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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Good

Trying to

• reluctantly assume leadership of the federal effort to battle COVID-19 including
  • Coronavirus Guidelines for America
  • Paycheck Protection Program
• 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, and
• advance criminal justice reform.

The Bad

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

When false statements are posted on social media such as “hydroxychloroquine is a game changer,“ they spread like wildfire — faster than the truth.

SP

Coronavirus Pandemic

Donald Trump has totally mismanaged the response to the Coronavirus Pandemic by

• pushing the restart of America in a dangerous “banzai-style” charge
• pushing hydroxychloroquine which raises death risk in Covid patients
• announcing we’re “going to kill ourselves” if the economy doesn’t improve soon
• repeatedly ignoring the intelligence briefings he was receiving daily
• firing the experts and experienced U.S. global pandemic response team over two years ago
• denying the coronavirus threat early on, calling it “a hoax,” and
• firing the Inspector Generals when accountability reports were showing poor performance for
  • recognition and swift response of the threat, and
  • fair, equitable and swift distribution of emergency funds.

Rule of Law and Truth

• 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
    • Trump, his family, cronies, and secret service
      • stay at his properties worldwide, and
      • rack up massive bills charged back to the people
    • 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 accountable

•   MBS
•   Putin
•   Kim-Jong Un
•   Erdogan
•   Iran
•   Duterte

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

“So supposing we hit the body with a tremendous—whether it’s ultraviolet or just a very powerful light,” Trump said. “And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or some other way and I think you said you’re going to test that too.”

Donald Trump

Reality TV every day

• Holding a bible in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church
• The Cuomo Brothers Versus The President: What A Show!

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 threatens protesters with “vicious dogs”
• 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”