FOUR “WOMEN OF COLOR” and their friends are claiming that President Trump’s stupid “go back where you came from” tweet is racist.
The tweet is stupid because of the four, only one is a naturalized American; the others were born in the U.S.
But racist? Only in the minds of the women and their friends.
DONALD TRUMP is many things. Some good. Some appallingly stupid.
Many — perhaps most — of his “social media” comments are stupid.
They are knee jerk — the emphasis is on “jerk” — reactions.
The Democrats and a few Republicans have baited him from Hillary’s non-conciliation speech after she lost the election until today.
Trump is not one of the “Old Boy” politicians and the professional politicians may feel endangered. He shoots from the lip, as the expression goes.
Editorial cartoonists have a field day with Trump Tweets.
Justifiably.
Before he took office there was, at least by this scrivener, hope that someone, anyone would rein in his instant, ignorant responses to his attackers.
That hope was dashed and continues to be trampled upon each time Trump tweets.
As president, Trump HAS (tried) to honor his pledge to the average American.
He promised to build a wall on the Mexico-U. S. border — then stupidly insisted against all evidence that Mexico would pay for the wall.
- Never mind that Trump’s predecessor in the White House gave Mexico funds to help it build a wall on Mexico’s southern border. Funny how no one in Congress or the media complained about that.
He promised to bring back jobs to the U.S.; he did that.
He is trying to deal with China and other countries that have taken advantage of this country’s stupidity in foreign trade, a situation he inherited from previous administrations, both Republican and Democrat. He seems to think that if Country A levies a 60% tariff on Made in America products, the U.S. should levy an equal tariff on Country A’s products.
Plus, it encourages manufacturers to move at least some production to the U.S.
- Assembled in America It seems to work. No thanks to Trump, but a number of Japanese auto makers have set up production lines in the U.S. The auto makers would have pulled out if the arrangement was not profitable for them. Ford brought back F-150 pickup assembly it moved to Mexico from Virginia where Ford put many Americans out of work.
In my 75-plus years I never have seen attacks on a president as vicious and continuous at the Democrats' attacks on Trump.
The Republicans behaved, for the most part, civilly to Trump’s predecessor despite his attempt to ruin the nation in eight years.
I do not hold with polls. I don’ trust them.
I have created polls that, with a select group of responders, can give me the results I want.
The only “poll” in which I have any confidence is the one answered in the privacy of the voting booth, and at times even that is suspect.
- Don’t suggest that outsiders, e.g., Russians, tried to influence the elections. U.S. politicians, including Trump’s predecessor in the White House, have mucked about in other nations’ elections, at times using force to remove an elected official with whom Washington was unhappy.
Trump won that poll, at least that is what the electoral college determined. Personal opinion: there is no reason for the college to exist in this age of instant communication and accurate vote counts.
Trump does himself — and the country — no favors with his knee jerk, off-the-cuff remarks, all too often based on ignorance. Trump needs someone to fact check his comments before going public.
It is one thing not to be “politically correct,” but it is another to be stupidly incorrect.
America needs a strong president, and it has that in Trump.
American does NOT need a buffoon as its face to the world.
At the same time, the leftists in both parties need to tone down their oft-unjustified attacks on the president; they are only setting themselves up for similar abuse from conservatives when they eventually regain control of the White House.
What America needs is not a “good 5¢ cigar”1 but a good dose of civility.
When I was a young airman I was told that no matter how much I disliked the colonel (and I did dislike the colonel), I was saluting the rank, not the man.
The same should apply to the presidency; the leftists may — and by their actions obviously do — hate the man, but they should show respect for the office.
Mocking a politician is a great American sport, but the constant, unrelenting attacks on Trump go far beyond mere mocking.
If the leftists would back off, even a little, perhaps we would have fewer stupid tweets from the Oval Office.
We are showing the world politics at its worst. We should be ashamed.
Sources
1. http://tinyurl.com/y2nozerd
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