A report card on the Trump administration

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    "Let us also send our deepest thanks to our wonderful veterans, law enforcement, first responders and the doctors, nurses and scientists working tirelessly to kill the virus."

    That is the only time Trump mentions the coronavirus pandemic, which hit a record number of cases nationwide on Friday, during the entire speech. The rest of his speech was devoted to left wing radicals, red meat for his loyal cult.
     
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    So, he created USMCA

    The lower tax burden is in the new tax law which Congress wrote. Trump merely signed the bill.

    Less regs is just a Trump con. It has little to do with the economy today.

    USMCA is another Trump con. After months and months of failures in trade caused by his harsh tariffs and his nullification of existing trade agreements, he created USMCA with simply replaced NAFTA. There is no appreciable difference between the two.

    With their ingenuity and hard work ethic, our great economy was built by the American people, not Trump.
     
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    Look it up I did it isnt hard.
     
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    Trump took the government's foot of the people's neck and the people responded as they pretty much always have.
     
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    Lawmen have been shot at since the O.K. Corral.

    Lawmen have been shot and killed since Wild Bill Hickok.

    Black on black shootings in Chicago have been going on for decades.

    Fox News replays videos and photos of the desecration of some of our monuments by the "new far-left fascism," as Trump calls them, to give the impression this is still going on. Antifa grew a brain. They and other left wing criminals finally realized their destructive activities were helping Trump. Trump continues to talk and tweet about them on a daily basis.

    Trump and Fox agree. Somehow this all has something to do with the Democratic Party and Joe Biden.

    While Trump and Fox are blaming antifa and other radical left vandals as thee major problem facing America today, the coronavirus pandemic is raging through our country. We are now facing over 50,000 new cases a day while 600 to 1,000 Americans die each day. That is before the surging virus has impacted our population in terms of death rate.

    In addition, we have seen proof of what we have known all along. Trump is not interested in bad news from our intelligence agencies.

    Through all this, Republican lawmakers steadfastly support Trump. I think many of them are looking for work.

    They should be.
     
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    Trump continues to navigate fallout from his in-person rally to a sparse crowd in Tulsa, Oklahoma, last month, where multiple campaign staffers and Secret Service agents tested positive for the virus.

    A few days later, to a still smaller audience -- about 3,000 faithful -- Trump held another political rally.

    On Friday, Trump gathered together a crowd of 7,500 of his adoring admirers at Mount Rushmore to listen to his divisive speech and watch fireworks.

    On Saturday, he produced a July 4th celebration complete with flyovers and fireworks that drew crowds of thousands.

    Now he plans to hold a campaign rally in New Hampshire on Saturday as he continues his push for in-person events amid the coronavirus pandemic. Hand sanitizers and face-masks will be provided, his campaign says. Forget social distancing. The event will be held at an airplane hangar at the Portsmouth International Airport, a campaign source tells CNN. Some of the crowd will be inside the hangar and, depending on the size of the crowd, it will overflow onto the tarmac outdoors.

    There is no doubt about it.

    Trump is trying to kill off his followers!
     
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    Oh, yes, under Trump's leadership, the U.S. has a quarter of the world's total cases of the virus and a quarter of world's deaths caused by the virus.

    The U.S. has become a pariah within the world's community fo nations.

    Thank you, Mr. President. Now go onto your next political rally.
     
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    Ah another propaganda piece from Shady Shanks. The neocon democrat.

    War monger.

    Russia is like a tiny dog yipping and nipping at the feet of a giant.
     
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    The U.S. leads the world in the number of cases of the coronavirus and the number of deaths attributed to the virus. There are over three million cases, 42,500 new cases in a single day. The positivity rate has gone up to 25% in most parts of the country, and there have been nearly 133,000 deaths. Hospitals are reaching capacity, while some in Texas and Florida have already reached capacity. At Trump's urging, the Republican governors of these two states opened early. Now they are closing businesses again.

    The E.U. forbids American travelers.

    Russia may be posing a serious threats to our troops in Afghanistan which Trump knew nothing about until it appeared in the Times.

    What does our President have to say?

    "There were no tests for a new virus, but now we have tested over 40 million people. But by so doing, we show cases, 99 percent of which are totally harmless. Results that no other country will show, because no other country has testing that we have — not in terms of the numbers or in terms of the quality."

    Today, Trump was concerned about Bubba Wallace -- the only black NASCAR driver on the circuit -- and NASCAR itself.

    "Has @BubbaWallace apologized to all of those great NASCAR drivers & officials who came to his aid, stood by his side, & were willing to sacrifice everything for him, only to find out that the whole thing was just another HOAX? That & Flag decision has caused lowest ratings "

    Trump uses the same dumb tactic over and over. He says these incredibly stupid things to distract us from his immeasurable failure.

    99 percent of which are totally harmless. Face it. One cannot ignore a comment as fabulously dumb as that.
     
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    Trump's golfing buddy, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), took exception to Trump's ludicrous tweet.

    "You saw the best in NASCAR. When there was a chance that it was a threat against Bubba Wallace, [the drivers] all rallied to Bubba's side," Graham told Fox News host Brian Kilmeade.

    "I would be looking to celebrate that kind of attitude more than being worried about it being a hoax. ... I don’t think Bubba Wallace has anything to apologize for,” Graham added.

    Wallace was not the one who found the noose in the garage and did not report it. Of course, everyone in the country familiar with the episode knew that except one NASCAR fan -- Donald J. Trump.
     
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    Is Fox growing a brain? Karl Rove is one the most respected Republicans in the country, and he has no responsibilities other than being a Fox News contributor. Other than Fox viewers, he has no constituents to please.

    Gosh, even I like him. He is both savvy and smart. I was a Republican before Trump's abject stupidity drove me out of the party. Officially, according to the state of CA, I am now a conservative Independent.

    Anyway, back to Rove.

    Fox News reports, "In a stark warning to President Trump ahead of November's presidential election, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove said Tuesday that the president should focus more on the issues Americans care about."

    Two excellent examples would be the surging pandemic that is hospitalizing thousands of Americans and reading the Presidential Daily Brief to stay on top of threats to our national security.

    "In an interview on "America's Newsroom" with host Sandra Smith, Rove said that the president had given a "remarkable" Independence Day address discussing American values and the nation's heroes. However, according to Rove, when he tweeted to the American public on Monday, he unambiguously did not draw from his speech or advance his cause," Fox added.

    Trump came under fire after accusing NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace of not apologizing after a highly publicized investigation over a rope found in his garage supposedly turned out to be a hoax.

    Rove knows Trump can't help himself. Trump is not very bright.
     
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    Donald Trump's niece Mary Trump levels scathing criticism of the President in her forthcoming book, accusing him of being a "sociopath" and charging that Trump's "hubris and willful ignorance" dating back to his early days threatens the country.

    Mary Trump's book, "Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man," accuses Donald Trump's father of creating a toxic family dynamic that best explains how the President acts today. Mary Trump, whose father, Freddy Trump [Donald's older brother], died following struggles with alcoholism, writes that she could "no longer remain silent" following the past three years of Trump's presidency.

    "Donald, following the lead of my grandfather and with the complicity, silence and inaction of his siblings, destroyed my father. I can't let him destroy my country," Mary Trump wrote.


    Mary Trump levels scathing criticism of President in new book obtained by CNN - CNNPolitics
     
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    U.S. News and World Report states, "New modeling projects that the coronavirus death toll in the U.S. will exceed 200,000 by November, but more than 45,000 lives could be saved if the vast majority of people wore masks in public," this according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. It is the key model used by the White House.

    However, our President discourages the wearing of masks. He said Americans might wear face masks not as a way to prevent the spread of coronavirus but as a way to “signal disapproval of him.” Trump says some wear coronavirus masks '''to signal disapproval of him'''

    The U.S. leads the world in the number of cases of the virus and the number of deaths from the virus. The U.S. has quarter of the world's total in both categories. Trump thinks that, during a world-wide pandemic, this is a good time for the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization. The Hill reports, "The White House has officially moved to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO)."

    Led by California, Florida, Texas, and Arizona Covid-19 is surging. 31 states are reporting increases in the number of cases, and, as expected, the number of deaths are rising.

    In this environment our President decides to lie to the American people. “Now we have tested almost 40m people. By so doing, we show cases, 99% of which are totally harmless." "We now have the lowest Mortality Rate in the World."

    Oblivious to the fact that young children attending school are a petri dish of all the known viruses in the world, Trump decides to put pressure on state governors to open the schools throughout our country irrespective of local conditions, such as a raging virus in Miami Dade County, Florida. Robert Redfield, director of the CDC, sold his soul to the devil and supported Trump.

    ABC News reports, "President Donald Trump has been clear about where he stands in the debate over whether schools should resume in-person learning amid the global pandemic, tweeting Monday in all-caps that “SCHOOLS MUST OPEN IN THE FALL!!!'"

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    Donald Trump's niece Mary Trump levels scathing criticism of the President in her forthcoming book, accusing him of being a "sociopath."

    Keep something in mind. Putin wanted Trump to be our President.
     
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    More than 40 Florida hospitals in multiple counties across the state have maxed out their ICU capacity or are close to running out of intensive care beds as the coronavirus outbreak across the Sunshine State worsens, according to the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration. Coronavirus strains Florida health system as some hospitals run out of ICU beds in largest counties

    Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, a Trump disciple, will not disclose the number of Covid patients in Florida hospitals.

    It took three months for Florida to reach 100,000 cases of the coronavirus. Because DeSantis opened businesses up early, including bars and restaurants, it took two weeks for Florida to reach 200,000. Florida is the new epicenter of the Covid pandemic, although Texas -- also with a Republican governor, also opened early -- is coming close.

    Today, DeSantis bragged about how the Florida health system can handle the surge in cases. Because of that factor, everything is just fine, according to DeSantis. His brain appears to function similar to Trump's. Are current GOP leaders really that stupid, or are they trying to mimic the Republican President?

    It was under these circumstances Gov. DeSantis’ produced an edict that public schools provide in-person classes five days a week this fall.

    The Palm Beach Post reports, "The emergency order was issued by state Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran Monday, the same day President Donald Trump called for schools to reopen."

    “Logically, I don’t think they could say schools aren’t safe if they are allowing people to be out in public,” Department of Education spokeswoman Cheryl Etters told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune on Monday.

    So, according to Cheryl, one act of stupidity justifies another.

    There are no boundaries for abject stupidity.
     
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    Trump's dear friend, Kanye West, Kanye West Visits Trump in the Oval Office - The New York Times, has announced that he is running for President himself, despite having missed deadlines in several states to actually get on the ballot.

    That said, it appears Kanye may have changed his mind about his friendship with Donald.

    He is taking off his MAGA hat.

    Kanye, who has been widely criticized because of his support for Donald, reportedly stated he has lost confidence in the commander in chief.

    "It looks like one big mess to me," West said. "I don't like that I caught wind that he hid in the bunker."

    He was referring to reports in June that Trump was briefly moved to an underground bunker during protests at the White House over racial injustice and police brutality.

    Well, Donald, win some, lose some.
     
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    In January and February Trump mishandled the coronavirus from the very beginning with his surreal, optimistic comments that bordered on fantasy. As a consequence, the federal government was slow to react to the impending threat. It is why today, the U.S. has a quarter of the world's Covid cases -- over three million -- and a quarter of the world's deaths caused by the virus.

    Now he is making a very bad situation worse. There is no clarity from the federal government, and Trump often contradicts his own experts. The leading expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, appears to be persona non grata in the White House.

    In this confusing environment, Trump, unrealistically hoping to put the pandemic in the background to improve his reelection chances, wants all schools in the country to open in August or early September. He has threatened to withhold federal funds to get his way. Still another empty threat. School funding is primarily a state and local matter, and withholding federal funds for education is political suicide.

    The Covid-19 virus is surging in 35 states. The wave of new virus cases began two weeks ago, roughly the incubation period of the virus. As expected, the death rate is also increasing. Yesterday there were 1,195 deaths. Today, the U.S. has 766 deaths and it is not even supper time yet. The positivity rate is setting new records. In Florida the positivity rate was 20.8% state wide. That is extremely high. In March and April, the norm was 5%.

    Pence made the incredibly ludicrous remark today that the positivity rate is leveling off. Yes, it is leveling off ... at the elevated rate. Politico reports, "Pence during a White House coronavirus task force briefing touted “early indications” of positive tests flattening in Arizona, Florida and Texas, which have each seen a surge of new infections in recent weeks."

    “We believe that the takeaway for every American, particularly in those states that are impacted is keep doing what you’re doing because we’re starting to see the first indications ... that they are having a good effect,” Pence said. The hospitals in those three states are nearing capacity. 40 in Florida have reached capacity.

    Still another example of the White House being clueless.

    In a tweet Trump said the CDC guidelines for the schools were too tough and expensive. Pence announced that the CDC will be coming out with new guidelines for schools next. The U.S. government is by tweet.
     
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    ABC News reports, "President Donald Trump's campaign rally in late June, as well as the accompanying counterprotests, likely contributed to the area's recent spike in coronavirus cases, Tulsa City-County Health Department Director Dr. Bruce Dart said Wednesday.

    "In the past few days, we've seen almost 500 new cases, and we had several large events just over two weeks ago, so I guess we just connect the dots," Dart said at a press conference.

    "Dart, who said prior to the rally he'd recommended it be postponed over health concerns, added on Wednesday that "significant events in the past few weeks" had "more than likely contributed" to Tulsa County's surge in cases."
     
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    The Post reports, "The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Trump’s assertion that he enjoys absolute immunity from investigation while in office, allowing a New York prosecutor to pursue a subpoena of the president’s private and business financial records.

    "In a separate case, the court sent a fight over congressional subpoenas for the material back to lower courts because of “significant separation of powers concerns.” Since both cases involve more work at the lower level, it seems unlikely the records would be available to the public before the election.

    "All members of the court rejected a sweeping claim of immunity promoted by the president and his lawyers.

    “In our judicial system, ‘the public has a right to every man’s evidence,’” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote in the New York case, citing an ancient maxim. “Since the earliest days of the Republic, ‘every man’ has included the President of the United States.'"

    Trump's lawyer, William Bar who doubles as the U.S. attorney general, may have seen this coming. After informing Trump of the threat, Trump fired the New York prosecutor. Trump Fires Berman at S.D.N.Y. After Tensions Over Inquiries - The New York Times
     
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    Redfield didn't sell out after all, or, was Pence lying again? It wouldn't surprise anyone. The Trump White House lies on a continuous basis led by the Liar-in-Chief.

    Redfield never said there would be new guidelines. Pence said that.

    The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will not revise its guidelines for reopening schools despite calls from President Donald Trump and the White House to do so, agency Director Dr. Robert Redfield said Thursday.

    Instead, additional reference documents will be provided, Redfield told ABC's "Good Morning America."

    As anxious parents and educators across the country hand wring over how to safely bring children back to the classroom, the discord between Trump and his top health advisers over appropriate precautions has added another layer of uncertainty.

    The President, against the advice of some of the nation's top health officials, has repeatedly called for schools to reopen as coronavirus cases surge across the country.


    CDC director says no revised school guidelines despite Trump's push - CNNPolitics
     
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    How does your right to say what you want to say have anything to do with being presumptuous or not?
     
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    Fox News reports, "President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order establishing the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative – a move the administration says will improve access Latinos have to educational and economic opportunities.

    "In a speech in the White House Rose Garden before signing the order, Trump touted the initiative as expanding school choice for Hispanics and one that would improve access to charter schools for students."

    A black parent in Harlem might be asking, "What am I, chopped liver? What about my educational and economic opportunities?"

    Donald hasn't learned there is a problem when you single out one ethnic group for special advantages.

    "The initiative is also meant to create more career pathways for Hispanic students as well as boast investment in economically distressed communities, including Opportunity Zones, and offer more economic opportunities for small and minority-owned businesses," Fox added.

    The white blue collar worker in Ohio who voted for Trump and has been out of work since March with prospects bleak might be asking, "What am I, chopped liver? What about my educational and economic opportunities?"

    That is the problem when you single out a particular group for special treatment.

    Then there is another confusing aspect to all this.

    All of sudden Trump is in love with Mexican immigrants and their families? Or, is the new, cheapened executive order -- Trump signs one or more every week and they lost their impact months ago -- just another transparent photo op; this time to garner the Latino vote?

    Donald is so obvious. He lacks the intellect to be discreet.
     
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    My report card

    Economy: Did a great job with tax cuts and slashing regulation but wasted all the growth by foolishly agreeing to the lock down
    Spending: Out of control
    Foreign Policy: No new wars. Great. I wish he has gone farther in getting us out of the Middle East. His approach to North Korea was naive but nothing dangerous and no more of a failure than the past three presidents.
    Criminal justice reform: Excellent. To many people in jail for non violent crimes.
     
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    Today Trump expressed enormous concerns about the the educational and economic opportunities for Hispanics. Gosh, he even signed an executive order that supposedly would improve the lot of Latinos in our country.

    While ignoring the national crisis that is killing 800 to 1,000 Americans a day, exacerbated by his total ignorance of the disaster, Trump gave a great speech about the economic opportunities in our country, ignoring the 11.1% unemployment (17.8 million), while urging schools in the country to open regardless of local conditions.

    Speaking of local conditions, 60,000 new cases of the virus were added today and counting, 858 Americans died and counting. United States Coronavirus: 3,219,801 Cases and 135,807 Deaths - Worldometer

    Florida suffered 120 deaths in one day, a new record.

    Texas suffered 105 deaths in one day, a new record.

    California suffered 149 deaths in one day, a new record.

    Also, extremely alarming is the positivity rate in Arizona is 28%, 26% in Texas, and 19% in Florida, and the virus is surging in 33 states.

    Not a word from our President.
     
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    A black parent in Harlem might be thinking, "Take the national political spotlight off black people, or actually help us." Trump has improved Black funding and undid the Clinton/Biden crime act which disproportionately imprisoned blacks for the last 30 years for minor drug charges. Thanks to Trump, those severe mandatory minimum sentences are being cut and people are being freed.

    A Hispanic citizen might be wondering, "What about us? Why is all the focus on black people? We're here too."

    Trump's education initiative for Hispanic citizens should be good. Texas is struggling to get enough bi-lingual teachers and build schools fast enough to educate all the newer migrants. California and other border states are likely facing similar struggles. Once people are in this country, we have an obligation to educate them so they can assimilate and contribute to the economy. There is a challenge with non-English speaking migrants in education.

    And you want to complain that there is a problem with splitting people into tribes by race? The right has been saying that for a while. Race wars are counterproductive. "Victimhood" hurts the victims. Starting race animosity has been the Democrats entire platform for 55 years. Republicans prefer to cater to all citizens as equal human beings, but since the right has not specifically spoken to separate minority groups, the Democrats have erroneously convinced a large percentage of the country that "Republicans are racists." You're upset that Trump is simply fighting the Democrat strategy with the Democrats' strategy? Trump is very much like an old-school Democrat, when Democrats were sensible and took care of American citizens and the working class. Here in America.

    Trump is actually helping minorities become educated, equal, and independent citizens who can succeed. Democrats have an interest in keeping as many people as possible poor and dependent on government. There's your "tribal" difference between the right and the left.

    Trump is fracturing the Democrats' facade by undertaking proactive initiatives with actually help minorities.
     

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