08/27/2024
I owe my Trump-supporting acquaintances an apology.
I’ve been critical of the Trump presidency since before Election Day 2016, and am still exhausted from that experience.
But to be fair, wasn’t THAT bad other than when he:
*incited an insurrection against the government
*mismanaged a that killed nearly half a million Americans
*separated children from their families
*lost hundreds of said in the bureaucracy
*had used on peaceful on Lafayette Square so he could hold a photo op holding a Bible in front of a church
*tried to block all Muslims from entering the country
*got
*got impeached - again
*had the worst jobs record of ANY president in modern history
*pressured to dig dirt on Joe Biden
*fired the FBI director for investigating Donald J. Trump's ties to 🇷🇺
*bragged about firing the FBI director on TV
*took Vladimir Putin’s word over the US intelligence community
*diverted military funding to build his wall
*caused the longest in US
*called a “symbol of hate”
*lied nearly 30,000 times
*banned people from serving in the military
*ejected reporters from the White House briefing room who asked tough questions
*vetoed the bill because it renamed military bases named for Confederate soldiers
*refused to release the returns on his
*increased the national by nearly $8 Trillion
*had three of the highest annual trade in U.S. history
*called and who died in combat and
*coddled the leader of 🇸🇦 after they ordered the ex*****on and dismembering of a US Based journalist
*refused to concede the 2020 election
*hired his unqualified daughter and son-in-law to work in the White House but said it was okay because the refused a salary
*walked out of an interview with Lesley Stahl
*called neo-N***s “very fine people”
*suggested that people should inject into their bodies to fight
*abandoned our allies the to Turkey
*pushed through massive tax cuts for the wealthiest but balked at helping working Americans
*incited anti-lockdown protestors in several states at the height of the pandemic
*withdrew the US from the
*withdrew the US from the
*withdrew the US from the Trans Pacific Partnership, the , which was designed to block China’s advances
*insulted his own Cabinet members on Twitter
*pushed the leader of Montenegro out of the way during a photo op
*failed to reiterate US commitment to defending allies
*called Haiti and African nations “ **thole" countries
*called the city of Baltimore the "worst in the nation"
*claimed that he single handedly brought back the phrase “ ” even though it hadn’t gone anywhere
*forced his Cabinet members to praise him publicly like some
*believed he should be awarded the
*berated and belittled his hand-picked Attorney General when he recused himself from the Russia probe
*suggested the US should buy 🇬🇱
*colluded with master Senator Mitch McConnell to push through federal judges and two Supreme Court justices after supporting efforts to prevent his predecessor from appointing judges
*repeatedly called the media “enemies of the people”
*claimed that if we tested fewer people for COVID we’d have fewer cases
*violated the emoluments clause
*thought that Nambia was a country
*told Bob Woodward in private that the coronavirus was a big deal but then downplayed it in public
*called his exceedingly faithful vice president a “p---y” for following the
*nearly got us into a war with Iran after threatening them by tweet
*nominated a corrupt head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
*nominated a corrupt head of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
*nominated a corrupt head of the U.S. Department of the Interior
*nominated a corrupt head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
*praised dictators and authoritarians around the world while criticizing allies
*refused to allow the presidential transition to begin
*insulted war hero John McCain – even after his death
*spent an obscene amount of time playing at his personal after criticizing Barack Obama for playing (far less) golf while president
*falsely claimed that he won the 2016 popular vote
*called the mayor of the City of London a “stone cold loser”
*falsely claimed that he turned down being Time’s Man of the Year
*considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller on several occasions
*mocked wearing face masks to guard against transmitting COVID
*locked out of its constitutional duty to confirm Cabinet officials by hiring acting ones
*used a dog-whistle by calling COVID the " "
*hired and associated with numerous shady figures that were eventually convicted of federal offenses including his campaign manager and national security adviser
*pardoned several of his shady associates
*gave the Presidential to two congressman who amplified his bats**t crazy theories
*got into telephone fight with the leader of 🇦🇺(!?)
*had a Secretary of State who called him a "moron"
*forced his press secretary to claim without merit that his was the largest inauguration crowd in history
*botched the COVID vaccine rollout
*tweeted so much dangerous propaganda that Twitter eventually banned him
*charged the Secret Service jacked-up rates at his properties
*was golfing in Florida when tens of thousands of Americans received text citing, "Ballistic missle threat inbound to . Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill?"
*constantly interrupted Joe Biden in their first presidential debate
*claimed that COVID would “magically” disappear
*called a U.S. Senator “Pocahontas”
*used his Twitter account to blast Nordstrom when it stopped selling ’s merchandise
*opened up millions of pristine federal lands to development and drilling
*got into a losing tariff war with 🇨🇳 that forced US taxpayers to bail out farmers
*claimed that his losing war was a win for the US
*ignored or didn’t even take part in daily intelligence briefings
*blew off honoring American war dead in France because it was raining
*redesigned to look like the Trump Shuttle
*got played by and his “love letters"
*threatened to go after social media companies in clear violation of the Constitution
*botched the response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
*threw paper towels at Puerto Ricans when he finally visited them
*pressured the governor and secretary of state of to “find” him votes
*thought that the Virgin Islands had a President
*drew on a map with a to justify his inaccurate tweet that was threatened by a hurricane
*allowed White House staff to use personal email accounts for official businesses after blasting Hillary Clinton for doing the same same
*rolled back regulations that protected the public from and
*pushed regulators to waste time studying snake-oil remedies for COVID
*rolled back regulations that stopped companies from dumping waste into rivers
*held blatant campaign rallies at the White House
*tried to take away millions of Americans’ health insurance because the law was nick-named by his party, the GOP, for a Black man -
*refused to attend his successors’ inauguration
*nominated the worst Secretary in history
*threatened judges who didn’t do what he wanted
*attacked Dr. Anthony
*promised that 🇲🇽 would pay for the wall (they didn’t)
*allowed political hacks to overrule government scientists on major reports on and other issues
*struggled navigating a ramp after claiming his opponent was feeble
*called an African-American Congresswoman “low IQ”
*threatened to withhold federal aid from states and cities with Democratic leaders
*went ahead with rallies filled with maskless supporters in the middle of a
*claims that ANY legitimate investigations of his wrongdoings are " "
*seemed to demonstrate a belief that we had an during the American Revolution
*demanded “total loyalty” from the FBI director
*praised a conspiracy theory that Democrats are Satanic pe*****les
*completely gutted the Voice of America
*placed a political hack and Campaign Donor in charge of the US Postal Service
*claimed without evidence that the Obama administration bugged Trump Tower
*suggested that the US should allow more people from places like Norway into the country
*suggested that COVID wasn’t that bad because he recovered with the help of top government doctors and treatments not available to the public
*overturned standards that even the industry supported
*reduced by the number of refugees the US accepts
*insulted various members of Congress and the media with infantile nicknames
*gave a Presidential Medal of Freedom at the Address
*named as head of federal personnel a 29-year old who’d previously been fired from the White House for allegations of financial improprieties
*eliminated the White House office of pandemic response
*used soldiers as
*fired any advisor who made the mistake of disagreeing with him
*demanded the Pentagon throw him a Soviet-style military
*hired a s**t ton of white nationalists
*politicized the civil service
*did absolutely nothing after Russia hacked the U.S. government
*falsely said the Boy Scouts of America called him to say his bizarre Jamboree speech was the best speech ever given to the Scouts
*claimed that Black people would overrun the suburbs if won
insultedd people with
*insulted of color
*insulted reporters
*insulted women reporters of color
*suggested he was fine with China’s oppression of the Uighurs
*attacked the when it ruled against him
*summoned state legislative leaders to the White House to pressure them to overturn the election
*spent countless hours every day watching
*refused to allow his administration to comply with a Congressional
*hired Rudy as his lawyer
*tried to punish because the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post wrote negative stories about him
*acted as if the of the United States was his personal attorney
*attempted to get the federal government to defend him in a from a women who accused him of sexual assault
*held private meetings with Vladimir Putin without staff present
*didn’t disclose his private meetings with so that the US had to find out via Russian media
*stopped holding press briefings for months at a time
*“ordered” US companies to leave China even though he has no such power
*led a political party that couldn’t even be bothered to draft a policy platform
*claimed preposterously that Article II of the Constitution gave him absolute powers
*tried to pressure the U.K. to hold the British Open at his golf course
*suggested that the government nuke a
*suggested that wind turbines cause
*said that he had a special aptitude for science
*fired the head of election cyber security after he said that the 2020 election was secure
*blurted out classified information to Russian officials
*tried to force the G7 to hold their meeting at his failing golf resort in
*fired the acting attorney general when she refused to go along with his unconstitutional Muslim travel ban
*hired
*openly discussed national security issues in the dining room at Mar-a-Lago where everyone could hear them
*interfered with plans to relocate the FBI because a new development there might compete with his hotel
*abandoned refugees who’d helped the U.S. during the war
*tried to get Russia back into the
*held a COVID super spreader event in the
*seemed to believe that Frederick Douglass is still alive
*lost 60 election fraud cases in court including before judges he had nominated
*falsely claimed that factories were reopening when they weren’t
*shamelessly exploited terror attacks in to justify his anti-immigrant policies
*still hasn’t come up with a healthcare plan
*still hasn’t come up with an plan despite repeated “Infrastructure Weeks”
*forced Secret Service agents to drive him around Walter Reed while contagious with COVID
*told the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by”
*fu**ed up the
*withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO) in the middle of a pandemic
*did so few of his duties that his press staff were forced to state on his daily schedule “President Trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings”
*allowed his staff to repeatedly violate the
*seemed not to know that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican
*stood before sacred wall of heroes and bragged about his election win
*constantly claimed he was treated worse than any president which presumably includes four that were assassinated and his predecessor whose legitimacy and birthplace were challenged by a racist reality TV show star named Donald Trump
*claimed Andrew Jackson could’ve stopped the Civil War even though he died 16 years before it happened
*said that any opinion poll showing him behind was
*gave the Presidential Medal Of Freedom to one of his mega
*claimed that other countries laughed at us before he became president when several world leaders were literally laughing at him
*claimed that the military was out of ammunition before he became President
*created a commission to whitewash American history
*retweeted anti-Islam videos from one of the most racist people in Britain
*claimed ludicrously that the shooting wouldn’t have happened if someone there had a gun even though there was an armed security guard there
*hired a senior staffer who cited the non-existent Bowling Green as a reason to ban Muslims
*had a press secretary who claimed that ***s never used chemical weapons even though every sane human being knows they used gas to kill millions of Jews and others
*bilked the Secret Service for higher than market rates when they had to stay at Trump properties
*apparently made the sale of a on his way out of the White House
*stripped protective status from 59,000 Haitians
*falsely claimed wanted to defund the police
*said that the head of the didn’t know what he was talking about
*tried to rescind protection from DREAMers
*gave himself an A+ for his handling of the pandemic
*tried to start a boycott of due to an Internet hoax
*said U.S. rates of COVID would be lower if you didn’t count blue states
* U.S. who served their country but were undocumented
*claimed he did more for African-Americans than any president since
*touted a “super-duper” secret “hydrosonic” missile which may or may not be a new “hypersonic” missile or may not exist at all
*retweeted a gif calling Biden a pe*****le
*forced through for his family
*suggested that police officers should "rough-up" suspects
*suggested that Biden was on performance-enhancing drugs
*tried to stop from being able to use school bathrooms in line with their gender
*suggested the US not accept COVID patients from a because it would make US numbers look higher
*nominated a climate change skeptic to chair the committee advising the White House on policy
*retweeted a video doctored to look like Biden had played a song called “F**k tha Police” at a campaign event
*hugged a disturbingly large number of U.S. flags
*accused Democrats of “treason” for not applauding his State of the Union address
*claimed that the FBI failed to capture the school shooter because they were “spending too much time” on Russia
*mocked the testimony of Dr Christine Blasey Ford when she accused of sexual assault
*obsessed over low-flow toilets
*ordered the rerelease of more COVID vaccines when there weren’t any to release
*called for the construction of a bizarre garden of heroes with statues of famous dead Americans as well as at least one Canadian (Alex Trebek)
*hijacked Washington’s July 4th celebrations to give a partisan speech
*took advice from the MyPillow guy
*claimed that migrants seeking a better life in the US were dangerous caravans of drug dealers and rapists
*said nothing when Vladimir Putin poisoned a leading opposition figure
*never seemed to heed the advice of his wife’s " " campaign
*falsely claims that is fraudulent
*announced a precipitous withdrawal of troops from Syria which not only handed Russia and ISIS a win but also prompted his Defense Secretary to resign in protest
*insulted the leader of 🇨🇦
*insulted the leader of 🇫🇷
*insulted the leader of 🇬🇧
*insulted the leader of 🇩🇪
*insulted the leader of 🇸🇪 (Sweden!?)
*falsely claimed credit for getting NATO members to increase their share of dues
*blew off two Asia summits even though they were held virtually
*continued lying about spending lots of time at with 9/11 responders
*said that the 🇯🇵 would sit back and watch their “Sony televisions” if the US were ever attacked
*left a NATO summit early in a huff
*stared directly into an even though everyone over the age of 5 knows not to do that
*called himself a very despite significant evidence to the contrary
*refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power and kept his promise to never do so ...
.. and a whole bunch of other things I can’t remember at the moment.
These are all , but other than that . . .
Please copy and paste like any responsible American Citizen.
& H/T: Matthew Moore, Todd Hyder, LaureenRose Larson, and Deborah Weeks on !
