Bill's Focus

Respectfully, I have some questions

Dear President Trump:
I hope things are going well in the White House. I can see you have brightened up the place. I hear that “gilding” is trending now. Not only do you lead the country but you are now a home design guru! This could be a business for you to pass on to Barron.

But today, I do have a few questions for you, sir. You have millions of devoted followers. I’m sure you would like to respond by clarifying a few issues. Thanks in advance.

First, we are curious about the “Better Health Plan” that you mentioned. I think you had some “concepts of a plan”. How are they coming along? I’m asking for my elderly neighbor who has been cared for by her son. Both are on Medicaid. He’s been told because he hasn’t worked enough hours he will lose his Medicaid. It’s been tough. The son has to do everything. Bed pans, laundry, hand feeding, bathing, monitoring the meds – you get the picture. The best he can do is work part time because Mom is a full time job.

Because they can’t afford to pay for home care services they turned to a Medicare agency. They would like to help, but their staff has shrunk. Not sure why. But I heard many of them “went home”? So Mom and son are on a long waiting list.

Can I tell my neighbor and her dear devoted son that your “concept” is taking shape?

Sir, I think I need to watch less TV. The fighting around the world seems to be increasing. So depressing. I remember that you had said you were going to stop the war on Ukraine on your first day with a phone call. There is a young woman who waits on us at a favorite restaurant. She is Ukrainian – here to study (no worries – she doesn’t talk about politics 🙂 Anyway, her mother is still in Ukraine and lives on the border with Russia. Our young friend was excited when you got elected. But her mom is having a rough time. Electricity only part of the time. The hospital she was visiting for chemo is gone. The school where she worked is gone. But she has a pretty good system for collecting rainwater off the roof and enough stray animals wander by – so she isn’t starving.

How’s that phone call coming along? Can we pass along some encouragement this week. We have every faith you will close that deal with Putin real soon, right?

Recently, I was having coffee with some friends and the subject of food prices came up. I don’t want to alarm you, but some of them are “hangry”. If you are not familiar with the term, it a merger of hungry and angry. Clever, eh? They were asking me why hamburger prices were so high. I think they said they paid $6.50 – last year it was $5.50. I said, “Well, that’s only a dollar.” Three of them screamed “We eat a lot of hamburger! Can’t afford no rib eyes!” and then “He said he was going to lower food prices on day one!” All I could say was “I think he was busy with calls to Vlad – give ‘em a break. How much can anyone really do in a day?”

Anyway, sir, you declared on last Friday that you have “already solved inflation” and that “costs are down.” What a relief! I get that it is just a generalization. But maybe you could call the meat packers and ask them to hire up? I heard a bunch of their employees “went home”. That’s tough. But I’m sure there are a lot of sturdy young Americans they could find for the work. Tell them to advertise!

One last question for today, sir. We live in a new development. Moved in last year. Love the house. Just what we wanted. Great next door neighbors. The only issue so far has been that the guy across the street keeps stealing the yard signs of the guy next to us. There’s some yelling. One of them screamed something about giving the other guy a cocktail – some Finnish concoction. Maybe they are reconciling! Hope springs eternal.

There is one other issue. There were to be 33 houses in this project. Things are looking good near us, but down by the cul de sac, there are about seven houses that seem to be incomplete. There are walls and roofs. But no siding. Some have windows. There are also a couple of empty foundations. And I don’t see or hear any workers. It’s weird. I called the developer. But his phone is disconnected. A friend of mine said he can’t find him. But he did talk to him a few weeks ago. I guess his workers “went home” and the bank stopped lending money to him. There are rumors that he is in Costa Rica.

Sir, do you know where we could find some folks who just want to work hard and help us finish building out the neighborhood? I think some “squatters” have moved into one of the half finished places. My friend said they were from DC – “campers” who were kicked out by some guys in camouflage and masks. Your ideas are welcome here, sir. I know you have a grand plan. Share when you are ready.

BTW, thanks for solving America’s drug addiction problem. You got those smugglers! I’m sure it must have been tough with that boat zig zagging around. Did they let you pull the trigger? If you missed the first time, you could consider playing some video games on your big TV. It helps build your online assassination skills. Just an idea.

Please get back to me when you can. I know you are really busy.

All the best.
Make America Great Again!

(The 1950’s were the BEST. People knew their place, right?)