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This morning's tweets from the President of the United States
Yesterday I wrote that Donald Trump is the worst President this country has ever known. I don't know that's true. There are people who talk about the nastiness of politics since the beginning of politics. Maybe there were other times when Presidents behaved in disappointing ways.
When I grew up and learned about the government I had the idea that President of the United States was a job people would aspire to be worthy of. It's a job that requires decorum and compassion and introspection and intelligence and the ability to see the big picture. People who are President of the United States understand the impact their words and actions have. The President sends young men and women to war where they might be sacrificing their lives for their country. The President should have respect and humility for that power.
The President of the United States is responsible for making our federal government serve the citizens effectively.
Those are the ideals I start out with. That's what I expect. I don't expect to always agree with the President's policies. I do expect they'll treat all Americans with respect.
I don't think President Donald J Trump has those qualities.
(Which brings up a different topic - the constitution does not describe how we should judge whether a person is 'worthy' or qualified for the office, so it's up to voters all the time to make those decisions. It's individual and it changes.)
In the tweets above - I took the screenshot from the @realDonaldTrump Twitter page at about 6:45 am PST on December 12, 2017 - the President of the United States shows what kind of man he is. From top to bottom the tweets are in reverse chronological order. So are my comments.
1. The stock market is not an indication of the overall health of he US economy. It's a view of how shareholders are faring. Although many middle class Americans have assets in the stock market via their 401Ks or pensions, that money is not available to them for day to day living. This doesn't tell us how many people are living paycheck to paycheck or how the "gig economy" changes things for young people.
I've long thought the deference paid to shareholders is not good for our overall economy and I think it's bearing out. Companies aren't making money because they're "good" companies that investors believe in - they're making money because investors think they can make money using the company. The goal of investing isn't to support the work of a company, but rather how the company can be used to make more money. I hope I'm making sense.
I also think Republicans don't spend their money unless a Republican is President. Those corporations had plenty of cash on hand years ago, but wouldn't start putting it into the economy until a "Republican" was in office. Obama begged them to start using their money, but they sat on it.
That's one example of why corporations can't be trusted to 'do the right thing'. Again - paying attention to the well-being of SHAREHOLDERS even over the long term solvency of the company has been a shift in focus that I don't think benefits us as a country or as an economy.
Bottom Line - I think Trump is taking credit for things that have nothing to do with him.
a. Is Consumer Confidence at an all time high? I don't know. I'll let that one go for now.
b. Record high stock market. Yes - but not the only gauge of how good our economy is.
c. Unemployment is at a 17 year low. Is it? I don't know, but I know that in the last 17 years we've had 9/11 and the financial meltdown so the fact that less than one year into his term he's taking credit for the unemployment rate is unreasonable. He is standing on the shoulders of others and taking all the credit. That reminds me of his speech at the Republican convention in summer 2016 when he said "I alone can fix it".
2. Isn't it unusual for a President to wade into these kinds of elections? I don't know. I don't have as much issue with that part of it. I don't even have an issue with his description of what the 'right thing' is (thought I disagree vehemently). I don't believe he believes those things, but it's his political platform so go ahead.
I don't like that he called Doug Jones a puppet of Schumer/Pelosi.
I don't like the name-calling. The President of the United States should always rise above the fray.
And the fact that his big reason to vote FOR Roy Moore is that he'll always vote with the Republicans.
That sounds like the puppet calling another puppet a puppet.
Takes a puppet to know a puppet, Donald Trump!!!!
Is there nothing that 'Trumps' the Republican Party?
Does not even the honor of our country come before the Republican Party?
(Special election in Alabama is today where Democrat Doug Jones is facing off against Republican Roy Moore.)
3. More name-calling. Lightweight, total flunky.
He makes no sense when he calls out other people for being puppets and flunkies when HE said in the very next tweet he sent that the reason to vote FOR Roy Moore is because he'll be a 'total flunky' for Donald Trump. What a hypocrite!
One thing we know about Donald Trump is that he doesn't believe hypocrisy is anything to be ashamed of.
What did he mean by "and would do anything for them"? What is he trying to imply? That's another common Donald Trump tactic - IMPLY things and then feign ignorance if someone presses him on it.
Considering his sexual attitude toward women has become very clear via his own words and tweets, and given the fact that someone who IMPLIES something is expecting the person who hears to make his own assumptions about what the person meant (the words between the words) then I can say that I believe Donald Trump was suggesting she would do things of a sexual nature to/for him. 'Cause that's the kind of person Donald Trump has shown himself to be. He believes all women will do sexual things to get things from him. And, he's made a point of talking about how great at sex he is...small hands. It shocks and amazes me that I don't even have to make any great leaps of logic or make huge assumptions to come up with these ideas...he tweets about it, writes about it, speaks about it. These are his own words!!!!! As Maya Angelou said - when someone tells you who they are - believe them!!!!
It's depressing to me that given all his SHOWING of who he is, enough people were more concerned about their fear that they voted for him. And they call themselves Patriots. Grrrr...
4. The investigation is not over and just because nothing has been announced doesn't mean there was no collusion.
I hope there IS collusion. But, I kinda think if Mueller had found something that bad he would have said something earlier. Right? I mean, if we have evidence that the President colluded with Russia Mueller would need to take action right away. Wouldn't he? Wouldn't we need to immediately get rid of that person who would be holding office illegitimately?
For that reason, I don't think there will be any collusion charge. Apparently its a pretty difficult charge to make anyway.
"False accusations and fabricated stories". Hmph. I don't believe it. As I noted above, he's made clear exactly the type of man he is - in his own eff'n words!!!!! - so I don't believe any of the accusations are false or fabricated.
Here's a tweet, that seems perfectly plausible to me given what Donald Trump has said about himself.
Donald Trump is an arrogant, self-aggrandizing, person who believes women will offer their sexuality to him in exchange for his money. That's why he likes having and flaunting his money. And he doesn't mind when he goes bankrupt because he still has the trappings of wealth and he can still trade that for sex.
I don't know what should be the result of any investigation though. This would not be new information. As Sarah Huckabee Sanders (White House Spokesperson) said the American people knew he was like this before they elected him and decided it didn't matter.
Sad, but true.
I don't get it.
We've come full circle back to where I started...I was taught to believe the President should have special qualities as I described above.
Donald J Trump does not have those qualities and a good percentage of the country didn't care.
That shakes the very foundation of my belief in what the United States of America is about - but that's for another post.
Have a wonderful day!!!
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