Other countries have "No Confidence" rules where Trump's government would have collapsed long before now. But, often countries as big as this one haven't found ways to do this for a variety of reasons. The problem is the electoral college likely, which allows states to have more say in choosing a president rather than allowing the popular vote to cause a president to be elected. So, instead of the popular vote electing Hillary Clinton we have a complete mess where the Majority of the people are against Trump and we have "Resist" Stickers on cars everywhere reminding us of the World War II "Resistance" that fought Hitler until they finally won 5 years later. Our country is at war with itself and Russia and Putin only enhances this every day over social media. He doesn't want Trump as president, he wants our democracy completely destroyed and Trump is helping with this every day by turning Americans against him and each other.
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9 totally unpresidential things Donald Trump tweeted over Presidents ...
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/19/politics/trump-tweets-presidents-day/index.html
9 totally unpresidential things Donald Trump tweeted over Presidents Day weekend
Washington (CNN)It's become almost de rigueur at this moment in time to note that President Donald Trump is the least presidential president who has ever presidented.
From
the campaign he ran to get to the White House to how he he acted since
arriving there 395 days ago, Trump seems to take pride in dashing
expectations of how a president should act, speak or tweet. He views
his election as a middle finger from the Average Joe or Jane to the
"elites" -- political, media, etc. -- and seems to take as his guiding
light a healthy disrespect for even the idea of being "presidential."
While
this un-presidential phenomenon is nothing new, Trump seemed to take it
to new -- and dangerous -- heights over the long Presidents Day
weekend. Cooped up at Mar-a-Lago -- Trump didn't play golf either
Saturday or Sunday out of concern for how it might look when funerals
were ongoing for the victims of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida
-- Trump reportedly was fuming at the coverage of the indictments of 13
Russians by special counsel Bob Mueller. And when he fumes, bad stuff
happens.
Here's a quick whip-around
of all the un-presidential things Trump tweeted this weekend -- in
reverse chronological order. I rated each one by its magnitude of
unpresidentialness with 1 being President Abraham Lincoln. and 10 being
President Presidents Beavis and Butthead.
1.
"Just watched a very insecure Oprah Winfrey, who at one point I knew
very well, interview a panel of people on 60 Minutes. The questions were
biased and slanted, the facts incorrect. Hope Oprah runs so she can be
exposed and defeated just like all of the others!"
Context: Winfrey was on "60 Minutes" doing
a segment with a focus group of Michigan voters -- seven Trump voters,
seven who did not vote for him -- talking about their impressions of
Trump.
Unpresidential rating:
7. Imagine George W. Bush tweeting this. Or Barack Obama. Or, well, any
president. Also, it sort of seems like Trump is blaming Oprah for the
fact that some people said nasty things about him?
2.
"Thank you to KenStarr, former Independent Counsel, Whitewater, for
your insight and powerful words on FISA abuse, Russian meddling etc.
Really great interview with @MariaBartiromo"
Context: Starr did an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo on
Sunday in which he noted that the latest Mueller indictment made clear
that there had been no knowing collusion with Trump campaign officials.
Starr also took a shot at "senior officials" of the US government in
regard to leaking the goings-on of the FISA court.
Unpresidential rating:
3. Yes, Trump was watching TV even though he has long maintained that
he very rarely has time to do that because he so busy reading
"documents." And, yes, he only liked what Starr said because it aligned
with his belief that this whole Russia investigation is a red herring
for a clueless Justice Department that is missing the real story of
Hillary Clinton's crime(s). Still, for Trump, this was nothing close to
the least presidential thing he tweeted this weekend.
3. "The Fake News of big ratings loser CNN"
Context:
Trump linked here to a pro-Trump Twitter handle that showed a cartoon
of an aged Wolf Blitzer in the year 2038 saying: "Update! We should see
evidence of Russia-Trump collusion any day now." (I actually wasn't able
to see this tweet because the "rrealdjtrump" has blocked me!) This same Twitter handle also tweeted a cartoon featuring Hillary Clinton in blackface during the 2016 election.
Unpresidential rating:
8. This is a total troll move that lots and lots of conservatives on
Twitter would do. But none of them are the President of the United
States. Best case scenario: Trump was unaware of the cartoonist's
controversial past. Worst case scenario: He was totally aware of it.
4.
"If it was the GOAL of Russia to create discord, disruption and chaos
within the US then, with all of the Committee Hearings, Investigations
and Party hatred, they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. They
are laughing their asses off in Moscow. Get smart America!"
Context:
Trump views the investigations into Russia's attempted meddling in the
2016 election as a political witch hunt driven by people who simply
can't accept that he won the election fair and square.
Unpresidential rating: 9. "They are laughing their asses off in Moscow." 'Nuff said.
5. "Now
that Adam Schiff is starting to blame President Obama for Russian
meddling in the election, he is probably doing so as yet another excuse
that the Democrats, lead by their fearless leader, Crooked Hillary
Clinton, lost the 2016 election. But wasn't I a great candidate?"
Context: In
the indictment of the 13 Russian nationals filed by Mueller on Friday,
the claim is made that Russians began plotting their election
interference in 2014 -- when Obama was still president.
Unpresidential rating: 5. The election ended more than 400 days ago. Trump won. Also, the neediness of "wasn't I a great candidate" is crushing.
6.
"I never said Russia did not meddle in the election, I said 'it may be
Russia, or China or another country or group, or it may be a 400 pound
genius sitting in bed and playing with his computer.' The Russian 'hoax'
was that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia - it never did!"
Context: He did.
Unpresidential rating:
6. Trump's re-writing of history is a feature, not a glitch, of his
personality. Still, we normally expect our presidents to, you know, try to tell the truth?
7.
"Finally, Liddle' Adam Schiff, the leakin' monster of no control, is
now blaming the Obama Administration for Russian meddling in the 2016
Election. He is finally right about something. Obama was President, knew
of the threat, and did nothing. Thank you Adam!"
Context: See #5.
Unpresidential ranking: 4. Name-calling isn't usually the purview of presidents. And Trump is over-using "liddle" and "little" to demean people of late. But when compared to all of other stuff Trump tweeted just this weekend?
8.
"General McMaster forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election
were not impacted or changed by the Russians and that the only Collusion
was between Russia and Crooked H, the DNC and the Dems. Remember the
Dirty Dossier, Uranium, Speeches, Emails and the Podesta Company!"
Context: In Germany on Saturday, McMaster, Trump's national security adviser, said
that it was now "really incontrovertible" that the Russians had engaged
in a broad and deep scheme to influence the 2016 election.
Unpresidential rating:
10. Attacking your own national security adviser for stating something
that your intelligence community has unanimously stated for the past
year? Check! Engaging in a series of short-hand references to half-baked
conspiracies about your opponent in the 2016 election? Check! This one
has it all!
9.
"Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the
Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. They are spending too
much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign -
there is no collusion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud!"
Context: In
the wake of the news Friday that the FBI had failed to check out a
specific tip about the Parkdale shooter, Trump is suggesting here that
the Bureau was distracted by its pointless Russia investigation
Unpresidential rating:
10. Back to back (im)perfect scores! Consider that even as funerals are
taking place, Trump is using the murders of 17 people to further an
argument about how the FBI's investigation into Russian meddling is
wrong-headed and a waste of time.
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