Is a White House invite still an honor

Donald J. Trump took to Twitter to blast Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, when he "hesitated" about accepting an invitation to the White House.  It's tradition, as the Warriors won another NBA title this past season.  Trump tweeted:

"Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating,therefore invitation is withdrawn!"

Sorry Mr. Trump but you are wrong.  It was an honor for a championship team to receive an invitation to the White House, but the honor contained in such an invitation vanished on January 20, 2017.  The date you took the oath of office, an oath you violate regularly by pretending the laws of this nation do not apply to you.  The Emoluments Clause, for one.

When your predecessors served and invited championship teams to come to the White House, they were presidents who practiced the politics of inclusion.  You practice and preach the politics of exclusion.  The politics of divisiveness.  Your primary interests are stroking your ego and fattening your bank balance, rather than trying to improve the lot of the average American.

You fail to grasp a simple but critical fact.  The fact that you are no better and no worse than Stephen Curry, or one of the ball boys for the Warriors, or a homeless person who lives within sight of the Oracle Arena in Oakland, home of the Warriors.  Let me remind you of some words that you ignore regularly.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Have you ever read the text of the Declaration of Independence, Mr. Trump?  The Constitution?  The Federalist Papers?

Do you realize that the majority of the American people see through your lies and realize that you are much more interested in making your fellow members of the One Percent richer at the expense of the rest of us?  You advocate for a so-called healthcare bill that will spend billions less on healthcare and lie to us that it will provide more and better coverage.  

You call for NFL players who exercise their freedom of speech by kneeling during the playing of the national anthem to be fired.  You claim they are disrespecting the men and women who serve in the Armed Forces.  In fact, your decision to dodge the draft to avoid the risk of being put in harm's way by claiming you had heel spurs is far more disrespectful to this nation than anyone taking a knee.

Mr. Trump, is it possible that your frustrations with the NFL players protesting, and the changes to the rules to better protect the players more about your utter failure to buy an NFL franchise?  

You would be better served by spending your time, energy and tweets on your legislative agenda and governing, rather than pontificating about professional sports.  You've proven you have no business owning a sports franchise or league.  Better you finish attempt to prove your fitness to be president, something I believe is beyond your capabilities.

Donald J. Trump is the living embodiment of the Peter principle.