After inauguration, Trump revealed his primary concern,himself.His immediate concern was the press assessment of crowd size at the inauguration.He lied, exaggerated and was caught;then he doubled down and was humiliated by the press as his lies continued.He also lied about and humiliated the CIA.He revealed that his first concern was himself and how he was presented.He ended up looking foolish.
He has since continued to lie and distort with almost every executive order he has presented and signed.He has declared war on the media and the media has won most of the ensuing battles.His response has been to direct all to watch Fox News,who has mostly tried to protect him.He issued a couple of immigration orders which have triggered much response,including exploring lies,prompting protests,irritating Mexico and causing its president to cancel a meeting.His Muslim order has prompted worldwide response,US judicial response, congressional dissent,and myriad protests.He has issued a government hiring freeze and opened up more pipeline construction.He has issued more objection to trade agreements,increased lobbying regulations,and started a war on public education.In regard to the ACA, he has pushed forward a resolution for repeal and opened up more examination of the law.This has prompted much response in numerous areas.He has admitted that replacement is in limbo.
It appears that Trump is trying to make at least a token attempt at keeping some of his promises,although I think that he doesn't really care.It appears that his governing plan is similar to his campaign plan or should I say non-plan,a non- plan that could result in failure and possible impeachment.
Monday, January 30, 2017
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Faux Campaign
What happened to our country?What happened to us?What happened to honesty and truth? Integrity?Trump happened,but it is more than that.It's all of us.Trump couldn't succeed without the rest of our complicity.Let's reconstruct:
Trump has wanted to run for president for a long time.He explored it before,but it wasn't right.This time things were a little different as he threw ideas out.
I think that originally it was simply exploration,an attempt without expectation.I know that I will be wrong about most of the particulars because,as everyone else,I will interject more logic than is present,than could be present.T rump has no concept of logic..or even order.He couldn't have succeeded otherwise.
He had a few very simple ideas and,as I said,just threw them out.Immigration seemed a good starting point.He made a couple of wild statements to gauge the response.Surprisingly,the immigration response was positive,so he decided to continue longer.
I think that he wanted to try an unstandard campaign,to concentrate on emotional issues and say what he thought the people wanted to hear.He has no concrete political ideology so he could be flexible.As he proceeded he found that he could easily adjust policies,adapt to the public response and get away with it.
I think that Trump has no core belief other than winning at any cost,so he will adopt any policy that will appease political and public response and even that is subject to change.He will also lie at will to substantiate any change.
Much of his campaign depended on attacking and degrading any opposition and is rife with hyperbole.Everything is exaggerated: wonderful, beautiful,great,big,best,(make America great).Everyone else is inferior,little, ,crooked and he is the only one that can succeed.Lies and distortions were and are the norm.He is a classic bombastic bully and he gets away with it
In summary,he had and still has,an open-ended campaign with no absolutes: whatever works, or will work,that is publically and politically palatable.No promises are real promises.Everything that he has said is meaningless.He has had,in short,a faux campaign.
Trump has wanted to run for president for a long time.He explored it before,but it wasn't right.This time things were a little different as he threw ideas out.
I think that originally it was simply exploration,an attempt without expectation.I know that I will be wrong about most of the particulars because,as everyone else,I will interject more logic than is present,than could be present.T rump has no concept of logic..or even order.He couldn't have succeeded otherwise.
He had a few very simple ideas and,as I said,just threw them out.Immigration seemed a good starting point.He made a couple of wild statements to gauge the response.Surprisingly,the immigration response was positive,so he decided to continue longer.
I think that he wanted to try an unstandard campaign,to concentrate on emotional issues and say what he thought the people wanted to hear.He has no concrete political ideology so he could be flexible.As he proceeded he found that he could easily adjust policies,adapt to the public response and get away with it.
I think that Trump has no core belief other than winning at any cost,so he will adopt any policy that will appease political and public response and even that is subject to change.He will also lie at will to substantiate any change.
Much of his campaign depended on attacking and degrading any opposition and is rife with hyperbole.Everything is exaggerated: wonderful, beautiful,great,big,best,(make America great).Everyone else is inferior,little, ,crooked and he is the only one that can succeed.Lies and distortions were and are the norm.He is a classic bombastic bully and he gets away with it
In summary,he had and still has,an open-ended campaign with no absolutes: whatever works, or will work,that is publically and politically palatable.No promises are real promises.Everything that he has said is meaningless.He has had,in short,a faux campaign.
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