President Trump is Like the Fabled Tortoise.

Trump is like the fabled tortoise who once claimed to be the wisest man in the world. So, one day, he decided to go hide the "great" wisdom up in a tree so that no one else could have access to it. But while climbing the tree, he put the gourd containing the entire "wisdom" in his front instead of his back as any smart person would have done. Sadly, he didn't realize his foolishness until someone pointed his attention to the displayed stupidity.

Trump Supporter Calls 911 on Black Lyft Driver for not Turning on the Radio.

Passenger Robert Ortiz of New York City was filmed harassing his Lyft driver, Shawn Pepas Lettman. (Screengrab: YouTube/Shawn Pepas Lettman)

A Trump supporter who berated his Lyft driver with the N word has been fired from his job after a video of the harassment went viral.

Lyft driver Shawn Pepas Lettman of Brooklyn, N.Y., calmly filmed the 16-minute tirade by passenger Robert Ortiz and his two friends, who called the New York City police after Lettman refused to turn on the radio. “I feel racially profiled … because I’m not black,” Ortiz tells the 911 operator. He later adds, “If this guy does anything to threaten my life, I have to defend myself. … I’m a little fearful.”

A Trump supporter who berated his Lyft driver with the N word has been fired from his job after a video of the harassment went viral. Lyft driver Shawn Pepas Lettman of Brooklyn, N.Y., calmly filmed the 16-minute tirade by passenger Robert Ortiz and his two friends, who called the New York City police after Lettman refused to turn on the radio. “I feel racially profiled … because I’m not black,” Ortiz tells the 911 operator. He later adds, “If this guy does anything to threaten my life, I have to defend myself. … I’m a little fearful.”

The passenger then gets on the phone with Lyft. “Maybe because I’m not black … I was charged $8.01 for just asking for music,” says Ortiz, while threatening to file a lawsuit against the ridesharing company.
“I came out of a gay club and your driver is racist against gay people,” Ortiz rants, adding, “I know my legal rights as an American citizen that voted for Trump…” Ortiz also calls the Lyft operator, “a piece of s***.”

In another video call to a friend, Ortiz uses the N word multiple times to describe Lettman. Ortiz also accuses Lettman of illegally filming him and says, “So, I’m going to make sure, while you’re recording this, that you never have a job as a Lyft driver again.”

When Lettman finally speaks, he points to a sign in his car that states passengers will be recorded, to which Ortiz threatens to “make your night a living hell.”
Ortiz adds, “All that Black Lives Matter is bulls***.” He calls the police again while refusing to leave the car. “I bet you if I was black — and Black Lives Matter,” he spits, “he would have put the music on. F*** Black Lives Matter — every life matters … all I asked for was music.”

The Dumb Trump Supporters in Nigeria.

It’s been a strange phenomenon, seeing and hearing some Nigerians rallying supports for the now President-elect Donald Trump during the last American presidential election. Initially, it started as a mere curiosity for those of us Nigerian-Americans. Then, it graduated into some sort of amusement. Finally, their actions rose to the level of irritation. Those Nigerians did not only flood the social media on behalf of Trump, they also campaigned, argued and fought with those who refused to support Trump. And this was a presidential campaign taking place in a far-flung foreign nation.

The situation became really critical because those Trump supporters were not resident in the United States. They are over ten thousands miles away. In fact, a whole lot of them have never set foot on the soils of the United States. And when Donald Trump was declared the winner, they all jubilated as if the man was a family member. Even Trump must be baffled. However, from all indications, those Trump supporters in Nigeria can easily be divided into three categories: 

1. There are some "alakatakiti" (religious fanatics) who support Trump because he is a "Christian". Unwittingly though, these people are indicating that their own Jesus Christ is racist, discriminatory, misogynistic and disrespectful to other people that are different by way of race, nationality and religion. The Christian fanatics are inadvertently telling the rest of us that they don't even know the real Jesus Christ!

2. There are supporters of the erstwhile president of Nigeria (Jonathan) that are sore losers and blaming the man's loss at the last Nigerian election on Obama and Hillary Clinton. Yet, rationale people all over the world may want to ask them where the correlation or relationship is between the current Nigerian president (Buhari) and Hillary Clinton. What sheer stupidity!

3. And, finally, there are those in the third category. They are the closet haters. They have always hated the guts of their family members, friends and all the Nigerians in the diasporas. Many of these Nigerians have done all they could to migrate abroad but failed. So, their collective wish is for someone like Trump to deport all Nigerians in God's own country. Someone needs to tell our dear envious folks back home that it's not our fault that they don't appreciate their situations in life. And they need to STOP stressing themselves over such a dumb wish!

Donald Trump and the American Women.

Donald Trump is the very first modern-day American presidential candidate to use profanity on national television without giving a damn. Yet, he got away with it because white American women formed a majority of those that voted for him. And this included those puritanical white women who would usually squirm if such a bad language was used by ordinary folks.  Therefore, the next time those so-called conservative pretenders cringe or cry blue murder whenever a profanity is used on national television or in a public place, they should be told, in no uncertain times, to shut the hell up! By casting their votes for Donald Trump, the multitude of white women had unwittingly given approval for the denigration of women by men. All kinds of ignorant men and especially, those rappers can now begin to have a field day with more misogynistic lyrics and negative attitudes toward women. Talk of sowing the wind and reaping the whirlwind.

The so-called fundamental Christians were the biggest jokers all through the campaign. Trump practically "charmed" them with his famous pretenses. The extremists in the Christendom thought he was one of them. To the scammed people, Trump was an exemplary Christ-like "Christian" even in spite of his many ignorant and abusive speeches. How stupid! Were the fundamentalists implying that Jesus was a racist, a misogynist, a demagogue and a thug?