TRUMP, PLEASE STOP

President Trump, please stop thinking about sending the National Guard to other cities besides Washington D.C.  Yes, you have jurisdiction there and it appears it's been a big help.

                  Of course, the problem never was crime; it was 24 year-olds treated like juveniles and a completely lackadaisical view by district attorneys and city council toward crime.  The criminals aren't the problem; the leadership is the problem.  But you have clout in the District of Columbia, so it's fine to intervene.  Thank you. 

                  But Chicago, Baltimore and other cities are not the District of Columbia.  Let them implode.  Few things are as disliked as much as unsolicited advice and help.  You ran on a platform excoriating a meddlesome federal government. 

                  So why do you need to meddle?  Let these dysfunctional cities implode.  Let them collapse.  Send no aid, no federal money, no nothing.  Let them figure out their crime, their water, their sewage, their business regulations on their own.  They'll get real creative when they sink or swim on their own protocols.  

                  If 1,000 people a day die in Chicago murders, it's their problem.  Again, the problem is not crime.  The problem is not too few police.  The problem is bad guys get more concessions than good guys, and that's a problem with leadership and public policy.  If Chicago collapses under its own dysfunctional weight, fine.  

                  Out here in normal America, we don't have enough income to pay the taxes to rescue these cities from their own dysfunction.  They got themselves into their mess; let them get themselves out of it.  That would be a great lesson to folks who still believe taxing, regulating, and bleeding hearts for crime are the way to paradise.

                  We desperately need object lessons for young people and idiots to see what poor governance is and what it does in a city.  As these cities collapse, a lot of people will wonder why and that will stimulate a search for answers.  But if you meddle, no matter what happens, you'll be accused of making things worse.  Don't you have enough headaches without unnecessarily adding more? 

                  The worst that can happen if you just stay away is the cities will accuse you of being disinterested.  That's a lot better than being blamed for atrocities when you meddle.  Often it takes far more courage to let dysfunction run its course than to intervene.  Most of the dysfunctional problems in our country, from federal education to medical care to mandatory social security to food regulations are because some well-intentioned public servant wanted to help. 

                  Federal government help hurts far more than it helps.  President Reagan's famous "I'm here from the government and I'm here to help you" line as the most notorious line in America is still true.  Don't fall into the quagmire.  If you send troops to cities, what's next?  It's a slippery slope, Mr. President; don't overestimate your goodness.  You can't override the animosity and hate from these cities; let dysfunctional leadership fully reap what it sows.

                  When the citizenry in these cities are fed up, they'll elect a different kind of leadership.  That, too, will be an object lesson in good governance.  Be content to let the cycle play out.  Paul Harvey used to say "civilization at its most accelerated pace is agonizingly gradual."  If these cities have devolved into an abyss, let them wallow in it until they evolve to a different understanding.  That's the way to be truly helpful.

                  This is my admonition to Trump.  What do you think?