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It is ironic that Donald Trump is conducting State Business on his personal cell phone. We, the citizens of this Democratic Republic, have no idea with whom the president speaks, nor the deals he’s negotiating. Neither do his advisors, including John Kelly. Some are private calls, but what about his foreign calls. And his calls to members of the Republican Congress.  Yes, Barak Obama used a private phone, after a great deal of time where sit was confiscated. But, it was set up with enhanced security to protect potentially classified conversations. Scrambling was also added. The President's increased cell phone making his calls more vulnerable to eavesdropping from foreign governments.  Trump made a big deal out of Hillary Clinton’s private cell phone use. It was a major part of his campaign. Put her in jail.   Of course, Vladimir Putin has a private phone. Why not Trump? Putin even made a big deal about giving Trump his private phone number. 

As a presidential candidate , Donald Trump seemed quite animated on the issue of China and its alleged currency manipulation. He vowed to label China a currency manipulator literally on his first day in office (Jan. 20, 2018).   BROKEN  In March 2017, Trump blasted China as the “ grand champions ” of currency manipulation. A year ago (April 2017) he said that China actually isn’t manipulating its currency. April 16, 2018, Trump declared on Twitter that China is “playing the Currency Devaluation game (manipulating the currency),” which he added is “not acceptable!” Three days after the Trump administration last admitted China is not devaluing its currency – the third time in a year Trump’s administration had made this assessment – Trump personally declared that China is devaluing its currency. Yet, he pointed to no proof and offered no explanation for why he rejected his own Treasury Department’s findings. He said it was simply his own assessment and “feeling.

Trump mimics Nazis attempts to control media. He systematically ignores advisors, aides, experts about these efforts. He believes he doesn’t need them. He says he “makes things up.” Even aides have no idea what fiction or lies he will deliver.  To support his calls and attacks of “Fake News,” and to find out where these “media influencers”  get their information and how it’s processed, Trump now has ordered his DHS to create a new database to track and monitor journalists, media, press, newspapers, magazines, bloggers, social media, correspondents, editors, television reporters and more.   Called DHS Media Monitoring, they are taking bids to create this 24/7 system. Criteria are the ability to “present contact details and any other information that could be relevant including publications this influencer writes for, and an over of the previous coverage published by the influencer.” This is a world-wide effort of over 250,000 global news outlets. 

Donald Trump is a very dangerous man. He pleaded sympathy for DACA immigrants, asking Congress to “fix” it. On Easter Sunday, he promised, “There will be no deal (to legalize) DACA,” stating it is up to Mexico to stop the flow of immigrants and drugs to the U.S. If not, AFTA negotiations will be “stopped,” and the U. S. will drop out.  Trump unilaterally stopped DACA protections, yet he blames the Democrats. We know he forgets facts, including that the Democrats are the minority party in both houses.  Trump admitted he makes things up - a danger when he is an out-of-control autocrat.  He stated he needs no Chief of Staff or Communications Director, believing he can run the government alone. He makes major decisions and brash, inflammatory statements without advising or receiving input from staff, advisors or experts, while totally unaware that a president’s words have universal consequences. And, he doesn’t seem to care.  Trump’s support of Putin and Russia over our c