Ijoined the USAF in 1964 and retired from the military 28 years later.
I’ve always considered my country to be a cut above and was proud to serve. This pride in my country is now gone. I no longer even root for my country’s athletes in the Olympics or other international tournaments.
The reason is simple enough. I’m ashamed of a country whose citizens elected Donald Trump.
The man is, and is proud to be, a draft dodger, a liar, a bully, a racist and a despot. The man’s two primary pleasures are money and humiliating people, not necessarily in that order. He has no respect for the rule of law, science or fairness, and as a result, individuals who are convinced that recovering from what he is doing and has done to the country will not be difficult are kidding themselves.
How anybody who