I can’t tell you how many times the theme song from Trump’s Apprentice TV show has played in my head the past 2 years. It is a song from 1973 by the O’Jays called “For the Love of Money.” That in a nutshell tells us what drives Trump… money, money, money.

I have been saying since the beginning, it’s all a business to him. Every time he has been put into a position to defend some illogical, idiotic and unethical decision he’s made, he puts a dollar sign on the issue. It’s either costing us too much, or we’re making a fortune…depending on the topic.

As the web of financial intrigue that Donny’s caught in begins to unravel, it will astound us how many directions the labyrinth goes.

To better understand what I think Donny has been involved with, I am using an example of what can happen in a legal arena. A friend of mine has an adult son who owns a few legal marijuana dispensaries in Las Vegas. He is doing great business and making tons of cash. The problem for him is that he has nowhere to put his profits since selling marijuana is still a Federal crime, and no banks will take his money. As one solution, he has purchased real estate in the form of homes for himself and his relatives.

Now move to the illegal world of Trump. Buyers connected to Russian or former Soviet republics have made 86 “all-cash” purchases (totaling nearly $109 million) at 10 Trump branded properties in Florida and New York City. Many of these purchases were made using shell companies designed to obscure their identities.  Hmmm.

In October of 2016, Donny sold a $40 million estate in Florida to a Russian Oligarch for $100 million…in cash. We’ve either got to believe that Aleksander Burman wanted Trump to reap and keep a $60 million profit…OR…Don laundered the money so that Alek could get to it. Now, multiply this by 86, and you can see how deeply Trump is caught in the web. And this is only Russia and Trump

Add to that Jared Kushner’s involvement with Saudi Arabia in forcing Qatar to loan him $184 million for his property at 666 Fifth Avenue ( The address seems appropriate). Not only were they bullied into the loan, but they also took out a 99-year lease on the property.  There are many more questionable relationships involving the Trump clan, this just scratches the surface.

It has become apparent that Trump and his cohorts are more afraid of the loan sharks than they are concerned for the integrity and future of our country. Hey, the Prince MSB made it clear of what happens when you tick him off. And don’t forget about the Russian poisoning episodes.

The next few weeks will expose how corrupt the people involved are. We will see the infamous tax forms and see how the money was moved. I hope we discover where the money has been invested. My fear is that it either went to buy America from under us, or is somehow used to play with and distort the stock market. This saga is just beginning.

In spite of the many attempts to discredit our entire legal system, I believe our system will prevail. Mueller has become the knight in shining armor, and I am ready to witness his hero act.

Ironically, the title of the theme song that Trump chose for his signature song is based on a Bible verse…1 Timothy 6:10 – which states that money is the root of all evil.  Another case of, ’cause the Bible told me so.

I continue to be stunned and disappointed by the hypocrisy displayed by people who claim to have a religious ideology. They congregate to worship according to their religion, at least once a week. At the end of the service and when the doors fly open, they jump on their Faith Mobile and hit the Spiritual Cruise Control switch for the next week.

I write this with the understanding that the Golden Rule is the main premise of all legitimate religions. In Christian based faiths it is: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Matthew 7:12-14

If people turned off the Cruise Control of their Faith Mobile and actually took control of their paths by living their faith, THAT would mean they got the message.

I recently was caught off guard by a friend’s comments regarding immigrants. This is someone who always seems to be helping someone she knows and volunteering in the community. She had just discovered that the majority of people at the charity store and the food bank, were immigrants. She told me that she was probably going to stop donating items if that’s how they were going to be used.

I had two comments. One, who do you think needs them more? Two, how would you want to be treated if you were from another country, and you have nothing to start with? If she truly wasn’t cruising her faith past this issue, her views and treatment of immigrants would be different.

Trump and his Base, call themselves Christians. Trump is Presbyterian. If they considered that what they professed on Sunday was not a lie to God, then they would want their families turned away when the only hope was denied.  They would want to be blamed for any natural disasters that devastated them. They would want their children and grandchildren separated from them, possibly never to be returned. There are SO many examples. That old “do unto others…” core of their religions obviously didn’t get through to them.

Putin by the way is Greek Orthodox and they follow the same version that other Christian churches do. He not only has his Spiritual Cruise Control on, but it’s set at neck breaking speeds destroying anyone in his way.

This brings to mind the Prince of Saudi Arabia, or MBS, who practices Sunni Islam. The Golden Rule (GR) in Islam is: “None of you [truly] believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.” Number 13 of Imam “Al-Nawawi’s Forty Hadiths.” 

Now you can’t tell me that the Prince for a minute follows Number 13.

Xi Jinping of China is a believer in Chinese Buddhism, which is a combination of Buddhism and Taoism.  This means he gets two versions of the same rule. The GR in Buddhism is: “Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.” Udana-Varga 5:18 and in Taoism it is: “Regard your neighbor’s gain as your gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss.”

Even with a double dosage of the same message, he isn’t a devout follower of his faith. Surprise.

I have researched and found a version of the Golden Rule in over 50 Religions. Zoroastrianism, which is the earliest recorded religion, had the rule: “Do not unto others whatever is injurious to yourself.”  Cleopatra, King Tut and the other Ancient Egyptians followed the rule: “Do for one who may do for you, that you may cause him thus to do.” The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant, 109 – 110. On the other side of the Mediterranean the Roman Pagans professed: “The law imprinted on the hearts of all men is to love the members of society as themselves.”

Across the Atlantic Ocean the Incas believed: “Do not to another what you would not yourself experience.” Manco Capoc, founder of the empire of Peru while farther North the Native Americans followed the words of Black Elk: “All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One.”

I could list all the examples, but you get the idea. Same message…just different words. There are different ceremonies and rituals for religions and some even have multiple Gods. Membership requirements may vary, but the common thread through all is the Golden Rule.

If everyone would turn off the Cruise Control and simply practice the one rule that all religions agree on, then the world would be a much better place…and it’s the easiest rule to follow. It all begins with recognizing that we are equal in spirit, and our responsibility is to be nice…simply put.

One exception to the Rule, if you are a masochist the Rule does not apply.