The Deeply Irresponsible Donald Trump

Now he's done this, today, just announced.

Trump threatens to cut federal aid 

if schools don’t reopen

How insanely irresponsible can this one man be?

Cut funds to schools that don't open?  Because the business of schools is more important than the children and these children's lives?

This is what is currently going on, nationwide, with this ongoing pandemic.

An increase in people dying at home suggests coronavirus deaths in Houston may be higher than reported

US sets single-day record for new coronavirus cases

U.S. COVID-19 cases surpass 3M after 

new single-day record

And to back up and maybe explain what I said above, take a look at all our engagements this President Trump has taken us out of or he's begun pulling us out of, as a nation.

Here are all the treaties and agreements Trump has abandoned

• Intermediate Range Nuclear Missiles Treaty
• Paris Climate Accord
• Trans-Pacific Partnership
• NAFTA
• UN Human Rights Council
• UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• Iran Nuclear Deal
• WHO, World Health Organization

And that's so far.

Americans need to understand this is unprecedented for a President and his administration. Just look at that last one, the World Health Organization. We are in the midst of the worst, most killing, deadly international pandemic of the last more than 100 years and he wants to take us out of the WHO.  Just when we all need to be standing together, he wants us standing alone.

It's bizarre.  It's deeply irresponsible.

Republicans? We're begging you all. Would you get hold of your guy there?

Please?

Link:

Everyone in the World Knows Trump is Insane

This Orwellian Presidency

Did you see this? The latest out of Rudy Giuliani's mouth? And in public? On tape, no less?

Giuliani says 'truth isn't truth' 

I'm telling you, beyond all the rest of the bizarre acts and behaviors and statements from this President and people in his administration, it's clear this is the most Orwellian President and Presidency ever.

Never forget:

Which reminds me of another quote that so predicted and reminds me of this man, this supposed leader, this President, tragically.

God help us.

And if he or she can't help us then forgive.

#vote

Check Out How Callous and Cynical and Ugly Kris Kobach Has Gotten

A friend emailed me this. I could nearly not believe how low, how, again, callous and cynical and ugly and heartless it is. Kris Kobach, out of Kansas, sent around this email this week for his event.

On April 20, the anniversary of the slaughter of innocents at Columbine, Kris Kobach has decided to have a rally to support "gun rights."  What he's proposing:

Secretary Kobach has offered to host a pro-gun rally for the Kansas State Rifle Association in his official capacity as Kansas Secretary of State.

Help us get supporters to Topeka on April 20th to defend the 2nd Amendment and promote our shared pro-gun values!

For anyone who doesn't know or remember:

Twelve students and one teacher were killed at Columbine that day. Gunned down. Slaughtered. The Columbine shootings rank as one of the worst mass shootings in US history as well as one of the deadliest episodes of school violence.

At approximately 11:19 a.m., two students, Dylan Klebold, 17, and Eric Harris, 18, carrying guns and bombs, open fire inside Columbine High School, killing 13 and wounding 23 others.

And it's on the anniversary of this day Kris Kobach wants to push for yet more "gun rights."

If that isn't cold, heartless, callous and even sick, I don't know what is.

Links:

Columbine High School Shootings Fast Facts - CNN - CNN.com

Columbine High School massacre - Wikipedia

Doesn't It Look As Though This President Takes His Orders Very Well?

I ask you...

Take a look at these two headlines. First, there's this:

Russia Tells U.S. Military to Get Out of Syria 

- Newsweek

Then, shortly thereafter, this very week, there is this:

Trump: I want to get out of Syria

I ask you, does that not look, appear as though this President takes his orders seriously and well?

Two Headlines That Say It All

You've maybe read or heard that the retail chain Toys R Us is going out of business shortly, right? Going bankrupt? It can't keep up with online toy sales so it's having to shut down, right?

With that in mind, check out these two headlines on that subject. They say everything. Here's the first.

Bankruptcy judge approves $14M 

Toys R Us executive bonus payout

And here, here's the second.

31,000 Toys 'R' Us employees: 

No job and no severance

Oh yes.

The deck is stacked, ladies and gentlemen.

And it's stacked, severely, against most of us.

Not done there, here's another beauty.

What scandals? Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan 

gets $4.6M raise

Wells Fargo bank has untold scandals and so, fines, from the government, for scamming their own customers out of millions of dollars but what does the CEO get? 

A huge pay raise.

Because, sure, that makes sense.

You or I would be fired, forget about a raise.

Who, Exactly, Is President Trump Tryng to Protect?

This happened yesterday, last evening.

Rex Tillerson condemns Russia 

for UK nerve agent attack 

So what did Trump do today? What did he tweet within the last 2 hours?

Donald Trump just fired Rex Tillerson 

on Twitter

Is our President, Donald J Trump, protecting or trying to protect Russia, ladies and gentlemen? Or someone in it?

Let's ignore that he fired yet one more person of the highest rank in his own administration and by tweet, no less, the coward.

Who, really, is this Republican President working for?

Again, who is he trying to protect?

Thoughts and Direction On This President

Millionaire Tom Steyer makes some great, important points, asks good questions and gives a good direction.

His site:

Impeach Trump: Add Your Name

And here's some great news:

Trump Is Just Six Senate Votes Away 

From Impeachment

More yet:

Trump Impeachment Is Most Popular Solution Among Americans

Link:

Tom Steyer backs $10 million campaign 

to impeach Trump

The Attacks and Irresponsibility and Just Really the Insanity That Are All Donald Trump

In the very, very short time this Donald J. Trump has been President, look at all he's come out against.

He's against equal pay for women.

Trump Order Drops Pesky Regulations 

On Equal Pay

He has attacked and keeps attacking women, in fact.

Reinstating 'Global Gag Rule,' Trump Attacks Women

Trump order undoes workplace protections for women

He's against National Parks and National Monuments and so, nature. 

Trump order could undo designation of national monuments

Heck, he's against his own political party and people in it.

Trump attacks McCain and other Republicans

We've seen, this week, he's against National Football League players and they're desire for justice in our nation, a two-fer for him. 

Donald Trump Attacks NFL Players'

Behind Trump’s attack on the NFL football players

Long ago now, he's even attacked our nation's Veterans, for pity's sake.

Trump Attacks America's Veterans

Not done there, he singles out and attacks DISABLED Veterans, as well.

Trump attacks disabled Veterans

He has attacked and keeps attacking the media. 

Trump attacks media in lengthy, combative press conference

Trump threatens NBC licenses after story on nuclear buildup

Not just attacking the media, he has attacked free speech, the First Amendment. This came early this year, in February.

Trump threatens to weaken 

First Amendment protections for reporters

Trump's attack on the First Amendment

Then, he did this in the last 24 hours.

Trump Attacks First Amendment

He's certainly not for clean air nor clean water nor soil.

Trump signs bill undoing Obama coal mining rule

Donald Trump undoes the Clean Water rule

The Trump EPA Wants to Gut California’s Clean Air Rules

There are things he's for certainly. Here's one of them. He's for our local military, across the nation, having military gear. You know, so they can fight us, the American citizens.

Trump to lift military gear ban for local police

He's all for business, that's for sure.

Trump’s Policies Are Already Making Workplaces More Toxic

Another thing he's for and seemingly in a big way is a fight of some kind with North Korea and their President Kim Jong Un. 

U.S. flies bombers over Korea as Trump discusses options

Trump Flirts with Nuclear War

Keep in mind, too, this is only a partial list of what this one man has done and said so far.

So the question is now, when does this roller coaster end? How soon?

And how, exactly?

Donald Trump Is Going to Puerto Rico This Week?

This week, in the last few days, our illustrious President Donald J. "You're Kidding Me Here" Trump took it upon himself to insult the Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico. In Tweets, of course.

Trump attacks San Juan mayor 

over hurricane response

Not done there, that, alone, wasn't bad enough, he went on to INSULT THE ENTIRE CITIZENRY of that nation.

Trump attacks hurricane-ravaged Puerto Ricans as lazy

So, now, given all this, what could he possibly, possibly think he can do to help these people, given that he has, again, insulted each and every one of them, already?

What good could he possibly do now?

How are they to receive him?

We Are, As a Nation, Normalizing the Insanity and Irresponsibility That Is Donald J Trump

Lots of us swore we would not, could not let this happen. That is, we swore we would and could not possibly let the normalization of Donald J. Trump and all his petulance and non-logic and emotionalism and rantings and ravings and tweets and self-centeredness and narcissism. We were sure we wouldn't all "go there."

But it's happening. Sure as he's called President, to this day, it's happening.

An example?

This past week.

Donald Trump's last 7 days are just 

mind-bogglingly bad

And then, today, there's this.

Trump calls negotiations with North Korea a waste of time, says U.S. will ‘do what has to be done’

He has no idea, I expect, that he's flirting with some sort of nuclear disaster, at minimum, if not out and out nuclear war.

Bravado is one thing when you're in the locker room and disrespecting women. God knows that's bad enough. But as President of the most ridiculously powerful nation on the planet to, again, flirt with nuclear warheads being rained down on some part of the planet--anywhere, really--is just outrageously stupid, even childish but certainly irresponsible.

We, the United States, can't allow, hell, exist with this, again, irresponsible dolt as leader.

The planet can't, either.

No exaggeration.

Meanwhile, Today in America

Shooter kills one, wounds 7 

at Tennessee church

When can we talk about this, America?

Could This Be the Year We All Finally Admit Global Warming?

After the flooding and mudslides, killing approximately 1,000 people in Sierra Leone last week and the widespread, devastating flooding in Bangladesh, along with Hurricane Harvey decimating so much of Houston and Southeast Texas and West Louisiana, then the record-breaking high temperatures in the Western US, there is this.

San Francisco smashes all-time record high temperature, hits 106 degrees

Anyone who knows anything of San Francisco knows that's insane.

And it doesn't stop there. With all of California's record-breaking high temperatures, wildfires have, again this year, been breaking out.

Scorched Bay Area now choking on smoke from raging wildfires in Northern California

All the way South to Los Angeles.

Wildfires spur evacuations 

around Burbank

This is not alarmist, either. These are facts. These are real, actual events, not concerns about what may happen in the future.

Then there's Irma, building this moment.

Hurricane Irma remains potential threat 

to the East Coast, 

possibly matching Harvey’s wind strength

And finally, this.

Two new tropical threats are taking shape in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean

Could we all get on this same bus now?

Please?

Links:

A third of Bangladesh under water as flood devastation widens

Floods kill over 1,200 in India, Nepal and Bangladesh

Republicans and Closed Government

First this President, now the Republican Congress, too, show how closed and aloof and distant Republican government out of both houses of Congress and this White House are.

Trump did this last February.

Trump Ousts Real News Outlets 

From Press Conference

White House Bars CNN, NYT, LAT, Politico 

From Briefing

This happened yesterday.

No cameras, no audio: White House keeps undermining press briefing

It got worse, too.

Sean Spicer took questions from 

Russian media but not CNN, WaPo 

 or Politico

And then there's Congress' well-publicized but very private internal negotiations over our health care.

Senate GOP defends writing its 

healthcare bill in private

Fortunately, some even in their own political party are, in fact, thinking this is maybe wrong.

Secrecy Surrounding Senate Health Bill 

Raises Alarms in Both Parties

Can you imagine if that last President and the other political party tried ANY of this?

Why aren't we raising Hell yet?

Quote of the Day -- On This President

"The most ill-informed, under-prepared, ethically-challenged and psychologically ill-equipped President in United States history."

--Gareth Evans, former Australian Foreign Minister, on Donald Trump

Links:

Gareth Evans on Donald Trump: National Press Club address 2017

'psychologically ill-equipped' US president ever, says Gareth Evans

Former Australian foreign minister sharply criticizes Trump 

- ABC News

Gareth Evans (politician) - Wikipedia