Personally, I do not know how anyone ever saw anything good or positive in Trump, or how anyone could believe for even an instant that he could be good for the country. This man is a swindler, a snake oil saleman, and always has been. It has been obvious for a very long time now, at least if you are paying attention and have an ounce of objectivity when it comes to viewing this scam artist accurately. Unless, of course, you think that Trump Steaks, Trump Casinos, Trump University, Trump Airlines, and Trump Vodka were all legitimate business enterprises conducted in good faith. By his own admission, this man declared bankruptcy four times.
How anyone could then be convinced that this masterful con artist could actually "save" the country - and remember, he characteristically labelled himself as the only person who could possibly save the country - is a mystery to me. He promised things that were over the top idealistic, that were obviously too good to be true. Remember, he claimed that he would create a new healthcare system that would be affordable and would cover everyone, and moreover, claimed that this would be "easy." He said that he would pay off the national debt in eight years. He said that he would be the greatest jobs creating president in history. That he would not have time to play golf when he would be president. He said that the world loved him, and that the entire world would stop laughing at the United States once he was in charge, that it would command respect the world over.
So how did those promises turn out in actuality?
Well, let's go in chronological order. He never lifted so much as a finger to actually create a wonderful healthcare system, as promised, and only attached his name to a lame and unpopular (and ultimately doomed to fail) healthcare proposal by Congressman Paul Ryan. The national debt? Well in fairness, he ultimately did not have eight years in the Oval Office. But in four years, he not only did not pay off any significant portion of the national debt, but actually increased it by over 25 percent - from $19.9 trillion when he first took office, to over $25 trillion when he left, and that in just four years in office. Then again, this is a man who knows and seems to absolutely love accumulating debt. And he did promise to do for the country what he did for himself and his business enterprises. So....
Moving on. The greatest jobs creating president? He did not even come close to reaching such a ranking. Did he have time to play any golf while in the White House? Often times, it seemed that he had little time for anything else, especially on weekends and holidays. As for making the country respected and stopping the world from laughing at the United States? This man was literally laughed at to his face while delivering a speech at the United Nations, in front of the entire world. For some reason, he mistook it for a Trump rally, and began to tout his own achievements and performance, largely relying on his own imagination when so doing, as he pretty much always did. Ireland - the national government, not just some extremist element of the population - tried to ban Trump from visiting that country. In Britain, his popularity was never high, and in fact, a balloon of a crying baby resembling Trump flew over the city when he visited there. Just hours after meeting with Trump, numerous normally cautious and diplomatic European heads of state declared that they could no longer count on the United States as a reliable, trustworthy partner. After meeting with Trump, the Pope himself made such a face that he clearly was disgusted and not at all encouraged that this was a reasonable, rational man, let alone a responsible world leader. And let us not forget some other monumentally embarrassing and degrading moments that not merely marred, but actually defined, Trump's presidency, such as his praising th healthcare system of a non-existent African nation before assembled heads of states of Africa. Or referring to literally dozens of countries in Latin America and Africa as "shithole nations." Mexican presidents, both past and present, made clear their dislike and strong disagreement with Trump. Paul Thomas of the New Zealand Herald described Trump before his rise to the White House in these terms:
So did he command respect the world over?
Um, no. Clearly not. Nothing could be more obvious.
And those are just some of the ways in which Trump failed, completely and utterly.
Now, of course, Trump is arguably defined, as Joe Walsh has stated here, being the first president in American history to refuse accepting defeat in an election, by casting doubt on American democracy itself in the process, lying and manipulating millions of people despite not providing any serious shred of evidence to back his claims of "massive voter fraud," and then trying to foment an insurrection, in what amounted to an actual coup attempt, in order to stay in power. Remember, he received widespread condemnation by prominent members of both the Democrats and the Republicans after his role on January 6th.
So yeah, maybe it's time to move on from this guy. He does not deliver on his lofty promises. Never has and never will. In fact, I don't even think that he intends to act on them. Knowing his penchant for past dictators, I think that he took one quote by a dictator perhaps a little too seriously. Here is one quote from a very famous dictator which, I believe, Trump firmly believes in and practices:
"If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Personally, I think that this country needs to move forward. And regardless of political differences, one thing seems abundantly clear. We can only move forward as a nation once we finally put Donald Trump in our rearview mirror, and begin focusing on moving forward once again.
Joe Walsh Twitter Account:
https://twitter.com/walshfreedom
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