Donald Trump — the possibilities are endless (from dangerous strong man to major statesman — see below).

However, given:

• that Donald Trump is soon to be inaugurated as US President, and
• the intelligence report jointly released on 2017 January 6^th by US intelligence services (jointly by the CIA, the FBI, and the NSA) indicating illegal activities in the electoral program by the Russian government, and
  • possibly with the collaboration of the President-elect,

there is a growing movement in the United States (and abroad):

• to refuse to acknowledge the legitimacy of Donald Trump as President of the United States, and
• to insist upon a full and comprehensive investigation of these illegal activities.

For example, US Congressman John Lewis has recently stated publically that Trump is not a legitimate President. Another example is this blog post from Jim Garrison, President of Ubiquity University, promoting an important petition. (I totally agree with all that Jim states in this latter example — see below for another post by Jim.)

One outcome of such investigations could be the potential impeachment of the President, followed by a government more in alignment with the dangers we face from global warming. Whether such movement will have this impact is unclear, but from my perspective, at the very least, they will assist in legitimizing the electoral process. Given the chaos of this process last year, such legitimization is essential.

Potentially these processes are also the beginning of non-violent civil disobedience, both as regards maturation of our culture and for their impact on global warming. Given that I do not know of other healthier processes, I hope that this is the case.

Yet, the inauguration of Donald Trump could be transformational in a positive sense — greatness is within his grasp. Here, Jim Garrison has also written a brilliant summary of what Trump could accomplish if he has the maturity to transform from strong man to statesman.

We live in such interesting times!