The Donald Trump Score Card

It's also important to understand that the Supreme court decided the case on the basis of the technical procedural issue of standing. The substantive issue of whether or not the President has the authority to divert funds from defense to the wall has yet to be decided by the lower court, whose decision on that matter can then be appealed.

 

It would seem to me that a general allocation of funds to the armed forces would offer wide elbow room for the president to use in several areas. A specific allocation by congress, as in a specific amount for tank or submarine parts would fall under congressional power in Article One. And The Constitution does say all Bills of Revenue must start in the House Of Representatives. Nancy Pelosi actually has more power than Mitch McBobblehead or Flop Top Trump when it comes to money.

 

Yes. That's why I posted that particular excerpt.

In the meantime, Trump gets $2.5 billion in U.S. taxpayer money for his wall, the one he said Mexico would finance and that Trump has subsequently claimed will be financed by Mexico at a later date.

His supporters will commend him for it, even though he's using their money instead of Mexico's.

Similarly, the U.S. farmers who once praised themselves as being self-sufficient are now praising Trump for giving them direct public assistance checks, financed by the U.S. taxpayers, to try to mitigate the damage he caused them with his ill-planned trade war which supposedly is going to secure them a better deal at a later date.

 

The deeper issue is the concept of the separation of powers and the extent to which the U.S. Supreme Court is willing to let the executive branch repurpose funds that were allocated by Congress.

The conservative judges in the recent decision have sided with Trump. In the past, conservatives have often sided with a more strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution which would limit the ability of the executive branch to engage in what would be considered liberal use of funds allocated by Congress.

 

In a victory for Trump, the Supreme Court frees up $2.5 billion for the border wall
Construction blocked by a judge earlier this year can now begin.
By Anya van Wagtendonk
Jul 27, 2019, 11:45am EDT

In a victory for Trump, the Supreme Court frees up $2.5 billion for the border wall

excerpt:

"Despite the Supreme Court’s decision, court challenges to the US-Mexico border wall remain

The wall was one of Trump’s signature campaign issues; he has said that it will curb trafficking and illegal immigration at the southern border. Opponents, including Congressional Democrats, say the wall is immoral — and pricey.

Fights over the wall have been ongoing since Trump took office, and Congress has repeatedly declined to provide wall funding. Notably, this resulted in a partial government shutdown that began in December of last year and lasted for 35 days.

In April, House Democrats said they would sue the Trump administration over his use of a national emergency to try and free up funds. They lost that case, but have signaled they plan to file an appeal.

And that case isn’t the only one the Trump administration faces. Despite Friday’s Supreme Court decision, opponents to the border wall will continue to challenge its construction in the courts. In fact, the ACLU and Sierra Club cases will continue to be litigated in lower courts.

 

The Trump administration is dramatically restricting who can seek asylum
The new regulation will force those traveling to the US southern border to seek asylum protections in another country first, though the rule is likely to be quickly challenged in court.
By Jen Kirby
Jul 15, 2019, 6:00pm EDT

The Trump administration is dramatically restricting who can seek asylum

excerpt:

"This new regulation would directly affect the tens of thousands of families fleeing to the US from the Central American countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, who largely account for the spike in crossings at the southern border this year. But, more significantly, it would dramatically transform the asylum process in the US, preventing asylum claims except from individuals who can show they applied and were denied protections in at least one country they traveled through, or if someone was a victim of human trafficking.

“It effectively ends asylum for anyone applying at the southern border who’s not Mexican and hasn’t been denied an asylum application,” Sarah Pierce, a policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, told Vox."

 

Trump cartoon.
Statue of Liberty
"Go back to where you came from."

 

Trump caption picture. Campaign stop in North Carolina July 2019.






"Gimme another hit of reefer. I can still see his face and hear his voice."

 

"I wonder if I left the iron on?"

 

"Disillusionment isn't a good enough word to describe how I feel."

 

"I sold my soul for $25 to be seen near the stage at this event."

 

"I was hoping to buy a new Minnie Pearl hat with a Trump tax refund."

 

Racism is unfortunately part of human nature and can never be ‘over’. But it can be recognized and managed and overall we do that better here than any large country in the world.

And no, he didn’t run on racism or I wouldn’t have voted for him. Enforcing immigration laws as they were written by congress is not racist.

Don’t understand what your last sentence means but whatever man you referring to, his skin color is irrelevant. White guilt is freaking weird.

 

You are saying you are not responsible for your own behavior. You can't help but be racist like you can't help being gay or white. You are just born with a preference. This is scientifically false. Children show no preference in play mates or what to take an interest in. As they get older they tend to have friend groups more racially and economically inline with their own. They say that social pressure is part of this. Children are not born racist. They choose to be one as Trump has chose to be a racist.

Current laws are being enforced in an inhumane and racist way. And he has had made many other racist comments and suggestions for law. Why does the KKK and Nazi Party like him so much? They have never liked a president as much as this. They always vote Republican but in the past they did not like the "PC culture" that still existed. For some reason they like Trump. The reason he is a racist. People either love that, or deny it to be true because they don't think they are racist and still feel the white man is a victim.

 

Trump is not enforcing immigration laws as they have existed and been applied by the last several administrations. Trump is bending stretching twisting and pushing the envelope, because he is racist. Notice how he applied the law to some from eastern Europe recently.

 

As a part of his new restrictions on people who use food stamps, Trump is going to deny free school lunch to a half million poor school kids. This is to ensure his rich friends reduced taxes, and money for the wall which he claimed Mexico would be paying … for.

 

you mean the part where Michael Obama designed school lunch? the part where you get the hot dog bun w/ cheese on Monday and the hot dog on Tuesday?

 

All one needs to do is look at a picture of the former Fitst Lady and trump ands it’s pretty obvious who has more knowledge about nutrition. Racism has long been a factor in tearing nations apart and the current divide in the US is a classic example. Certainly we can do better

 

Gov’t Study Finds Michelle Obama’s School Lunches Are Making Kids Fat