Trump seems determined to take the worst towns in the Rust Belt, combine them with the highest crime areas in our cities, and present that as a picture of what America is really like. Either he doesn’t get out much, doesn’t believe the evidence of an economic recovery, or needs to build a bogey man so he can portray himself as the savior. I’ll go with the latter.
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#alternativefacts is all over social media, but what about the mentality of the guy behind it all? This was all triggered because Trump could not abide the idea that his inauguration was not as well attended as Obama’s. He had to call a special news conference to refute the idea with “alternative facts”. This is the tough guy; this is the strong man…with a very fragile ego.
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It’s strange to me that people are doubting the idea that Russia was disrupting our election. Why is that hard to believe?
After making Hilary’s ties to Goldman Sachs a YUGE issue in the campaign, Trump appoints Goldman’s president and COO as the head of the NEC, and a former Goldman trader (and employee of George Soros) as Treasury secretary. I don’t get why Trump supporters aren’t feeling betrayed…
There’s no monopoly on hypocrisy in politics, but even so, Romney’s recent switch from chief #NeverTrumper to full-blooded Trumpista is worth mocking…
I think capitalism needs to be tempered with a good bit of socialism in order to work well. But Trump would never admit that, nor would most Republicans. It’s the hypocrisy that sticks in my craw. And while I’m happy for these people to retain their livelihood, this kind of move is not a long-term solution to the structural issues in our economy.
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Hillary supports a recount even though there is no evidence of fraud; Trump sees widespread fraud but doesn’t want a recount. It’s surreal…
With this, I don’t mean to say that Trump is a neo-Nazi or a white supremacist, but that his rhetoric and his elevation of Steve Bannon has both given those groups some legitimacy and downplayed their toxicity and danger.
