I read the letter to the editor and the FB pages and other outlets where I see multitudes of Trumpeteers saying, Trump is a man of his word. After I get up off the floor after laughing myself into a fit, I begin to wonder, “Which word is Trump true to?” He changes his words every time he speaks. And, if he doesn’t, he has a slew of English-speaking interpreters to tell us what he really meant to say. What he truly believes. Which often he repudiates seconds later. I am genuinely confused now.
Someone tell me what Trump believes that he wasn’t 180 degrees opposite previously?
It appears now, Obamacare may remain (thank goodness), with changes and fixing here, tweaking there. It appears, Trump is doing the opposite of “bring(ing) the world together,” witness Australia, Germany, etc. “Mark my words, Hillary will go to prison.” Thankfully, he reneged on that. So many more examples. If you need them, ask me. But, remember, only Kellyanne Conway can lie her way out of a Republican black hole interrogation.
Here’s a new one, Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, as a man of integrity and impartiality and integrity. He is firmly against women’s rights and set against abortion. These are items which Trump interviewed Gorsuch in detail. There is supposed to be NO LITMUS TEST FOR A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. Yet, Trump wanted to be certain his controllable pick was in agreement, even though Trump isn’t in agreement with himself on these issues. Maybe women’s rights? Trump doesn't believe they should have rights and then touts how he hires women, presumably capable women and not just those under 30 wearing short skirts (must be Ivanka’s size) and no underwear.
Gorsuch, an originalist, believes in the Constitution as written. The originators said it was a living document, and should change over time. Gorsuch, and Scalia before him, takes no account for the fact that this is 2017, not 1787. They had blunderbusses, not AK47’s; legal slavery; fourteen states, and four million people (Los Angeles proper today); “Domestic violence” in 1787, when it meant “civil disobedience;” Freedom of Speech, but no internet; nothing about gay marriage; and, transportation meant horse.
Approximately thirty contemporary judges believe that. Originalists believe that the original wording of the Constitution was based upon the Christian Bible. They argue that the meaning is fixed - it doesn’t change because the world has changed.
Donald Trump has never read the Constitution. Boring. He doesn’t need it. He has people who read it for him. Baron, for one. Trump has a Congress he can control, and building a Supreme Court beholden to him for lifetime jobs. Justices who will do as told. Thus, Trump is redacting the Separation of Powers. Only when he dissolves the Duma….excuse me, Congress, will he have enough power. He has never realized, the Congress enacts laws - the president enforces those laws. He always believed it was the other way around. And that is what he will try to do. Make the laws.
He criticized Obama for creating more Executive Orders than “all previous presidents combined.” Such bullshit. In 14 days, Trump has created, what he calls, 23 Executive Orders. He could hit 500 his first year, as he has vowed to do it himself if Congress doesn’t help.
In 8 years, “Executive order crazy Obama,” issued 276 Orders; George W. 291; Bill Clinton, 364; George H. W. 166 (only 4 years); Reagan 380; No info on Carter; Ford, 168 (3 years); Nixon, 345(5 years); Johnson, 324 (6 years); Kennedy, 214 (2 years); Ike, 484..
Other than That, I have no opinion
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