Trump's Cut: Being "a president for all Americans"

2016, President-elect Donald Trump: “Now it’s time for America to bind the wounds of division… I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all Americans, and this is so important to me.”

Ah, such a hopeful, conciliatory, unifying message. Perhaps there is hope for this country—and this President—after all.

Donald Trump: doing all he can to "bind the wounds of division."

Fast forward to 2025. 

President Trump, self-styled defender of the Constitution, a "president for all Americans," posts a Truth Social video of himself as King, piloting a jet over "No Kings" protesters exercising their Constitutional rights of speech and assembly, before bombing them with a torrent of vile, liquid feces (watch it here).

Huh.

I guess that's how you "bind the wounds of division?"

Maybe it's a one-off? A momentary lapse of judgment in favor of misguided humor or satire designed to bring a smile to a division-weary populace? Surely, he doesn't feel that way about virtually half the country, right?

October 13, 2025 speech: 

"We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

Um, certainly just an ill-chosen metaphor to highlight political differences. Of course, no division should be inferred, right?

October 17, 2025, post:

(The Democratic Party is) "THE PARTY OF HATE, EVIL, AND SATAN!"

Um, yeah, if you want to be technical, well, sure, that kind of smacks of division. 

Trump: adding fuel to the fire
(Cartoon by Adam Ziglis, 2015)

But it's just Trump, right? There are still principled leaders in the GOP willing to stand up for all Americans, even those having differing viewpoints and exercising their constitutional rights, correct? The GOP leaders are surely working towards "binding the wounds of division," right?

GOP Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, October 17, 2025, press conference:

"We refer to it by its more accurate description — the 'Hate America Rally'...You’re going to bring together the Marxists, the Socialists, the Antifa advocates, the anarchists, and the pro-Hamas wing of the far-left Democrat Party. That is the modern Democratic Party."

Oh, boy. That, um, does kind of feel a bit divisive, doesn't it?

I guess Donald Trump has some work to do to meet his pledge to our nation and its citizens to "bind the wounds of division" and become a "president for all Americans." 

But he still has three years to work on that.

My cut: don't hold your breath.

UPDATE (10/20): House Speaker Mike Johnson just dismissed the video of King Donald Trump dumping feces on US citizens peacefully exercising their Constitutional rights, calling it "satire."