The Donald Trump Score Card

"What they are trying to do is manage Trump. That's what everyone tries to do."

As usual, subordinates of Trump are managing him instead of the other way around.

 

If Trump doesn't outright fire Mueller in a Nixonesque fashion, the next best thing is to call for counter-investigations and try to make Mueller and the FBI appear criminal.


All Said and Done, How Likely Is It That Trump Will Fire Mueller?
By Jack Holmes
Dec 18, 2017

Will Trump Fire Mueller?

excerpts:

"Trump's allies are now calling for another second counsel to investigate the FBI. Anything to make it seem like it's not just the president under investigation. Over the last week or two, Republicans in Congress have begun making noises that the FBI is politically compromised."

"Rosenstein is a crucial figure. After Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the probe, Rosenstein is the man who could fire Mueller. Under the regulations governing special counsels, they can be fired only for “good cause” and “by the personal action of the attorney general.” Rosenstein is acting as the attorney general in this context, and Trump's allies are trying to create an atmosphere where he would be encouraged—or compelled—to dismiss Mueller. To do that, they're trying to muddy the waters with rival investigations and they're hurling claims of bias and corruption at the Department of Justice. Trump has railed against Sessions, who he blames for recusing himself, and Rosenstein, who he maligns as a Democrat. Rosenstein is a Republican, as is Robert Mueller, but that's not useful to this new narrative."

"If Rosenstein refused to fire Mueller—he defended the integrity of the probe in his testimony to Congress last week—Trump could technically fire Rosenstein and keep firing deputy attorney generals until he got one who would do his bidding. Of course, that is almost the exact scenario that came to be known as the Saturday Night Massacre under Richard Nixon, when two top Justice Department officials resigned rather than carry out his orders to fire Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor looking into Watergate. Nixon eventually got Robert Bork, the solicitor general later nominated to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan, to fire Cox. But the incident earned huge backlash from members of Nixon's own party and ramped up the investigation."

 

A classic Trump group. Lack of planning, competency, accountability, and transparency. Lawsuits against one another, infighting, disarray, and ineffectiveness. Similar to a reality TV show.

Trump and his supporters have claimed that he will run the government like a well-run business. Trump's voter fraud commission isn't living up to the claims.

 

Until two days ago, the Trumpies were crying the blues about voter fraud in Alabama. Alex Jones is claiming some Democrat has said, "we came from everywhere!" To Alex, that is proof of election fraud. To Alex, the Republicans are saints!

 

1) Obama is not Kenyan, his father was Kenyan. Barak H. Obama was President of the United States of America. You just misunderstand it.
2) There is no forced agenda of multiculturalism. The government has forced equality. You just misunderstand it.
3) Divisions started when Negros were in chains, and renewed by Jim Crowism. You just misunderstand it.
4) If you want self segregation, have at it.

 

Petersen withdraws.

Petersen is so incredibly inexperienced and incompetent that he can be considered overqualified in the context of Trump standards.


Trump judicial pick Matthew Petersen, who never tried a case, withdraws
by Dartunorro Clark
Dec 18 2017, 3:37 pm ET

Embarrassed Trump judicial pick who never tried a case withdraws

 

Draining the swamp and refilling with inexperience!

 

Trump Administration Moves To Kill Rules For Organic Eggs
Dan Charles
December 15, 20175:20 PM ET

Trump Administration Moves To Kill Rules For Organic Eggs

excerpt:

"It's an unusual situation, because in this case the demand for regulation is coming from the very organic farmers who would need to meet those new rules. But those farmers say those rules are needed to maintain a level playing field in the organic industry.

Current organic rules require animals to have "access" to the outdoors. The largest egg producers, however, have built chicken houses that hold tens of thousands of hens, and the hens have access to the outdoors only through small enclosed "porches." Under the new rules, finalized at the end of the Obama administration, these porches would no longer be adequate."

 

The U.S. food industry has various loopholes that confuse the consumer. An example concerns food products labeled 'no nitrates or nitrites added' which gives the impression of healthier food. The nitrates/nitrites are still in the meat and at the same level. They are made in situ by adding bacteria, celery powder, and sea salt to the meat instead of adding the nitrate/nitrite directly. The end result is the same: cured meat with nitrites and nitrates. By current regulations, manufacturers are required to label such products as 'uncured' and some are taking advantage of it.

Consumers are not expected to get help from the Trump administration on such matters.



Trump’s FDA just took another swipe at Michelle Obama’s food legacy
By Caitlin Dewey
June 13, 2017

Trump’s FDA just took another swipe at Michelle Obama’s food legacy

excerpt:

"The delay is the latest reversal of the Obama administration’s nutrition reforms under Trump. On April 27, the FDA also delayed rules that would have required calorie counts on restaurant menus. A week later, the Department of Agriculture loosened the minimum requirements for the amount of whole grain in school lunches and delayed future sodium reductions."

 

Common Trump disaster response: personal political interests first, compassion as an afterthought


Trump's 1st tweet on the Seattle train crash played politics
Chris Cillizza
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 4:06 PM ET, Mon December 18, 2017

Trump's 1st tweet on the Seattle train crash played politics - CNNPolitics

 

Played Hillary like a fiddle too, with the Uranium trade. But nobody speaks of that.
Trump's fault...

 

Sen. Corker, who is known for expressing concerns about the mounting national debt, has had a sudden change of heart and now says that he is supporting the Trump tax cut bill which is expected to add about $1 trillion to the national debt.

The rosy view of members of Congress today is very similar to the one during the Reagan era: promoting tax cuts that are supposed to pay for themselves with increased economic activity and with spending cuts that never happen. It caused large increases in the national debt during the 80's.


Corker Says He Faced ‘Tough’ Decision in Supporting Republican Tax Bill
By ALAN RAPPEPORT
DEC. 18, 2017

Corker Says He Faced ‘Tough’ Decision in Supporting Republican Tax Bill

excerpt:

"His decision highlights the trade-offs that Republicans, who have long pushed for fiscal responsibility, are making as they seek to score their first legislative victory since assuming political control. The $1.5 trillion tax bill, which cuts taxes for businesses and individuals, is expected to add $1 trillion to the deficit over the next 10 years, according to the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation. Rather than pay for those cuts, lawmakers are relying on rosy assumptions about economic growth and suggesting they will cut spending on programs like Medicare and Social Security to help bring down the deficit."

 

Trump has gone quiet on the carried interest loophole that he said he would eliminate. During the campaign he railed against the Wall Street elites and for the left-behind working class person.


Whatever happened to Trump's crackdown on 'the hedge fund guys?'
by Chris Isidore
November 27, 2017: 3:52 PM ET

Whatever happened to Trump's crackdown on 'the hedge fund guys?'

From the article:

""The hedge fund guys won't like me as much as they like me right now. I know them all, but they'll pay more," he said during a Republican debate sponsored by CNN in 2015. "I know people that are making a tremendous amount of money and paying virtually no tax, and I think it's unfair."

But the tax break, known as the "carried interest" provision, remains essentially intact in both the House and Senate tax bills now under consideration.

Trump himself said that those benefiting from the break were "getting away with murder."

"They pick a stock and all of sudden they make a lot of money. I want the hedge fund guys to pay more taxes," he said. "

 

The entire Trump administration is a fraud.

 

Yes, I saw on my Tely that Trump hates people from "other" cultures...sad...

 

Easy come, easy go.