Donald Trump kicks off his failed administration with fake priorities, lies and broken promises

Echo opinion letter published in TribLive a Pennsylvania lonline newspaper (Tribune Review): 

Not only are Republicans breaking with a promise to protect social safety nets for the working class, and poor people, but Trump lied about the origin of the New Orleans terrorist, who was an Americn citizen, and had no ties to Mexican, Central American or South Americn migrants.

Trump's promises and (fake) priorities:  Is anyone registering what Donald Trump is now saying about the price of groceries and Social Security?

I watched at least six times as he promised to lower prices of groceries “on Day 1.” Now he is saying it is complicated and won’t be easy (hint, it’s not 😒going to happen).

What about his promise to not touch Social Security❓

We’re already hearing from GOP Congress members that they will be looking at ways to “rein it in,” including raising the retirement age to 70 and adjusting benefits. I think what Trump is doing instead is laying the groundwork for the $4 trillion tax cut for the very wealthy and large corporations.

Speaking of his priorities, how about going after Ann Selzer for releasing a poll that had Kamala Harris in the lead? Revenge and retribution seem to be his priorities, as well as shutting down any media that isn’t his lap dog. And the people cheer, not understanding that freedom of the press is one of the bedrocks of the Constitution. We need journalists reporting on government activities that don’t align with America, not just Trump mouthpieces.

I see letters loving that he is nominating cabinet members who have no credentials or experience for the position❗ I mean, what could go wrong there❓ The absolute wealthiest cabinet group in American history with the majority being billionaires. The rest are just measly millionaires. Surely they understand our pain and problems so they will be looking out for our interests, not their own❓ If you believe that, I have a bridge 🌉 to sell you 😏.

From Karla Thomas in Hempfield, Pennsylvania

Trump refused to listen to his legal team but now he is "shocked! shocked!" because he is indicted with 37 felonies

Echo opinion letter published in TribLive (Pittsburgh Tribune)

What was Trump thinking❓ 37 felonies❗

I am in utter disbelief that people not only continue to defend Donald Trump on this latest indictment, but that they also try to draw comparisons to others who had classified documents. 

Mike Pence and President Biden immediately turned everything over and allowed full investigations to be conducted.

Trump was given well over a year to return the documents, with his own lawyers advising to turn them over. The Justice Department said if he cooperated, this could be resolved. Instead, he moved and hid boxes, tricked his lawyer into certifying everything was returned when it wasn’t and was subpoenaed again; Trump’s own staff reported he was hiding the boxes.

The indictment reveals that he refused to listen to the advice of his legal team and lied to them and the National Archives. The best part of the indictment is the recording of Trump showing off that he not only had secret documents but wishing he had had a chance to declassify them. The immaturity blows me away — like a little kid showing off some cool new toy. No one wonders why his lawyers have been resigning and Trump is having trouble getting a new legal team together.

The only part his blindly loyal followers say that I will agree with is that he is being treated differently than others. 

Ha❗ Anyone else would have been locked away a long time ago❗❗😠No one believes it when he says “if they come for me, they will come for you.” Right? Unless, of course, you committed 37 felonies.

Karla Thomas in Hempfield, Pennsylvania

Trumpian lesson 101: No One Is Above The Law

This echo opinion letter was published in TribLive, a Pittsburgh Pennsylvania newspaper:

https://triblive.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-trump-brings-it-on-himself/

It is very difficult to believe but there are zealots out there that have wrongly defended the former guy Trump by making complaints about “witch hunts”. These cult followers criticize the constant justifiable mainstream media “negative” coverage reports about the criminal Trump.

Hitler Youth Salutes the Fuhrer:  Crowds of Hitler Youth salute as they listen to a speech given by Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader, at a rally at the Nuremberg Stadium in Germany, 1937. 

First off, the never-ending Nazi-like Trump (Beer Hall Putsch) rallies and listening to him hinting at a 2024, run to keep his deranged ambitions front and center.  In other words, the former guy brings the negative attention on himself.

Second, for those criticizing the January 6th committee hearings — have you even watched them? And I don’t mean watching via your ultra right or ultra left news stations. I mean actual, form-your-own-opinion viewing via C-SPAN or YouTube. Witness after witness, from his own attorneys, aides, Republican judges and lawyers to Ivanka Trump, all confirmed that the “stolen election” was a lie and there is no evidence to support any of the accusations. Many people who once worked for Trump or were familiar with him in the White House tried to warn the American people. Yet … all of those people are the liars? But, Not Trump?  

HELLO? But as The Shovel points out, the precedent set by the FBI to execute a legal search of Mar-A-Lago, the Trumpian golf resort and part time residence, “means that anyone who evades taxes, attempts to undermine an election, sexually assaults women, manipulates the value of their assets, uses state resources to enrich themselves or aids and abets the overthrow of a democratically elected government will be subject to investigation.”

Is this where we want America to go? Where we prosecute those who blatantly break the law? IOW, no one is above the law. 

Karla Thomas in Hempfield, Pennsylvania

Dump the tRumpf! Listen to the litany of witnesses!

https://triblive.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-trump-brings-it-on-himself/

Echo letter to the editor published in TribLive: 

Trump brings it on himself!

Wrong minded right wing complaining Republicans are calling a legal search of The Former Guy's mega-home resort in Florida a “witch hunt” and the constant mainstream media is “negative” coverage. But, the Mar-a-Lago resort is now a crime scene.

First off, the never-ending Nazi-like Trump* rallies and him hinting at a 2024, run keep him front and center, so he brings the attention on himself. (Meanwhile, the litany of court criminal and civil filings against #tRumpzi and his associates continues to grow.)

Second, for those criticizing the January 6 committee hearings — have you even watched them (and listened to the witnesses)? And, I don’t mean watching via your ultra right or ultra left news stations. I mean actual, form-your-own-opinion viewing via C-SPAN or YouTube. Witness after witness, from his own attorneys, aides, Republican judges and lawyers to Ivanka Trump, all confirmed that the “stolen election” is a lie and there is no evidence to support any of the accusations. Many people who once worked for Trump or were familiar with him in the White House tried to warn the American people. Yet … all of those people are the liars? Not Trump? (HELLO?)

Just imagine living in America where people that are guilty of crimes are sent to prison? 

Indeed, precedent set by legally searching Mar-a-Lago “means that anyone who evades taxes, attempts to undermine an election, sexually assaults women, manipulates the value of their assets, uses state resources to enrich themselves or aids and abets the overthrow of a democratically elected government will be subject to investigation.”

Is this where we want America to go? Where we prosecute those who blatantly break the law?

From Karla Thomas, Hempfield in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

* "Donald Trump, who called a mob that included neo-Nazis 'very fine people,' now hits CNN over comparing him to Hitler and Goebbels". Trump's 282-page warning letter slams CNN for comparing his false-propaganda tactics to Nazi tactics.