America: A Love Story with Outlaw Felons - How Full Circle We Have Become

America: A Love Story with Outlaw Felon

A felon is president. Shocking? Maybe. But in retrospect, not surprising. America has always been a thug. From the Pilgrim invasion of Native lands to the Boston Tea Party, where a bunch of dudes dressed as Indigenous people committed crimes against the British monarchy, this country was built on lawlessness wrapped in the rhetoric of freedom. And let’s be honest—America has always loved a renegade, as long as he was white.

Now, I say this with some authority. I grew up around outlaws. My dad? Felon. My brother? Felon and addict. Me? Well, I’m a Caribbean pirate—minus the ship and the buried treasure, but with all the street smarts. I know thug behavior when I see it. I can smell a hustler from a mile away. And America? Oh, America has been running the biggest hustle of all time.

We love to romanticize outlaws in this country. Billy the Kid, Wild Bill Hickok, Jesse James—they were straight-up criminals, but history turned them into misunderstood antiheroes. Fast forward a a century later, and we’ve got the same script running. Only now, the outlaws wear Brioni suits, have real estate portfolios, and get prime-time news coverage instead of wanted posters. And that brings us to Donald Trump—the ultimate white-collar gangster. The man dodges accountability like Neo in The Matrix. He doesn’t follow the law; he bends it, breaks it, and, when caught, cries persecution. I’ve seen this move before. It’s the same play my dad used when he got caught cheating at cards. Same energy, bigger stakes.

The thing is, America loves a rule-breaker—as long as he looks the part. If Trump were a Black or Latino man with a criminal record, he wouldn’t be running for president; he’d be running from parole violations. But America doesn’t just forgive white criminals; it puts them on a pedestal. You can scam, steal, lie, and incite violence, and instead of facing consequences, you get book deals, speaking tours, and—apparently—a second shot at the presidency.

So, is it shocking that a felon is running the country? Nah. America has been about this life since day one. The real question is: When does the rest of the country realize they’ve been getting played by the biggest hustler in history?