The Donald Trump Score Card

Nah.... He's always been that stupid.

 

Mnuchin said it was his idea to put Trump's name on the checks.


People receiving stimulus checks get letter signed by President Donald Trump
By Joe Ruiz, Jason Hoffman and Kevin Bohn, CNN
Updated 5:53 PM ET, Sun April 26, 2020

People receiving stimulus checks get letter signed by President Donald Trump - CNNPolitics

excerpt:

"Trump said earlier this month that adding his name to the checks was not a big deal and it would not delay the process of Americans receiving paper checks.

"Well, I don't know too much about it, but I understand my name is there. I don't know where they're going, how they're going," he said. "I do understand it's not delaying anything. And I'm satisfied. I don't imagine it's a big deal. I'm sure people will be very happy to get a big fat beautiful check and my name is on it."

Regarding who decided the method of notice would be a letter from the President, the White House did not provide a comment. The Treasury Department did not immediately return a request for a comment."

 

Trump deleted his tweets about 'Noble Prizes' for journalists and claimed he was just being sarcastic. He used the same alibi for his remarks about UV and disinfectants to treat the coronavirus inside of people.


A portion of Trump's tweet:

“When will all of the ‘reporters’ who have received Noble Prizes for their work on Russia, Russia, Russia, only to have been proven totally wrong (and, in fact, it was the other side who committed the crimes), be turning back their cherished ‘Nobles’ so that they can be given to the REAL REPORTERS & JOURNALISTS who got it right."


Trump's alibi:

"Does anybody get the meaning of what a so-called Noble (not Nobel) Prize is, especially as it pertains to Reporters and Journalists? Noble is defined as, 'having or showing fine personal qualities or high moral principles and ideals.' Does sarcasm ever work?"

 

Republicans are stuck with Donald Trump
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 6:16 PM ET, Sun April 26, 2020

Republicans are stuck with Donald Trump - CNNPolitics

excerpt:

"Early in Trump's presidency, there was occasional acts of rebellion within the ranks -- former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake being the most visible -- all of which were eliminated after failing to garner any real support among establishment figures wary of Trump.

Now, the die is cast. There is no realistic chance -- given how steadfastly the likes of Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell (Kentucky) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (California) have stood behind Trump amid his many, many ups and downs -- that they could possibly hope to distance their endangered incumbents from him now.

And that is very bad news for the likes of Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner and Maine Sen. Susan Collins -- both of whom represent states Trump lost in 2016 -- as well as, potentially, Arizona Sen. Martha McSally, North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis and Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who represent states where Trump's winning margin four years ago was narrow."

 

Keep talking, Donny-boy.

Historical FACT - the President who spent the most time on the job with the fewest breaks, vacations - - was Bill Clinton. The President who took the most time / vacations away from the job? - George W. Bush ………… and he broke the previous record-holder's record ……………. his father George H.W. Bush. The two Bush's took more time away than any other U.S. Presidents in history. FACT CHECK those from a non-partisan source once. They are historical FACTS. ( Time away, golf vacations, etc. records subject to being broken by Trump's behavior.)

 

The drooling's of an imbecile.

 

Trump's Focus on His Base Complicates Path to Reelection
In times of war and national strife, presidents typically try to unite a broken country and see their approval ratings soar.
By Associated Press, Wire Service Content 
April 27, 2020

https://www.usnews.com/news/politic...us-on-his-base-complicates-path-to-reelection

excerpt:

"WASHINGTON (AP) — During times of war and strife, national leaders often aim to unite a broken country and, in the process, broaden their appeal beyond their most loyal supporters. Not President Donald Trump.

Confronting a pandemic that has upended his presidency and threatened his reelection prospects, Trump has focused almost exclusively on tending to his base.

While the coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than 54,000 Americans, eliminated more than 20 million jobs and dashed the routines of daily life for nearly everyone, Trump has leveled attacks on Democrats. He's blamed former President Barack Obama's team for his own administration's failures, picked fights with reporters and thrown rhetorical bombs meant to thrill his hardcore supporters.

During a particularly rough stretch last week, Trump pledged to bar foreigners from entering the country. The executive order Trump ultimately signed was less severe than he suggested, but still gave him a chance to highlight action on an issue that's central to his political brand.

Four years after Trump captured the White House by perfectly threading narrow victories in critical battleground states, he is betting that a relentless focus on his base will yield a repeat performance. It's a risky strategy because Trump's standing in some of those states shows signs of weakening. And there's little evidence to suggest he has significantly broadened his appeal in other places to offset those vulnerabilities.

The pandemic hasn't changed that."

 

Trump is faced with the situation of handing out more damage-control checks to the U.S. farmers (and probably with his name proudly on them).



Meat shortage looms as coronavirus shuts packing plants, leaving farmers with tough choices
By William Watts
Published: April 24, 2020 at 4:39 p.m. ET

Meat shortage looms as coronavirus shuts packing plants, leaving farmers with tough choices

excerpt:

"While consumers face the prospect of meat shortages as coronavirus infections shut down processing plants across the country, farmers are making tough choices about what to do with livestock they can’t move to market.

Producers are already changing ingredients in an effort to slow the growth of hogs and cattle. David Mensink, who raises around 80,000 hogs a year near Preston, Minn., said that around two weeks ago he began removing distillers corn oil, a byproduct of ethanol production, from rations.

“It’s probably the first time in my life I’ve ever changed a ration to make a pig grow slower,” he told MarketWatch, in a phone interview as he took a break from planting corn on Thursday. “We usually do all we can to provide the right nutrition to make that pig grow as efficiently as we can.”"

 

Trump lied again when he tried to cover up his mistakes in his tweets that he later deleted while he stewed in anger over the weekend after his handlers ejected him from his own embarrassing press briefings that were showing his poll numbers dropping due to remarks he made about UV and disinfectants among other boneheaded statements.

He wouldn't have capitalized 'Noble' if he had meant the word 'noble' and if he wasn't referring to Nobel Prize, which was also a mistake because he should have said Pulitzer. He will come up with another alibi for those mistakes also.

 

Happy to get a check with Trump's name on it after all the damage he has done to the public, particularly those in the agricultural community who have treated him like their savior after the damage he inflicted onto them with his trade wars (the ones he said were so easy to win) and now the fallout due to his lax response to the coronavirus.

Trump's incompetence is placing a stress on farmers who have managed to find the wherewithal to endure the hardships caused by droughts and infestations. The limit to their apologies for his behavior remains to be seen.

 

This will be his excuse for every stupid thing he says or does between now and the election... Sarcasm.

 

Trump leans against state bailouts as governors cry foul
The president inflamed an already fierce debate over whether the federal government should bail out states battling the coronavirus.
By QUINT FORGEY and ANNA GRONEWOLD
04/27/2020 02:56 PM EDT

Trump leans against state bailouts as governors cry foul

excerpt:

"Trump’s tweet also came as governors expressed new levels of outrage over McConnell’s suggestion last week that individual localities should pursue bankruptcy rather than request more aid from the U.S. government to shore up their rapidly depleting reserves.

During his daily news conference Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo charged that scolding states and cities seeking federal help is antithetical to the ambition of a national rebuild that will require a wide distribution of funds across the country.

“This is not the time to be talking about dollars and cents among members of the community that are trying to mutually support and help each other,” he said. But even if a sort of tally sheet “for who owes what to whom” were to be tracked, Cuomo continued, New York would be the most qualified recipient based on its flow of tax revenues to Washington.

“If you want to do an analysis of who is a giver and who is a taker, we are the No. 1 giver. Nobody puts more money into the pot than the state of New York. We’re the No. 1 donor,” he said, adding that McConnell’s home state of Kentucky is one of the “taker states” that collects more federal dollars than it directs to the government through taxes."

 

Shake Shack and Potbelly get the money meant to help small businesses.


Backlash grows as pandemic relief stumbles
And lawmakers are getting anxious as problems crop up in the recovery effort.
By KYLE CHENEY and SARAH FERRIS
04/27/2020 04:30 AM EDT
Updated: 04/27/2020 08:30 AM EDT

Backlash grows as pandemic relief stumbles

excerpt:

"Scores of small-business owners were furious after they were unable to get loans approved through major banks like JPMorgan Chase, which signed off on several of the loans for big companies like Shake Shack and Potbelly.

The backlash spurred Shake Shack and others to announce that they planned to return the loans. The Trump administration and key committee leaders are now discouraging large, publicly traded companies from seeking the aid and is asking that they send back funds by May 7.

But there might be more complaints soon. Though Congress sent another $320 billion into the so-called Paycheck Protection Program last week, banks warn the money could run out in a matter of days with hundreds of thousands of applications still pending."

 

After not allowing the public to enroll in ACA (he's still avenging Obama), Trump said his administration was looking at alternatives.

Trump has also essentially fired the oversight that Congress had assigned to the multi-trillion dollar coronavirus bailout package.



Trump leans against state bailouts as governors cry foul

excerpt:

"“We are all utterly perplexed trying to figure out what the hell this formula is and how it’s going to work,” one health care consultant said. “They could be sending out checks today, and we truly don’t know how they’re doing it.”

Mystery also shrouds a pot of money that’s supposed to cover coronavirus treatment for the uninsured — a policy the White House touted as an efficient and targeted alternative to offering a special Obamacare sign-up. HHS has banned any hospital that dips into this fund from also charging patients but hasn’t specified how much money is available, nor have officials told the uninsured how to seek recourse if they do see medical bills."

 

Trump said he would abolish the ACA outright and replace it on day one of his presidency.

He and the Republicans have sabotaged the ACA in a stealth, piecemeal manner that hides their actions and accountability from the public.

Trump has yet to enact his promised big beautiful inexpensive healthcare for all. As President he said that he was stupified that it could be so complicated.

 

Supreme Court rules government must pay billions to Obamacare insurers
The decision is a big win for health insurers who struggled in the health care law's early years.
By SUSANNAH LUTHI
04/27/2020 10:26 AM EDT
Updated: 04/27/2020 12:17 PM EDT

Supreme Court rules government must pay billions to Obamacare insurers

excerpt:

"The Supreme Court on Monday ruled the federal government owes health insurers massive payments from an Obamacare program shielding them from financial risks after the companies accused Washington of reneging on its funding promises.

The 8-1 decision could open the floodgates for federal cash to the insurance industry. Insurers who accused the government of a “bait and switch” claimed they’re owed $12 billion from the Affordable Care Act program."

 

Donald Trump Again Wants To Eliminate Funding For Public Media, But Congress Likely Won’t Let Him
By Ted Johnson
February 10, 2020 11:38am

Donald Trump Again Wants To Eliminate Funding For Public Media – Deadline

excerpt:

"The White House’s proposed Fiscal Year 2021 budget would scale back discretionary funding across the board while increasing military spending. The amount allocated for public media would be reduced to just $30 million. Public media advocates say that the CPB funding is especially essential for small- and medium- sized stations, the loss of which would threaten the structure of the PBS network.

The White House budget also eliminates funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, two agencies that also have been targets in recent years yet have survived."

 

The LA Lakers got $5 million, wtf, of which they returned $4.6 million.

Fucking moron.

 

He said that on TV. Another video / audio recorded piece of FACTUAL EVIDENCE of Trump's incompetence. Having him recorded for posterity is a real bitch for Trump's defenders & apologists - all of whom are LEMMINGS.

If a Dem, an Ind., a Lib., or a Gr. Party president did and said all that Trump has, the Repubs would be out of their minds raging and name calling. Text-book hypocrisy. Hell - they're foaming at the mouth now just because many citizens disagree & protest against Trump now, or reporters ask Trump direct questions - as if they had no right to ask questions of the President, or protest his idiotic actions and statements. Just imagine what these drone LEMMINGS would be like if a President - other than a Repub - was doing and saying the very same things as Trump. Hypocrites. Just plain old, everyday hypocrites.

MY guy does and says "X" = he's great.---------------- YOUR guy does and says "X" = he's a Commie, a traitor, a non-American, a non-Christian, a tyrant, a dictator, trampling on the Constitution, ignoring laws, etc. Only an idiot buys that vision.

Like I said - just ordinary HYPOCRITES.