My Grandma Braff, arrived in the United States at the age of 15, from Braylia Romania. Her oldest sister had been in America a few years before her, and as was the situation way back when, once a family member became Americanized they sent for the rest of the family. Upon my Grandmother’s arrival (these were stories we grew up listening to), were a few expectations: become as American as soon as possible, get a job, learn English and pay taxes. These conditions had to be met because my Great Uncle Schrul, who was the first to arrive and the man with the money, would stop permitting any other relatives to emigrate if any of them were ignored. But the thing that NO ONE in my Grandmother’s Romanian family ever insisted upon, was to forget superstitions of the Old Country, and the superstitions from many a Romanian Jewish person. One in particular which my Grandma Braff insisted be respected, one which my mother had no problem in practicing, was the “Never Celebrate Too Soon…Give the Good News a Chance to Remain Good for a While” This took the form of asking my ex-wife and I not to have the baby crib ready until our first child was born. I was a proud American, but lots of Romanian blood had been flowing in my body so I obeyed.
Too, soon America to tout and taunt, cheer and celebrate the so called resignation by Steve Bannon from the White Supremacist House. Had Trump called out Bannon for his unAmerican Fascist fantasies, his Neo Nazi form of Nationalism, his consternation to abide by the Constitution, then and only THEN might we have reason to breathe a sigh of American democracy relief. Trump fired (bull shit, resignation) Bannon, because Bannon had the audacity to try and out Important Trump, leaving Trump with a feeling of Impotence. Bannon’s bye-bye from the White Supremacist House had nothing to do with insidious ideology, but more with stepping on the very frail and fractured ego of Trump.
No room for jubilation and we gotcha’ on this departure. No room to think Trump has changed his mind regarding good Nazi’s, good KKK, good Confederate traitors; remember Mr and Mrs Gorka and Stephen Miller are still in the West Wing. Trump’s PR team is hoping to fool America lulling them into thinking we actually had Trump admit he made a mistake. Make no mistake, this insane, bigot, this imbecile of a Racist is still a hateful man. He just didn’t like sharing his position as Hateful American Number One with anyone else. My Grandma Braff would be moving her index finger left to right then pulling her ears and just reciting “Too soon, too soon!”
