Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 25

[Andy_Ross]

He said he wants to “clear away the twisted web of lies in our schools.”

 

[Stacyhs]

Trump Retweeted

The White House
@WhiteHouse
US government account
Today, we are seeing the results of decades of left-wing indoctrination in our schools.

No American student should be made to feel ashamed of their history or identity.

Right. No American student should be taught taught that slavery was wrong. They should be proud of that part of our history!

 

[Horatius]

Trump’s performance tells they ain’t working.

Scary thought - what if they are?

 

[Safe-Keeper]

He’ll show up because his ego requires it.

He has already shown up for several debates where he's been raked over the coals and not made a good appearance, so yes, he will probably show up simply because he does not know what's good for him . Then he'll do a terrible job, spin it in some way or another, and declare victory, with the alternative media cherry picking moments that makes him look good and Biden look confused and lost.

Hopefully most people (the ones outside the Trump cult) will see him for what he is, though.

 

[Mojo]

Trump Retweeted

The White House
@WhiteHouse
US government account
Today, we are seeing the results of decades of left-wing indoctrination in our schools.

No American student should be made to feel ashamed of their history or identity.

“...the last refuge of the scoundrel.“

 

[Ladewig]

He said he wants to “clear away the twisted web of lies in our schools.”

Of course he wants to clear away that web of lies.
He wants to install his own twisted web of lies, and it would be silly to have two webs.

 

[quadraginta]

...
I consider myself well read on the histories of presidents, particularly those who served in my lifetime. Those stretch from Nixon to Trump. I simply can't imagine any of them being on the campaign trail while the entire west coast was up in flames and a major hurricane was about to strike the Gulf Coast. I have every confidence that all those other presidents, including Nixon would have been in the White House (or Camp David which has been used as an emergency command post when the Situation Room was down for some reason), making sure the full force and power of the US Government was being applied to protect American Citizens and ease their burdens.
...

Typical blue-staters. Treat me badly, very badly, worse than anyone thought possible, then expect me to help them.

Exactly. How could anyone expect him to be President to all the people.

It isn't like there are any Republicans in those blue states, anyway.

Right?

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump says "they" plan to "rip down Mount Rushmore," and "the left wing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the American revolution"

He sounds like he is half asleep, his delivery is slow and slurred.

 

[quadraginta]

Kayleigh McEnany says

"I'm not going to give you a readout of what our health care plan looks like and who's working on it. if you want to know, come work here at the White House"

Yeah, it's not like the electorate needs any actual information a month and a half before an election!

You are going to pay for it but it’s none of your business. Trump politics, or Republican politics?

It's been quite a while since there was any discernible difference between the two.

 

[quadraginta]

AG Barr rages against mail ballots, Democratic "socialists."

“I think we are getting into a position where we’re going to find ourselves irrevocably committed to a sotialist path. And I think if Trump loses this election, that will be the case.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/liste...y-in-office-and-seize-power-and-all-that-sht/

Nice to know that the Attorney General of the United States takes his oath and obligations to the people seriously, and doesn't see himself as a shill and mouthpiece for Trump.

 

[quadraginta]

Nice to know that the Attorney General of the United States takes his oath and obligations to the people seriously, and doesn't see himself as a shill and mouthpiece for Trump.

On a related thought, I wonder if this Administration will wind up being seen as having finished with the worst people in history in every single office that was filled by Trump.

People like Fauci may skew that somewhat. But there aren't very many Fauci's left in the Administration, and he might be gone by January.

(ETA: And he wouldn't count anyway, Trump inherited him.)

 

[Craig4]

Typical blue-staters. Treat me badly, very badly, worse than anyone thought possible, then expect me to help them.

Where are the Americans contradicting me? It's all Trumptrash. They aren't Americans. They aren't like us. They aren't as good as us. The only people not supporting me are Trumptrash and everyone knows they're kind aren't as good as real Americans. They aren't like us. They aren't as good as us. We don't need their kind.

 

[Craig4]

Ah, yes. The Great Trump Patriotic Youth Education Movement.

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That's certainly what he and his kind want. A vote for Trump is a vote for treason. We need leaders who will support teaching our children the truth, not the stupid, vapid, inaccurate version that he and the stupid, vapid DeVos bitch would advocate.

 

[Stacyhs]

That's certainly what he and his kind want. A vote for Trump is a vote for treason. We need leaders who will support teaching out children the truth, not the stupid, vapid, inaccurate version that he and the stupid, vapid DeVos bitch would advocate.

What's next? Trump armbands with a "T" on them? It truly is a cult.

 

[Norman Alexander]

What's next? Trump armbands with a "T" on them? It truly is a cult.

A crooked T insignia on them. And tall pointed white hats.

 

[newyorkguy]

AG Barr rages against mail ballots, Democratic "socialists."

“I think we are getting into a position where we’re going to find ourselves irrevocably committed to a socialist path. And I think if Trump loses this election, that will be the case.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/liste...y-in-office-and-seize-power-and-all-that-sht/

The AG tells Americans if trump loses the election it means socialism. HHS offical and trump loyalist michael caputo tells Americans to buy ammo.

"If you carry guns, buy ammunition, ladies and gentlemen, because it’s going to be hard to get." USA Today

How can things like this be happening in the United States? If we recover -- if -- history will eviscerate these people. These four years will be known as the absolute worst period in American history.

 

[Aridas]

Ah, yes. The Great Trump Patriotic Youth Education Movement.

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Ugh. I read Trump's tweet and knew there was no way that it could mean anything actually good. Thanks for the reminder about that connection, though, unpleasant as it is.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Kayleigh McEnany says

"I'm not going to give you a readout of what our health care plan looks like and who's working on it. if you want to know, come work here at the White House"

Makes me wonder if that is her talking point or her going off script.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Nice to know that the Attorney General of the United States takes his oath and obligations to the people seriously, and doesn't see himself as a shill and mouthpiece for Trump.

He's even taken up Trump's tactics: He's thinking about it.

 

[Lupus]

To ...... reinforce.

Most of this has to do with "road to get there" actions than "destination" ones.

that can likely be largely traced back to how it's been very affected by some very rich Libertarians and corporatists

With Trump he's self-funded so you can't say he's being controlled by rich Libertarians and corporatists. Who knows though what the future of the party holds once he isn't president.

Could you point to the statistics that you're referring to, out of mild curiousity? To be clear, I'm not disputing that link, especially given that there's a fairly direct link between wealth and happiness (at least to around, say 70K-80K a year in income), though I am curious about whether that link is properly accounted for in the statistics that you're thinking of.

https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2008/10/23/republicans-still-happy-campers/#fn-718-2
It's quite old now. An important sentence is
"In other words, if one were to compare a theoretical Republican and a theoretical Democrat who had the identical age, ethnicity, race, gender, income, marital status and education level, the Republican would be 13% more likely than the Democrat to be very happy."

Also, to add my anecdotal experience to the mix to help delve into that a little more, I have a number of conservative friends and family. Most of them are smart, well-adjusted, and generally good people. When politics comes up, though, for most of them, they seem to fall prey to outright, easily demonstrable lies and nonsense to a rather remarkable extent. When my father, for example, was arguing that the Civil War is great evidence that the current Democratic Party is utterly racist (as just one example of the jaw-dropping level of ignorance and turning off his brain required to make the arguments that he did), it boggled the mind. When he utterly broke his word in an incredibly dishonest way to try to prop up his belief that immigrants are criminals with no respect for law when presented with evidence to the contrary, that was depressing.

It's true though that the democratic party was the choice of the KKK and the leaders supported segregation and blacks having less civil rights for the longest time until the 60s.
Perhaps he meant illegal immigrants? Then they are breaking the law by definition. Average criminality depends on whether they are economic, illegal Mexican and family member immigrants (continued steady decline), or refugee immigrants (raised crime rates, breaking trends). Here's statistics for a country that let in a large amount of refugees. The worst of all has been child sexual assaults that jumped up by 30% in 2016, with the most probable reason being the large amounts of migrants let in that year. Just the nastiest stuff in the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Canada#/media/File:CanadaHomicideRate.jpg
https://protectchildren.ca/en/press-and-media/news-releases/2017/statcan_report_child_sexual_abuse