So let’s just start if off strong, shall we?

The reason Donald Trump is president now is simple.  There are 2 parts.  1 – Fraud and manipulation in the DNC led to the bogus nomination of an unelectable criminal.  2 – The hubris of the left led to a gross underestimation of the support Mr. Trump would be able to garner simply by disavowing and swearing to rid Washington of it’s special interest foundations.

We underestimated you.  You complained and we refused to take you seriously because we had the big chair and didn’t think you could touch us (hubris), and frankly, your elected officials were doing a fantastic job of making you look too immature to pose any threat.  Denying climate change, protesting evolution, asserting that women can only get pregnant from consensual sex, baseless government shutdowns, cherry picking morality, and all the scandal any media outlet could shake a teleprompter at.

Through all the noise, we didn’t feel it necessary to search for any signal.  And that is my solemn consolation and apology for the neglect you’ve been shown for what are you more substantial and valid concerns.  I also hope that this is not taken as a plea of desperation from the newly demoted underdog, this is a sincere request for cooperation and at the very least a cautionary PSA, warning that you should not make the same mistake we did, because as you found out yesterday, we are louder than you are.  We are more terrified than you ever were under Obama.  The empty hyperbole of your media figures, warning you of FEMA camps and catastrophic gun removal programs as always based on nothing.  I looked myself for where this rhetoric originated and no, no one ever said anything that ever amounted to any of it.  It was all empty scare tactics meant to mobilize your fear against a pretend enemy.

I’m not saying you had no rational concerns.  I hate abortion as much as any republican, but we have extremely differing views on how to mitigate it.  Despite your hatred of big government enforcing unconstitutional laws, you think that’s the way to get rid of it.  I understand that the only success we’ve ever had in reducing abortion rates is to increase access to sexual education and contraceptives.  But the fact remains, we both want it gone and I believe we can work together to get there.

As for a comparison of why we are so terrified of this administration, Donald Trump has already cost taxpayers more than any other president elect in the history of our country.  I recently saw an article decrying Obama for the 90 million he spent on travel over 8 years in office.  That breaks down to a little over 10 million per year, which is a lot!  But protecting the president is expensive.  In comparison, Donald Trump cost tax payers 7 million dollars, just for one trip to Florida for Thanksgiving.  The man isn’t even in office yet and he’s already blown through about 65% of what Republicans obviously felt was an egregiously extravagant travel budget.  Donald Trump could not limit his travel to the restroom over the rest of this year and manage to cost the tax payers less than the remaining 3.something million he has left before his travel spending is considered out of control.

From here, yes, I could go in to detail about all of my disagreements with his appointed cabinet, but what’s the point?  You disagree and I’m fine with that, but the point remains.  We are extremely pissed off, and you can do one of two things with that.  You can do everything in your power to actually listen, and encourage meaningful cooperation, or you can make the same mistake we did, and be devastated when we come back in 2020 so desperate and so motivated by your ignorance that your entire political platform will be dissolved for lack of ability to adapt to the inevitable future of our planet and our society.

Step 1 is to listen.  Pass or fail.