The Donald Trump Score Card

Trump voters seem hyper focus on respect. America needs more of it yet they will fail to see what a huge deal this is. No one thinks America is worth anything. You are basically Russia now. A country to be kept at arms length where you secretly plan for war because they are just too unstable and they have no human rights.

Think of all the money and good will lost to nationalism. Since WW2 ended it's been kind of unspoken. America is Europe's friend they will send the army to keep the Soviets away. We may tease them for their big cars and guns but they are a friend. Not the case anymore. And this hurts America just as much because we no longer have key points of defense.

Putin has what he wants. He could roll his tanks though Berlin tomorrow and all Fox news would do is blame it on the Muslims while praising Trump for being too smart to get involved.


Do not assume US still aspires to be a world leader, Merkel warns

The rest of the world can no longer take it for granted that the US still aspires to be a global leader and needs to readjust its priorities accordingly, Angela Merkel has warned.


“We grew up in the certain knowledge that the United States wanted to be a world power,” the German chancellor said in an interview with a group of six European newspapers, including the Guardian.


“Should the US now wish to withdraw from that role of its own free will, we would have to reflect on that very deeply.”


Merkel, the first German leader to have grown up on the eastern side of the iron curtain, has in the past frequently spoken of her admiration for the US’s global influence. When she spoke in front of Congress in 2009, Merkel rhapsodised about the “incredible gift of freedom” bestowed on eastern Germans with the US-supported toppling of the Berlin Wall.


But even during Barack Obama’s presidency Merkel saw her government repeatedly chided for its low military spending – criticism that intensified under Donald Trump, who recently confirmed plans to withdraw 9,500 American troops from bases in Germany.


In an interview with the Guardian, Germany’s Süddeutsche Zeitung, France’s Le Monde, Spain’s La Vanguardia, Italy’s La Stampa and Poland’s Polityka, Merkel said the US military presence in central Europe was in the US’s own interest.


“American troops in Germany help to protect not only Germany and the European part of NATO but also the interests of the United States of America,” the chancellor said.


Talking of Germany’s military spending, Merkel said: “We in Germany know that we have to spend more on defence; we have achieved considerable increases in recent years, and we will continue on that path to enhance our military capabilities.”


But “reflecting very deeply” for Merkel does not appear to amount to an endorsement of what the French president, Emmanuel Macron, has called European “strategic autonomy”, the ability to defend the continent without reliance on the US.


“Look at the world; look at China or India,” Merkel said. “There are compelling reasons to remain committed to a transatlantic defence community and our shared nuclear umbrella. But of course Europe needs to carry more of the burden than during the cold war.”


Asked if Germany underestimated the threat posed by Russia, Merkel acknowledged a pattern of belligerent behaviour, citing “misinformation campaigns” and the murder of the Chechen exile Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin, which German prosecutors accuse Moscow of having ordered.


“The murder in Berlin’s Tiergarten park is a serious incident, obviously, the blame for which is currently being ascertained in court”, the chancellor said. “At any rate, we recognise hybrid warfare, methods of destabilisation, as a Russian behaviour pattern.”


“On the other hand, there are good reasons to keep engaging in constructive dialogue with Russia. In countries like Syria and Libya, countries in Europe’s immediate neighbourhood, Russia’s strategic influence is great. I will therefore continue to strive for cooperation.”

 

A massive Sahara dust cloud hits southern U.S. creating respiratory problems on top of those caused by the coronavirus.

It's another in a string of bad events for Trump that shows the connectivity of the global world.

The Trump faithful have another reason to protest against wearing a face covering and to promote a border wall to keep out the foreign Sahara dust.



Saharan dust cloud hits Southern states in U.S. already struggling with coronavirus surge
Florida in particular faces a greater risk from the dust as the state experiences record-breaking coronavirus numbers, its ICU capacity under 25 percent.
By Doha Madani
June 28, 2020, 5:14 PM UTC

Saharan dust cloud hits Southern states in U.S. already struggling with coronavirus surge

excerpt:

"Experts told NBC News that people with respiratory illnesses could see their conditions aggravated by the dust particles, potentially putting a strain on hospitals already overrun with coronavirus cases.

Florida in particular faces a greater risk as the state experiences a record-breaking surge in new coronavirus cases and it’s adult intensive-care unit availability is at about 24 percent, according to state data Sunday. There are more than 141,000 coronavirus cases in Florida as thousands test positive each day."

 

Expected Trump response: "I built the greatest dust storm detector in the world but don't want the results released to the public because it makes me look bad."

 

Anyone ever notice Trump is never at fault it's always you who reads too much into it?

The idea is laughed at you are stupid because he is joking
He said something plane as day and you are too stupid to get it
He makes a statement that racists love but you misheard it

If he was in a staff meeting he would be called out for not standing on his own two feet and risking being wrong he is the guy who always swears he was about to say that. I think it's part of the narcissism. First he can't stand to not be loved and second he is smart enough to understand how much it divides.

His voters will defend this since "he personally did not say it so how can be racist?". The divide will get deeper and more and more they will feel isolated and have only him. He gets votes because these people feel powerless in society so in a way the man coming down on Trump is just more confirmation they are right.

Why you shouldn't believe Trump missed a guy chanting 'white power' in the video he shared - CNNPolitics

 

He's in the news all the time but when he is he seems more component. No one is denying he's an old man but too many people use age only when it's convivnet for them.
With Biden and Sanders from the right wing it's nothing but they are old and senile. Bernie was always on point and Bidin is somewhat forgetful at times but lucid. They would pass a nurse's test and no one is going to take their car keys. They could be at that point 6 months into the presidency. It's part of life and genetics but it only applies to the left.

The same people think Trump is ageless even when any medical or health professional would a chat with his kids if he was just the average old American living alone. He shows true mental deterioration and he's now struggling to even hold a glass of water steady. Even compared to 2016 when he was already showing these sings more than Hillary he's gotten worse. He's so insecure he talked about this for a while at his last rally. He's been exposed. Since day one his aids have said he's a confused old man and the lack of admitting his mortality just shows how deep his cult is. Leaders get old and die. Trump is at the point now where were this the Middle Ages he would be killed so his son could be the competent leader or he'd be a political tool used to make deals he did not fully understand. Kind of what Putin has done I guess. What he would not be doing is leading. Too many advisors would not allow it after the choices he has made and with the rivals he made. Dictators get a few more rights in old age though good thing for Trump. That's his goal.

 

US states race to reimpose lockdowns as Covid infections pass 2.5m – and Trump heads to golf course
President’s visit to course in Virginia was 272nd to one of his properties since being elected
Andrew Buncombe
June 28, 2020

US states race to reimpose lockdowns as Covid infections pass 2.5m - and Trump heads to golf course

excerpt:

"A number of US states are racing to reimpose lockdowns amid a new leap of coronavirus infections that have taken the total to more than 2.5 million – apparently triggered by the push to reopen the economy.

As Donald Trump for the second successive day visited the Trump National golf course in Sterling, Virginia, the number of cases in the US hit at least 2,534,981, part of a global total of more than 10 million. Worldwide, more than 500,000 people have now died.

Among the worst places to have been struck were rural counties in California, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Florida, that saw confirmed cases more than double in a week, from June 19 to last Friday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.""

 

" I may never see these places again. But because I’m going to be working for you, I’m not going to have time to go golfing, believe me. Believe me. Believe me, folks.” ~ Donald J. Trump



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Trump hasn't articulated an agenda for a second term. To date, he's been in a self-congratulatory, defensive, grievance mode that appeals to the most faithful in his base.

He could make the same promises again that he did for and during his first term that remain mostly incomplete or damaged by his actions:


improved healthcare for all
overhaul of the infrastructure
a Mexico-funded border wall
legislative immigration reform
winning a trade war with China
improving the condition of U.S. farmers
reviving the coal and steel-producing industries.
creating well-paying jobs for the working class


Another option for him is to promises to try to undo the damage he has done during his first term.



Asked for his second-term priorities, Trump comes up empty
It seemed like an easy question for a president seeking re-election: "What are your top priority items for a second term?" Trump couldn't answer it.
By Steve Benen
June 26, 2020, 10:17 AM EDT

Asked for his second-term priorities, Trump comes up empty

excerpt:

"Donald Trump sat down with the Christian Broadcasting Network this week, and fielded a question that seemed like an easy one: David Brody asked the president to point to something compassionate the Republican administration has done that might impress evangelical voters. Trump gave a rambling, 215-word answer -- which touched on 401Ks and Joe Biden's basement -- none of which came close to answering the question.

It was as if, in a rather literal sense, the president didn't know what "compassion" meant."

 

Trump makes many mistakes.


Trump's remark to Fox's Sean Hannity:

"Now, I know everybody and I have great people in the administration. You make some mistakes like, you know, an idiot like Bolton."

 

Lolz, did you just post an article saying Florida ICU beds are no where near capacity?

 

Re-impose lockdowns?

"In Texas, governor Gregg Abbot ordered the closure of bars and reimposed limits on restaurants for indoor seating down from 75 per cent capacity to 50 per cent"


Left wing media a bit loose on the definition of a lockdown nowadays

So you can have 50 instead of 75 people in a 100 seat restaurant......and that's a lockdown?

Lolz

 

Errrmmm - Isn;t Greg Abbott one of hephatrump's Republican Govenors ???

 

Either way, its not really a lockdown anyway

 

Unfortunately, Trump is not promising to undo the damage he has done. He has been promising to inflict more damage, such as his request to the Supreme Court to gut the Affordable Care Act completely. He has offered no new meaningful reform plan for healthcare and with no help from even the Republicans in Congress.

He tried a similar stunt to end DACA completely and quickly without a reasonable remedy. The Supreme Court denied that request.

Trump doesn't say much about the coal workers anymore who are in difficult situation. It was once a hot button topic for him.

 

He did that deliberately to distract us from the Russia Bountygate scandal

 

Beyond sad. He re-tweeted? ugh... not good.

 

Proving beyond doubt what a scumbag racist he is !!!

 

no doubt. I can't believe it. It has compromised the dignity of the American international persona. At least it's out - people are racist.

You must know we're not all like that. He represents an ugly underbelly of a subsection of America that most people find abhorrent.