Category: THINGS I HATE ABOUT TRUMP

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TRUMP INTERNATIONAL EMBARASSMENT

Trump’s International Tour is an embarrassment. When he first got started it seemed like he was on his best behavior; he let his entourage provide the embarrassment. Wilbur Ross marveled over the lack of protestors in Saudi Arabia as a sign of acceptance and good will for Trump. He received a public smack-down on twitter for that one (1).

When Trump arrived in Israel he talked about his great trip to the Middle East…yup, an excellent example of his intelligence and I am sure it was much appreciated in Israel.

He made a quick stop in Rome to meet the Pope and he made our happy loving Pope sad.

The Pope gave him a special gift—God, I love this Pope:

During an initially awkward meeting in Vatican City, Francis presented President Trump with a signed copy of “Laudato Si” — the pontiff’s 192-page work calling for a new partnership between science and religion to combat human-driven climate change. In doing so, the pope seemed to make a clear statement to a president who once called climate change a Chinese plot and is on the cusp of deciding whether to honor the Paris agreement on addressing global warming (2).

He then headed to NATO where world leaders were warned ahead of time to dump-down speeches and keep them short due to Trump’s well known short attention span (3).

While there Trump pushes past Montenegro Prime Minister so he could get in front for a photo opt. “Me first, me first–let me through, important man coming through.” His smug expression and suit adjusting say it all.

His speech at NATO where he scolds world leaders for not paying their share went over like a lead balloon and cemented the impression of his ignorance.

European leaders gazed unsmilingly at Trump while he said that “23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be paying and what they are supposed to be paying,” and that they owe “massive amounts” from past years — a misstatement of NATO’s spending targets, which guide individual nations’ own domestic spending decisions (4).

His speech was met with laughter and awkward silence…

Then he was caught calling Germans very bad and threatened to back out of deals with Germany. Smart foreign policy move? I think not. Merkel will best this buffoon.

According to Der Spiegel, Trump told EU leaders Thursday that the Germans “are bad, very bad” as he singled out the country’s automotive industry for criticism. “See the millions of cars they are selling in the U.S,” Trump said. “Terrible. We will stop this.” The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, reportedly responded by defending Germany (5).

I will leave you with this gem–ENJOY!

 

Mother of 3

Nurse

Colts Neck

Resources:

1 Wilbur Ross is happy that the Saudis didn’t protest Trump — but he misses a critical point, http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/22/wilbur-ross-says-saudis-did-not-protest-trump-but-misses-key-point.html

2 Pope Francis presents Trump with a ‘politically loaded gift’: His encyclical on climate change, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/05/24/pope-francis-presents-trump-with-a-politically-loaded-gift-his-encyclical-on-climate-change/?utm_term=.2aa61608aea4

3 NATO ASKS WORLD LEADERS TO PLAY DUMB SO TRUMP WILL UNDERSTAND THEM, http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/nato-donald-trump

4 Trump chastises fellow NATO members, demands they meet payment obligations, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-told-in-brussels-that-west-should-focus-on-values-not-only-interests/2017/05/25/7aa1865c-40cd-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html?utm_term=.d063639b71da

5 TRUMP CALLS GERMANS ‘BAD, VERY BAD’ AT EU LEADERS MEETING, http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-germany-angela-merkel-616096

 

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TRUMP DANGER TO NATIONAL SECURITY

Last night my husband and I had one of our many discussions about Trump, the theme is typically, “How did we get here? How was this man elected?” For those who follow Ms. Momocracy you know that I struggle with the idea that so many fellow Americans, friends and neighbors would be willing to overlook Trump’s severe character flaws or that they bought into his campaign rhetoric built on a policy of hate.

“Lock her up”—I have family members who believed that one. In fact, I remember during the early stages of the campaign saying to a family member that I believed Trump could never be elected and their response was that Hillary would be indicted before the election. They truly believed she had done something illegal. The emails! The EMAILS! National Security violations.

Yes, not using a secured server was dumb and should be scrutinized BUT isn’t the bigger issue that Russia hacked these emails with the intention of influencing the US election, discrediting Hillary, and electing their Putin Patsy, Trump. And that Russia planted stories about said emails, to keep the story “hot” so that Americans would buy into their manipulative-calculated scandal. AND stories about the scandal were feed to areas of the country where people were more likely to buy into the conspiracy theory, and more likely to be Trumpsters. Trumpsters, YOU WERE DUPED and the worst thing about the email scandal is that you will still not admit it was a Russian made scandal and you were influenced by it. #FarcicalFoxNews and Trumpsters are still focused on Hillary’s emails, which by the way REVEALED NOTHING.

Trump did more damage in ONE meeting with Lavrov and Kislyak, then the entire Russian Hillary Email scheme.

That meeting was a total $hit show:

  1. The meeting was arranged only after firing Comey the night before
  2. It was rumored to only have been arranged at Putin’s request
  3. Trump banned US press from the room but not the Russian press
  4. Trump divulged classified “CODEWORD” security information; security so sensitive you have to use code words to talk about it
  5. The security leak was a result of a ego brag, “My security is so good, it is the best…”
  6. The security was from an international ally [Israel–Trump later reveals this breach on his visit to Israel]
  7. Trump also bragged [theme emerging] about firing the “Nut Job” Comey and in the same breath provided evidence against himself for obstruction of justice in the FBI investigation into Russian/Trump collusion.

“I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real nut job,” Mr. Trump said, according to the document, which was read to The New York Times by an American official. “I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”

Still don’t believe he is a threat to national security? Maybe this meeting was just a “bad day” moment or you buy into the fact that as President he can do whatever he wants, that this was not illegal and he is a smart man that would never put the US in harm because of his incompetence….well, if you believe that you must be a die-hard Trumpster and nothing short an earth implosion will likely get you to change your mind.

Trump is on a international tour this week and his security breaches continue. When he meet with Israel this week, he publicly drove home the point that he can’t be trusted. Saying something like this, “I did not say it was Israel who provided the classified information that I then passed on to the Russians, see I can keep a secret.” Do you think Israel is going to share highly classified intel with the US, with Trump, now—if you think so, you just may be a Trump supporter.

    Or how about when he brags [yup, the bragging is definitely a problem] to the Philippine President on Wednesday about two nuclear submarines of the coast of North Korea–cover blown, folks.
    This man is a danger to himself, a danger to Americans, and a danger to the world.
    Mother of 3
    Nurse
    Colts Neck, NJ
    Resources:

Trump Bars U.S. Press, but Not Russia’s, at Meeting With Russian Officials, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/us/politics/trump-russia-meeting-american-reporters-blocked.html

Trump Told Russians That Firing ‘Nut Job’ Comey Eased Pressure From Investigation, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/us/politics/trump-russia-comey.html?_r=0

Trump Says He Didn’t Mention Israel in Meeting With Russian Officials, https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says-he-didnt-mention-israel-in-meeting-with-russian-officials-1495470621

Trump revealed submarine locations to Philippines president, http://thehill.com/policy/defense/334969-trump-revealed-submarine-locations-to-philippines-president

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I TOLD YOU SO

I will admit that there is a strong voice in my head wanting to shout at the top of my lungs: “I TOLD YOU SO!!!” So many of us shared that same pit in our stomachs when we watched the tv on election night and again on Inauguration Day. Contrary to what many Trump supporters claimed, this was never about Clinton losing and Trump winning. This feeling of dread was always about Trump, who he is, what he represents, and the damage we feared he would do to our society and our government. I don’t know a single person who would have felt this way had Kasich, Carson, Bush, Christie, Rubio, Cruz, or any of the others had won. We may not have agreed with them on policy, but none of them brought fear into our hearts the same way that Trump did. We saw the way he encouraged the Alt-Right. We heard the racist things he said. We cringed when we heard him talk about women. We knew who he surrounded himself with and we knew what the cost would be to the things we hold dear: healthcare, the environment, equal rights for ALL, the integrity of our government, and the security of our Democracy. Never before had a U.S. President been met with protests throughout the country. Never have before had so many calls been made to representatives asking them to take action against Trump’s appointments or his actions.

As the news has unfolded the last several weeks, I know many of us have experienced the same twinge to say, “I told you so,” but, if you’re like me, anger and sadness are the overriding emotions. I’m pissed that Trump and his associates and whoever else is involved put our country in this position!! I’m furious to find out that it looks like several prominent Republicans suspected that Russia was involved months before the election and chose to keep it quiet. I’m seeing red over the fact that they continued to support Trump even when the need for an independent counsel became obvious in order to retain Americans’ faith in our system.

But mainly, I think I’m sad. I still can’t believe that this country elected Trump. I can’t believe that someone so heinous sat in the Presidential chair for even one minute. He has tainted the position and brought forth a lot of negativity in this country that I never knew existed to that extent. He made it very apparent that racism, sexism, homophobia, and xenophobia are still very much a part of our society and that we have a long way to go for equality for all. Trump’s election and Presidency have also made it obvious that wealth and power can easily threaten our democracy and way of life. Our system of checks and balances is not as infallible as we had hoped.

We are ordinary citizens who united to protest against the injustice we saw in the Trump administration. We’re not politicians. We’re not reporters. We are normal, everyday moms from different parts of the country who came together with a common goal: to not be silent; to stand up for what is right; to support one another and whoever we could reach…and we will continue to do so in the coming months. We are thankful for each other and for all of the people “out there” reading our posts. We hope we have given you an outlet for your feelings and helped you feel like you’re not alone in your outrage with this administration.

Stay strong, keep being loud and stand up for what you believe in!!

Concerned Mother of 2, New York

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TRUMP DIVULGES SECRET INTEL TO RUSSIA CLAIMING HE HAS THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO DO SO

Trump administration’s vision was to “Make America Great Again (MAGA)”. How? Draining the Swamp, Building a Wall…Locking Her Up—-oh, those are not real policies? Those are just racist, elitist, fascist-propoganda chants. There are many problems with Trump’s MAGA vision, the first being that America was already great, the second is hate based agenda will NEVER make anything great and the third is you would be hard pressed to find a reasonable person who finds anything great about Trump at this point.

For those who saw Trump as he was long ago, none of this is a surprise. The surprise is how long it is taking for everyone else to see this man has severe character flaws that make him ineligible and incompetent to serve in the role of President of the US. If someone shows you they are morally bankrupt, not to be trusted, a liar, a misogynist, a racist, a xenophobe, a poor business man, etc—at some point you have to believe them.

Trump’s latest scandal is the Russia/Comey/Russia debacle. Trump and his administration are under FBI investigation for Russian collusion and Russian interference in the US election process. We know Russia hacked our election process and worked to help get Trump elected but we don’t know what role Trump or any of his cronies played in the process; hence, the FBI investigation.

So last week Trump fired FBI director James Comey. He had his press team publicly state that Comey was fired for his handling of the hacked email issue and that the firing was based on the recommendation of Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, who is rumored to have threatened to quit over the whole debacle—-but he did not and is still working there, now he is helping his boss, Dirty Jeff Sessions, find Comey’s replacement. Does it bother them that Sessions was forced to recuse himself from all investigations into TrumpRussia because he himself LIED UNDER OATH during his confirmation hearing? or that Trump originally stated it was Rosenstein’s and Sessions’ recommendation that Comey be fired and Sessions was not supposed to be involved in the TrumpRussia scandal——OR is the bigger $hit Show the fact that Trump came out days later in an interview with Lester Holt and claimed that he knew all along he was going to fire Comey–basically proving his staff to be liars—-or that they are lead by an incompetent buffoon.

Last night the Washington Post broke a story that Trump discussed highly sensitive intel regarding ISIS during his impromptu meeting with Lavrov and Kslyak. Yes, the same meeting that took place the day after Comey’s firing, the same meeting that it was reported the US press was banned from attending, the same meeting that a photo leaked from the Russian team….the stench of all of this is overwhelming.

Trump’s response to the Washington Post’s article about Trump leaking highly classified intel to the Russians….well here is his tweet (yup, we are still talking about his tweets) from this morning:

 

“President Donald J. Trump said early Tuesday that he had an “absolute right” to share with top Russian officials information about an Islamic State threat during a White House meeting last week. (3)”

The President can declassify intel but at what point does national security become an issue–NOW—the time is NOW. Our President is illegitimate and incompetent. He is working to remove all checks and balances. When will Republicans rise up for their Country and put their Country over their party?

Resources:

1 Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-russian-foreign-minister-and-ambassador/2017/05/15/530c172a-3960-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.c52e2c709891

2 Bombshell: Trump tells secrets to Russia, https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/05/15/bombshell-trump-tells-secrets-to-russia/?utm_term=.57620b27fb64

3 Donald Trump Defends Sharing Intelligence With Russia, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/politics/trump-intelligence-russia-classified.html?emc=edit_na_20170516&nl=breaking-news&nlid=59124142&ref=cta&_r=0

 

 

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OUR PRESIDENT A BULLY

The &hit is still hitting the fan over Trump firing Comey. Honestly, the whole thing is a total $hitshow and I don’t have the time or patience to lay it all out here.

Here is what the petulant child had to say this morning.

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TRUMP FIRED COMEY-DEMOCRACY IS DYING

Trump fired Comey!

Trump released this statement:

“The F.B.I. is one of our nation’s most cherished and respected institutions and today will mark a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement,” Mr. Trump said in the statement.”

He will likely claim it is because he lied about how classified emails were sent to Anthony Weiner when questioned under oath but this is truly unprecedented and is either the beginning of the end of Trump or the beginning of the end of our Democracy—you must decide what side of history you stand on.

Resources:

F.B.I. Director James Comey Is Fired by Trump, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/james-comey-fired-fbi.html?_r=0

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#29 THINGS I HATE ABOUT TRUMP: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM = LICENSE TO DISCRIMINATE

Your right to RELIGIOUS FREEDOM is not your LICENSE TO DISCRIMINATE based on religion. There is a very distinct difference.

Trump is expected to sign an executive order tomorrow granting “Federal Religious Freedom.” This is a move, no doubt, pushed by Bible Thumping Pence and other Republican religious zealots that cannot grasp the difference between church and state. I wonder if this was the deal Trump and Pence made. After all, why would anyone stick with Trump this long without something on the agenda, that is unless, Pence’s endgame is waiting for Trump’s inevitable impeachment so that he can take the reigns. If that is the case, Pence is much smarter than I gave him credit for.

Back in March of 2015, Pence introduced similar legislation in his state of Indiana. Pence and other legislators wanted to give for-profit companies the same free exercise rights that churches received. It sounded crazy and bigoted even then, but this was after the Supreme Court had ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby, a decision that gave corporate employers the legal right to not provide contraceptive coverage to their employees. Pence and Indiana suffered badly in the press; this was a poorly veiled attempt at discrimination. This was a bad business move for Indiana and they are still suffering the consequences of their bigotry. Yet, Pence, well he is now the Vice President and maybe one day the President, if he waits longs enough.

How is Pence’s version of religious freedom different then the pre-civil rights movement where businesses could choose not to serve blacks or segregate to other doorways, other bathrooms/water fountains, other seats on the bus….well, that my folks is the problem—IT IS NOT DIFFERENT. It is still discrimination but now it is wrapped up in a religious freedom bow. Not very Christian like and not the message the Pope puts forth. Now that man, the Pope, he is a leader. His message of inclusion, acceptance, tolerance, and love should be an example to all—but especially those who cling to the Bible as if it were real.

Back in February information was leaked about a “religious freedom” bill. It was rumored then that Ivanka and Jared were able to talk Trump out of signing the bill, recognizing it could be political suicide—-yes, immigration ban, grabbing pussy, treason suspicions, and basic incompetence were not political suicide–but this…I will take it– if this is what the public can get behind in mass, then LET’S ROLL, people.

Politico reported yesterday that Trump has invited conservative leaders to the WH tomorrow, Thursday May 4th, to sign an executive order that promotes religious liberty, allowing businesses and individuals to discriminate based on their religious beliefs. It is expected that these broad religious objections now permitted at a Federal level will specifically target the LGBTQ community.

We are truly headed backwards here, folks. #RESIST

Resources:

YOUR RIGHT TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, https://www.aclu.org/other/your-right-religious-freedom

What Makes Indiana’s Religious-Freedom Law Different?, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/03/what-makes-indianas-religious-freedom-law-different/388997/

Trump set to sign religious liberty order: report, http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/331614-religious-liberty-executive-order-may-come-thursday-report

White House aims for Thursday signing of religious liberty executive order, http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/02/donald-trump-religious-liberty-executive-order-237888

Mike Pence’s Religious Freedom Law Continues To Hang Over Indiana, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-religious-freedom-law-indiana_us_57c839b9e4b0a22de09446d8

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#28 THINGS I HATE ABOUT TRUMP: HE IS NOT OK

I am growing weary of hating Trump, it is exhausting. Every day—-EVERY DAY—since the heyday of his campaign and continuing through his Presidency, not a day has gone by where he or his administration has not done or said something offensive, ridiculous or just plain untrue. I have had ENOUGH. The constant #Resistance is taking its toll. Don’t worry, I am not the “give-up” or quitting type and I am certainly not going to give in and allow Trumpism to normalize more than it already has.

We must stay vigilant and continue to draw attention to his bad behavior. I wish more people would call him out on his “crazy” though; it is beyond arrogance and narcissism. Mika and Joe questioned his sanity this morning and I hope more people begin to do the same.


‘I’m not sure he’s OK’: MSNBC’s Joe and Mika… by sarahburris

It is frightening to catch glimpses of exactly how much he does not know:

  • Recent comments about how hard being a President is and he did not realize it would be, especially compared to his previous life–of a reality TV personality.
  • Comments that healthcare is complicated-who knew?
  • Recent comments about pre-existing conditions and putting new healthcare legislation to a vote this week–which was news to house republicans. I feel stressed out just trying to keep track of all the awful, crazy stuff he does. I imagine the WH staff and legislators must be downing loads of Zantac or Xanax.
  • Inviting the President of the Philippines, Duterte, well known dictator, murderer and a just plain evil guy to the WH; he seems to be friends with all the best dictators. Maybe Putin, Duterte and al-Assad will join him for a round of golf in Bedminster.
  • Claiming Andrew Jackson could have stopped the Civil War. Jackson died 16 years before the Civil War–he did not have the gift of being able to predict the future–he was not a good guy with a big heart (he owned slaves and lots of them) who wanted equal rights for all.

    Trump’s attempt at a recovery. Nope, you still look like an idiot.
  • As he ponders why more people do not wonder why we even had a Civil War, the rest of the world grows increasingly concerned that is incompetence is based more on stupidity and less on arrogance than we thought.
  • This list of what he does not know is infinite….

Trump’s interview with John Dickerson of CBS’s Face the Nation was just as painful, incoherent and unintelligent as his interviews with NYT, Washington Post and the AP. Here is a clip where he “guarantees” (in quotes because we may witness Conway Kelly, Spicy Spicer or other Trump cronies trying to spin this into an alternative fact or another example of, “you did not really believe what the President said” game) that pre-existing conditions will remain in the healthcare bill even though EVERYONE knows that in order to appeal to the House Freedom Caucus (the crazy Tea Partiers) that Ryan made a deal with the devil to further degrade the proposed healthcare bill, to screw more Americans. The new bill stipulates that states get to decide if they charge everyone the same regardless of pre-existing conditions.

I think John Dickerson deserves a nice spa day after having to talk to this bozo. “Let me just explain something”…listening to this drivel is enough to make anyone want to poke their own eye out.

I hope Trump’s state of NY is one that approves pre-existing conditions because he will have a hard time proving he was not always afflicted.

He ends his interview with John on one last crazy note. John questions Trump’s relationship with Obama and it went over probably just like you would have imagined it would. Trump repeats, “You saw what happened with surveillance” and John is forced to ask him what he means since the wiretapping claim has been proven to be a LIE–over and over again.

When asked if he stands by his claim that Obama was “sick and bad”, Trump states, “I don’t stand by anything” before he rudely and petulantly walks away….Yup, sounds about right.

Resources:

Trump Abruptly Ends CBS Interview After Wiretap Question, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/us/politics/trump-cbs-interview.html?_r=0

Trump Invites Rodrigo Duterte to the White House, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/30/us/politics/trump-invites-rodrigo-duterte-to-the-white-house.html

Fact Check: Could Andrew Jackson Have Stopped The Civil War, As Trump Said?, http://www.npr.org/2017/05/01/526388034/fact-check-could-andrew-jackson-have-stopped-the-civil-war-as-trump-said

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#27 THINGS I HATE ABOUT TRUMP: PETTY BEHAVIOR

Trump was very busy today, an obvious desperate attempt to accomplish something for his 100 day judgement…

1. He started off tweeting about the Ninth Circuit blocking his executive orders to withhold federal funds from sanctuary cities.


As Young MC says, “And there’s one more BAN you won’t be getting!”

“…the American Civil Liberties Union and other advocacy groups said the injunction offered a clear warning that Trump’s order — the third issued by the president to be blocked, at least partially, in federal court — is illegal. (1)”

2. He then signed an executive order that calls for reviewing all monuments and federal land use over the last 20 years. Yup, either a petty attempt to smite Clinton and Obama, an idea that was thrown around in the press today or he has an agenda that will likely benefit some business or big-wig somewhere because if not either of those two things, then why.

The Washington Post had this to say:

“Industry groups lambasted Obama’s decisions to set aside land that could otherwise be used for mining, drilling or other industrial activities. Businesses and industry groups have so far had the Trump White House’s ear on environmental and conservation issues..(2)”

3. Healthcare is back on the table. If you thought Ryan’s first version did not pass because moderate Republicans listened to their constituents–well, that was only part of the story. Trump had 2 choices after his first failed attempt:

    a. Invite Democrats to the table, compromise and improve upon the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
    b. Screw all Americans and pander to the Freedom Caucus- a BIG FU to everyone!
    Guess which one Trump and Ryan picked.

The House Freedom Caucus, aka Tea Party, aka, Craziest Conservatives approved a new healthcare plan that would replace the ACA. You know what that means, the proposed plan must be worse and hurt more Americans then the last version. Brace yourself, Bridgit.

The new legislation would permit states to waive coverage of essential health benefits like emergency room services, mental health, substance abuse and maternity care. They believe these pesky little things drive up health care for all and remember those Congressmen arguing that they don’t need maternity care…yup, this is happening. The plan would also do away with coverage for pre-existing conditions. Have I got your attention now? Time to get busy folks. Make sure your representatives know how you feel.

4. Last on his list today was proposing his well anticipated tax break; this is what his fanbase has been waiting for. Guess what, unless you are in that 1%, I am anticipating your disappointment. There are little specifics at this point but Trump promises it will be “YUUUGE”–a huge break for him that is.

The NYT reported this:

“The concern would be that lawyers, doctors, consultants or other wealthy people in partnerships could structure much of their personal income as business income, effectively reducing their tax rate from 39.6 percent to 15 percent.

“We don’t need a tax plan that allows the very rich to use pass-throughs to reduce their rates to 15 percent while average Americans are paying much more,” Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, said Wednesday. “That’s not tax reform. That’s just a tax giveaway to the very, very wealthy that will explode the deficit. (4)'”

5. Gosh, I thought his day was full enough but alas, he is not done. He just announced his plan to pull out of NAFTA.  I am sure this will improve our foreign trade policy and international relations, after all his recent talk with Justin went so well [insert heavy eye-roll].

Are you afraid? I sure am.

Mother of 3

Nurse

Colts Neck, NJ

Resources:

1 Trump blasts ‘ridiculous’ court ruling that blocked his order on sanctuary cities, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-vows-supreme-court-fight-over-sanctuary-city-defiance/2017/04/26/ba836a12-2a91-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html?utm_term=.ff024830b20d

2 Trump orders review of national monument sites, http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/330548-trump-orders-review-of-national-monument-sites

3 Hard-Line Republican Caucus Backs Revised Bill to Repeal Obamacare, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/us/politics/affordable-care-act-health-republicans.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

4 White House Proposes Slashing Tax Rates for Individuals and Businesses, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/us/politics/trump-tax-cut-plan.html

5 White House considering order to withdraw from NAFTA, http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/26/politics/donald-trump-nafta/index.html

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#26 THINGS I HATE ABOUT TRUMP: HE IS CRAZY

During the Trump campaign, his narcissism was on display for all to see. I think most people, even his staunch supporters will agree that he is narcissistic but acknowledging that narcissism as a clinical disorder means that we must admit our President is not of sane mind and body. We must admit we elected a mentally unstable man.

This is not the time or place to discuss treatment options for narcissism or the importance of mental health; although, I will say that offering people appropriate healthcare starts with access to that care–it always starts with access.

What I do want to talk about is Trump’s state of health. Having an untreated narcissist as a leader of our country makes no logical sense and puts the entire planet in a very dangerous position. Not a day has gone by since Trump took office that I personally have not felt stressed, angered, ashamed or embarrassed by his or his administrations’ behavior.

His craziness has been on display for all to see but what worked to his benefit as a reality TV personality–the crazier the better-“You’re FIRED!”–does NOT work as the President of the United States. Unhinged is no longer amusing.

For me, his character was undeniable from the moment I ever heard of him, way back when he was just a privileged D-bag who hung out in NYC. I really struggle with the fact that so many fellow Americans were willing to overlook his severe character flaws and are still willing to overlook them. I am not comfortable with an imbecile running our country.

Think I am being too harsh? Take a look at some transcripts from his interviews, watch or listen to his press conferences or interviews. Listen with an open mind. If this man was your boss, if he ran your company or household, would you be concerned? What if he was running your country…

Back on November 23, 2016 the New York Times published a transcript of an interview they did with Don the Con. His rambling incoherent speech pattern is troublesome to say the least. Back in November he was still focusing on his “big” win. Did he learn his lesson and improve his public speaking—Hell, NO! It has only gotten worse. His team can not camouflage his craziness with one liners anymore. “Lock her up” and “Build that wall” have served their purpose and even the Trump team realizes the public is catching on to their deceit.

Trump is insane and what does that make us?

If you plan on reading or listening to the full transcripts or interviews, may I suggest a nice Pinot Noir.

First Press Conference from January 11, 2017:

Transcript of his recent interview with the Associated Press

and Washington Post.

Resources:

Transcript of AP interview with Trump, https://apnews.com/c810d7de280a47e88848b0ac74690c83

Donald Trump’s New York Times Interview: Full Transcript, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/us/politics/trump-new-york-times-interview-transcript.html?_r=0