by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
As America's nightmare continues and Donald Trump closes in on the end of his first year in elective office, this appears to be as good of a time as any to focus on the changes that Dear Leader has brought to our country: polluters are back in charge of the environment, profit-driven hucksters are dismantling American education, unrestricted use of the internet is in peril, marijuana is becoming re-criminalized, private prisons are on the up-swing, big corporations are once again the unquestioned authorities on acceptable business practices and the proper treatment of workers, white nationalists and other assorted groups of racists and hate-mongers are now seen as having at least equal footing with once-revered civil rights groups, immigrants are predominantly portrayed as rapists and drug smugglers, a good supply of paper towels can rebuild Puerto Rico, Republicans are only guilty of sexual abuse if they are stupid enough to admit it, diplomacy is best conducted by tweet, Russians make better friends than Californians, and its perfectly alright to peddle hats, jewelry, taco bowls, and hotel rooms from the Oval Office.
But perhaps the most significant thing that we, as a nation, have learned under Trump is this: if the truth is going to make you look bad, then make something up. I recently saw one piece of research which claimed that Donald Trump had told just over two thousand lies in public during his first three hundred days in office - or, nearly seven good ones a day. He seems to have elevated that art of lying to a level that would make a divorce attorney blush.
And then there's golf. We have heard about presidents playing golf since the time of Eisenhower, but none have played as much as Trump. Golf, golf, and more golf! Much of it is played in the seclusion of his own private golf clubs, where reporters can't gain access and disrupt his golfing mood. Recently some of Trump's people (with at least the tacit approval of the Secret Service) arranged to park a big box truck next one of those private courses so that the press would not be able to photograph the presidential leisure activity.
News reports also indicate that Donald Trump has a penchant for wolfing down fast food - with a particular fondness for Kentucky Fried Chicken - and chugging Diet Cokes. It has also been noted that he watches several hours of cable news on television each day. And then, of course, with his pistons firing from all of the Diet Coke and his anger flaring from the cable news, he devotes big chunks of time to tweeting out his wrath, picking needless and useless fights with politicians, world leaders, athletes, celebrities, ordinary people, and even members of his own administration. Nothing is too petty to escape Donald Trump's notice or revenge.
And when all of that presidential stuff (see above) starts to drag down El Jefe, he has now developed a dodge from working that he and his staff refer to as "executive time." It's not entirely clear what "executive time" consists of, but we, as a nation, must trust that he washes his hands when he is finished!
Citizen Journalist
As America's nightmare continues and Donald Trump closes in on the end of his first year in elective office, this appears to be as good of a time as any to focus on the changes that Dear Leader has brought to our country: polluters are back in charge of the environment, profit-driven hucksters are dismantling American education, unrestricted use of the internet is in peril, marijuana is becoming re-criminalized, private prisons are on the up-swing, big corporations are once again the unquestioned authorities on acceptable business practices and the proper treatment of workers, white nationalists and other assorted groups of racists and hate-mongers are now seen as having at least equal footing with once-revered civil rights groups, immigrants are predominantly portrayed as rapists and drug smugglers, a good supply of paper towels can rebuild Puerto Rico, Republicans are only guilty of sexual abuse if they are stupid enough to admit it, diplomacy is best conducted by tweet, Russians make better friends than Californians, and its perfectly alright to peddle hats, jewelry, taco bowls, and hotel rooms from the Oval Office.
But perhaps the most significant thing that we, as a nation, have learned under Trump is this: if the truth is going to make you look bad, then make something up. I recently saw one piece of research which claimed that Donald Trump had told just over two thousand lies in public during his first three hundred days in office - or, nearly seven good ones a day. He seems to have elevated that art of lying to a level that would make a divorce attorney blush.
And then there's golf. We have heard about presidents playing golf since the time of Eisenhower, but none have played as much as Trump. Golf, golf, and more golf! Much of it is played in the seclusion of his own private golf clubs, where reporters can't gain access and disrupt his golfing mood. Recently some of Trump's people (with at least the tacit approval of the Secret Service) arranged to park a big box truck next one of those private courses so that the press would not be able to photograph the presidential leisure activity.
News reports also indicate that Donald Trump has a penchant for wolfing down fast food - with a particular fondness for Kentucky Fried Chicken - and chugging Diet Cokes. It has also been noted that he watches several hours of cable news on television each day. And then, of course, with his pistons firing from all of the Diet Coke and his anger flaring from the cable news, he devotes big chunks of time to tweeting out his wrath, picking needless and useless fights with politicians, world leaders, athletes, celebrities, ordinary people, and even members of his own administration. Nothing is too petty to escape Donald Trump's notice or revenge.
And when all of that presidential stuff (see above) starts to drag down El Jefe, he has now developed a dodge from working that he and his staff refer to as "executive time." It's not entirely clear what "executive time" consists of, but we, as a nation, must trust that he washes his hands when he is finished!
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