Oatmeal Joey Arnold (@JoeyArnoldVN)

Criticizing Trump would be like yelling at Michael Jordan in the middle of the NBA Finals. . The only problem with this basketball analogy is we are not spectators. We are all on the court playing in this game. Trump did some good. But we have to continue to play the game. It is a war. . If there is a timeout, you can try to show MJ some tapes and show him the mistakes he made. We can all be Phil Jackson. We can all be coaches and try to help people see what is working and what is not working. We can all try to be Scottie Pippen and try to pass things on. We can try to assist. We can try to pass the ball. We can try to get open. We can all be recruiters and scouts. We can find people and encourage them to get on the court. . Winning the game takes a wide variety of efforts simultaneously. We need to seek out a balanced approach. We play defense and that is good but we need to play a lot more offense. But please no fouling. This is not football or hockey or wrestling. We steal the ball by taking back the narrative. We become more decentralized when we pass the ball around more and keep them guessing. . Imagine that they tricked Michael Jordan and lied to him about the rules of the game. It would be tough and yet we still have a job to do. Perhaps the analogy would be better with baseball or some other sport that Mike would not be familiar with. . If you can get close enough to Mike, you can try to educate him and help see the mistakes he made. But at the same time, we have to continue playing the game regardless of what Mike might be doing or not be doing. . In regards to Trump, you might have to pretend Trump does not even exist and continue playing the game as if you are Michael Jordan. Don't just sit there just eating popcorn watching the game, the show, the battle. Get in the arena, you are Spartacus. You are AJ. Life is a gift. Life is an adventure. Take nothing for granted. Every second counts. Don't just wait for others to do the right thing. All you can control is what you can do each second of your life. Make it count. Do it with a smile on your face.