The Donald Trump Score Card

Yeah, like they have always talked about adoptions...like they always care about orphan children!

 

Trump has donated many millions to orphans. It's all in his tax returns that he refuses to disclose.

Trump without any protection would run into an orphanage that was burning down and single-handedly save the children.

 

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Warner Brothers cartoons of Ralph Phillips who has a Trumpian, Walter MItty issue with himself.

The first cartoon shows the President at the end giving the award to little Ralph. For Trump, he would be the President giving the award to himself (much like his proposed military parade for 2018).


Boyhood Daze

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Ralph Phillips compilation

 

A billion in debt and access to classified materials. Sounds like an accident waiting to happen.This from the people who were apopleptic about Hillary's private server.

 

Trump has already imposed stiff tariffs on washing machines and solar panels.

US solar company to lay off hundreds of workers after Trump tariffs

Trump reportedly will impose stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum.

Trump Likely to Impose Stiff Steel, Aluminum Tariffs


Trump has made confusing remarks that blame the national debt on trade deficits.

 

And he used the White House to borrow 184 million smackaroos for his Chicago apartment tower.

 

Last night on Maddow they talked about two ways Mueller is closing in on Trumpy. (1) He is looking into Trumpy knowing about Hillary's emails hack by the Russians BEFORE OTHERS. That established collusion. (2) A guy named Corralo has told Mueller about a conversation on board Air Force One which he felt amounted to obstruction of justice-among other evidence of obstruction. It looks like we'll be dealing with the unpleasant scenario of a Pence Evangelical White House which would be enforcing Alternative Christian Values along with Alternative Facts.

 

I wonder if Melania had anything to do with the departure of Hope Hicks?
I mean given trump's attraction to young, good looking women. . . . . . .jus' sayin'

In reality, I think Hicks knows that the shit is going to hit the fan.

 

Maybe she left him for Adam Schiff?

 

The stock market is sinking like a stone after Trump's announcement that he's about to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum--putting us at loggerheads with China and putting a cloud over NAFTA. Canada and Mexico are our most important trading partners. Protectionism is one area in which Trump is at loggerheads with elite establishment Republicans. Orrin Hatch, the senior Republican in the Senate, called the move "a tax on the American people"-- strong language for a policy pushed by the President from one's own party. The tariffs would likely be inflationary and could damage that beautiful economy Trump brags about.
GOP Reaction to Trump Tariffs is Fast, Furious and Negative

And Trump has made some public comments about taking on the NRA. That, as we've learned, doesn't always mean anything, but it will be interesting to watch. The NRA is sacred to Trump's populist base. NRA has pushed back.
NRA Pushes Back Against Trump Proposals to Tighten U.S. Gun Laws | The Joe Pags Show | News Radio 1200 WOAI

So when push comes to shove, it will be interesting to see if Trump can buck the establishment Republicans and the populist Republicans at the same time and have any followers left.

 

People! I can not wait until Anastasia Vashukevich starts talking about Trump and Company!

 

The tenures of McMaster and Cohn have become questionable.

Cohn was working with Rob Porter advising Trump against imposing tariffs. Porter exited amidst his domestic abuse scandal.

White House preparing for McMaster exit as early as next month

Trump’s tariff war nudges Cohn toward White House exit

 

They say McMaster will be gone within 30 days. Kelly says he should not have left DHS because working in Trump's White House is like punishment from God! Veshukevich says she can tell about Trump's connections with Deripashka. And she was a sex expert in Thailand!

 

Trump picks personal and legal fights with many people and groups, often over the most trivial of issues. This is a psychological condition of his that has worsened over the decades. It's like an addiction, and for him it's insatiable. Coupled with his wealth it had an advantage during the 2016 election campaign when people lacked a detailed understanding of him, but now that he is in office it has become a liability.

Trump is still in campaign mode and has already announced his 2020 campaign manager. It has become a game for him of resorting to election campaigning instead of trying to be an effective President through the building of coalitions which goes counter to his zero-sum, 'I win, you lose', Manhattan real estate approach.

 

This country--The US, was a grand experiment in representative government. Taking EVERYTHING into account that is happening now with our government and the man that is supposedly "running it"-----and at least for the next (hopefully?) short period of time-----we're on the edge of losing anything and everything that has been gained over the decades that was gotten inch by inch over the right-wing. Unfortunately, it looks as if they've won. "Citizens United"was a death knell to any pretense that we , the citizens have any control over our and the countrys destiny. I don't think the state of the country will ever recover from the takeover of the 1% , unless and until money is not necessary to compete in and win elections.

 

The confusing diction of Donald Trump about national debt.

Trump's statements have consistently shown that he doesn't understand the most basic knowledge of national debt in spite of his P.T. Barnum showboat style of proclaiming himself the 'king of debt' and boasting that he attended Wharton and is "a very smart guy."

1. Trump has conflated national debt with the trade deficit.

2. Trump has conflated stock market performance with national debt

3. Trump has said he could get rid of nearly $20 trillion of national debt in 8 years (a staggering $2.5 trillion per year).

4 Trump has said that the national debt can be negotiated, as if this would have no serious economic repercussions.

 

Trump's confusion of trade deficit with budget deficit.


Did the Trade Deficit Cause $20 Trillion in Debt?
Jul 6, 2017 | Budgets & Projections

Did the Trade Deficit Cause $20 Trillion in Debt?

excerpt:

"Years of budget deficits have accumulated into the national debt, currently $19.8 trillion. Yet the budget deficit is determined by the tax and spending decisions made by Congress and signed into law by the President, regardless of how much American consumers and businesses buy from other countries.

In a thought experiment, let's pretend that every good and service purchased in the United States this year was produced here. There would be no trade deficit. But most federal spending would be unchanged—the size of government agencies and the military, the amount of Social Security and Medicare benefits, the amount of veterans' and retirement benefits, etc. Federal revenues, which are driven mainly by the structure of income and payroll taxes and the total amount of income in the economy, would also be similar. If spending and revenue don’t significantly change, neither will budget deficits."

 

Trump confuses trade deficits with national debt and claims he could erase nearly $20 trillion in debt in eight years with new trade deals.


Transcript: Donald Trump interview with Bob Woodward and Robert Costa
By Bob Woodward and Robert Costa
April 2, 2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ward-and-robert-costa/?utm_term=.24276709eedc

excerpt:

"DT: We’ve got to get rid of the $19 trillion in debt.
BW: How long would that take?
DT: I think I could do it fairly quickly, because of the fact the numbers . . . .
BW: What’s fairly quickly?
DT: Well, I would say over a period of eight years. And I’ll tell you why.
BW: Would you ever be open to tax increases as part of that, to solve the problem?
DT: I don’t think I’ll need to. The power is trade. Our deals are so bad.
BW: That would be $2 trillion a year.
DT: No, but I’m renegotiating all of our deals, Bob. The big trade deals that we’re doing so badly on. With China, $505 billion this year in trade."