MAGA, I Love You

I write this with my left hand (still recovering) because our country is in dire need of healing.

MAGA, I love you. I’m sure that most of you love this country too. You love the freedoms we enjoy, the opportunities we have, and the chance to work hard and make life better for our families. We all love our kids. We want them safe, cared for, and to have a brighter future than we did. We want good schools, affordable healthcare when someone gets sick, safe food, clean water, and air we can actually breathe. We want parks to fish in, fields to play ball in, and when the play is done, classrooms where our kids can learn.

These are not “Democratic” dreams or “Republican” dreams. They’re human ones. They’re American ones.

But I need to ask you—honestly, with compassion—is Donald Trump really the role model you want for your kids?

This man has been married three times, cheated on each of his wives, bragged about assaulting women, was best friends to a convicted pedophile, and yes—he even cheats at golf. He’s built his life not on honesty or faith or service, but on grift, greed, and cruelty.

Is that your guy?

Does racism and hate actually make America great? Does Drag Queen Story Hour in the next town over really threaten your children—or is it the tech companies pumping out addictive apps that have driven child suicide rates through the roof? Is it the immigrant mowing your lawn or pulling a graveyard shift in a meatpacking plant that’s “stealing your job”? Or is it billionaires outsourcing entire industries overseas, leaving American workers holding the bag?

And here’s the question: does cutting food programs for hungry children or shredding healthcare for working families really fix the national debt? Or is that just cruelty dressed up as fiscal responsibility?

Jesus said, “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Scripture reminds us that we are our brother’s keeper. Yet Trump has turned us against each other. He thrives on hatred, vengeance, and division because it keeps us too distracted to notice who’s cashing the checks.

In my book Democracy for Sale, I laid out how corporations and billionaires have slowly bought off our political system. It’s not just one party. Too many politicians— even the ones who speak of “freedom” or “change”—have been co-opted by the same corporate overlords. They take the same money, do the bidding of the same oligarchs, and call it “patriotism.” Meanwhile, working families are told to tighten their belts while billionaires shoot themselves into space (with your money).

MAGA, I love you. I know you want what’s good for this country. But Trump doesn’t. His tariffs aren’t helping you. His tax cuts weren’t for you. His healthcare sabotage wasn’t for you. His endless worship of Putin isn’t for you. His war on voting rights, women’s rights, workers’ rights—they’re not for you.

They’re for him. And for the billionaire class he represents.

We cannot solve our nation’s problems by hating one another. We cannot heal by dividing further. Whatever else we disagree on, we share the founding vision of this country: “We the People, in order to form a more perfect union…” That means all of us. Not just the rich. Not just the powerful. Not just the loudest voices.

So, MAGA—I love you. I believe you want freedom. I believe you want safety. I believe you want opportunity for your kids. But please, look around. Hatred and revenge are not making America great again. They are burning our country to the ground. And the arsonist is standing right there, holding the match, laughing all the way to the bank.

We deserve better. You deserve better. America deserves better.