After four weeks in office, Donald Trump is strongly showing his inexperience at governing and his inability to appoint strong candidates to his cabinet and his staff. Being the leader of the Free World is far different that being the leader of "Celebrity Apprentice".Trump's first mistake is thinking that every issue and topic is about winning and losing. It is about what is best for America and her citizens and what policies should be put in place in order to continue to American Prosperity for future generations. Instead of moving us forward, it is apparent Mr. Trump wants to take us back to 1937 America.
Trump does not seem to get that everyone from the press to the average 15 year old has access to something called the Internet. When he switches his story, tells a lie or as Kelly Ann Conway likes to call it "alternative facts", anyone can go online and verify it. It boggles my mind that no one on his staff realizes this? The President can keep calling events that don't shine a positive light on him or his policies "fake news" but facts are facts and they can't be changed. Every time he uses the phrase "fake news" all I think about is "Cover Up".
What is even more disheartening is Trump direct and indirect promotion of racism and anti-Antisemitism. Not only does he refuse to answer questions about these topics, but he is combative i.e. his press conference on 2/16/17. Asking a reporter, who is African American to set up a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus for him is demeaning and disgusting. Mr. Trump is the President and has several assistants and advisers who could do that for him. The fact that he failed to mention the 6 Million Jews that perished at the hands of a Fascist Lunatic on Holocaust Remembrance Day is also sickening. Didn't he think to pass the official White House Statement released regarding Holocaust Remembrance Day by Ivanka or Jarrod Kushner?
The President's views on legal and illegal immigration are solely based on race and religion. Don't get me wrong, there needs to be stringent vetting process for people coming into the United States, no matter where they are from. The stringent vetting needs to be based on the individual coming into the United States not which Country or what Religion they are. Banning refugees was a pure scare tactic and all it did was show Trump's inexperience and made American look bad. By the way, did anyone seriously think Mexico would willingly pay for a boarder wall? Yes, people need to come in to our Country legally but wouldn't we be better off working with Mexico in coming up with a solution that is satisfactory for both of us and that we can equally pay for? In the end it might be cheaper than laying out the money to build a wall which will in turn take away funds from much needed domestic programs like education and social security.
Donald Trump thinks that he is a modern day Theodore Roosevelt. However, they are far apart in their actions and philosophies. TR put America first and foremost. Trump puts himself first. TR spoke softly and carried a big stick, Trump speaks loudly and carries a nuclear stick. Scary.
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