Congress passes a law. Trump signs it. Then he alone decides to ignore it. That is not the way the Constitution designed our lawmaking process. Where are all the Republican Originalists when their president defies the constitution? Oh, on a paid multi-month break! And hardly a peep out of them.
Jim Croteau
@jimbeau22.bsky.social
Retired educator, social services CEO, and existential phenomenology journal keeper.
Republicans are the only elected officials who can save us from Communists and Socialists. Except for those who are Trump’s “friends” from Russia, China and North Korea. We can give them a break because they are nice to our President.
The senate passes sanctions on Russian oil and gas. First county to violate those beside Iran is, you guessed it, Trump’ America!
Pride is too great admiration of oneself. The ultimate stage of pride is to make oneself his own law, his own judge, his own god…The more important the egotist feels himself to be, the more irritated he becomes when he does not receive worship. —Bl. Fulton J. Sheen, Go to Heaven p. 138 Know anyone?
Let me understand this. We cut supplements that made Obamacare unaffordable for millions and now we are sending $500 to those who could afford the coverage. In what world does that make sense except Trump’s world where you can buy anything including votes.
Who loves the Communists now that the Republicans are asking voters to hate those “commie dumocrats”? Why it is President Trump! He is giving an unprecedented royal welcome to China’s Xi and a personal in invitation to Russia’s Putin to the G-20 meeting in Miami. Loves those dictators! Besties!
Let me understand this. The Kennedy center lost millions in revenue when Trump put his name on the building. Now it can only stay solvent if Trump’s name is on the building. Neat trick: the problem and the solution at the same time! Typical Trumpism!
Why did Don Junior (net worth $300M) need a Russian oligarch pay for his wedding? Because in the Trump tradition: there is never enough grift. Like Senior making his Secret Service pay for hotdogs on his golf outings! Need a hat or bible made in China?
Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump plays golf or paints things gold. Or he tears or cuts down beautiful things and puts the garish in its place. Who is minding the war and guarding the Epstein files while he plays the emperor?
Republicans railed against Biden using Executive Orders to move past a frozen Congress. Not a word of complaint over the hundreds of Trump’s orders usurping Congress’s role, costing taxpayers billions and doing inane map name changing. One more level of hypocrisy!
What qualifies Trump to change vaccine requirements for children against the recommendations of medical professionals? Oh, the guy who suggested bleach as a COVID antidote? The one who takes mega aspirin so his hands can bruise when he shakes so many hands? Or the one who uses AI to lose weight?
Florida’s economy, especially senior services, depends heavily on TPS Haitians. It is cruel and morally irresponsible to send them to the gang and crime island that we would not even send our troops to. It makes no sense in that they contribute so much and take so little from our state.
Why is it so hard for Trump to see that tariffs are a tax that punishes American consumers more than other countries? This is simple economics!
Let us continue to impose tariffs on countries that we have a trade surplus with. That makes a lot if sense to punish those people who like our stuff.
Back to the Roman times. Images of Caesar on all the coins. The Emperor is trying to prove he is worth something. The egoism is the most undemocratic part of it all. Washington and Lincoln just shake their spiritual heads!
Buying and selling stocks before public announcements is called insider trading. This is not in the realm of presidential duties and should be prosecuted. The president can say all he wants about a company but not when he or his family has a recently purchased interest in that company.
A few months ago Jarad Kushner was negotiating a nuclear and sanctions relief deal with Iran. In the meantime taxpayer billions spent on a war and world wide inflation. Now we are back where we started with Jarad negotiating a sanctions and nuclear arms deal pretending we won something! Not so MAGA!
Quite a contrast. Trump party on the White House lawn. Scenes of suffering in Ukraine, Lebanon, Gaza, Cuba, Sudan and dozens of other places. $1M to visit with Trump and watch the show. No attention to the need for food, medicine and peace around the world.
Let’s see….$1.8B for a hand picked committee that will meet in secret, negotiate secret settlements and keep the recipients and the rationale for paying them secret. Speaking of weaponized DOJ, will Comey and Powell and all the other “enemies” targeted by Trump be eligible?
How is this IRS fund not self dealing as he controls both offices? He even admitted it as such in front of cameras. Add his stock and bond trades days before his policy announcements. The most corrupt President ever.
Ironic or moronic. The same people who want prayer and the Ten Commandments in public schools object to the Ten Commandments applied to them. Morality in politics is not the problem. It is the solution.
The question is, “Where did Iran get the super-duper anti-aircraft weapons?” Could our friendly Russian arms supplier be at work here? They help with targeting, why not with tools?
Hogsbreath is a racist and misogynist using his anti DEI as an excuse. Military promotions are based on merit by a rigorous review. Compare the records with those who were accepted and you will see those rejected earned their promotions.
Stupid war by a stupid man who can only think of himself. Surround your self with other self righteous people who don’t know history or care about the common good and the only possible result is chaos and pain for the rest of us.
Nobody in the Trump organization thought about the world wide economic damage the war in Iran might cause? Or did they not care? How about asking your buddy in Hungary to give back the stolen Ukrainian millions? Or is theft and corruption okay?
As Iris Murdock often wrote: if you can’t believe in God you should believe in Good.
Imminent threat from Iran’s nuclear and long range missiles that someday might be able to hit the US. I recall a past concern with North Korea who has multiple nuclear missiles capable of reaching the US. But they wrote Trump a nice letter! No problem!
Nothing like a good old assassination to make you feel proud of your country. Who gave us or Israel the right to be judge and jury? Oh, right we don’t need any authorization to blow up boats and people. Just Trump’s say so, our supreme leader!
The man who has no idea what is in the constitution assails the justices who know it well. Ironically the justices who call themselves strict constitutionalists are the ones who closed their eyes to the clearly written words. Only Trump knows best! Effin right!
Trillions added to the national debt. Hundreds of executive orders. Where are those conservative elected officials who bitched and moaned about Biden’s spending and use of the executive pen when they wouldn’t act. They no longer care about our grandchildren I guess.