S. Catholic bishops Tuesday, the Argentinian pope criticized  Mr.