By Adham Sharqawi
Dear Mr. Donald Trump,
I swear by God that I was hoping you would win. Even my wife congratulated me on your victory, saying: “Your friend has won!” Of course, I would have voted for you, not out of love for you—my heart isn’t blind to that extent—but because you are an exposed villain, what’s in your heart is on your tongue.
You are not a diplomat like the sly Hillary! I wanted you to win so that the ugly face of America would be revealed through you.
I come from a people who, when Hillary says, “Go to hell, you nice people!” they would say, “The blonde is flirting with us!” With you, it’s different.
You are very straightforward and play with an open hand. You openly say, “We want Arab oil,” you openly say, “Arabs and Muslims are not welcome in America,” you openly say, “I support Israel in everything they do,” without saying, “I am against settlements and paying them for cement,” and without asking Israel to restrain itself towards Gaza while you give them rockets to bombard it!
Mr. President, do you know why America chose you? Let me tell you, they chose you because you are a reflection of them. Your traits, in any respectable country, would only match those of a gang leader! Don’t be upset, the burden of proof lies with the accuser!
First, you are uneducated, and you understand politics as much as Shakira understands the theory of relativity. Hillary humiliated you in two debates and exposed your ignorance, yet they elected you! They leaked videos of you bragging about molesting women, and still, they elected you! They proved you evaded paying taxes that you now demand others pay, and yet they elected you! Your family life is nauseating, and still, they elected you!
Believe me, you are a miniature version of America, an ugly version of an ugly country that still celebrates the anniversary of dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki without the slightest remorse!
Mr. President, we are tired of the masks, show us America’s true face. We are tired of the sweet talk, speak to us in America’s true words. We are tired of your feigned concern and nausea about what’s happening to us; these are pregnancy symptoms, not political ones.
Show us America’s real feelings towards us, and don’t worry about our emotional disappointment. We know, but we want our rulers to know that this is a one-sided love affair! We are tired of the attempt to show that you are holding the stick in the middle, so take it by its ends and hit us with it, maybe we’ll wake up!
Mr. President, nothing destroys countries faster than handing over their reins to a fool. I pray to God that your era marks the beginning of destruction and that your years of rule over America are like the seven years of famine in Egypt during the time of Prophet Joseph. Be yourself, and don’t let them restrain you. Please, be American without the makeup!
•Adham Shargawi is of Al-Watan Newspaper, Qatar.
