About 101 ways we've been hurt by trump - 91-101, AND SUMMARY

91. Pushed environmental policies that will negatively affect communities of color. 

As noted above, the EPA wants to ERADICATE PROGRAMS dedicated to reducing exposure to lead paint, which disproportionately affects communities of color. The EPA is also cutting funding for the environmental justice office that had just been set up to specifically deal with lead, pollution, and other issues facing communities of color.

LGBTQ

92. Turned a blind eye to illegal anti-transgender discrimination in schools. 

The trump administration revoked Title IX guidance issued by the Department of Education clarifying schools’ long-standing obligations under federal civil rights law to treat transgender students equally and with dignity. Transgender students face pervasive harassment and discrimination in schools, impeding these students’ ability to learn. Nearly 1 in 6 out transgender K-12 students have been forced to leave school because of this harassment. 

93. ERASED LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS FROM FEDERAL SURVEYS, making it impossible to know if government programs serve them fairly. 

The trump administration removed questions about LGBTQ people from key federal surveys about programs that serve seniors and people with disabilities, without which policymakers and advocates cannot ensure LGBTQ people have equal access to key government services such as Meals on Wheels. The administration also appears to have included—but then gone back and omitted—questions about LGBTQ people from the American Community Survey, an annual survey that gathers information about Americans’ educational attainment, housing, and health coverage.

94. Appointed longtime opponents of LGBTQ rights—including members of anti-LGBTQ hate groups—to key administration positions. Many of trump’s appointees, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, made their careers standing in the way of LGBTQ rights—and now, THEY’RE IN CHARGE OD AGENCIES that enforce those very rights. The appointments get even more disturbing the closer you look: Trump tapped Ken Blackwell, a former fellow at an anti-LGBTQ hate group, as a DOMESTIC ADVISER FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS; selected leaders of the hate group C-FAM for the president’s delegation to the United Nations; and appointed Roger Severino, a longtime opponent of transgender civil rights, to run the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights.

95. Proposed slashing funding for research to cure HIV/AIDS. 

trump has proposed devastating cuts to health research, including $6 billion in cuts to the National Institutes of Health in the budget and a $50 million cut to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s HIV research and prevention programs. The administration has also pushed a $300 million cut to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR—an extraordinarily successful program that provides lifesaving treatment to 11.5 million people worldwide and has broad bipartisan support.

96. Barred refugees and asylum seekers fleeing anti-LGBTQ persecution from protection in the United States. 

trump’s refugee suspension blocked LGBTQ Syrian and Iraqi refugees from finding protection in the United States, leaving them stranded in countries where they are persecuted. His policy of detaining all immigrants who enter at the southern border and expanding the populations targeted for deportation traps LGBTQ asylum seekers in dangerous immigrant detention facilities and increases the risk that they will be wrongly deported to countries where their lives are at risk. The administration also decided to close the only dedicated transgender immigrant detention pod in the country, leaving transgender immigrants in detention at risk.

National security

97. Made Americans less safe from the Islamic State, or IS. 

The anti-Muslim bigotry of the trump administration makes every American less safe by helping IS and other terrorist groups recruit followers. As one IS commander in Afghanistan put it, the trump administration’s “utter hate towards Muslims will make our job much easier because we can recruit thousands.” The original Muslim ban included Iraq, where Iraqi soldier fighting alongside U.S. forces against IS called it a “betrayal.”

98. Made Americans more vulnerable to pandemic diseases such as Zika and Ebola. 

Massive cuts in aid, diplomacy, and health proposed in trump’s FY 2017 budget would END THE GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY ACCOUNT which works to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks around the world, including Ebola. In his proposed budget, trump has also called for the elimination of funding for the Fogarty International Center, which supports global health research initiatives, including for infectious diseases research in developing countries.

99. Undermined American jobs and security by ceding global leadership to Beijing. 

trump has taken no actions to achieve more balanced trade with China. He recklessly toyed with overturning nearly 40 years of official policy recognizing “one China” but backed down during his first call with the Chinese president, showing that his threats were hollow. trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson claimed they would stop China from building on disputed islands in the South China Sea, but China proceeds to do what it wants, where it wants. trump’s summit with President Xi Jinping at his Mar-a-Lago resort resulted in no progress on any difficult issues. Beijing sees Washington as hot air with little substance. trump’s all talk, no action approach is encouraging repression over freedom and making authoritarian leaders confident that repression will be tolerated.

100. Oversaw an increase in civilian deaths from U.S. military operations. 

After years of decline, civilian deaths from U.S. military operations have surged under trump, destroying families, undermining strategic aims, and providing a propaganda boon to U.S. enemies. U.S. military spokesperson Col. Joseph Scrocca said “[More civilian casualties] is probably detrimental to the strength of our coalition. And that’s exactly what ISIS is trying to target right now.” Civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria have spiked in 2017, already far surpassing the total for all of 2016. trump’s first major raid as president, in Yemen in January, was decided over dinner in the White House—far outside the regular process—and resulted in dozens of civilian deaths.

101. Threatened national security and hurt the integrity of America’s democracy by an ongoing lack of transparency and refusal to disclose details about his finances and ties to Russia. 

Americans cannot know who trump might owe money or what obligations or commitment he and his team could have to Russia or other foreign powers. HE IS MORE SUBJECT TO COERCION OR BLACKMAIL, THAN ANY PRESIDENT IN HISTORY OF THE U.S. trump’s refusal to condemn the Russian government’s interference in the 2016 elections; release his tax returns; step away from his business; and support an independent commission and special counsel to get to the bottom of Russia’s influence over the 2016 election are a green light to Russians and others who want to meddle in U.S. democracy. All Americans from all political parties are vulnerable when foreign influence, money, and hacking can run roughshod though America’s democratic institutions.

This list is just a SAMPLE of the ways in which President Trump and his administration have already broken their promises to Americans and revealed their true priorities. MANY OF THESE ITEMS ARE NOT NORMALLY PRESENTED IN THE MEDIA. THESE ARE THINGS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW. I HOPE IT GIVES YOU CAUSE TO BEWARE and PAUSE TO RESEARCH.This list will grow, everyday, as real damage is being done to communities and working families across the nation. Trump should heed their calls to put the needs of ordinary Americans ahead of corporations and the wealthy.

THAT WON’T HAPPEN.