I do believe the resistance to Trump’s policies is growing stronger as his approval rating flirts with all time lows for Trump and chases records set by other Republican presidents at this point in their term. Trump’s net approval rating since hitting -1 in January has dropped to -24. He has already beaten GW Bush’s -19 and has Nixon’s -36 in his sights.
The signs of an immoral presidency come at us almost every day from multiple directions. It is hard to ignore that we have a president and his appointed talking head secretary of Defense who are willing to kill defenseless survivors of an illegal attack on a civilian boat. Our president talks about a war on drugs while hardly flinching when pardoning someone who helped flood our country with cocaine,
It is hard to think that the Trump problem can be solved until people stop sugar-coating his behavior.
Because of the killings of civilians, some US allies have expressed growing concerns that Washington may be violating international law.
“Growing concerns” is pretty weak soup for 21 air strikes and 83 deaths.
As of November 15, 2025, at least 83 people were killed in a series of US military strikes on vessels allegedly involved in drug trafficking, with 21 strikes on 22 vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. The 2025 United States military strikes on alleged drug traffickers resulted in 83 deaths and two survivors.
Even if as promised US law makers investigate the war crimes charge, one has to question why our legislative bodies have done nothing to either stop the attacks or approve them via a declaration of war. While the boat strikes likely violate international law, there are plenty of other unpopular actions the administration has taken.
I could highlight tariffs and the pain they are causing across broad sectors of the economy, the clear effort to turn the Dept. of Justice into little more than an attack dog for Trump, or the immigration raids which continue to deny people due process. The list could go and go which is why I have rolled around the idea that I should return to my off grid roots.
In the summer of 1971, after graduating Harvard, I decided to move to Canada. I went because because I wanted to own some land and I found an old Nova Scotia house with a barn on 140 acres for $6,000. No longer having to live under Richard Nixon’s governance was just a bonus. Nixon of course is no where near as crooked as Trump. I guess I had no idea how low our government could go.
Along the Nova Scotia shore we were pretty well off grid except for electricity in the early seventies. You could argue that electricity was not something that could be relied up in those days. Many storms took away our power for days or even weeks.
We gardened, growing most of our own food. We also grew, slaughtered, and butchered our own animals including a steer, pigs, and some lambs.
As I watch many of today’s off grid families on YouTube, I am envious of their seeming freedom from the politics of today. Many of the challenges they face, my wife and I faced back in the seventies. We did move on to New Brunswick and become commercial farmers. By that time we grew even more of our food having obtained a Guernsey milk cow and chickens. Our huge gardens amaze me today when I can only take care of a handfull of tomatoes. Had we been located somewhere that you could have dip netted salmon, I am sure I would have done that also.
In my late seventies, I no longer have the strength to go off grid but I can fight for a better country and hope to inspire others with my words. When the off grid people start looking for a life with more comforts, just maybe we will have won enough battles to make that possible and desirable..
I pledge to keep writing and supporting the resistance in any way possible.