There has been a lot of talk going around about RFK Junior
joining Donald Trump in his campaign. Though many of us have zero confidence in
the reality of this election campaign, and know that it will not be a fully
above board and honest election, still there is something exciting about two
anti-establishment figures joining forces to create change.
Both of these candidates are seriously flawed, both support
abortion in some measure, though Trump did manage to get Roe vs Wade overturned
with his supreme court picks. Both are well below reasonable on the Israel
issue, because they are both committed to tying the United States and its destiny to its
pseudo-Colony in the Middle East. Both of them have other flaws as well. But
still Trump did bring some change in his previous term, they are both committed
to avoiding World War 3 getting any worse, and the announcement that Trump gave
Kennedy power to address some of the serious health issues caused by food and health standards corruption
in the United States is a very good thing. There is certainly more good to look
forward to in a joint Trump-Kennedy team than there is anywhere else.
However, if I were close to anyone who knew Trump, I’d counsel him, “Beware of trusting in a former opponent.” One of the things that plagued Trump’s first presidency was his consistent habit of trusting the wrong people to hold powerful roles in his administration. I can’t help but be a little sceptical of a long term Democrat, someone who was basically born to the blue, being willing to support not only a Republican, but one of the most controversial Republicans ever. It is exciting to think about how they could work together, and this excitement has me thinking, “Is this too good to be true?” Kennedy would have been a good pick for Trump’s vice-president spot, much better than the man he has chosen, but that such an opponent would join the opposing side in amyway sounds a little too good to be true. Does it not?
Whenever this happens we should be wary. As this advice
from The Tale of Melibeus warns us,
“Solomon says that the words
of a flatterer are a snare wherewith to catch innocents. He says also, that he
who speaks sweet words to his friend, sets before his feet a net to catch him.
And therefore says Tullius Cicero:
'Incline not thine ears to
flatterers, nor take counsel of flattering words.' And Cato says: 'Be well
advised, and avoid sweet and pleasant words.' And you must also eschew the
counsels of such of your former enemies as have become reconciled to you. The
Book says that no one can safely trust to the goodwill of a former enemy. And
Aesop says: 'Trust not to those with whom you have been sometime at war or in
enmity, neither tell them of your intentions.' And Seneca tells us the reason
for this. 'It may not be,' says he, 'that, where fire has long existed there
shall remain no vapour of heat.' And thereto says Solomon: 'The kisses of an
enemy are deceitful.' For, certainly, though your enemy may be reconciled, and
appear before you in all humility, and bow his head to you, you should never
trust him. Surely he feigns this humility more for his advantage than for any
love of you; for he thinks to gain some victory over you by such feigning, the
which he could not gain by strife of open war. And Petrus Alfonsus says: 'Have
no fellowship with ancient foes; for if you do good to them, they will pervert
it into evil.' And, too, you must eschew the advice of those who are your own
servants and bear themselves toward you with all reverence; for perchance they
speak more out of fear than for love.”[1]
Be wary of they who have recently changed sides. This is good advice.
Maybe I am being too sceptical?
Someone might say that
this is how American presidential races work, candidates sound each other out
as they move along and then fall into alliances to work together for power. But if you have read my blog
for any period of time you will know about my longstanding scepticism of
alliances as well.
In his last term as President it is safe to say that
having the wrong people in many positions in the administration probably caused
as many or more issues for Trump that the lying harlot media constantly telling stories about him did. But I am willing to be shown wrong on this.
It is possible for an opponent to become a true friend. This
can and does happen. But I would still say that the advice given in this
Canterbury Tale is good advice. Beware those who suddenly sound too good to be
true, wherever they turn up in your life, and especially if they had once long opposed
you.
[1] Chaucer,
Geoffrey .. The Canterbury Tales: FREE Hamlet By William Shakespeare (JKL
Classics - Active TOC, Active Footnotes ,Illustrated) (p. 177). JKL Classics.
Kindle Edition.
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