This post is excerpts from Pulitzer Prize winning David Cay Johnston’s “It’s Even Worse Than You Think” [2018]. If you consider yourself a patriotic American – read this book !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A] “A single factor defines Donald Trump’s presidency, making it unlike the 44..before…past presidents all shared a trait missing in the Trump presidency…their administrations were about America and its people….The Trump presidency is about Trump. Period.”
B] “Trump himself has reduced his life philosophy to a single word – revenge. “I love getting even.”……”go for the jugular, attack them in spades!”
C]. “His entire life Trump has been a con artist…Trump relies on faux news organizations…millions of Americans..believe Trump is their champion and is being railroaded by Democrats who collude with..journalists who Trump calls..”enemies of the people.”
D]. “…Trump’s mercurial nature…volatile emotions often drove his decisions. So does whatever he heard from the last person he spoke to.”
E]. “…statements showing how he reacts instinctively, often without advice or knowing basic facts..revealing how his ignorance of science and the technology of modern warfare blocks his ability to understand issues when they’re explained to him.”
F]. “Trump articulated clearly..two standards of justice..One..for those in positions of power who shared his views and took actions he liked…The other..was for everyone else.” [207-08]
G] !!!!!!! Illegal immigrants working in the U.S.A.???!???!??? “..records showed..Melania Knauss..worked illegally in the United States in 1995; …the staff at Mar-a-Lago, which for years relied on the very workers Trump wanted kept out – foreigners.” [242-44] ***as in Trump gets to play by his own rules !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
H]. “Trump lacks the emotional stability, knowledge, critical-thinking skills, and judgment to be commander in chief. Emotionally he remains the 13-year-old troublemaker his father sent..to a military academy where..brutality was common.” [253] *****!!! but he’s our champion and we trust him !!!!!!!!!!
I] “Our Constitution is not written to handle someone like Trump,” the political scientist Jason Johnson told me. “That is the greatest danger and greatest harm he is to our country.” [263]
1]. “Trump is the first president to pose numerous questions about whether he is receiving income from foreign governments, which the Framers felt was inherently corrupting.”
2]. “As president, he did not change his long history of refusing to pay contractors, fighting tax bills, and using two sets of wildly different estimates of the value of his properties.”
3}. Three lies in one tweet [pg. 41] on appointing ambassadors!!!!! *****Trump doesn’t follow rules YOU & I do****
4]. The director of the Office of Government Ethics quit, later said Trump’s conduct “risks people starting to refer to us as a kleptocracy.” [*****as in, becoming more like Russia******]
5] Pages 79-92 – how Trump conned voters into a tax plan where most benefits go to the top 1%. – and [94- ] Trump paid at a 3.5% tax rate, or, NOTHING *****how would YOU like to pay 3.5% or nothing???*******
6]. Pages 101-111 – SOME of the Trump lies on his Mexican Wall; violation of the Logan Act
7] Pages 115-142 – attacks on the EPA and science – BECAUSE. science provides REAL facts on why FAR RIGHT business practices are injuring American’s health and prosperity
8] “Stocking the Swamp” – how Trump appoints industry-friendly hacks and crooks to positions; how Wall Street “easily manipulates”. the system.
9]. Trump likes the Saudis because they “buy apartments from me..Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.” [158] ***might someone call this a “conflict of interest”??? ***
10]. Trump killed the proposed “Trans-Pacific Partnership” trading alliance WITHOUT China. “Trump’s protectionist instincts..his dark vision of..America run by what he called stupid leaders, included at least two other actions that helped the Chinese..” [165-66]
11] “Trump did more to help the Chinese fulfill their ambitions of becoming a 21st century superpower than anyone else.” [167} **** remember this when China & America go to war****. Trump and greedy “American” corporations gave and ARE giving the Chinese the $$$$$$$$ to build their threat to America and democracy ***********
12]. Trump imported cheap steel from China – COSTING U.S. JOBS – – and “..went to great lengths to hide where the steel came from.” [171]
13] Pages 185-203 – Trump’s destructive education policies – huge budget cuts damage U.S. future – contradict Trump’s “America First” and “Make America Great Again” propaganda slogans !!!!!!!!!!
14] Trump cuts budgets for VETERANS !!! – on mental health, homelessness, disability, unemployment, government hiring freeze – in spite of promises !!! [221-227]. ***hey, gotta pay for the top 1% tax cut somehow !!!!!!!
15]. Trump allows 75,000 people “so mentally ill they’re not allowed control over their finances could easily buy guns.” [232] [just following the CORRUPT Roberts “court’s “thinking” ]
16] “…I relied on public records to illuminate Trump’s conduct, including a major drug trafficker for whom he risked his casino licenses for reasons that..have never been properly explained..” [266]. [ and – consider, “some people are saying” – why didn’t Trump loose those licenses – when others probably would have ….where is THIS going ????? !!!!!]
********. Again – this posting is only a small part of the very large. MOUNTAIN. of DOCUMENTED. evidence why one Donald J. Trump should NEVER be allowed in ANY. public office. – shame on US. if we “vote” him another chance.
With Justice For All 