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Trump fired the expert and experienced U.S. global pandemic response team two years ago, and then appointed Pence to control the coronavirus narrative. Every situation that Trump touches turns into a political maneuver to get himself reelected, instead of thinking about what is the right thing to do for the greater good.

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Good:

Give the guy some credit for

Trying to

• stimulate good Employment
• keep China honest
• neutralize and/or assassinate bad guys
• secure the southern border
• not start new wars
• reduce the number of troops deployed internationally
• force (sue) corporations over the high cost of drugs, e.g., HIV Truvada
• ban e-cigarettes
• advance criminal justice reform; or is he?

The Bad:

abusive, amoral, criminal, demagogic, despotic, destructive, disingenuous, greedy, illogical, impulsive, ineffective, manipulative, opportunistic, rogue, short-sighted, unethical, unhinged, uninformed, untrustworthy, untruthful, unwise

• Rule of Law
  • Abused his power via the Attorney General and Justice Department to tamper with Roger Stone’s verdict
  • Cheated Amazon out of a $10 billion contract
  • Violated War Powers Resolution by assassinating Qassem Soleimani — an act of war against Iran — without consulting with Congress
    • Threatened bombing Iran’s cultural sites in violation of Geneva Convention
  • Violated Federal Protection Laws by exposing the whistleblower
  • “Just take the land” to build wall and he’ll pardon staff if jailed
  • 6 WH administrators in jail or indicted
  • Pardoned convicted, undermined military
  • Pathological lying, cover up, obstruction
    • Defended Putin over claims of Russian interference in the 2016 election, ignoring our own intelligence community.Quid pro quo dirt from foreigners
  • Abuse of Office for personal gain:
    • Violating emollients law in plain sight (Trump’s properties)
    • Nepotism
      • Ivanka in China
      • Jared in Saudi Arabia and Israel
• Economic Warfare
  • has not worked
    • Tariffs are destroying agriculture and other industries
  • Tax bill has created $1 trillion+ budget deficit in first year
• Alienation of Allies
  • Suddenly pulled U.S. Troops out of Syria
  • Canada, Europe/NATO, Kurds, Mexico
  • But embraced every enemy and dictator
• Immigration
  • Demonized and weaponized immigration for political purposes.Separated children from their families
  • Southern wall is a boondoggle
    • diverted $36B from military budget
• Clean Air and Water and Land
  • Covertly dismantling EPA
  • Unchecked expansion of extraction and piping
• Dictators and Despots: Failed to make
  •   MBS accountable
  •   Putin accountable
  •   Kim-Jong Un accountable
  •   Erdogan accountable
  •   Iran accountable
  •   Duterte accountable
• Swamp: to drain or not to drain
  • All the President’s Fixers
  • Refilled swamp with cronies, crooks, family
  • Cronyistic revolving door of corrupt/inept appointees
  • Elitist doofas for Education Secretary
• Politicization of
  • Presidential National Medal of Freedom > quid pro quo
    • Rush Limbaugh
    • Tiger Woods
  • Pardons
  • Disaster Assistance
    • Fired global pandemic response, appointed Pence
• No Progress with
  • Climate change
    • Withdrew Paris Accord
  • Critical infrastructure report card is D-
  • Healthcare
    • Cost of prescription drugs
  • Gun control
  • Racism

The Ugly:

awful, clumsy, crazy, embarrassing, mean, moronic, narcissistic, outrageous, petty, ridiculous, selfish, shameful, sleazy, snarky, vulgar, weird

• Manipulation/Suppression of the Truth 1984-Style
  • Lied
    • about his taxes
    • about the size of his inauguration crowd, and
    • 10,000 other things
  • Tampered/intimidated impeachment witnesses in real time
  • Paid off porn star payoffs: Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
  • Self-predicted Hurricane Dorian’s path with a Sharpie
  • Erased anti-Trump images in National Archive exhibit
• Insulted and/or physically mocked and/or bullied
  • Turkey’s Erdogan with an insulting letter, returned to sender
  • Greta Thunberg, the classic bully move to pick on someone smaller, younger, weaker
  • John McCain and his family about his POW hero experience
  • a disabled reporter in public: You’re a Mean One, Mr. Trump (sp)
  • a 5-star Muslim family of a slain U.S. Soldier
  • deceased John Dingle, suggesting he may be in hell
• Gangster-in-Training: You’re Fired!
  • Fined $2M for illegal use of charity
  • 6 bankruptcies
  • Defrauded Trump University students
  • Massive golf tab at our expense
• Weirdness
  • Hugging the flag
  • Made an offer to buy Greenland (with whose money?!)
  • Interviewed adjacent to a D-Day cemetery
• Words Matter, he’s just no good at them
  • Trump called Governor Inslee (WA) a “snake“
  • Trump called the coronavius “a hoax“
  • “Chinese virus…”
  • Called generals “dopes” and “babies”
  • He has the speech, vocabulary, and principles of a 6th-grader
  • State of the Union speech: lots of lies
  • “I alone can fix it.”
  • Trump calls Adam Schiff “a sick man.”
  • “I don’t have racist bone in my body!” (lie)
  • FBI are “scum”
  • “…Trump is calling for a complete shutdown of muslims…”
  • “President Putin just said it’s not Russia.”
  • “They’re rapists, but some are fine people.”
  • “Shithole countries.”
  • “I prefer heroes who don’t get caught.”
  • “Mexico will pay for the wall.” (lie)
  • “We fell in love,” with Rocketman.
  • “I’m a stable genius.”
  • “Kurds didn’t help us in Normandy.”
  • “Very fine people.”
  • “I’m a very smart guy.” Who says that?
  • “I know more than the generals.”
  • “I command you to leave China!”
  • “He’s weak, low IQ.”
  • “Republicans are scum.”
  • “I hardly know the man.”
  • “Whistleblower is a traitor.”
  • “Impeachment is like a lynching.”
  • “He died like a dog.” (lie)
  • “She’s not my type.” (misogyny)
  • “You can grag them by the pussy.”
  • “Well, he’s two-faced.” (Trudeau)
  • “My father was born in Germany”

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