I don’t know if President Trump is the worst president in US history, but he’s certainly the worst in my lifetime. I’ve been following presidential politics since the Eisenhower/Stevenson election of 1956--sixteen elections. In the last week alone:
★ A “highly placed White House official” admitted that federal officers were sent to Portland deliberately to stir up confrontation, in order to generate conservative click-bait.
★ The Department of Homeland Security announced it will not process DACA applications, in direct defiance of a federal court order, persuant to last month’s Supreme Court decision.
★ At the president’s insistence, funding for upgrades to the FBI headquarters building was included in the COVID-19 relief bill. This will prevent the building from being sold to a hotel chain that competes directly with Trump Hotels in Washington, DC.
To prevent such conflicts of interest, Presidential finances are handled by a “blind trust”. President Trump’s trust has only one trustee--President Donald J. Trump.
★ To back up his baseless COVID-19 claims, the president quoted a “noted doctor” who believes STDs are caused by dream sex with demons and witches, that vaccines make people lose their religion, and that many national leaders are reptilian space aliens in disguise.
★ In a news conference, the president admitted that he did not bring up the issue of Russian-paid bounties on dead US troops, when he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Before Trump, any of these actions would have been grounds for impeachment. Donald Trump committed all five in one week, and no one minds. Perhaps this is due to the deadening effect of his continual barrage of misinformation. Wikipedia, in the article, “Veracity of statements by Donald Trump,” quotes several scholars who state (in peer-reviewed journals!) that he has made over 20,000 false or misleading public statements in four years. If he knew they were false, he is the world champion liar of all time. If not, he’s the champion ignoramus. If he knew some were lies, but believed the rest, he is both the champion liar AND the champion ignoramus of all time. No other world leader in history has even come close.
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