All of us should consider the blessings that our current president bestows upon us. For example, the blessing of “word choice.”

Recently, our current president said in an NBC interview that he might continue bombing an oil facility on Iran’s Kharg Island “just for fun.” He’s called enemies “scumbags” and “lunatics” and termed accused sex trafficker a “terrific guy” (although he eventually changed his assessment of the same person to “creep”), but recently suggested a daughter “above six years old” would be “of age” (adding to the confusion, this suggestion was made while discussing providing Voter ID). These are just a tiny fragment of all the thought-provoking rhetoric our current president has espoused. And all of it suggests that America is being called to reflect on the value of word choice not only from our world leaders, but also from ourselves.

For example, suggesting the continuation of bombing anything “just for fun” links the speaker of those words to a certain mindset, a particular moral core that others either align with or reject. What does agreeing with this sentiment say about our own moral core? How does rejecting the same reflect upon us? Which kind of person do we want to be?

Do we want our leaders calling people “scumbags” and “lunatics” and if so, what does that say about who we are as individuals, and as a nation? Is this who we want to be?

And who among us sees six year old girls as “of age”? More concerning, “of age” for what, specifically? The connotation of that phrase drags us down a dark, ugly corridor towards problems this country is facing such as sex trafficking and the Epstein files. Is this really where we feel comfortable? The context in which that comment emerged also confounds; do we really think a six-year-old girl is “of age” to have anything to do with Voter ID? Are we as a nation okay with such confounding logic from our leaders? Is this who we actually are as a country?

On almost a daily basis, the current president is providing us opportunities to reflect on how we say things, why these things are said, what embracing or rejecting such phraseology confirms about us, and our leaders.

We certainly have a ton to think about during this presidency. The conclusions we come to may very well determine our future.