CNN Anchor Chokes Up Reporting on Trump’s Latest Racist Twitter Rant

toddc · August 1, 2019

25 minutes ago, TexasTiger said:

Are you referring to Trump?

Your deductive reasoning skills aside...

AUFAN78 · August 1, 2019

8 hours ago, homersapien said:

"Why we voted for Donald Trump": David Duke explains the white supremacist Charlottesville protests

David Duke, the former KKK grand wizard, is unambiguous about what Saturday’s alt-right and neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, means to him: It’s the fulfillment of President Donald Trump’s vision for America.

“We are determined to take our country back,” Duke said from the rally, calling it a “turning point.” “We are going to fulfill the promises of Donald Trump. That’s what we believed in. That’s why we voted for Donald Trump, because he said he’s going to take our country back.”

David Duke now here in #charlottesville for #altright #unitetheright rally @USATODAY @RbtKing pic.twitter.com/au69sTiTlR

The Charlottesville rally is nominally about the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee rather than anything in the Trump administration. But Duke was an enthusiastic supporter of Trump as far back as the Republican primary in 2016, and Trump’s reluctance to disavow that support was, briefly, a big issue.

Duke has remained a faithful Trump supporter since then, insisting that the president-elect’s policies line up with the former KKK leader’s vision for America.

He was less happy with Trump’s vague tweet condemning the violence later Saturday afternoon:

I would recommend you take a good look in the mirror & remember it was White Americans who put you in the presidency, not radical leftists. https://t.co/Rkfs7O2Ykr
— David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) August 12, 2017

https://www.vox.com/2017/8/12/16138358/charlottesville-protests-david-duke-kkk

Vox. SMDH. It's been said that Vox has a following with an IQ equivalence of a squirrel. You can make your introduction now if you desire homes.

homersapien · August 2, 2019

22 hours ago, AUFAN78 said:

Vox. SMDH. It's been said that Vox has a following with an IQ equivalence of a squirrel. You can make your introduction now if you desire homes.

Obviously, the point was to show actual racists are "all in" with Trump and his racist messages. They have no problem for recognizing them for what they are, (even if Salty does).

The proof lies in actual quotes from David Duke. Or is it you don't think Duke is a racist??

If the quotes are the point, the source publishing them is irrelevant. Your focusing on the messenger instead of the message is a pathetic display of cognitive dissonance.

So I suggest you worry about your own IQ. As soon as you pull your head out.

AUFAN78 · August 3, 2019

2 hours ago, homersapien said:

Obviously, the point was to show actual racists are "all in" with Trump and his racist messages. They have no problem for recognizing them for what they are, (even if Salty does).

The proof lies in actual quotes from David Duke. Or is it you don't think Duke is a racist??

If the quotes are the point, the source publishing them is irrelevant. Your focusing on the messenger instead of the message is a pathetic display of cognitive dissonance.

So I suggest you worry about your own IQ. As soon as you pull your head out.

Obviously, your point failed. Bigly.

As previously noted, Duke is irrelevant.

The quotes and the source are irrelevant. Which is the point.

As to IQ, thank you for your confirmation. And might I add, as predicted. :homer:

japantiger · August 3, 2019

Wonder why we haven't heard much about this? Actually I don't...I know why.

https://nypost.com/2019/02/05/rep-tulsi-gabbard-gets-2020-endorsement-from-david-duke/

Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has apparently gotten an endorsement she said she can do without — from former KKK leader David Duke.

The 68-year-old white supremacist and former GOP Louisiana state senator plastered a banner on his Twitter page prominently featuring a photograph of the Hawaiian lawmaker.

“Tulsi Gabbard for President,” it blares, along with the tagline: “Finally a candidate who will actually put America First rather than Israel First!”

“Tulsi Gabbard is currently the only Presidential candidate who doesn’t want to send White children off to die for Israel,” the former Grand Wizard tweeted his more than 50,000 followers along with a photograph of Gabbard meeting a US service

GiveEmElle · August 3, 2019

On 7/30/2019 at 9:10 PM, Tiger Sue said:

I thought I made that clear. I like his accomplishments. You are entitled to your opinion and so am I but based on your comment I question your ability to separate the person Trump from the POTUS. What friends of his are rapists and sex traffickers? Maybe you have him mixed up with Bill Clinton.

Separate the person Trump from the POTUS? WTH? Do you relieve believe a man who bankrupted over half a dozen businesses and can’t speak in complete sentences can effectively lead the country? As for rapists and sex traffickers, Trump has over 23 rape and sexual assault allegations against him. Jeffrey Epstein, Trump’s pal, was just arrested for sex trafficking. Alan Dershowitz, Trump’s friend is also tied up in this. And yes, even Bill Clinton could be caught up in the Epstein case as well. I see you, just like our other resident right wing nuts, have mastered the art of deflecting to a Democrat whenever Trump is criticized. Since you’re new here, we’ve already established that deflection is a weakness, whataboutisms are laughed at. Perhaps you can strive to be the one who does better. Be Best and all that.

johnnyAU · August 3, 2019

On 7/28/2019 at 2:46 AM, GiveEmElle said:

Trump has definitely normalized racism. Now when you protest it or call it out you get labels like “whiny” , ”butthurt” or a “little darling that needs a safe place.”

No the heck he hasn't, but that's what you choose to believe.

GiveEmElle · August 3, 2019

11 hours ago, japantiger said:

Wonder why we haven't heard much about this? Actually I don't...I know why.

https://nypost.com/2019/02/05/rep-tulsi-gabbard-gets-2020-endorsement-from-david-duke/

Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has apparently gotten an endorsement she said she can do without — from former KKK leader David Duke.

The 68-year-old white supremacist and former GOP Louisiana state senator plastered a banner on his Twitter page prominently featuring a photograph of the Hawaiian lawmaker.

“Tulsi Gabbard for President,” it blares, along with the tagline: “Finally a candidate who will actually put America First rather than Israel First!”

“Tulsi Gabbard is currently the only Presidential candidate who doesn’t want to send White children off to die for Israel,” the former Grand Wizard tweeted his more than 50,000 followers along with a photograph of Gabbard meeting a US service

Tulsi Gabbard has received praise from David Duke and Brietbart. She’s a DINO. But credit where due, she didn’t fumble around denouncing him and rejecting his endorsement like Trump did.

japantiger · August 3, 2019

1 hour ago, GiveEmElle said:

Tulsi Gabbard has received praise from David Duke and Brietbart. She’s a DINO. But credit where due, she didn’t fumble around denouncing him and rejecting his endorsement like Trump did.

So she's a racist and anyone that supports her is a racist, right.

japantiger · August 3, 2019

1 hour ago, GiveEmElle said:

Separate the person Trump from the POTUS? WTH? Do you relieve believe a man who bankrupted over half a dozen businesses and can’t speak in complete sentences can effectively lead the country? As for rapists and sex traffickers, Trump has over 23 rape and sexual assault allegations against him. Jeffrey Epstein, Trump’s pal, was just arrested for sex trafficking. Alan Dershowitz, Trump’s friend is also tied up in this. And yes, even Bill Clinton could be caught up in the Epstein case as well. I see you, just like our other resident right wing nuts, have mastered the art of deflecting to a Democrat whenever Trump is criticized. Since you’re new here, we’ve already established that deflection is a weakness, whataboutisms are laughed at. Perhaps you can strive to be the one who does better. Be Best and all that.

It's actually pretty easy...this list was from a year ago...there are now 6m jobs created and we have more people employed than at anytime in history. I care as much about Trump's foibles as you guys cared about Clinton's. You guys made the rules...I've just adopted them.

Economic Growth

4.2 percent growth in the second quarter of 2018.
For the first time in more than a decade, growth is projected to exceed 3 percent over the calendar year.

Jobs

4 million new jobs have been created since the election, and more than 3.5 million since Trump took office.
More Americans are employed now than ever before in our history.
Jobless claims at lowest level in nearly five decades.
The economy has achieved the longest positive job-growth streak on record.
Job openings are at an all-time high and outnumber job seekers for the first time on record.
Unemployment claims at 50 year low
African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American unemployment rates have all recently reached record lows.
- African-American unemployment hit a record low of 5.9 percent in May 2018.
- Hispanic unemployment at 4.5 percent.
- Asian-American unemployment at record low of 2 percent.
Women’s unemployment recently at lowest rate in nearly 65 years.
- Female unemployment dropped to 3.6 percent in May 2018, the lowest since October 1953.
Youth unemployment recently reached its lowest level in more than 50 years.
- July 2018’s youth unemployment rate of 9.2 percent was the lowest since July 1966.
Veterans’ unemployment recently hit its lowest level in nearly two decades.
- July 2018’s veterans’ unemployment rate of 3.0 percent matched the lowest rate since May 2001.
Unemployment rate for Americans without a high school diploma recently reached a record low.
Rate for disabled Americans recently hit a record low.
Blue-collar jobs recently grew at the fastest rate in more than three decades.
Poll found that 85 percent of blue-collar workers believe their lives are headed “in the right direction.”
- 68 percent reported receiving a pay increase in the past year.
Last year, job satisfaction among American workers hit its highest level since 2005.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans rate now as a good time to find a quality job.
- Optimism about the availability of good jobs has grown by 25 percent.
Added more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since the election.
- Manufacturing employment is growing at its fastest pace in more than two decades.
100,000 new jobs supporting the production & transport of oil & natural gas.

American Income

Median household income rose to $61,372 in 2017, a post-recession high.
Wages up in August by their fastest rate since June 2009.
Paychecks rose by 3.3 percent between 2016 and 2017, the most in a decade.
Council of Economic Advisers found that real wage compensation has grown by 1.4 percent over the past year.
Some 3.9 million Americans off food stamps since the election.
Median income for Hispanic-Americans rose by 3.7 percent and surpassed $50,000 for the first time ever in history.
- Home-ownership among Hispanics is at the highest rate in nearly a decade.
Poverty rates for African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans have reached their lowest levels ever recorded.

American Optimism

Small business optimism has hit historic highs.
- NFIB’s small business optimism index broke a 35 year-old record in August.
- SurveyMonkey/CNBC’s small business confidence survey for Q3 of 2018 matched its all-time high.
Manufacturers are more confident than ever.
- 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future, the highest ever.
Consumer confidence is at an 18-year high.
12 percent of Americans rate the economy as the most significant problem facing our country, the lowest level on record.
Confidence in the economy is near a two-decade high, with 51 percent rating the economy as good or excellent.

American Business

Investment is flooding back into the United States due to the tax cuts.
- Over $450 billion dollars has already poured back into the U.S., including more than $300 billion in the first quarter of 2018.
Retail sales have surged. Commerce Department figures from August show that retail sales increased 0.5 percent in July 2018, an increase of 6.4 percent from July 2017.
ISM’s index of manufacturing scored its highest reading in 14 years.
Worker productivity is the highest it has been in more than three years.
Steel and aluminum producers are re-opening.
Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and NASDAQ have all notched record highs.
- Dow hit record highs 70 times in 2017 alone, the most ever recorded in one year.

Deregulation

Achieved massive deregulation at a rapid pace, completing 22 deregulatory actions to every one regulatory action during his first year in office.
Signed legislation to roll back costly and harmful provisions of Dodd-Frank, providing relief to credit unions, and community and regional banks.
Federal agencies achieved more than $8 billion in lifetime net regulatory cost savings.
Rolled back Obama’s burdensome Waters of the U.S. rule.
Used the Congressional Review Act to repeal regulations more times than in history.

Tax Cuts

Biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history by signing the Tax Cuts and Jobs act into law
- Provided more than $5.5 trillion in gross tax cuts, nearly 60 percent of which will go to families.
- Increased the exemption for the death tax to help save Family Farms & Small Business.
- Nearly doubled the standard deduction for individuals and families.
- Enabled vast majority of American families will be able to file their taxes on a single page by claiming the standard deduction.
- Doubled the child tax credit to help lessen the financial burden of raising a family.
- Lowered America’s corporate tax rate from the highest in the developed world to allow American businesses to compete and win.
- Small businesses can now deduct 20 percent of their business income.
- Cut dozens of special interest tax breaks and closed loopholes for the wealthy.
9 in 10 American workers are expected see an increase in their paychecks thanks to the tax cuts, according to the Treasury Department.
More than 6 million of American workers have received wage increases, bonuses, and increased benefits thanks to tax cuts.
Over 100 utility companies have lowered electric, gas, or water rates thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Ernst & Young found 89 percent of companies planned to increase worker compensation thanks to the Trump tax cuts.
Established opportunity zones to spur investment in left behind communities.

Worker Development

Established a National Council for the American Worker to develop a national strategy for training and retraining America’s workers for high-demand industries.
Employers have signed Trump’s “Pledge to America’s Workers,” committing to train or retrain more than 4.2 million workers and students.
Signed the first Perkins CTE reauthorization since 2006, authorizing more than $1 billion for states each year to fund vocational and career education programs.
Executive order expanding apprenticeship opportunities for students and workers.

Domestic Infrastructure

Proposed infrastructure plan would utilize $200 billion in Federal funds to spur at least $1.5 trillion in infrastructure investment across the country.
Executive order expediting environmental reviews and approvals for high priority infrastructure projects.
Federal agencies have signed the One Federal Decision Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) streamlining the federal permitting process for infrastructure projects.
Rural prosperity task force and signed an executive order to help expand broadband access in rural areas.

Health Care

Signed an executive order to help minimize the financial burden felt by American households Signed legislation to improve the National Suicide Hotline.
Signed the most comprehensive childhood cancer legislation ever into law, which will advance childhood cancer research and improve treatments.
Signed Right-to-Try legislation, expanding health care options for terminally ill patients.
Enacted changes to the Medicare 340B program, saving seniors an estimated $320 million on drugs in 2018 alone.
FDA set a new record for generic drug approvals in 2017, saving consumers nearly $9 billion.
Released a blueprint to drive down drug prices for American patients, leading multiple major drug companies to announce they will freeze or reverse price increases.
Expanded short-term, limited-duration health plans.
Let more employers to form Association Health Plans, enabling more small businesses to join together and affordably provide health insurance to their employees.
Cut Obamacare’s burdensome individual mandate penalty.
Signed legislation repealing Obamacare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board, also known as the “death panels.”
USDA invested more than $1 billion in rural health care in 2017, improving access to health care for 2.5 million people in rural communities across 41 states
Proposed Title X rule to help ensure taxpayers do not fund the abortion industry in violation of the law.
Reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy to keep foreign aid from supporting the global abortion industry.
HHS formed a new division over protecting the rights of conscience and religious freedom.
Overturned Obama administration’s midnight regulation prohibiting states from defunding certain abortion facilities.
Signed executive order to help ensure that religious organizations are not forced to choose between violating their religious beliefs by complying with Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate or shutting their doors.

Combating Opioids

Chaired meeting the 73rd General Session of the United Nations discussing the worldwide drug problem with international leaders.
Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand, introducing new measures to keep dangerous drugs out of our communities.
$6 billion in new funding to fight the opioid epidemic.
DEA conducted a surge in April 2018 that arrested 28 medical professions and revoked 147 registrations for prescribing too many opioids.
Brought the “Prescribed to Death” memorial to President’s Park near the White House, helping raise awareness about the human toll of the opioid crisis.
Helped reduce high-dose opioid prescriptions by 16 percent in 2017.
Opioid Summit on the administration-wide efforts to combat the opioid crisis.
Launched a national public awareness campaign about the dangers of opioid addiction.
Created a Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis which recommended a number of pathways to tackle the opioid crisis.
Led two National Prescription Drug Take Back Days in 2017 and 2018, collecting a record number of expired and unneeded prescription drugs each time.
$485 million targeted grants in FY 2017 to help areas hit hardest by the opioid crisis.
Signed INTERDICT Act, strengthening efforts to detect and intercept synthetic opioids before they reach our communities.
DOJ secured its first-ever indictments against Chinese fentanyl manufacturers.
Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement (J-CODE) team, aimed at disrupting online illicit opioid sales.
Declared the opioid crisis a Nationwide Public Health Emergency in October 2017.

Law and Order

More U.S. Circuit Court judges confirmed in the first year in office than ever.
Confirmed more than two dozen U. S. Circuit Court judges.
Followed through on the promise to nominate judges to the Supreme Court who will adhere to the Constitution
- Nominated and confirmed Justice Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Signed an executive order directing the Attorney General to develop a strategy to more effectively prosecute people who commit crimes against law enforcement officers.
Launched an evaluation of grant programs to make sure they prioritize the protection and safety of law enforcement officers.
Established a task force to reduce crime and restore public safety in communities across Signed an executive order to focus more federal resources on dismantling transnational criminal organizations such as drug cartels.
Signed an executive order to focus more federal resources on dismantling transnational criminal organizations such as drug cartels.
Violent crime decreased in 2017 according to FBI statistics.
$137 million in grants through the COPS Hiring Program to preserve jobs, increase community policing capacities, and support crime prevention efforts.
Enhanced and updated the Project Safe Neighborhoods to help reduce violent crime.
Signed legislation making it easier to target websites that enable sex trafficking and strengthened penalties for people who promote or facilitate prostitution.
Created an interagency task force working around the clock to prosecute traffickers, protect victims, and prevent human trafficking.
Conducted Operation Cross Country XI to combat human trafficking, rescuing 84 children and arresting 120 human traffickers.
Encouraged federal prosecutors to use the death penalty when possible in the fight against the trafficking of deadly drugs.
New rule effectively banning bump stock sales in the United States.

Border Security and Immigration

Secured $1.6 billion for border wall construction in the March 2018 omnibus bill.
Construction of a 14-mile section of border wall began near San Diego.
Worked to protect American communities from the threat posed by the vile MS-13 gang.
- ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations division arrested 796 MS-13 members and associates in FY 2017, an 83 percent increase from the prior year.
- Justice worked with partners in Central America to secure criminal charges against more than 4,000 MS-13 members.
- Border Patrol agents arrested 228 illegal aliens affiliated with MS-13 in FY 2017.
Fighting to stop the scourge of illegal drugs at our border.
- ICE HSI seized more than 980,000 pounds of narcotics in FY 2017, including 2,370 pounds of fentanyl and 6,967 pounds of heroin.
- ICE HSI dedicated nearly 630,000 investigative hours towards halting the illegal import of fentanyl.
- ICE HSI made 11,691 narcotics-related arrests in FY 2017.
- Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand introduced new measures to keep dangerous drugs out the United States.
- Signed the INTERDICT Act into law, enhancing efforts to detect and intercept synthetic opioids.
- DOJ secured its first-ever indictments against Chinese fentanyl manufacturers.
- DOJ launched their Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement (J-CODE) team, aimed at disrupting online illicit opioid sales.
Released an immigration framework that includes the resources required to secure our borders and close legal loopholes, and repeatedly called on Congress to fix our broken immigration laws.
Authorized the deployment of the National Guard to help secure the border.
Enhanced vetting of individuals entering the U.S. from countries that don’t meet security standards, helping to ensure individuals who pose a threat to our country are identified before they enter.
- These procedures were upheld in a June 2018 Supreme Court hearing.
ICE removed over 226,000 illegal aliens from the United States in 2017.
- ICE rescued or identified over 500 human trafficking victims and over 900 child exploitation victims in 2017 alone.
In 2017, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested more than 127,000 aliens with criminal convictions or charges, responsible for
- Over 76,000 with dangerous drug offenses.
- More than 48,000 with assault offenses.
- More than 11,000 with weapons offenses.
- More than 5,000 with sexual assault offenses.
- More than 2,000 with kidnapping offenses.
- Over 1,800 with homicide offenses.
Created the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office in order to support the victims and families affected by illegal alien crime.
More than doubled the number of counties participating in the 287(g) program, which allows jails to detain criminal aliens until they are transferred to ICE custody.

Trade

Negotiating and renegotiating better trade deals, achieving free, fair, and reciprocal trade for the United States.
- Agreed to work with the European Union towards zero tariffs, zero non-tariff barriers, and zero subsides.
- Deal with the European Union to increase U.S. energy exports to Europe.
- Litigated multiple WTO disputes targeting unfair trade practices and upholding our right to enact fair trade laws.
- Finalized a revised trade agreement with South Korea, which includes provisions to increase American automobile exports.
- Negotiated an historic U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement to replace NAFTA.
- Agreement to begin trade negotiations for a U.S.-Japan trade agreement.
- Secured $250 billion in new trade and investment deals in China and $12 billion in Vietnam.
- Established a Trade and Investment Working Group with the United Kingdom, laying the groundwork for post-Brexit trade.
Enacted steel and aluminum tariffs to protect our vital steel and aluminum producers and strengthen our national security.
Conducted 82 anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations in 2017 alone.
Confronting China’s unfair trade practices after years of Washington looking the other way.
- 25 percent tariff on $50 billion of goods imported from China and later imposed an additional 10% tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods.
- Conducted an investigation into Chinese forced technology transfers, unfair licensing practices, and intellectual property theft.
- Imposed safeguard tariffs to protect domestic washing machines and solar products manufacturers hurt by China’s trade policies
Withdrew from the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Secured access to new markets for America’s farmers.
- Recent deal with Mexico included new improvements enabling food and agriculture to trade more fairly.
- Recent agreement with the E.U. will reduce barriers and increase trade of American soybeans to Europe.
- Won a WTO dispute regarding Indonesia’s unfair restriction of U.S. agricultural exports.
- Defended American Tuna fisherman and packagers before the WTO
- Opened up Argentina to American pork experts for the first time in a quarter-century
- American beef exports have returned to china for the first time in more than a decade
OK’d up to $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by unfair trade retaliation.

Energy

Presidential Memorandum to clear roadblocks to construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Presidential Memorandum declaring that the Dakota Access Pipeline serves the national interest and initiating the process to complete construction.
Opened up the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to energy exploration.
Coal exports up over 60 percent in 2017.
Rolled back the “stream protection rule” to prevent it from harming America’s coal industry.
Cancelled Obama’s anti-coal Clean Power Plan and proposed the Affordable Clean Energy Rule as a replacement.
Withdrew from the job-killing Paris climate agreement, which would have cost the U.S. nearly $3 trillion and led to 6.5 million fewer industrial sector jobs by 2040.
U.S. oil production has achieved its highest level in American history
United States is now the largest crude oil producer in the world.
U.S. has become a net natural gas exporter for the first time in six decades.
Action to expedite the identification and extraction of critical minerals that are vital to the nation’s security and economic prosperity.
Took action to reform National Ambient Air Quality Standards, benefitting American manufacturers.
Rescinded Obama’s hydraulic fracturing rule, which was expected to cost the industry $32 million per year.
Proposed an expansion of offshore drilling as part of an all-of-the above energy strategy
- Held a lease sale for offshore oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico in August 2018.
Got EU to increase its imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States.
Issued permits for the New Burgos Pipeline that will cross the U.S.-Mexico border.

Foreign Policy

Moved the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Withdrew from Iran deal and immediately began the process of re-imposing sanctions that had been lifted or waived.
- Treasury has issued sanctions targeting Iranian activities and entities, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force
- Since enacting sanctions, Iran’s crude exports have fallen off, the value of Iran’s currency has plummeted, and international companies have pulled out of the country.
- All nuclear-related sanctions will be back in full force by early November 2018.
Historic summit with North Korean President Kim Jong-Un, bringing beginnings of peace and denuclearization to the Korean Peninsula.
- The two leaders have exchanged letters and high-level officials from both sides have met resulting in tremendous progress.
- North Korea has halted nuclear and missile tests.
- Negotiated the return of the remains of missing-in-action soldiers from the Korean War.
Imposed strong sanctions on Venezuelan dictator Nicholas Maduro and his inner circle.
Executive order preventing those in the U.S. from carrying out certain transactions with the Venezuelan regime, including prohibiting the purchase of the regime’s debt.
Responded to the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime.
- Rolled out sanctions targeting individuals and entities tied to Syria’s chemical weapons program.
- Directed strikes in April 2017 against a Syrian airfield used in a chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians.
- Joined allies in launching airstrikes in April 2018 against targets associated with Syria’s chemical weapons use.
New Cuba policy that enhanced compliance with U.S. law and held the Cuban regime accountable for political oppression and human rights abuses.
- Treasury and State are working to channel economic activity away from the Cuban regime, particularly the military.
Changed the rules of engagement, empowering commanders to take the fight to ISIS.
- ISIS has lost virtually all of its territory, more than half of which has been lost under Trump.
- ISIS’ self-proclaimed capital city, Raqqah, was liberated in October 2017.
- All Iraqi territory had been liberated from ISIS.
More than a dozen American hostages have been freed from captivity all of the world.
Action to combat Russia’s malign activities, including their efforts to undermine the sanctity of United States elections.
- Expelled dozens of Russian intelligence officers from the United States and ordered the closure of the Russian consulate in Seattle, WA.
- Banned the use of Kaspersky Labs software on government computers, due to the company’s ties to Russian intelligence.
- Imposed sanctions against five Russian entities and three individuals for enabling Russia’s military and intelligence units to increase Russia’s offensive cyber capabilities.
- Sanctions against seven Russian oligarchs, and 12 companies they own or control, who profit from Russia’s destabilizing activities.
- Sanctioned 100 targets in response to Russia’s occupation of Crimea and aggression in Eastern Ukraine.
- Enhanced support for Ukraine’s Armed Forces to help Ukraine better defend itself.
Helped win U.S. bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Helped win U.S.-Mexico-Canada’s united bid for 2026 World Cup.

Defense

Executive order keeping the detention facilities at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay open.
$700 billion in military funding for FY 2018 and $716 billion for FY 2019.
Largest military pay raise in nearly a decade.
Ordered a Nuclear Posture Review to ensure America’s nuclear forces are up to date and serve as a credible deterrent.
Released America’s first fully articulated cyber strategy in 15 years.
New strategy on national biodefense, which better prepares the nation to defend against biological threats.
Administration has announced that it will use whatever means necessary to protect American citizens and servicemen from unjust prosecution by the International Criminal Court.
Released an America first National Security Strategy.
Put in motion the launch of a Space Force as a new branch of the military and relaunched the National Space Council.
Encouraged North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies to increase defense spending to their agree-upon levels.
- In 2017 alone, there was an increase of more than 4.8 percent in defense spending amongst NATO allies.
- Every member state has increased defense spending.
- Eight NATO allies will reach the 2 percent benchmark by the end of 2018 and 15 allies are on trade to do so by 2024.
- NATO allies spent over $42 billion dollars more on defense since 2016.
Executive order to help military spouses find employment as their families deploy domestically and abroad.

Veterans affairs

Signed the VA Accountability Act and expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care.
Delivered more appeals decisions – 81,000 – to veterans in a single year than ever before.
Strengthened protections for individuals who come forward and identify programs occurring within the VA.
Signed legislation that provided $86.5 billion in funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the largest dollar amount in history for the VA.
VA MISSION Act, enacting sweeping reform to the VA system that:
- Consolidated and strengthened VA community care programs.
- Funding for the Veterans Choice program.
- Expanded eligibility for the Family Caregivers Program.
- Gave veterans more access to walk-in care.
- Strengthened the VA’s ability to recruit and retain quality healthcare professionals.
- Enabled the VA to modernize its assets and infrastructure.
Signed the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act in 2017, which authorized $2.1 billion in addition funds for the Veterans Choice Program.
Worked to shift veterans’ electronic medical records to the same system used by the Department of Defense, a decades old priority.
Issued an executive order requiring the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs to submit a joint plan to provide veterans access to access to mental health treatment as they transition to civilian life.
Increased transparency and accountability at the VA by launching an online “Access and Quality Tool,” providing veterans with access to wait time and quality of care data.
Signed legislation to modernize the claims and appeal process at the VA.
Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act, providing enhanced educational benefits to veterans, service members, and their family members.
- Lifted a 15-year limit on veterans’ access to their educational benefits.
Created a White House VA Hotline to help veterans and principally staffed it with veterans and direct family members of veterans.
VA employees are being held accountable for poor performance, with more than 4,000 VA employees removed, demoted, and suspended so far.
Signed the Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act, increasing the number of VA employees that can assist justice-involved veterans.

homersapien · August 3, 2019

14 hours ago, AUFAN78 said:

Obviously, your point failed. Bigly.

As previously noted, Duke is irrelevant.

The quotes and the source are irrelevant. Which is the point.

As to IQ, thank you for your confirmation. And might I add, as predicted.

Maybe it failed with MAGA's who won't acknowledge the truth when it slaps them in the fact. The rest of us get it - including all but 4 House Republicans.

But since you seem to want to keep the discussion going, I'll gladly comply:

President Trump’s recent racist tweet, posted on Sunday, July 14, was greeted with enthusiasm by white supremacists and other extremists.....

Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin was apparently thrilled by the tweets, posting on his popular Daily Stormer website: “Man, President Trump’s Twitter account has been pure fire lately. This might be the funniest thing he’s ever tweeted. This is the kind of WHITE NATIONALISM we elected him for. And we’re obviously seeing it only because there’s another election coming up. But I’ll tell you, even knowing that, it still feels so good.”

Anglin also emphasized the political implications of Mr. Trump telling people of color to “go back” to their countries: “This is what elected Trump and this is what will always be the best way for him to gain support,” and underscored the importance of these comments being directed at U.S. citizens, particularly Rep. Pressley, who was born in Cincinnati: “So this is not some half-assed anti-immigrant white nationalism. Trump is literally telling American blacks to go back to Africa.”

Meanwhile, alt right figurehead Richard Spencer acknowledged the appeal of the President’s tweets to a range of alt right activists, but also appeared to warn that Trump was bound to disappoint white supremacists (again). (By supporting Israel)

White supremacist organizer and frequent political candidate Augustus Invictus seemed to praise the President’s tweets:https://www.adl.org/blog/white-supremacists-extremists-celebrate-president-trumps-latest-racist-tweets

Matt Parrott, former head of the white supremacist Traditionalist Worker Party, appeared to acknowledge the political strategy behind the President’s comments, tweeting: https://www.adl.org/blog/white-supremacists-extremists-celebrate-president-trumps-latest-racist-tweets

White supremacist podcaster “Sven Longshanks” primed his “Daily Nationalist” audience by praising the President: “Trump started the week in a great way today by tweeting that the four worst non-White communists in the Democrat Party should go back and fix their own countries first before trying to tell America what to do. Of course he is being accused of being ‘racist’ for pointing this out, as nobody can argue their countries of origin are not ‘the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world’.”

Another white supremacist podcaster, James Edwards of The Political Cesspool, responded to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s defense of the congresswomen with his own racist vitriol: https://www.adl.org/blog/white-supremacists-extremists-celebrate-president-trumps-latest-racist-tweets

The President’s tweets are being celebrated elsewhere across the extremist spectrum. On Sunday, anti-Muslim bigot Pamela Geller, head of the Islamophobic American Freedom Defense Initiative/Stop Islamization of America reposted his tweets accompanied by this gleeful comment: https://www.adl.org/blog/white-supremacists-extremists-celebrate-president-trumps-latest-racist-tweets

Right-wing Islamophobe and Freedom Center founder David Horowitz defended the President’s comments, calling the targeted congresswomen “anti-Semites, pro-terrorists… anti-Americans…” He blasted the media outlets who have criticized Trump’s tweets, calling them “shills” for Reps. Pressley, Omar, Tlaib and Ocasio-Cortez.

I guess these folks are all part of the "good people" on both sides.....

homersapien · August 3, 2019

12 hours ago, japantiger said:

Wonder why we haven't heard much about this? Actually I don't...I know why.

https://nypost.com/2019/02/05/rep-tulsi-gabbard-gets-2020-endorsement-from-david-duke/

Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has apparently gotten an endorsement she said she can do without — from former KKK leader David Duke.

The 68-year-old white supremacist and former GOP Louisiana state senator plastered a banner on his Twitter page prominently featuring a photograph of the Hawaiian lawmaker.

“Tulsi Gabbard for President,” it blares, along with the tagline: “Finally a candidate who will actually put America First rather than Israel First!”

“Tulsi Gabbard is currently the only Presidential candidate who doesn’t want to send White children off to die for Israel,” the former Grand Wizard tweeted his more than 50,000 followers along with a photograph of Gabbard meeting a US service

Hey, David Duke's comments are totally irrelevant - just ask 78. :rolleyes:

To be honest though, even the white supremacists/white nationalists - much less the Neo Nazis - have an issue with Trump's support of Israel. (Which is what your post alludes to.)

It's his racism they embrace. I guess half a loaf is better than nothing.

homersapien · August 3, 2019

Jim Wallis Calls Donald Trump an 'Evangelist of White Nationalism' and Urges Christians to Reject His Message

Today, Jim Wallis, President of Sojourners, reflected on the terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand. Wallis drew attention to the role of the United States and Donald Trump in giving voice to the ideology of white supremacy and nationalism, as the New Zealand killer explicitly praised Trump and cited him as an influence. Jim Wallis issued the following call to his fellow Christians:

In a spirit of Christian love and accountability, we must tell all Christians who still publicly or privately support President Trump: Your support can no longer be justified by his appointment of federal judges. It is not justified by his change of mind and politically convenient alliance with your Christian opposition to abortion. It is not justified by his alliance with you against same-sex marriage. It is not justified by his strong advocacy of religious liberty for Christians but not for Muslims — in fact that is explicit hypocrisy. And it is certainly not justified by Donald Trump’s tax policies that make the richest people in America even richer. You can no longer look away from his consistent amoral personal and public behavior.

I believe the Faustian bargain for power, undertaken by the white evangelical religious right, must be exposed and opposed on the basis of Donald Trump’s support for white nationalism, which is in direct disobedience to the reconciling gospel and person of Jesus Christ. Even some political and media leaders, both Republican and Democrat, are now saying that Donald Trump’s life and behavior is a direct contrast to the Beatitudes, Sermon on the Mount, and Matthew 25.

I am asking why the white evangelical leaders of the religious right haven’t drawn a moral line in the sand on the racial idolatry of white nationalism and supremacy that is directly and distinctively anti-Christ — as they have with issues like abortion and same-sex marriage? That choice not to draw a moral line sends a clear signal to people of color around the world in the body of Christ as to what is a political deal breaker for white evangelical American Christians and what is not.

Donald Trump is an evangelist of white nationalism and white supremacy and, therefore, his message must be rejected on grounds of faith by responsible Christians around the world and here in the U.S. And the bargain for power made by the white evangelical leaders who unquestioningly support Donald Trump must become a debate within the American church — the integrity of our commitment to the gospel of Jesus Christ is clearly now at stake.

homersapien · August 3, 2019

17 minutes ago, japantiger said:

It's actually pretty easy...this list was from a year ago...there are now 6m jobs created and we have more people employed than at anytime in history. I care as much about Trump's foibles as you guys cared about Clinton's. You guys made the rules...I've just adopted them.

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

What a bunch of partisan-spun pile of BS that was! (And you forgot the part where Trump made the sun come up this morning. :no: )

What part of the Trump campaign did it come from? (Hint: the comment on the Paris Accords was a major "tell".)

Anyway, please spare us in the future. It needlessly consumes space.

Besides, Trump himself has decided to not run on his record. He's apparently running by deliberately fomenting racial division in the country.

And he's the "stable genius", not you.

Tiger Sue · August 3, 2019

3 hours ago, GiveEmElle said:

Separate the person Trump from the POTUS? WTH? Do you relieve believe a man who bankrupted over half a dozen businesses and can’t speak in complete sentences can effectively lead the country? As for rapists and sex traffickers, Trump has over 23 rape and sexual assault allegations against him. Jeffrey Epstein, Trump’s pal, was just arrested for sex trafficking. Alan Dershowitz, Trump’s friend is also tied up in this. And yes, even Bill Clinton could be caught up in the Epstein case as well. I see you, just like our other resident right wing nuts, have mastered the art of deflecting to a Democrat whenever Trump is criticized. Since you’re new here, we’ve already established that deflection is a weakness, whataboutisms are laughed at. Perhaps you can strive to be the one who does better. Be Best and all that.

Wow!! You are a piece of work and I don't mean a Picasso. At least Trump hasn't had illicit sex in the WH like Bill Clinton. And JFK was notorious for his affairs in the WH yet has a monument/eternal flame in Arlington. They just happened to be Dems. In case you missed it I'm neither Dem or GOP but an independent thinker. You should try it before calling someone else nuts.

homersapien · August 3, 2019

1 hour ago, Tiger Sue said:

Wow!! You are a piece of work and I don't mean a Picasso. At least Trump hasn't had illicit sex in the WH like Bill Clinton. And JFK was notorious for his affairs in the WH yet has a monument/eternal flame in Arlington. They just happened to be Dems. In case you missed it I'm neither Dem or GOP but an independent thinker. You should try it before calling someone else nuts.

That sex Clinton had in the white house was between two consenting adults, so it wasn't illicit, immoral maybe, but not illicit. Likewise with JFK.

No one - not even Democrats - have condoned their behavior.

No amount of "whataboutism" excuses Trump's behavior toward women, including those he married.

GiveEmElle · August 3, 2019

4 hours ago, johnnyAU said:

No the heck he hasn't, but that's what you choose to believe.

No, you choose to defend him because he is your guy. His racism is evidenced in so many ways and the fact that there is even a discussion about a POTUS using racist rhetoric illustrates how normalized he has made it.

GiveEmElle · August 3, 2019

1 hour ago, Tiger Sue said:

Wow!! You are a piece of work and I don't mean a Picasso. At least Trump hasn't had illicit sex in the WH like Bill Clinton. And JFK was notorious for his affairs in the WH yet has a monument/eternal flame in Arlington. They just happened to be Dems. In case you missed it I'm neither Dem or GOP but an independent thinker. You should try it before calling someone else nuts.

Trump hasn’t had a BJ in the oval that you know of. But he has paid off porn stars to keep quite about affairs. He has even been accused of raping a 13 year old girl. Wanna take a guess at whose house that alleged rape occurred? If you guessed Jeffrey Epstein, you guessed correctly. Trump isn’t a model of sexual purity. In fact he has even bragged that his sex Life was his own personal Vietnam. But I guess independent thinkers don’t like facts about their POTUS that disturbs the narrative they cling to. It’s called cognitive dissonance. You should google it.

GiveEmElle · August 3, 2019

3 hours ago, japantiger said:

It's actually pretty easy...this list was from a year ago...there are now 6m jobs created and we have more people employed than at anytime in history. I care as much about Trump's foibles as you guys cared about Clinton's. You guys made the rules...I've just adopted them.

Economic Growth

4.2 percent growth in the second quarter of 2018.

For the first time in more than a decade, growth is projected to exceed 3 percent over the calendar year.

Jobs

4 million new jobs have been created since the election, and more than 3.5 million since Trump took office.

More Americans are employed now than ever before in our history.

Jobless claims at lowest level in nearly five decades.

The economy has achieved the longest positive job-growth streak on record.

Job openings are at an all-time high and outnumber job seekers for the first time on record.

Unemployment claims at 50 year low

African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American unemployment rates have all recently reached record lows.

African-American unemployment hit a record low of 5.9 percent in May 2018.

Hispanic unemployment at 4.5 percent.

Asian-American unemployment at record low of 2 percent.

Women’s unemployment recently at lowest rate in nearly 65 years.

Female unemployment dropped to 3.6 percent in May 2018, the lowest since October 1953.

Youth unemployment recently reached its lowest level in more than 50 years.

July 2018’s youth unemployment rate of 9.2 percent was the lowest since July 1966.

Veterans’ unemployment recently hit its lowest level in nearly two decades.

July 2018’s veterans’ unemployment rate of 3.0 percent matched the lowest rate since May 2001.

Unemployment rate for Americans without a high school diploma recently reached a record low.

Rate for disabled Americans recently hit a record low.

Blue-collar jobs recently grew at the fastest rate in more than three decades.

Poll found that 85 percent of blue-collar workers believe their lives are headed “in the right direction.”

68 percent reported receiving a pay increase in the past year.

Last year, job satisfaction among American workers hit its highest level since 2005.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans rate now as a good time to find a quality job.

Optimism about the availability of good jobs has grown by 25 percent.

Added more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since the election.

Manufacturing employment is growing at its fastest pace in more than two decades.

100,000 new jobs supporting the production & transport of oil & natural gas.

American Income

Median household income rose to $61,372 in 2017, a post-recession high.

Wages up in August by their fastest rate since June 2009.

Paychecks rose by 3.3 percent between 2016 and 2017, the most in a decade.

Council of Economic Advisers found that real wage compensation has grown by 1.4 percent over the past year.

Some 3.9 million Americans off food stamps since the election.

Median income for Hispanic-Americans rose by 3.7 percent and surpassed $50,000 for the first time ever in history.

Home-ownership among Hispanics is at the highest rate in nearly a decade.

Poverty rates for African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans have reached their lowest levels ever recorded.

American Optimism

Small business optimism has hit historic highs.

NFIB’s small business optimism index broke a 35 year-old record in August.

SurveyMonkey/CNBC’s small business confidence survey for Q3 of 2018 matched its all-time high.

Manufacturers are more confident than ever.

95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future, the highest ever.

Consumer confidence is at an 18-year high.

12 percent of Americans rate the economy as the most significant problem facing our country, the lowest level on record.

Confidence in the economy is near a two-decade high, with 51 percent rating the economy as good or excellent.

American Business

Investment is flooding back into the United States due to the tax cuts.

Over $450 billion dollars has already poured back into the U.S., including more than $300 billion in the first quarter of 2018.

Retail sales have surged. Commerce Department figures from August show that retail sales increased 0.5 percent in July 2018, an increase of 6.4 percent from July 2017.

ISM’s index of manufacturing scored its highest reading in 14 years.

Worker productivity is the highest it has been in more than three years.

Steel and aluminum producers are re-opening.

Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and NASDAQ have all notched record highs.

Dow hit record highs 70 times in 2017 alone, the most ever recorded in one year.

Deregulation

Achieved massive deregulation at a rapid pace, completing 22 deregulatory actions to every one regulatory action during his first year in office.

Signed legislation to roll back costly and harmful provisions of Dodd-Frank, providing relief to credit unions, and community and regional banks.

Federal agencies achieved more than $8 billion in lifetime net regulatory cost savings.

Rolled back Obama’s burdensome Waters of the U.S. rule.

Used the Congressional Review Act to repeal regulations more times than in history.

Tax Cuts

Biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history by signing the Tax Cuts and Jobs act into law

Provided more than $5.5 trillion in gross tax cuts, nearly 60 percent of which will go to families.

Increased the exemption for the death tax to help save Family Farms & Small Business.

Nearly doubled the standard deduction for individuals and families.

Enabled vast majority of American families will be able to file their taxes on a single page by claiming the standard deduction.

Doubled the child tax credit to help lessen the financial burden of raising a family.

Lowered America’s corporate tax rate from the highest in the developed world to allow American businesses to compete and win.

Small businesses can now deduct 20 percent of their business income.

Cut dozens of special interest tax breaks and closed loopholes for the wealthy.

9 in 10 American workers are expected see an increase in their paychecks thanks to the tax cuts, according to the Treasury Department.

More than 6 million of American workers have received wage increases, bonuses, and increased benefits thanks to tax cuts.

Over 100 utility companies have lowered electric, gas, or water rates thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Ernst & Young found 89 percent of companies planned to increase worker compensation thanks to the Trump tax cuts.

Established opportunity zones to spur investment in left behind communities.

Worker Development

Established a National Council for the American Worker to develop a national strategy for training and retraining America’s workers for high-demand industries.

Employers have signed Trump’s “Pledge to America’s Workers,” committing to train or retrain more than 4.2 million workers and students.

Signed the first Perkins CTE reauthorization since 2006, authorizing more than $1 billion for states each year to fund vocational and career education programs.

Executive order expanding apprenticeship opportunities for students and workers.

Domestic Infrastructure

Proposed infrastructure plan would utilize $200 billion in Federal funds to spur at least $1.5 trillion in infrastructure investment across the country.

Executive order expediting environmental reviews and approvals for high priority infrastructure projects.

Federal agencies have signed the One Federal Decision Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) streamlining the federal permitting process for infrastructure projects.

Rural prosperity task force and signed an executive order to help expand broadband access in rural areas.

Health Care

Signed an executive order to help minimize the financial burden felt by American households Signed legislation to improve the National Suicide Hotline.

Signed the most comprehensive childhood cancer legislation ever into law, which will advance childhood cancer research and improve treatments.

Signed Right-to-Try legislation, expanding health care options for terminally ill patients.

Enacted changes to the Medicare 340B program, saving seniors an estimated $320 million on drugs in 2018 alone.

FDA set a new record for generic drug approvals in 2017, saving consumers nearly $9 billion.

Released a blueprint to drive down drug prices for American patients, leading multiple major drug companies to announce they will freeze or reverse price increases.

Expanded short-term, limited-duration health plans.

Let more employers to form Association Health Plans, enabling more small businesses to join together and affordably provide health insurance to their employees.

Cut Obamacare’s burdensome individual mandate penalty.

Signed legislation repealing Obamacare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board, also known as the “death panels.”

USDA invested more than $1 billion in rural health care in 2017, improving access to health care for 2.5 million people in rural communities across 41 states

Proposed Title X rule to help ensure taxpayers do not fund the abortion industry in violation of the law.

Reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy to keep foreign aid from supporting the global abortion industry.

HHS formed a new division over protecting the rights of conscience and religious freedom.

Overturned Obama administration’s midnight regulation prohibiting states from defunding certain abortion facilities.

Signed executive order to help ensure that religious organizations are not forced to choose between violating their religious beliefs by complying with Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate or shutting their doors.

Combating Opioids

Chaired meeting the 73rd General Session of the United Nations discussing the worldwide drug problem with international leaders.

Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand, introducing new measures to keep dangerous drugs out of our communities.

$6 billion in new funding to fight the opioid epidemic.

DEA conducted a surge in April 2018 that arrested 28 medical professions and revoked 147 registrations for prescribing too many opioids.

Brought the “Prescribed to Death” memorial to President’s Park near the White House, helping raise awareness about the human toll of the opioid crisis.

Helped reduce high-dose opioid prescriptions by 16 percent in 2017.

Opioid Summit on the administration-wide efforts to combat the opioid crisis.

Launched a national public awareness campaign about the dangers of opioid addiction.

Created a Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis which recommended a number of pathways to tackle the opioid crisis.

Led two National Prescription Drug Take Back Days in 2017 and 2018, collecting a record number of expired and unneeded prescription drugs each time.

$485 million targeted grants in FY 2017 to help areas hit hardest by the opioid crisis.

Signed INTERDICT Act, strengthening efforts to detect and intercept synthetic opioids before they reach our communities.

DOJ secured its first-ever indictments against Chinese fentanyl manufacturers.

Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement (J-CODE) team, aimed at disrupting online illicit opioid sales.

Declared the opioid crisis a Nationwide Public Health Emergency in October 2017.

Law and Order

More U.S. Circuit Court judges confirmed in the first year in office than ever.

Confirmed more than two dozen U. S. Circuit Court judges.

Followed through on the promise to nominate judges to the Supreme Court who will adhere to the Constitution

Nominated and confirmed Justice Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

Signed an executive order directing the Attorney General to develop a strategy to more effectively prosecute people who commit crimes against law enforcement officers.

Launched an evaluation of grant programs to make sure they prioritize the protection and safety of law enforcement officers.

Established a task force to reduce crime and restore public safety in communities across Signed an executive order to focus more federal resources on dismantling transnational criminal organizations such as drug cartels.

Signed an executive order to focus more federal resources on dismantling transnational criminal organizations such as drug cartels.

Violent crime decreased in 2017 according to FBI statistics.

$137 million in grants through the COPS Hiring Program to preserve jobs, increase community policing capacities, and support crime prevention efforts.

Enhanced and updated the Project Safe Neighborhoods to help reduce violent crime.

Signed legislation making it easier to target websites that enable sex trafficking and strengthened penalties for people who promote or facilitate prostitution.

Created an interagency task force working around the clock to prosecute traffickers, protect victims, and prevent human trafficking.

Conducted Operation Cross Country XI to combat human trafficking, rescuing 84 children and arresting 120 human traffickers.

Encouraged federal prosecutors to use the death penalty when possible in the fight against the trafficking of deadly drugs.

New rule effectively banning bump stock sales in the United States.

Border Security and Immigration

Secured $1.6 billion for border wall construction in the March 2018 omnibus bill.

Construction of a 14-mile section of border wall began near San Diego.

Worked to protect American communities from the threat posed by the vile MS-13 gang.

ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations division arrested 796 MS-13 members and associates in FY 2017, an 83 percent increase from the prior year.

Justice worked with partners in Central America to secure criminal charges against more than 4,000 MS-13 members.

Border Patrol agents arrested 228 illegal aliens affiliated with MS-13 in FY 2017.

Fighting to stop the scourge of illegal drugs at our border.

ICE HSI seized more than 980,000 pounds of narcotics in FY 2017, including 2,370 pounds of fentanyl and 6,967 pounds of heroin.

ICE HSI dedicated nearly 630,000 investigative hours towards halting the illegal import of fentanyl.

ICE HSI made 11,691 narcotics-related arrests in FY 2017.

Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand introduced new measures to keep dangerous drugs out the United States.

Signed the INTERDICT Act into law, enhancing efforts to detect and intercept synthetic opioids.

DOJ secured its first-ever indictments against Chinese fentanyl manufacturers.

DOJ launched their Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement (J-CODE) team, aimed at disrupting online illicit opioid sales.

Released an immigration framework that includes the resources required to secure our borders and close legal loopholes, and repeatedly called on Congress to fix our broken immigration laws.

Authorized the deployment of the National Guard to help secure the border.

Enhanced vetting of individuals entering the U.S. from countries that don’t meet security standards, helping to ensure individuals who pose a threat to our country are identified before they enter.

These procedures were upheld in a June 2018 Supreme Court hearing.

ICE removed over 226,000 illegal aliens from the United States in 2017.

ICE rescued or identified over 500 human trafficking victims and over 900 child exploitation victims in 2017 alone.

In 2017, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested more than 127,000 aliens with criminal convictions or charges, responsible for

Over 76,000 with dangerous drug offenses.

More than 48,000 with assault offenses.

More than 11,000 with weapons offenses.

More than 5,000 with sexual assault offenses.

More than 2,000 with kidnapping offenses.

Over 1,800 with homicide offenses.

Created the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office in order to support the victims and families affected by illegal alien crime.

More than doubled the number of counties participating in the 287(g) program, which allows jails to detain criminal aliens until they are transferred to ICE custody.

Trade

Negotiating and renegotiating better trade deals, achieving free, fair, and reciprocal trade for the United States.

Agreed to work with the European Union towards zero tariffs, zero non-tariff barriers, and zero subsides.

Deal with the European Union to increase U.S. energy exports to Europe.

Litigated multiple WTO disputes targeting unfair trade practices and upholding our right to enact fair trade laws.

Finalized a revised trade agreement with South Korea, which includes provisions to increase American automobile exports.

Negotiated an historic U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement to replace NAFTA.

Agreement to begin trade negotiations for a U.S.-Japan trade agreement.

Secured $250 billion in new trade and investment deals in China and $12 billion in Vietnam.

Established a Trade and Investment Working Group with the United Kingdom, laying the groundwork for post-Brexit trade.

Enacted steel and aluminum tariffs to protect our vital steel and aluminum producers and strengthen our national security.

Conducted 82 anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations in 2017 alone.

Confronting China’s unfair trade practices after years of Washington looking the other way.

25 percent tariff on $50 billion of goods imported from China and later imposed an additional 10% tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods.

Conducted an investigation into Chinese forced technology transfers, unfair licensing practices, and intellectual property theft.

Imposed safeguard tariffs to protect domestic washing machines and solar products manufacturers hurt by China’s trade policies

Withdrew from the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Secured access to new markets for America’s farmers.

Recent deal with Mexico included new improvements enabling food and agriculture to trade more fairly.

Recent agreement with the E.U. will reduce barriers and increase trade of American soybeans to Europe.

Won a WTO dispute regarding Indonesia’s unfair restriction of U.S. agricultural exports.

Defended American Tuna fisherman and packagers before the WTO

Opened up Argentina to American pork experts for the first time in a quarter-century

American beef exports have returned to china for the first time in more than a decade

OK’d up to $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by unfair trade retaliation.

Energy

Presidential Memorandum to clear roadblocks to construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Presidential Memorandum declaring that the Dakota Access Pipeline serves the national interest and initiating the process to complete construction.

Opened up the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to energy exploration.

Coal exports up over 60 percent in 2017.

Rolled back the “stream protection rule” to prevent it from harming America’s coal industry.

Cancelled Obama’s anti-coal Clean Power Plan and proposed the Affordable Clean Energy Rule as a replacement.

Withdrew from the job-killing Paris climate agreement, which would have cost the U.S. nearly $3 trillion and led to 6.5 million fewer industrial sector jobs by 2040.

U.S. oil production has achieved its highest level in American history

United States is now the largest crude oil producer in the world.

U.S. has become a net natural gas exporter for the first time in six decades.

Action to expedite the identification and extraction of critical minerals that are vital to the nation’s security and economic prosperity.

Took action to reform National Ambient Air Quality Standards, benefitting American manufacturers.

Rescinded Obama’s hydraulic fracturing rule, which was expected to cost the industry $32 million per year.

Proposed an expansion of offshore drilling as part of an all-of-the above energy strategy

Held a lease sale for offshore oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico in August 2018.

Got EU to increase its imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States.

Issued permits for the New Burgos Pipeline that will cross the U.S.-Mexico border.

Foreign Policy

Moved the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

Withdrew from Iran deal and immediately began the process of re-imposing sanctions that had been lifted or waived.

Treasury has issued sanctions targeting Iranian activities and entities, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force

Since enacting sanctions, Iran’s crude exports have fallen off, the value of Iran’s currency has plummeted, and international companies have pulled out of the country.

All nuclear-related sanctions will be back in full force by early November 2018.

Historic summit with North Korean President Kim Jong-Un, bringing beginnings of peace and denuclearization to the Korean Peninsula.

The two leaders have exchanged letters and high-level officials from both sides have met resulting in tremendous progress.

North Korea has halted nuclear and missile tests.

Negotiated the return of the remains of missing-in-action soldiers from the Korean War.

Imposed strong sanctions on Venezuelan dictator Nicholas Maduro and his inner circle.

Executive order preventing those in the U.S. from carrying out certain transactions with the Venezuelan regime, including prohibiting the purchase of the regime’s debt.

Responded to the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime.

Rolled out sanctions targeting individuals and entities tied to Syria’s chemical weapons program.

Directed strikes in April 2017 against a Syrian airfield used in a chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians.

Joined allies in launching airstrikes in April 2018 against targets associated with Syria’s chemical weapons use.

New Cuba policy that enhanced compliance with U.S. law and held the Cuban regime accountable for political oppression and human rights abuses.

Treasury and State are working to channel economic activity away from the Cuban regime, particularly the military.

Changed the rules of engagement, empowering commanders to take the fight to ISIS.

ISIS has lost virtually all of its territory, more than half of which has been lost under Trump.

ISIS’ self-proclaimed capital city, Raqqah, was liberated in October 2017.

All Iraqi territory had been liberated from ISIS.

More than a dozen American hostages have been freed from captivity all of the world.

Action to combat Russia’s malign activities, including their efforts to undermine the sanctity of United States elections.

Expelled dozens of Russian intelligence officers from the United States and ordered the closure of the Russian consulate in Seattle, WA.

Banned the use of Kaspersky Labs software on government computers, due to the company’s ties to Russian intelligence.

Imposed sanctions against five Russian entities and three individuals for enabling Russia’s military and intelligence units to increase Russia’s offensive cyber capabilities.

Sanctions against seven Russian oligarchs, and 12 companies they own or control, who profit from Russia’s destabilizing activities.

Sanctioned 100 targets in response to Russia’s occupation of Crimea and aggression in Eastern Ukraine.

Enhanced support for Ukraine’s Armed Forces to help Ukraine better defend itself.

Helped win U.S. bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Helped win U.S.-Mexico-Canada’s united bid for 2026 World Cup.

Defense

Executive order keeping the detention facilities at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay open.

$700 billion in military funding for FY 2018 and $716 billion for FY 2019.

Largest military pay raise in nearly a decade.

Ordered a Nuclear Posture Review to ensure America’s nuclear forces are up to date and serve as a credible deterrent.

Released America’s first fully articulated cyber strategy in 15 years.

New strategy on national biodefense, which better prepares the nation to defend against biological threats.

Administration has announced that it will use whatever means necessary to protect American citizens and servicemen from unjust prosecution by the International Criminal Court.

Released an America first National Security Strategy.

Put in motion the launch of a Space Force as a new branch of the military and relaunched the National Space Council.

Encouraged North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies to increase defense spending to their agree-upon levels.

In 2017 alone, there was an increase of more than 4.8 percent in defense spending amongst NATO allies.

Every member state has increased defense spending.

Eight NATO allies will reach the 2 percent benchmark by the end of 2018 and 15 allies are on trade to do so by 2024.

NATO allies spent over $42 billion dollars more on defense since 2016.

Executive order to help military spouses find employment as their families deploy domestically and abroad.

Veterans affairs

Signed the VA Accountability Act and expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care.

Delivered more appeals decisions – 81,000 – to veterans in a single year than ever before.

Strengthened protections for individuals who come forward and identify programs occurring within the VA.

Signed legislation that provided $86.5 billion in funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the largest dollar amount in history for the VA.

VA MISSION Act, enacting sweeping reform to the VA system that:

Consolidated and strengthened VA community care programs.

Funding for the Veterans Choice program.

Expanded eligibility for the Family Caregivers Program.

Gave veterans more access to walk-in care.

Strengthened the VA’s ability to recruit and retain quality healthcare professionals.

Enabled the VA to modernize its assets and infrastructure.

Signed the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act in 2017, which authorized $2.1 billion in addition funds for the Veterans Choice Program.

Worked to shift veterans’ electronic medical records to the same system used by the Department of Defense, a decades old priority.

Issued an executive order requiring the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs to submit a joint plan to provide veterans access to access to mental health treatment as they transition to civilian life.

Increased transparency and accountability at the VA by launching an online “Access and Quality Tool,” providing veterans with access to wait time and quality of care data.

Signed legislation to modernize the claims and appeal process at the VA.

Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act, providing enhanced educational benefits to veterans, service members, and their family members.

Lifted a 15-year limit on veterans’ access to their educational benefits.

Created a White House VA Hotline to help veterans and principally staffed it with veterans and direct family members of veterans.

VA employees are being held accountable for poor performance, with more than 4,000 VA employees removed, demoted, and suspended so far.

Signed the Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act, increasing the number of VA employees that can assist justice-involved veterans.

I notice your list doesn’t mention that Trump inherited and economy on the rise from his predecessor. Your list fails to mention that money is being taken from our military to pay for a border wall that we were promised Mexico would pay for. The list doesn’t include how Trump and Republican are attempting to destroy the pre existing conditions mandate of the ACA. Also fails to mention that Trump obstructed justice. Absent from your list is the $2 Trillion Trump added to our Federal debt. Your list fails to mention Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal as well as the one with Russia. Your list fails to mention how all the regulation roll backs will impact our environment. Your list fails to mention how Trump’s behavior is beneath the office of the presidency. Your list doesn’t mention the nepotism Trump has gotten away with not does it mention all the indictments of people within his campaign. Not on the list is Trump siding with a foreign adversary over American Intelligence. But I know none of those things bother you.

homersapien · August 3, 2019

On 7/29/2019 at 10:12 AM, TexasTiger said:

Can you please show me when/where you think I did the following?

” In the last 6 months; you and your party; have defended murdering live born children, defended openly racist government officials, declared that men can have abortions too, declared that illegals have more rights to benefits; US taxpayer $$; than US citizens do and openly advocated for socialism. You have lost your friggin minds.“

I’m an independent. No one else speaks for me. I’m frustrated with both parties and wish we had a strong, moderate third party option for folks interested in reasonable solutions to our problems, including the debt and with a strong anti-corruption platform. I actually identify more with many Republicans who are concerned about Trump’s excesses. While you may be inclined to dismiss that, stick to the facts and link to me doing what you just strongly accused me of doing.

He apparently thinks all liberals are solely responsible for poverty just like he thinks Trump is solely responsible for the good economy he inherited from Obama. :rolleyes:

johnnyAU · August 3, 2019

4 hours ago, GiveEmElle said:

No, you choose to defend him because he is your guy. His racism is evidenced in so many ways and the fact that there is even a discussion about a POTUS using racist rhetoric illustrates how normalized he has made it.

No, he isn't "my guy" in the least. I'm not defending him, just pointing out the stupidity in believing what you want to believe because it suits your narrative.

Tiger Sue · August 4, 2019

6 hours ago, GiveEmElle said:

Trump hasn’t had a BJ in the oval that you know of.------do you know? Of course not so why speculate about it?

But he has paid off porn stars to keep quite about affairs.---not while he was POTUS

He has even been accused of raping a 13 year old girl.----accused but no proof is there? Kind of like the women who accused Kavanaugh and one (Ford) got rich and disappeared

Wanna take a guess at whose house that alleged rape occurred? If you guessed Jeffrey Epstein, you guessed correctly.--proof? Course not because it's more baloney from you and it's you guessing?

Trump isn’t a model of sexual purity. In fact he has even bragged that his sex Life was his own personal Vietnam. But I guess independent thinkers don’t like facts about their POTUS that disturbs the narrative they cling to. ----as I have said I don't like his personal life before he was POTUS. What is there about that you can't comprehend?

It’s called cognitive dissonance. You should google it. ---you should google lots of things like "hate" because you are so full of it .It must be a heavy burden to bear. .

japantiger · August 4, 2019

8 hours ago, GiveEmElle said:

I notice your list doesn’t mention that Trump inherited and economy on the rise from his predecessor. Your list fails to mention that money is being taken from our military to pay for a border wall that we were promised Mexico would pay for. The list doesn’t include how Trump and Republican are attempting to destroy the pre existing conditions mandate of the ACA. Also fails to mention that Trump obstructed justice. Absent from your list is the $2 Trillion Trump added to our Federal debt. Your list fails to mention Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal as well as the one with Russia. Your list fails to mention how all the regulation roll backs will impact our environment. Your list fails to mention how Trump’s behavior is beneath the office of the presidency. Your list doesn’t mention the nepotism Trump has gotten away with not does it mention all the indictments of people within his campaign. Not on the list is Trump siding with a foreign adversary over American Intelligence. But I know none of those things bother you.

Why did Obama say the Trump economy was impossible? Need a magic wand? This is nothing to do with Obama economy ass-clown. If it was it would be a continuation of OBama policy and it is clearly not.

I think the money being spent on the border is a great idea....so again, another good action by the President.

You're lying on pre-existing conditions...

You're lying on obstruction.

Trump has added to the debt at the same rate as Obama...because Congress won't enact cuts. Tax take is up dramatically. At some point this has to be dealt with. After the election.

Iran nuclear deal withdrawal is a good guy dumbass...we've been over how your team lied their asses off to, what was it Rhodes said? oh yeah, "27 year old liberal arts majors with no experience in anything". Russia withdrew from the missile treaty years ago and has been developing missiles prohibited by the treaty; and China was never a member and has beaten us in missile development. The question is why did it take Trump to wake the state dept and defense establishment the hell up and realize we were having our ass handed to us after 3 decades of both R and D incompetence on the topic?

Trump's behavior? You mean the list of 289 accomplishments I listed? or some fictional decorum you keep trying to use as a smokescreen? We've been over this before; when your guy started using cigars as dildo's in the oval office and lying about it to grand juries; you lost that argument. You made the rules; you just hate being beaten by them.

You should really read the Mueller report...you're lying again. You should really get some help on this. Harboring delusions like this are the types of things serial killers do.

aubiefifty · August 4, 2019

17 hours ago, Tiger Sue said:

Wow!! You are a piece of work and I don't mean a Picasso. At least Trump hasn't had illicit sex in the WH like Bill Clinton. And JFK was notorious for his affairs in the WH yet has a monument/eternal flame in Arlington. They just happened to be Dems. In case you missed it I'm neither Dem or GOP but an independent thinker. You should try it before calling someone else nuts.

everyone that disagrees with you are bad, right good. trump is such garbage the feds made him shut down trump charities. that is pretty damn low. defend that. and of course you assume ALL 23 women who filed assault claims are all money grabbers who are lying right? you are such an idiot. i bet you got your degree at trump university before they shut that down right? he pissed on a gold star family who lost a sone while saving his men and was highly decorated for it. and of couse trump the coward was a draft dodger. he makes fun of handicapped people on national television.but i understand sweetie. his wife was a porn star. want me to post a nude of her? he is on record and tape about enjoying..yes enjoying assaulting women. and he is racist just like his old man. people can have tons of money and still be trash............PROVE ME WRONG girlie........

bigbird · August 4, 2019

On 7/31/2019 at 4:55 PM, AUFAN78 said:

Good points. IMO rats are the least of the problems in this city though.

Well, at least the 4 legged variety...

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