TRUMP!

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”…Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)

What’s in a name?

It might interest you to know that the word or name ‘Trump’ as the case may be, is one of the most trending topics on the Internet right now for obvious reasons that I intend to be subtle about at this instance, first of, what does ‘Trump’ even mean?

According to the Oxford dictionary, Trump means a playing card of the suit chosen to rank above others, which can win a trick where a card of a different suit has been led. It also means a valuable resource that may be used as a surprise to gain an advantage. 
Hmm, isn’t that ironic? I used to think ‘Trump’ meant to trample on something; little did I realize it had a good meaning embedded within, so to speak.

Anyway, we all know Donald Trump right? A billionaire businessman and TV producer whom I have actually known and admired in a sort of way for as long as I can remember. No doubt he has always been a controversial fellow especially due to his literal freedom of expression that he holds unto so well and his orgasmic tendencies when he is under the spotlight.

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them, that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like”…Lao Tzu

Ready or not…here he comes

I didn’t forget to mention one more thing about Trump, neither did I think it’d surprise you after I’ve mentioned, I just wanted to save it because of its apparent uniqueness so the speak, and here it goes.

Have you quite thought about it that Donald Trump is about to be the most powerful man on earth? Honestly, from my perspective it still looks like a shocking dream (how dare I say it’s a nightmare).

Of course we all know that the recent United States election results came as unbelievable. Did you see the opinion polls? It kept pointing Hilary Clinton to many routes to the White House with Trump at her tail, but I suspected the threat level to have shot through the roof when every unlikely person spoke in favour of Hilary, celebrities seemingly crossed the line and President Barrack Obama appeared 17 times to convince every eligible voter to vote for Hilary, the rest is history as they very well say.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift, that’s why it is called the present… Unknown

I see the future

I’m no soothsayer and neither am I a prophet of doom, but just as they say, the past is a guide to the future, America is definitely gonna have some changes.

Trump made his position on immigration crystal clear just like its going to be a one point agenda, even his threat to build a wall to fence off Mexico still points towards immigration policies, so there you have it, illegal immigrants are having loads of apprehension as we speak.

On a brighter side however, as the optimist’s creed encourages, how can we all leverage on the Trump promise?

My take is that Trump is somewhat predictable, and for the record, I don’t mean it in a derogatory way. Predictable by the way can be a good thing, just like a Yoruba adage says, ‘when you know someone’s character, then you’ll hardly ever fight each other’, this is simply because you steer clear of him when he’s not in a good mood and you’ll avoid pissing him off especially when you know his ‘do-nots’.

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself”…Jalaluddin Rumi

Change

Bearing in mind that Trump will become United States’ next President (45^th precisely) we might as well highlight its perks and more. If truly he’ll deport illegal immigrants, then, they may as well be bold enough to adapt to the most constant thing, change.

Maybe its time we looked inward, a rare opportunity to discover ourselves and identify why we all want to visit and live in America. I once heard a story of a lizard that very enthusiastically wished to visit America because he believed he’d grow to become an Alligator, maybe it is true, but not literally, but what is that magic formula in America that makes us all feel that way.

 The obvious reasons make sense. The US is popularly known as a free country comprising 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. The US has major Atlantic Coast cities such as New York, a global finance and culture-center, and capital Washington, DC, Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles’ Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.

One thing is for sure, we can definitely do better than that, all we need to do is make a commitment and perhaps collectively agree on a political will. Although Corruption is a topic for another day, but we need to embrace it in order to understand it better.

We are too used to foreigners showing us the gold buried in our backyard.

Its time for us to redeem our self-esteem and believe in ourselves and make big things happen.

We need to let go of pride because we don’t even have anything to be proud of in the first place.

Imagine an African wearing a million Dollar wristwatch and driving a million Dollar sports car and he floats with pride and talks down on regular folk. 
I think he should be ashamed of himself because the expensive things he’s using are even over-priced in the first place which further solidifies the notion that we aren’t financially intelligent, and secondly he’s not helping the economy of his country, this habit has to change if we are to survive at all (Without Prejudice: Tell that to our Senators).

So, as the world awaits President Trump, perhaps its time we learnt some vital lessons of life, like, never under-estimate a soul, speak your mind honestly and your fan base may just multiply as the people will see you as their voice, even if it’s a reversal psychological kind of possible scam.

Thanks for reading.

Akin Abimbola. (akinzogee@yahoo.com, akinzogee@gmail.com)

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SOURCES: Google, Good reads, Wikipedia, Brainy Quote, CNN, Fox News, Channels, and NTA

This article is an original piece, reasonably researched and contains considerable opinion and a unique style of the author.

The names in actual stories are not real and the stories in this write-up are usually fictional, consequently, people’s names appearing are purely co-incidental, except for quotes and news that are typically referenced.