So, the UK authorities have allowed U.S. President Donald J. Trump into the country, as he arrives for what I believe to be his second state visit since he took the top job for himself.

I might as well point it out up-front: I am not a fan of Trump.  He is one of those sanctimonious smart-arses who thinks they have the solution for everything, but once you get down to it, he has the solution for nothing.

You take his wall, for example.  It’s to keep illegal immigrants pouring in from Mexico.  Two problems with this: 1) It’s incredibly racist and populist; 2) It does nothing to stop terrorists from flying planes into their tall buildings, does it? 3) Thirdly, human beings are incredibly resourceful, especially those who have a desperation to get into the U.S.A. over a wall.

Oh, but Trump has a plan for the Muslim thing.  Ban them from entering the country.  The U.S.A.!  Land of the free, home of the brave, remember that?  Of course, the writers of ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ could not have possibly foreseen to what levels the American population would grow, or that there would come a day when a president would be elected who spent his entire time telling tourists, traders and televangelists to f*** off.

In other words, ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’ and the U.S. Constitution, was not future-proof.  That’s why, over the years, they kept adding amendments to it.  The first was in December, 1791, while the most recent was in May, 1992.  But, of course, the fact that the Constitution was and is hopelessly out of date regarding the use of weapons, not to mention misunderstood, is ignored by Mr Trump and many of his followers.  Apparently, it is OK to carry assault rifles that can fire 300 rounds a minute in full view in order to protect yourself against those who wish to harm you or steal your cattle.  Here’s an idea; if no-one was allowed to carry weapons, unless in the military, what would you be protecting yourself against?  The only possible option would be civil war.

Oh, I hear you argue, what about weapons procured illegally, off the internet and stuff?  I agree that to remove all weaponry from use would require one hell of a lot of policing, but I live in hope that it could be done.  No point in believing in anything if you don’t think positively.

But, I am against all use of arms and all acts of violence.  Trump likes to act tough but that is only because he has people around him who would take any assailant down on his behalf – once, during his election campaign, an assassination attempt was thought to be taking place, and Trump was held down, led very quickly to his car and driven off.  Yeah, Mr Trump, very tough.

I am against all use of arms, even against Mr Trump.  He has as much right to live on this Earth as anybody, and while I hope there will be protests aplenty during his visit, I would expect none of them to turn violent, with or without the use of weapons.  Stand against Mr Trump, people of Britain, but also stand against violence.

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