The Donald Trump Score Card

Poor deluded fools!

 

The one thing Nixon did that I agree with was to enact some environmental protections. He may have been our "greenest" Republican president, after Teddy Roosevelt.

 

True, but If I compare Nixon to RayGun, and trump, I would be forced to choose Nixon. Nixon did a couple of good things. He approved the formation of the EPA, and he signed the Clean Water Act. Erofant beat me to it.

 

Trump sitting under the Lincoln Memorial was blasphemy.

 

The Coronavirus Becomes a Battle Cry for U.S. Extremists
White supremacists seek to stoke the fear and disruption caused by the pandemic to push their agenda and to recruit.
By Neil MacFarquhar
May 3, 2020

The Coronavirus Becomes a Battle Cry for U.S. Extremists

excerpt:

"April is typically a busy month for white supremacists. There is Hitler’s birthday, which they contort into a celebration. There is the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, the domestic attack 25 years ago that killed 168 people and still serves as a rallying call for new extremist recruits.

But this April, something else overshadowed those chilling milestones. It was the coronavirus, and the disruption it wreaked on society, that became the extremists’ battle cry.

Embellishing Covid-19 developments to fit their usual agenda, extremists spread disinformation on the transmission of the virus and disparage stay-at-home orders as “medical martial law” — the long-anticipated advent of a totalitarian state."

 

that dog is probably thinking why is that woman crying? It's not like I peed on her foot.

 

Looks like that öl time religion, has gottem'."

 

As states push ahead with reopening, CDC warns coronavirus cases and deaths are set to soar
David Knowles, Editor
Yahoo News
May 4, 2020, 2:22 PM EDT

As states push ahead with reopening, CDC warns coronavirus cases and deaths are set to soar

excerpt:

"The guidelines were announced at a White House press briefing, where Trump proclaimed that “now that we have passed the peak in new cases, we’re starting our life again, we’re starting rejuvenation of our economy again, in a safe and structured and very responsible fashion.” There were 32,076 new cases in the U.S. on that day, a number that has been exceeded on at least four days since.

While the implementation was left to the discretion of state governors, the guidelines were clear that no state should attempt to ease restrictions until it had observed a “downward trajectory” of new cases of the virus over a 14-day period. Yet, as of this weekend, no state in the nation could make that claim."

 

Nixon also sent in troops to Kent State U. to break up a student protest and 4 students were shot and killed there - 9 others injured ……………...50 years ago today.

Despite the Constitution guaranteeing the right to assembly and free speech, Nixon ( a REPUBLICAN ) didn't like the students protesting his Viet Nam policies. So he sent in the troops to break up the protest.

Isn't it odd that so many REPUBLICAN politicians who "claim" to be all about the Constitution, always seem to break it's rules when it benefits them politically, or saves them from embarrassment.

IT'S CALLED HYPOCRISY. They're HYPOCRITES of the first order.

 

Trump tries to shed responsibility for high case numbers of corona virus in states by putting it on individual states' governors. Since he f-ed it up from the start, he has to find someone to blame. He'll find some way to lie and twist the truth into his version of the story to make it sound as though any high case numbers are the fault of governors. He has already tried to foist blame onto the governors by saying "they should have been more prepared for this pandemic." (After Trump himself downplayed the seriousness of the outbreak on numerous occasions!!!!) VIDEO AND AUDIO TAPE.

How in HELL can Trump downplay the outbreak of corona and THEN blame governors for not being prepared for it?????????????? By his own comments, Trump - "the all-knowing one" - has proven he's been wrong about the seriousness of the corona outbreak all along!!!!!! He's been talking out of both sides of his lying muck-mouth.

Trump's comments, actions, and in some cases LACK of actions, are ALL ON VIDEO AND AUDIO TAPE.

 

I know trump is passing the buck when he blames China for the virus. So what is he going to do about it? Impose sanctions, which only hurts American farmers? Threaten to nuke them?

 

Timeline: Tracking Trump's rising coronavirus death toll estimates
By Daniel Dale and Christopher Hickey, CNN
Updated 5:34 PM ET, Mon May 4, 2020

Timeline: Tracking Trump's rising coronavirus death toll estimates - CNNPolitics

excerpt:

"A more conventional president might avoid making any estimate to avoid future criticism if they turned out to be wrong. Trump, who often seems more concerned with shaping perceptions in the current moment than with how something might be perceived in the future, instead keeps offering projections that seem unrealistically low from the moment he utters them.

Trump claimed in March that his previous rosy rhetoric was an attempt to "give people hope." Whatever his intentions, he has been reliably incorrect.

Trump has been issuing lowball estimates since February, the month he declared that the number of people in the US known to have the virus, then 15, was going to be "close to 0" within days. He said then that the reduction from 15 to 0 would show how good a job his team had done.

Similarly, his argument in April and May has been that the final total would have been far higher -- far higher than whatever his latest estimate is -- had his administration not taken the steps it did. He has pointed to Dr. Deborah Birx's March 31 statement that expert analysis showed 2.2 million could die if there were no "mitigation" efforts and that at least 100,000 were likely to die even with good mitigation."

 

Translation: Trump wanted to protect the stock market for his reelection.

 

Trump says 'bailouts' unfair to GOP since states needing aid 'run by Democrats in every case'
The president said in an interview that N.Y., Calif. and Illinois "have been mismanaged over a long period of time."
By Rebecca Shabad
May 5, 2020, 11:11 AM UTC / Updated May 5, 2020, 11:53 AM UTC

Trump says 'bailouts' unfair to GOP since states needing aid 'run by Democrats in every case'

excerpt:

"Cuomo has been pushing for Congress to pass funding for states since lawmakers negotiated the first major aid package last month that totaled more than $2 trillion. He called McConnell’s bankruptcy suggestion "really dumb."

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called McConnell "out of touch"and warned that the Senate major leader's idea would lead to "hundreds of thousands" of state and local government employees being potentially fired or furloughed.

Meanwhile, a number of Democrats have pointed out that blue states do more to help subsidize red states.

Three of the four biggest "taker" states, as Cuomo has described them, lean Republican: Kentucky, Mississippi and West Virginia, according to a 2019 study by the SUNY Rockefeller Institute of Government that looked at how much states get from the federal government per year, compared with how much they send to Washington.

The four biggest "giver" states that contribute more to the federal government than they get receive all lean Democratic: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York, the study found."

 

Prosecutor Leyton made what sounded like a veiled reference to Trump.


3 charged in killing of store security guard over virus mask
COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER
Associated Press
May 4, 2020, 12:19 PM EDT

3 charged in killing of store security guard over virus mask

excerpts:

"FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A woman, her adult son and husband have been charged in the fatal shooting of a security guard who refused to let her daughter enter a Family Dollar in Michigan because she wasn't wearing a face mask to protect against transmission of the coronavirus.

Calvin Munerlyn was shot Friday at the store just north of downtown Flint a short time after telling Sharmel Teague’s daughter she had to leave because she lacked a mask, according to Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton."


"“The hostile tone that we have seen in recent days on television and in social media can permeate our society in ways we sometimes don’t fully realize or anticipate,” Leyton told reporters Monday. “Decisions like staying home when we can, wearing a mask when going to the store and staying a safe distance from those around us — these should not be political arguments. They don’t necessitate acts of defiance, and we simply cannot devolve into an us versus them mentality.”"

 

Of course. Why not? Why draw attention to the psychopath with the gun if you can find a way to link this to Trump? SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

But this is EXACTLY what dividers do. Divide and conquer. This is a military strategy that's as old as dirt, and in today's world, politicians & businesses use it to divide workers, voters, state vs. state, etc., for THEIR POLITICAL or FINANCIAL GAINS.

What happened to "There is strength in numbers." -------- or "United we stand, divided we fall." ??? Ever notice how in TV ads the "divided we fall" part is never mentioned??? This is deliberate steering of public perception. The implied message is that it's fine to be divided, because "they" are wrong, and "we" are right. Us - vs. - them.

Avg. citizens of ANY party lose ……….. divisive power brokers win. (More huge money and more power.) WAKE UP !!!!!!

How anyone is stupid enough to allow political arguments and divisive language to govern what SHOULD BE common-sense decisions about life & death virus safety measures is beyond comprehension. Political points gained or lost are NOT WORTH your life or that of your family members. Following this same deluded, misguided thought process, ……… if you should come down with cancer, or have a heart attack, or go into an epileptic seizure, or break some bones, ……….. DO NOT call a doctor or other medical expert !!! Instead - call your favorite politician and seek advice, help, guidance, & treatment from them - because the politicians know more about medical issues than the expert doctors????

I feel really sorry and sad for the people & families who WILL DIE as a result of political arrogance & indifference to human life and safety ………………… ALL FOR POLITICAL GAIN.

 

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Here in Oklahoma at least two cities, Oklahoma City and Stillwater (which made CNN) caved to armed hooligans threatening store clerks. This is mob rule. And since it succeeds, we'll have lots more of it. Make America Great? Make America disintegrate!