The Ten Worst Elements of Trump's Presidency

[Lafayette]

LEST WE FORGET (Part 1)

From the Washington Post: The ten worst things that Trump did

10. He pardoned war criminals. Trump showed a flagrant disregard of the rule of law by pardoning Blackwater contractors who massacred unarmed Iraqi civilians, including innocent women and children.

9. He vetoed the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act. Trump vetoed $741 billion in military spending and a 3 percent pay raise for our troops over an unrelated issue, and put Republicans who voted for it in the difficult position of having to choose whether to flip-flop or override his veto.

8. He ordered the drawdown of nearly all U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. Trump was apparently talked out of a complete withdrawal, but reducing to 2,500 troops in each country makes no strategic sense. Despite an ongoing terrorist threat, we will have fewer troops in Afghanistan or Iraq than we do in Spain.

7. He put millions in limbo by threatening to veto coronavirus relief. After Democrats refused multiple GOP offers since July, Congress finally approved an aid package just as much pandemic relief was expiring. But Trump refused to sign the bill for almost a week — forcing millions of Americans to spend Christmas wondering whether they would be left to fend for themselves during the worst of the pandemic.

6. He failed to ban travel from Europe in January. Trump announced a travel ban on Jan. 31 on non-U.S. residents who had recently been in mainland China, saving countless lives. But he did not shut down travel from Europe until March 11 — almost six weeks later — because of objections from his economic advisers. The outbreak in New York was seeded by travelers from Italy, and New York then seeded the rest of the country, becoming the primary source of new infections across the United States.

 

[Lafayette]

LEST WE FORGET (PART 2)

LEST WE FORGET (Part 1)

From the Washington Post: The ten worst things that Trump did

5. His jarring fights with reporters during coronavirus briefings alienated rather than united us. Trump proudly compared his press briefings to a Mike Tyson boxing match, but frightened Americans didn’t want a boxing match; they wanted information and reassurance. In mid-March, 50.6 percent approved of Trump’s handling of the pandemic, but by April, he lost the American people — and never recovered.

4. His reluctance to embrace masks cost lives. His refusal to require masks at his Tulsa rally, the maskless superspreader event at the White House to announce Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination, and the scene of him dramatically removing his mask on the White House balcony after returning from Walter Reed all became symbols of his covid response failures.

3. He is failing to distribute more than half the available doses of vaccine. His administration is undermining the success of Operation Warp Speed by distributing only about 18 million doses this year when about 40 million will be available — leaving about 22 million Americans without any immunity during the deadliest period since the pandemic began.

2. He lost a winnable election and then refused to accept the results — or his own responsibility for losing. Trump lost because he alienated millions who approved of his policies but were tired of chaos. His mocking of Joe Biden’s cognitive struggles offended seniors, and their support for Trump declined by five points in Arizona and 11 points in Georgia compared with 2016. And after winning suburban voters by two points in 2016, he lost them by 10 this year. If he had performed with these groups the way he did four years ago, no amount of real or imagined fraud could have deprived him of a second term.

1. He discussed imposing martial law at an Oval Office meeting. The suggestion by Michael Flynn that Trump declare martial law and use the military to re-run the election in swing states is insane. That Trump took it seriously enough to discuss it in the Oval Office is shameful, as are his calls for elected Republicans to overturn the results.

 

[Tbird19482]

LEST WE FORGET (PART 2)



5. His jarring fights with reporters during coronavirus briefings alienated rather than united us. Trump proudly compared his press briefings to a Mike Tyson boxing match, but frightened Americans didn’t want a boxing match; they wanted information and reassurance. In mid-March, 50.6 percent approved of Trump’s handling of the pandemic, but by April, he lost the American people — and never recovered.

4. His reluctance to embrace masks cost lives. His refusal to require masks at his Tulsa rally, the maskless superspreader event at the White House to announce Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination, and the scene of him dramatically removing his mask on the White House balcony after returning from Walter Reed all became symbols of his covid response failures.

3. He is failing to distribute more than half the available doses of vaccine. His administration is undermining the success of Operation Warp Speed by distributing only about 18 million doses this year when about 40 million will be available — leaving about 22 million Americans without any immunity during the deadliest period since the pandemic began.

2. He lost a winnable election and then refused to accept the results — or his own responsibility for losing. Trump lost because he alienated millions who approved of his policies but were tired of chaos. His mocking of Joe Biden’s cognitive struggles offended seniors, and their support for Trump declined by five points in Arizona and 11 points in Georgia compared with 2016. And after winning suburban voters by two points in 2016, he lost them by 10 this year. If he had performed with these groups the way he did four years ago, no amount of real or imagined fraud could have deprived him of a second term.

1. He discussed imposing martial law at an Oval Office meeting. The suggestion by Michael Flynn that Trump declare martial law and use the military to re-run the election in swing states is insane. That Trump took it seriously enough to discuss it in the Oval Office is shameful, as are his calls for elected Republicans to overturn the results.

Your # 4 should include the disbanding of the Pandemic section of the CDC when he first took office.
Obama set up a pandemic section of the CDC to fight pandemics like the Covid and Trump took it all apart and took Billions of dollars out of the CDC budget, handicapping the CDC from doing their job when needed then after the Pandemic hit and the economy went to hell he wants to blame it allon the pandemic and not his taking the CDC all apart
Have a nice day

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

Are you all ready for the Rightwing reaction?

Here it is:

TDS
Hunter Biden
Hillary
Leftist garbage

There, now the Righties don't have to show up, I did the dirty work for them

 

[Queen Margo]

Are you all ready for the Rightwing reaction?

Here it is:

TDS
Hunter Biden
Hillary
Leftist garbage

There, now the Righties don't have to show up, I did the dirty work for them

You truly are something!

 

[Mach]

How about his backing of Putin over U.S. intelligence on the world stage in Helsinki?

So many bad moments to choose from.

 

[Bullseye]

Are you all ready for the Rightwing reaction?

Here it is:

TDS
Hunter Biden
Hillary
Leftist garbage

There, now the Righties don't have to show up, I did the dirty work for them

Actually, I prefer this rebuttal - it applies both to the OP and yours:

 

[Exquisitor]

They forgot the #1 worst one, the one that lost him the election, he cut taxes for the rich like GWB.

#2 he abandoned President Obama's South American policy and got the boarder crises.

 

[trouble13]

I guess when your party has nothing good to show about themselves the only you can do is try recycling some old and tired fear porn

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

You truly are something!

Thank you, I think so too

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

Actually, I prefer this rebuttal - it applies both to the OP and yours:

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must be you taking a dump because of hurt feelings, am I right?

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

I guess when your party has nothing good to show about themselves the only you can do is try recycling some old and tired fear porn

Thanks for confirming what we all already knew about the Republican party

 

[Bullseye]

must be you taking a dump because of hurt feelings, am I right?

Why would anything you say hurt my feelings? You think I take you seriously or care what your latest post says.

 

[SenorXm/Sirius]

Worst??? Trump himself...

 

[Lafayette]

MEANING WHAT?

Are you all ready for the Rightwing reaction?

Here it is:

TDS
Hunter Biden
Hillary
Leftist garbage

There, now the Righties don't have to show up, I did the dirty work for them

Typical Right-wing argumentation! References to other arguments that the reader must pursue.

That's all the Rightists are good for - references to arguments! They are otherwise empty/void of any bonafide argumentation whatsoever*!

Just blah-blah-blah!

Worse yet - for a significant part of an uneducated population, these references are sufficient arguments. The political-ignorance of the American population is astounding. And it has been going downhill for quite some time. Neither am I saying that the Left is above criticism. The very same reaction was one held by Leftists in the US who had listened to far too much simplistic-and-costly European Socialist arguments.

Meaning what? The Truth is Somewhere in-between the two extremes LEFT&RIGHT!

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

Why would anything you say hurt my feelings? You think I take you seriously or care what your latest post says.

You ABSOLUTELY take me seriously

 

[yankintx]

The man is a lying moron, I don't need no list. He was the same in the 1980's, I would not trust him as the local dog catcher.

Unfit

 

[Lafayette]

You truly are something!

It's one-liner garbage that has no worth whatsoever in a DEBATE forum. And yet, it persists in abundance on THIS forum.

Except for the authors to think that "I can really be sarcastic when I want to do so ... !"

 

[Lafayette]

The man is a lying moron, I don't need no list. He was the same in the 1980's, I would not trust him as the local dog catcher.

Unfit

Got your "rocks-off" did you?

How selfish can one get in a DEBATE FORUM? You've shown us.

And you are NOT the only one who does it. The cry-babies abound here ... !

 

[yankintx]

Got your "rocks-off" did you?

How selfish can one get in a DEBATE FORUM? You've shown us.

And you are NOT the only one who does it. The cry-babies abound here ... !

Your beefing about what some stranger said online?

Who's the crybaby?

Get a grip

 

[Lafayette]

BLATHERING IN A BLOG?

Your beefing about what some stranger said online?

Who's the crybaby?

I'm "beefing" about where the document derives. There is a LOT OF BS that is "in the air".

When I quote factual evidence to support an argument or revelation it is noted by means of a documented reference.

Try to do the same. Or, yes, one can be blamed for "blathering in a blog" .... !

 

[yankintx]

Got your "rocks-off" did you?

How selfish can one get in a DEBATE FORUM? You've shown us.

And you are NOT the only one who does it. The cry-babies abound here ... !

Your beefing about what some stranger said online?

Who's the crybaby?

Get a grip

BLATHERING IN A BLOG?



I'm "beefing" about where the document derives. There is a LOT OF BS that is "in the air".

When I quote factual evidence to support an argument or revelation it is noted by means of a documented reference.

Try to do the same. Or, yes, one can be blamed for "blathering in a blog" .... !

What are you on about

 

[Queen Margo]

It's one-liner garbage that has no worth whatsoever in a DEBATE forum. And yet, it persists in abundance on THIS forum.

Except for the authors to think that "I can really be sarcastic when I want to do so ... !"

Cry me a river

 

[Lafayette]

Cry me a river

Thank you for proving my point!

Sarcasm is all you got for a response? So cry yourself a river ... !

 

[Queen Margo]

Thank you for proving my point!

Sarcasm is all you got for a response? So cry yourself a river ... !