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And it begins
9 years ago
A quick survey of some of the recommended videos on my YouTube screen gave me the first glimpse of how things are starting out for the new US leader. For personal reasons, I will not refer to him as the "p" word. I will only call him Trump. I will try to resist the urge to call him names, but rest assured that if someone else uses those idiotic phrases like "Killary", or "libtard", the gloves are off.
So what is it that drew my attention? I avoided listening to the inauguration because quite frankly, I cannot tolerate listening to him for more than 30 seconds. You see, I break out in hives when I'm exposed to that much hot air and BS, so I tend to avoid it when I can. Be that as it may, I wasn't listening to the whole speech. I wasn't paying attention to the coverage either. I really can't watch CNN anymore because they are pretty much chasing their tails and don't have a clue how they can save their journalistic reputations in this "new reality". I don't blame them for not having ideas, but then again, they sure helped to create this new world. Time to suck it up and make it right again. I've got some ideas about that, but it's not quite relevant here.
In fact, what pissed me off is the video I watched of Sean Spicer, the new Press Secretary, coming out and chastising the media blatantly for being mean to Trump. The "press conference" was bullying in the extreme, unprofessional, and a clear reaction from the thin-skinned leader who can't handle when someone says something bad about him. Spicer laid out several specific "lies" that were featured in the coverage of the events of the inauguration. Everything from the comparison photos of the crowd sizes (or lack of), to the ridership of the DC Metro line, to the actually-corrected report about the bust of MLK. The only legitimate error that Spicer mentioned was the report about the bust of MLK, which was actually corrected before Spicer's press conference, so there was no false reporting there. Everything else he laid out was in fact a lie. It clearly shows that Trump gave a direct order for Spicer to go tell the nasty press to leave him alone, while Trump retreated to his happy place to suck his thumb, rock back and forth repeatedly telling himself that he's the greatest of all time ... at everything. Spicer further threatened that they were going to hold the press accountable. Now this shit is getting serious. When an administration starts picking a constant fight with the media and threatens them so directly and unabashedly, the free citizens of that nation should band together as a whole and watch you backs. I can't believe there are people still going batshit nuts supporting this guy for the way he's acting. It's mind-boggling.
What am I missing? I"m watching from the outside, and it looks sincerely terrifying.
So what is it that drew my attention? I avoided listening to the inauguration because quite frankly, I cannot tolerate listening to him for more than 30 seconds. You see, I break out in hives when I'm exposed to that much hot air and BS, so I tend to avoid it when I can. Be that as it may, I wasn't listening to the whole speech. I wasn't paying attention to the coverage either. I really can't watch CNN anymore because they are pretty much chasing their tails and don't have a clue how they can save their journalistic reputations in this "new reality". I don't blame them for not having ideas, but then again, they sure helped to create this new world. Time to suck it up and make it right again. I've got some ideas about that, but it's not quite relevant here.
In fact, what pissed me off is the video I watched of Sean Spicer, the new Press Secretary, coming out and chastising the media blatantly for being mean to Trump. The "press conference" was bullying in the extreme, unprofessional, and a clear reaction from the thin-skinned leader who can't handle when someone says something bad about him. Spicer laid out several specific "lies" that were featured in the coverage of the events of the inauguration. Everything from the comparison photos of the crowd sizes (or lack of), to the ridership of the DC Metro line, to the actually-corrected report about the bust of MLK. The only legitimate error that Spicer mentioned was the report about the bust of MLK, which was actually corrected before Spicer's press conference, so there was no false reporting there. Everything else he laid out was in fact a lie. It clearly shows that Trump gave a direct order for Spicer to go tell the nasty press to leave him alone, while Trump retreated to his happy place to suck his thumb, rock back and forth repeatedly telling himself that he's the greatest of all time ... at everything. Spicer further threatened that they were going to hold the press accountable. Now this shit is getting serious. When an administration starts picking a constant fight with the media and threatens them so directly and unabashedly, the free citizens of that nation should band together as a whole and watch you backs. I can't believe there are people still going batshit nuts supporting this guy for the way he's acting. It's mind-boggling.
What am I missing? I"m watching from the outside, and it looks sincerely terrifying.
*nuzzles back*
Please don't block me, or call me a white supremacist, or tell me that I'm a fucking retard; I just want an answer.
Here's one quote that I find particularly enlightening. Trump was asked by Bob Woodward of the Washington Post "And why did Lincoln succeed [as president]?" The reason behind the question (no, it wasn't just out of the blue) was because Trump had at that point in the campaign mentioned "the great Abe Lincoln" several times. Of course, he never gave specifics about why Lincoln was great, so I suppose Woodward asked to get some more details -- as a good reporter is supposed to do.
Trump's unabridged answer was as follows:
"Well, I think Lincoln succeeded for numerous reasons. He was a man who was of great intelligence, which most presidents would be. But he was a man of great intelligence, but he was also a man who did something that was a very vital thing to do at that time. Ten years before or 20 years before, what he was doing would never have even been thought possible. So he did something that was a very important thing to do, and especially at that time. And Nixon failed, I think to a certain extent, because of his personality. You know? It was just that personality. Very severe, very exclusive. In other words, people couldn’t come in. And people didn’t like him. I mean, people didn’t like him."
That whole debacle with him bashing the Khan family also produced a number of nonsense answers. One thing I remember was a reporter asking him what sacrifices he's made for the country. Trump responded by saying that he's made a lot of sacrifices. He then listed off that he's very successful. He has 10s of thousands of people employed in his companies. He works very very hard. The reporter asked if those were sacrifices and he said he thought they were. No. That's what you're supposed to do.
"Nobody respects women more than I." This is pure BS. Rosie O'Donnell, Megyn Kellly, "crooked Hillary Clinton" and many other women who are not "10s" or super models have been completely and uncategorically disrespected by Trump in the past.
Trump repeatedly used Carrier as a "euphanism" (his mispronunciation, to be fair, but he also says that he knows the best words) for companies thinking about outsourcing jobs out of the country. When he heard that someone actually took him at his word, he only then wondered about it. He admittedly didn't even know he'd said it. Pure BS, therefore.
His whole stance that companies who ship jobs out of the country will pay a heavy duty/tarriff on the goods that they want to sell back in the country is also proven to be BS. The Carrier deal features absolutely NONE of those blustery threats. In fact, Carrier gets millions of dollars of tax incentives from the state of Indiana (thank you Mike Pence), to keep some of the planned jobs in the states (for who knows how long). No mention of any tariffs on goods re-entering the US from Mexico (because the plant there is already built). So, this sets up the wonderful precedent that those big companies can just go and threaten to move jobs off shore, and then get in line for the big government hand out to stay, until they use that money to just re-tool the plant for complete automation. Jobs lost anyway. Hot air, and BS all rolled into one.
I hope those are enough examples. Just scratching the surface really.
Also, please don't be mistaken. I am of the mindset that all politicians are full of bullshit and hot air. What bugs me about Trump more than them is that he gets immature and throws temper tantrums when someone actually calls him out for his BS, or asks him for specifics.
Cheers,
You make some good points, but I still feel as if his policy will work out (seeing as he literally just took office, he hasn't had much of a chance to implement any of them), and he focuses more on hot topic issues like terrorism and illegal immigration than Hillary did. I do admit he is disrespectful at times, but I do agree with his views on Hillary being a completely morally bankrupt liar (in comparison to Trump, who at least gives somewhat of a damn about the country). We don't need a politically correct foot licker, we need a person with halfway competent policy.
Finally, he may have said disparaging and contradictory statements of women in the past and recently, but at least he said his mind; men AND women talk about the opposite gender and fantasize/critics use their appearances, and while inapropriate, It has little to no bearing on his policies.
Ninja EDIT:Thanks for actually discussing this with me
I also really don't want to continue to harp on and on about Hillary. She lost. I'm over it. Who cares? What you have now is Trump, who by the way was extremely good friends with Hillary and Bill for many many years. Somehow, the whole public conveniently forgot about that. What is relevant is how he handles criticism and how he plans to deal with the real problems that face the country. In many areas, there are still no concrete plans that have been announced or discussed and any time a reporter dares to ask for details, he shuns the question. Well, here's the reality. If you don't answer the media's questions, what are they going to do? They're going to try to put together a story. Then Trump gets to go and claim that they're dishonest for printing this and that. He's the cause of their speculation because he doesn't have concrete plans. We're gonna get the jobs back in the States. No, they're gone. Next claim? We're going to completely repeal and replace Obamacare. Now it turns out that some parts are good after all. But he doesn't have a replacement, and there may not be one over the next four years even.
I'm not asking Trump to be perfect. I actually think he did manage to do one good thing during this campaign. He showed that you can have a successful federal campaign and not need to spend hundreds of millions of dollars. That bodes well for the future of third party candidates.
Yes, he did say his mind. Unfortunately, that's the point. He spoke his mind, and then asked people to believe that he has the most respect for women. It's a lie. He's proven it. He doesn't get a pass on this. He has to admit that he's wrong. It's not about political correctness or being tactless. It's about being accountable for what you believe and what you say, and not pretending that it isn't true or didn't happen heh. As far as his giving a damn about the country, I'm curious about what he's done or said that makes you actually believe he cares more than someone else about the country. Everything I've heard him say is either easily dismissible as being a campaign cliche with no substance at all, or it's clearly that he's interested in nothing more than himself -- always has been, always will be. Maybe you can show me some new perspective I haven't considered.
The cabinet nominees are truly frightening for a variety of reasons too. And no, it's not because they're full of billionaires and such. It's mainly because a lot of the nominees he's laid out have been on record in the past as being against the very departments that they're being nominated for. Betsy DeVoss was on record as being opposed to public education. There are no fewer than 5 former Goldman-Sachs employees from high up in that financial corporation that are nominated for his cabinet. Yet he has the gaul to rail and claim that Hillary was in the back pocket of Goldman-Sachs. Somehow, it's alright now? He may be the president, but he's got to be held accountable for the things he says and the things he does. I'm just worried that people will overlook the things that are staring them right in the face.
Thanks for bringing some points to light, too. I think it's time, however, to get past comparing him to Clinton. The election is over. He's still campaigning though. At least, it sounds like he still is. Yes it is early, but a lot of things have happened already that don't set a good tone.
I have a feeling that we won't end up seeing eye to eye on things. That's ok too, though. Maybe I've given you some different things to think about. Maybe you will give me some things to think about too.