Character Counts

How many times have you heard that in employment? When you are in business, your character is important; your word is everything. This seems to be true for everything except politics.

Trump has shown he has no character at all… I take that back — he has the character of a conniving leech.

He cares more about having his name plastered over everything.

Trump’s quest to name things after himself takes an even more desperate turn

Yahoo News
Analysis by Aaron Blake, CNN

Fri, February 6, 2026

Donald Trump’s insatiable desire to name things after himself has been clear for a very long time. And as president, he’s rapidly pushed the envelope in that regard, naming things after himself in ways it appears no previous president ever has.

But even by his standards, this quest has taken a desperate — and seemingly politically unwise — turn.

Trump last month sought to have Congress rename Dulles International Airport near DC and New York City’s Penn Station after himself.

CNN’s Manu Raju and Adam Cancryn report that Trump pitched the renamings to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as a condition for releasing billions of dollars in frozen funds for a major New York infrastructure project. Schumer, a New York Democrat, turned it down. The news was first reportedby Punchbowl.

You know there’s a word for that. It’s called extortion.

While things are named after presidents, experts have said there is simply no precedent for naming things after a sitting president like this. The New York Times recently dug into the data, backing up that other presidents have almost always had to wait until after leaving office.

But what did you expect from Trump? Look at his list of failed businesses!

• Trump Steaks
• Trump Vodka
• Trump Ice
• Trump University
• Trump Shuttle
• Trump: The Game
• Trump Taj Mahal
• Trump Castle
• Plaza Hotel (NYC)
• Trump Hotels & Casinos
• Trump Entertainment

Does this foretell failures ahead for other named properties, like,

• The Donald J. Trump United States Institute of Peace
• The Trump-Kennedy Center
• Trump Accounts
• TrumpR_x
• The Trump-Class Navy Warships
• The Trump Gold Coin
• The Trump Ballroom
• The Trump Arch

And now Dulles Airport and Penn Station? Is the government going to share the same fate as his businesses?

Politico reports that TrumpR_x is a scam!

Trump’s drug-pricing deals won’t benefit most Americans today. They could over time.

Most Americans likely will not benefit immediately from efforts to lower prescription prices. Administration officials expect effects to spread as markets are reshaped.

But will most Americans feel like the deals make their lives more affordable?

The answer is likely “No” — at least not in the near future — according to some health policy analysts and drug-pricing experts.

The confidential agreements lack some critical details and largely don’t help the roughly two-thirds of Americans who use private health insurance, they say. It’s also unclear whether the deals — which are voluntary on the part of drugmakers — will last beyond the current administration.

“The vast majority of consumers are not going to see any benefit in their pocketbook,” said Chris Meekins, a Raymond James health care analyst, and a former health official in the first Trump administration.

Rachel Sachs, a senior adviser in the Office of the General Counsel at the Department of Health and Human Services during the Biden administration, said the deals’ confidential nature makes them harder to judge.

Trump loves secrecy! But you know what? The voters are beginning to see the smoke and mirrors!

Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans

Rising share of Democrats want their party’s congressional leaders to stand up to Trump

Pew Reserach

By Hannah Hartig and Jocelyn Kiley

January 29, 2026

A year into his second administration, Americans’ views of President Donald Trump – already more negative than positive – have continued to slip.

• Trump’s approval rating stands at 37%, down from 40% in the fall.
• By more than two-to-one, Americans say the administration’s actions have been worse than they expected (50%) rather than better (21%).
• Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans.

A new Pew Research Center survey of 8,512 U.S. adults, conducted Jan. 20-26, also finds that – across six key qualities and abilities needed to serve as president – more Americans express little or no confidence in Trump than say they are extremely or very confident in him.

Confidence is down on all six measures since last year, particularly among Republicans.

The romance is over!

Trump’s quest to name things after himself takes an even more desperate turn

CNN

Analysis by Aaron Blake

Donald Trump’s insatiable desire to name things after himself has been clear for a very long time. And as president, he’s rapidly pushed the envelope in that regard, naming things after himself in ways it appears no previous president ever has.

But even by his standards, this quest has taken a desperate — and seemingly politically unwise — turn.

Trump last month sought to have Congress rename Dulles International Airport near DC and New York City’s Penn Station after himself.

CNN’s Manu Raju and Adam Cancryn report that Trump pitched the renamings to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as a condition for releasing billions of dollars in frozen funds for a major New York infrastructure project. Schumer, a New York Democrat, turned it down. The news was first reported by Punchbowl.

Trump knows this is extortion! But he doesn't care and you know what else, he knows once he leaves  - his name will come down! So... is he thinking that he will stay in power longer 2028?

But usually his efforts to leverage his authority for personal glorification are a little more subtle like that — with the quid pro quo a little less direct. His proposition to Schumer practically slaps you across the face in its degree of blatant self-dealing.

Republicans should probably start asking themselves how much they’re willing to entertain this level of self service.

But the Republicans are spineless and will not stand up to Trump, yes some Republicans are starting to stand up to Trump. Why now? They see cracks.

The survey also found Trump hitting a record low on the percentage of Americans who said he “cares about people like you.” Just 33% said that applied to Trump. A whopping 77% of independents disagreed.

And Americans said 63%-37% that they disagreed with the idea that Trump “puts the good of the country above his personal gain.”

To put a fine point on that: Nearly two-thirds of Americans said Trump is mostly out for himself.

Trump & Company is all about Me! Me! They know that their coattails are tied to Trump.

Support for Trump’s policies

• There has also been a significant decline over the last year in the share of adults who say they agree with Trump’s plans and policies.
• Last year, 35% said they supported all or most of his plans, 17% supported some of them and 47% supported only a few or none.
• Today, 27% say they support all or most, 20% support some and 52% support few or none.

The decline in support has come exclusively among Republicans. Last year, 67% said they supported all or most of Trump’s plans and policies. Today, 56% do.

Very small shares of Democrats say they support his policies. Most (87%) support only a few or none.

CNN went on to write.

That may be fueled, in part, by perceptions Trump is enriching himself financially in office. (The White House has repeatedly maintained it’s committed to ethics and transparency.) But potential conflicts of interest are a lot more difficult to explain than PLASTERS HIS OWN NAME ACROSS A BUILDING.

And Trump’s quest to name things after himself seems especially ill-timed given the state of the economy. We’re currently in the midst of what the vast majority of Americans regard as bad economic times, and about three-quarters of Americans don’t think he’s done enough to lower prices.

The Daily Beast writes...

The erosion extends beyond Trump himself and into broader Republican electoral prospects. In the 2024 congressional elections, Republicans won non-college voters by 13 points. Looking ahead to 2026, that advantage has narrowed sharply to just 4 points, based on CNN polling and Enten’s aggregate.

“A four-point lead among non-college voters is not anywhere close to being good enough,” Enten warned, pointing out that Democrats are “dominating among voters with a college degree, up by 20 points.”

The voters are waking up to realize that Trump is in this for:

1. Himself
2. His families
3. His billionaire friends

We The People are not on the list.