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Tariffs – The Skeptic Patriot Blog https://www.skepticpatriot.com This is my personal blog, the opinions expressed are my own. Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:10:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.skepticpatriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-3ad246537f0f3c20324d13e2f76fa078-wood-flag-painted-wood-32x32.jpg Tariffs – The Skeptic Patriot Blog https://www.skepticpatriot.com 32 32 Trump keeps creating problems so he can appear to fix them… https://www.skepticpatriot.com/trump-keeps-creating-problems-so-he-can-appear-to-fix-them/ https://www.skepticpatriot.com/trump-keeps-creating-problems-so-he-can-appear-to-fix-them/#respond Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:10:32 +0000 http://www.skepticpatriot.com/?p=354 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!

 

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Trump’s Universally Disliked Actions https://www.skepticpatriot.com/trumps-universally-disliked-actions/ https://www.skepticpatriot.com/trumps-universally-disliked-actions/#respond Sat, 16 Jun 2018 20:37:08 +0000 http://www.skepticpatriot.com/?p=349 So, I decided to make a list of things Trump is doing that anyone in their right mind is against, even those in his own party. If you hear someone agreeing with these actions it is because they simply are a blind follower of Trump and not a free thinker.

  1. No matter how you feel about immigration, the administration’s new policy of breaking up families is absolutely abhorrent! This is not the law. It may be permissible by law, but there is no law ANYWHERE which states that if you immigrate her, legally or illegally the government has to take your children. What’s more is there have been statements by administration officials which point to this being a tactic to win the immigration debate and get funding for the wall. Trump keeps saying it is a law and it is because of the democrats. These are both FLAT OUT LIES!!! And of course, there is the mural.
  2. Trump has started a trade war. What is the craziest thing of all is it is pretty much every country in the world that he is targeting. This is one of the most anti republican ideas out there. Remember, he used to be a democrat. Democrat or Republican though, it is going to hurt our economy soon. It will decrease the purchase of American products abroad. Farmers will be hit hard; domestic prices of certain things will sky rocket.
  3. Trump exited the Iran Nuclear Deal. While there are many who don’t support the deal because they don’t feel it was tough enough, and there are some very legitimate criticisms, this is really cutting your nose of to spite your face. By exiting the deal, we have given Iran an excuse to exit the deal as it is really no longer valid (although we hope that others will uphold the deal). This means that Iran can restart its nuclear program and kick out inspectors. Like it or not we at least had inspectors in Iran and an agreement that they were stopping their nuclear program. This was one of Trump’s typical “Obama did it so I need to undo it” routines.
  4. Keeping Scott Pruitt as EPA administrator. EVERYONE but the corporations want him out. There is a legitimate argument that he never belonged in this job because he hates the EPA and is quickly dismantling it as well as destroying environmental protections in favor of big business, but that has taken a back seat. This guy is a crook. He has literally broken the law as EPA chief. Here is a link to most of the investigations but we are getting more by the day! And this is a month old. There have been several more since then. https://medium.com/@CAPAction/a-guide-to-the-sixteen-federal-investigations-faced-by-epa-administrator-scott-pruitt-1e42c3ddbd34
  5. He has failed to condemn the alt-right. His “many sides” response to Charlottesville, Virginia, was shameful. There a lot of things about the presidency that are hard, but condemning neo-Nazis isn’t one of them.
  6. Trump has attacked the FBI and DOJ. He and his buddies at Fox News are peddling this “deep state” conspiracy theory which is not only false, but it’s doing harm to the institutions themselves. There has been no evidence of any of the claims and he is effectively turning the American People against the agencies which are there to protect them for his own gain.
  7. TRUMP LIES. All presidents throughout history have misled the public on occasion, usually as a matter of national security, but occasionally even for self-preservation. All politicians stretch the truth and dance around questions as to not answer. Donald J. Trump has taken this to a new level. He lies sometimes for no reason at all. He just makes things up. He can’t take any type of criticism and he really drops to new lows all the time with his lies and harsh rhetoric.
  8. He stood by Roy Moore. His endorsement of an alleged sex predator was morally indefensible and sent a message to women everywhere that Republicans do not believe that credible allegations of a grown man molesting teenage girls are disqualifying. And that message has been received
  9. Trump constantly is saying great things about horrible dictators and demeaning our allies.
    • “I got along with him great. He is great. We have a great chemistry together. That’s a good thing, not a bad thing.” -About Kim Jong Un (North Korean Leader who murders his own people & family, claims to be a god, and wants to Nuke us)
    • “I just wanted to congratulate you because I am hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug problem,” Trump told Rodrigo Duterte during an April 2017 phone call. (Philippines president who kills citizens for crimes they haven’t been tried or convicted for, especially drug crimes)
    • “He’s running a very difficult part of the world. He’s involved very, very strongly and, frankly, he’s getting very high marks.”-About Tayyip Erdogan (Turkish President who passed a law which gives him the green light to create a muscular presidency, with powers to personally appoint or dismiss ministers, select judges and rule by decree if he deems it necessary)
    • “He’s now president for life. President for life. No, he’s great”…“And look, he was able to do that. I think it’s great. Maybe we’ll have to give that a shot some day.” -About Xi Jinping (Chinese President who took power for life – This communist government makes anyone who opposes it disappear)
    • Trump congratulated Vladimir Putin on winning a sham election which SHOCKED most of the world including those in his own White House. This is shocking for any American President to do. Putin allegedly stuffed ballots and silenced opposition. On top of that, Russia and Putin are who meddled in our election to favor Trump. Not to mention we have been at odds with them for 70 years or so. He has refused to enact sanctions, he has refused to acknowledge they meddled, he refuses to admit that they are working against us.
    • Trump’s recent tariffs hurt our allies worst of all, and they will retaliate.
    • Trump doesn’t understand NATO and criticizes it all the time. He thinks others aren’t paying the amount they are “billed” but it doesn’t work that way.

Trump is going down in flames. History is the only one who will be able to judge him though because half of this damn country believes everything Fox News says. I don’t like Hitler comparisons when it comes to anyone, but this country is falling for his crap just like socialist Germany fell for Hitler. Look how that turned out.

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