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List of things Trump has ruined…

Skeptic — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:47:04 +0000

THE CREDIBILITY OF THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: He constantly lies, he doesn’t understand how things work, and he has no political knowlege
With his rhetoric he has heightened nuclear tensions in Asia
He has convinced his party that Russia is now our friend, right after they handed him an election
He is threatening to pull out of NATO and alienating our allies with more hateful rhetoric
Dropped out of Paris Climate Accord
Dropped out of Iran Nuclear Deal
Dropped out of UN Human Rights Council
Destroying every environmental protection for the past 30 years (this could be a list of over 30 items by itself)
Imposing Tariffs on our allies (hurting American producers)
Insulted our allies at the G7 and was the only member nation not to sign the resolution
The DOJ and FBI: he is constantly attacking them and their credibility, which is so anti-republican, but they no longer care
Our reputation abroad: We are now a human rights abuser, we have no credibility because he has backed out of so many deals and he has belittled our allies so much that they are forming new alliances and excluding us. There have even been threats of sanctions against the US from the European Union.
One of the worst, which he didn’t cause but, he has compounded is the division of our own nation. If he hadn’t won perhaps we could have began to heal, but he has taken an open wound and inserted a rib spreader and started winding. If he serves 2 terms, one, or even if he is impeached tomorrow, I don’t know if we can bounce back this time. I see it in myself. I used to be a Republican, now if I come across one I wince and wait to hear what they think of this maniac, hoping they are “one of the good ones”.

Great Article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/will-donald-trump-destroy-the-presidency/537921/

Trump keeps creating problems so he can appear to fix them…

Skeptic — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:10:32 +0000

The first that comes to mind was a problem Trump didn’t create, but didn’t even exist. That didn’t stop him from telling us it did. Trump over and over during his campaign claimed the economy was weak and that Obama did damage. When in all actuality Obama inherited the worst economy since the Depression and he brought us back from it. The economy had improved significantly and was continuing when Trump took office. Of course all president’s love to take credit for their predecessors accomplishments when they can. However, we have also seen Trump fooling with factors which have negatively affected our economy and the Dow has responded negatively. When this happens he never take any responsibility. He is always tweeting taking credit for the low unemployment and high numbers on Wall Street. Within 6 months though things are going to be hurting as we feel these Tariffs. Lets see if he takes any responsibility for that. We all know what the answer to that is though.

The second issue he decided to turn in to a crisis that was just fine was DACA. In an effort to score political points with his base and try to squeeze congress into passing funding for his stupid wall he ended DACA. He had that big meeting with members from both partys and both houses and sounded so positive. He wanted a “bill of love”. He thought this made it look like he was fixing the problem that he had created. Then he took advice of the hardliners in his administration and tanked the whole thing.

Then there is North Korea. From day one, Obama told him that this issue was the most dangerous there was and it needed to be handled delicately. What did Trump do? He ratcheted up the rhetoric. He threatened his own attack, which was North Korea’s fear all along and the reason they are developing Nukes. He kept it up for a year, then announced he was doing what no one else had done, he was meeting with Kim Jong Un. The meeting happened after he threatened and then did call it off. As soon as the meeting was over we found out there was nothing binding that came out of it. This would have been fine though. It was an initial meeting. That in itself could have been a success with the promise of more meetings. NOPE! Not Trump, in typical Trump (and Ironically George W Bush) fashion, he declared “American’s can sleep well”, we are safe now. WTF? He hammered prior admins for trusting NoKo and giving concessions without getting anything and then he does the same thing, but he is claiming he fixed it all.

Then he starts a new immigration problem. He has his little Keebler Elf (Atty Gen Jefferson Beauregard Sessions) who might be a bigger racist than he is, announce a new zero tolerance policy on immigration. Previous administrations had handled illegal immigration through a civil process. This process allowed immigrants to get their status determined and appear in court within a year. Usually, unless they were wanted or committed a crime in the US while they were here they were allowed to be out in the community with their families. Under this new policy, EVERYONE who crossed the Mexican border is arrested. They claim that is not true, but we are hear those who claim asylum and enter through ports of entry are being arrested to. Illegal entry is a misdemeanor, any “American” who commits a misdemeanor is nearly always released with a summons to appear in court. The Trump admin wants to send a message though. They lock up the parents, take away the children and lock them up most times in another state. Many times, they lie to the parents on what is happening, they have said they are taking them for a bath and then the child never returns. Well after a couple of weeks of outrage by 2/3 of the country including many Republicans (other than those on Fox News who support everything Trump does) we have the announcement that Trump is going to sign something today to end this family separation policy. He has again created a problem and now he gets to be the one to fix it. The Trumptards out there will think he is the greatest guy ever to fix another problem caused by the Democrats. The rest of us who can use our own brain know he is 100% at fault and is just cleaning up is own mess!

Kim – Trump Summit

Skeptic — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 03:47:44 +0000

So, this will be my first real post with a focus on Donald Trump. Let’s be clear, I have been a democrat and a republican in my lifetime. I was a small business owner. While I consider myself a progressive, I also have conservative and libertarian values. I should probably dedicate a post to my political views as to explain myself better.

Either way, yesterday Donald Trump met with Kim Jong Un. This is unprecedented no matter what your opinion of it is. I want to address my positive thoughts first.

You wont often hear me say this, but I support Trump in this endeavor. There are a lot of ant-Trump folks who criticized him for his hateful rhetoric about North Korea and now are criticizing him for talking to them. I criticized him for his ratcheting up the rhetoric and getting us closer to war. I believed that was the wrong approach. I believe the correct approach is always diplomacy and I think a genuine dialogue is the way to do that. A face to face meeting is a great idea. I also don’t think preconditions are a necessity. I wouldn’t have even criticized him for coming out of the meeting without gaining anything. I don’t think it is a failure. I think the prospect of a second meeting is a success.

HOWEVER, what did happen was that an “agreement” was signed that was completely vague and unenforceable. Additionally, without anything being given up from Kim, Trump announced we would be stopping our joint military exercises in South Korea. This was something he has wanted as well as his father and grandfather for years. This wasn’t part of the signed agreement. This was ultimate appeasement without anything in return. I would completely support it because I agree it’s a waste of money, but only if we get concessions from North Korea. This is like giving Israel the embassy in Jerusalem. This man who is supposed to be the master deal maker gives everything away without getting anything in return.

So, the conservative pundits are already calling for Trump to get a Nobel Peace prize for this. Frankly, I think that is a bit premature. Trump himself is boasting he has done what no other President has ever been able to do and brought us back from the brink of Nuclear War. The biggest problem with this is he is taking credit for fixing a problem that he created. No, he didn’t get us in this mess with North Korea, but he certainly escalated it.
So perhaps he will be successful in the long run with this endeavor. I genuinely hope he is. You would be a fool to not want him to succeed. I don’t care what you think of Trump, this is a step toward world peace if it is success. Realistically, I don’t believe he will succeed. I don’t think he has the proper skillset or mentality to make it work. We are seeing serious double standards with so many things regarding this matter, including the Iran deal, which he ripped up.

Additionally, he has made so many statements praising Kim Jong Un already. When pressed on the matter, he stated that if he is wrong in 6 months, he will likely make up an excuse rather than admitting he was wrong.

So the jury is still out on how successful this will all end up, but at this point it very much is not.

What really makes me angry about this whole fiasco though is the hypocrisy on the right. See video below.

Everything wrong with Fox News in one video pic.twitter.com/Ja6mualzju

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 16, 2018