This is the scary part. The fate of the world are in their hands, presidents have the nuclear codes, on their very word they call in troops to put down insurrections... or start an insurrection. But when ever word that come out of his mouth how can you really believe him.
Within hours of the New Year’s attack in New Orleans, the president-elect simultaneously flunked tests of accuracy, decency and credibility.MSNBCJan. 2, 2025By Steve BenenAs the public first started learning the details of the deadly attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, Donald Trump’s first instinct was sadly predictable: The president-elect appeared eager to tell Americans how right he was — or at least how right he thought he was.In a Wednesday morning missive published to his social media platform, the Republican thanked local enforcement, but not before he got a few other points off his chest:When I said that the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we have in our country, that statement was constantly refuted by Democrats and the Fake News Media, but it turned out to be true. The crime rate in our country is at a level that nobody has ever seen before.The first sentence was wrong on multiple levels. Right off the bat, Trump seemed to be referring to a debate that occurred only in his imagination: There was no grand discussion about whether foreign-born criminals were more dangerous than native-born criminals. He appears to have simply made this up.What’s more, given the context, the president-elect apparently wanted the public to believe that the suspect in the New Orleans attack was an immigrant. He wasn’t. As NBC News reported, the man accused of killing at least 15 people was a U.S. Army veteran from Texas who was employed by a leading financial services firm.
Do you remember during the election he said that in Springfield, Ohio, migrants are eating pets? His utterances are designed to stir up anger in his base.
First, he flunked a test of accuracy, pushing misinformation within hours of a deadly attack.Second, he flunked a test of decency, trying to exploit the attack to advance an ugly and misguided agenda.
He is a slimy slug, using anyone or anything to get an edge up on others.
And third, Trump flunked a test of credibility, reminding everyone anew that when tragedy strikes, Americans just can’t count on the incoming president for reliable and trustworthy information.
I worry that he will use a lie to call out the troops for a peaceful protest and bash heads!
And this isn't the first time, USA Today writes,
It also described a sickeningly similar act in New York on Halloween in 2017, nine months into Donald Trump's first term as president. A killer, also acting in the name of the Islamic State terrorism, killed eight and wounded more on a bike path in Lower Manhattan.Trump, an opportunist with no allegiance to truth, used that 2017 attack on his watch to launch baseless attacks on his political opponents, to cast them as weak on immigration, to leverage terrorism for political gain.
He will lie, cheat, and do whatever he wants to get his way. He cannot be trusted! And he is going to be president again... it just goes to show you how gullible the voters are.
1: psychological manipulation of a person usually over an extended period of time that causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and typically leads to confusion, loss of confidence and self-esteem, uncertainty of one's emotional or mental stability, and a dependency on the perpetrator
Back in 2020 did you see the insurrection attempt to stop the certifying of the election by the Trump minions? Did you watch it on televisions when they crawled up the walls to get inside the Capitol building did you see them attacking the Capitol police? Did you see them in the halls of Congress?
Well that is all a figment of your imagination... that never happened! at least that is what they are rewriting history will say...
In the four years since mobs of his supporters stormed the Capitol in an unsuccessful effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat, Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans have waged an incessant campaign to rewrite the history of one of the most shameful events in modern American history.Now, as the fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, uprising nears, they have sunk to a new and dangerous low by calling for a criminal investigation of former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, one of the main officials who sought to tell the truth about Trump’s role in inciting the insurrection.In their false version, perpetrated in a new report by one of Trump’s congressional allies and encouraged by the president-elect, the guilty parties are Cheney and the key witnesses to the House panel that laid out Trump’s role in instigating the riot in which five died and hundreds were injured, including many law enforcement officers.
It is all a figment in your imagination... repeat after me... you only saw a peaceful protest. You only saw a peaceful protest... There was no violence... The police office didn't get killed!
It’s the latest sign that Trump meant it when, during the recent campaign, he vowed “vengeance” against those responsible for investigating or prosecuting him, including an array of federal and state prosecutors and the members of the select House committee on which Cheney was one of two Republican members.He also said he plans to pardon all or most of those convicted of various crimes for their roles in the uprising, often referring to them inaccurately as “patriots.”Similar calls for “vengeance” have been expressed by Pam Bondi, Trump’s choice for attorney general. After Trump was indicted last year in Georgia on charges of trying to overturn the election, she said on Fox News, “The investigators will be investigated.”
It was a frameup by the Democrats... repeat after me... It never happened!... It was just another peaceful day at the Capitol.
But while his months of legal delaying actions enabled Trump to prevent the government from holding him legally responsible for his acts, he cannot escape moral responsibility for what may have been history’s singularly most selfish effort to flout the rules of American democracy.
You know what? The voters didn't give a f**k about all the lies, all the violence, all the bull... they just wanted Trump to fix the economy, it is besides the point that he is the one who give trillions to his billionaire friends and screwed us. He is a conman and can talk the spots off of a leopard.
At the NYC gay bar, there was a rickety staircase that took you to the bathroom. Here, an American flag was hung on the wall—one in which the red and blue stripes were replaced with the rainbow colors of Pride. A picture of this symbolic banner is now giving me a sense of comfort, as I think about how much has changed since artist Gilbert Baker hand-stitched the first Pride flag in 1978. As Kamala Harris said in her concession speech: “Sometimes the fight takes a while—that doesn't mean we won't win.”
We did it once and we can do it again!
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I do think that Trump will in his vengeance against all things LGBTQ+ he will go after the Stonewall Inn it might not be right away but he will eventually do it. Further more I see Trump using federal troops to "Quell" a riot that is no more than a peaceful protest against him.
Although New Orleans was a terrorist act by a natural born citizen and a military veteran, Trump or his allies will point out that the ancestors of that veteran should not have been allowed to immigrate to this country in the first place. His entire family does not qualify to be under the banner of "America is for Americans" as they surely were not white Europeans. I am waiting for another executive order.
ReplyDeleteThat is RACIST and xenophobic! And let me guess, you are the one who voted that Trump isn't anti-LGBTQ+.
DeleteAs we learn from ourstories that the final solution doesn't just happen. There are steps to get us to that point. Taking all together now as far as our people are concerned, we are about at step 1.(writing laws against a group of people) As a nation we will be a step 3 the firming up of power and going after ones enemies. After that you can bet that it will go down quickly. But wait some say, there is a constitution well that can be torn up and thrown away. Just like a law on the books one day taken off the next. Better get on your fighting shoes and find out where you fit in. In one way I really don't care about the stonewall inn as a place. Stonewall to me is a frame of mind that is in flux, it flows on.
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