by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
Donald Trump does not even pretend to be the President of the entire United States. There are some parts of the country which he routinely blesses with his abundant munificence, while he ignores or even works against the well-being of other certain cities and states. If Trump thinks that a particular area or section of the country has treated him favorably, he returns the favor, but for those places that are more welcoming to Democratic proposals and politicians, well, they are often on their own.
A few months ago Trump was feuding with Rep. Elijah Cummings of Baltimore, and his line of attack was to belittle the city of Baltimore, calling it rat-and-cockroach-infested. Baltimore is also largely black, something which does not garner much favor among Trump and his racist friends. Trump was President of the United States, but obviously not the President of Baltimore. That shithole city was somebody else's problem.
Now Donald Trump has gone to war with the state of California. California is basically a Democratic state, and it voted for Hillary Clinton over Trump bigly in 2016. This week Trump announced, through Twitter, of course, that he is thinking about ending federal support to fight wildfires in California. In his Twitter tirade he blamed California for the fires, lamenting that they had not cleaned the forests floors like he told them to do last year - and Trump did not think it was right that taxpayers would have to pick up the bill for the state's basic inaction and laziness on the fire issue.
Over ninety percent of California forest land is owned by the federal government . . . but . . . Californians were not supporters of Trump - so screw 'em.
Russia, on the other hand, has been a very prominent Trump supporter, from laundering the ill-gotten gains of the thriving Russian oligarchs through Trump businesses, to Vladimir Putin's almost open manipulation of the 2016 U.S. presidential election in Trump's favor. From the Trump perspective, the Russians are good people and fully deserving of U.S. help. That must be why Trump volunteered U.S. firefighters to help contain massive wildfires in Siberia last summer.
If Trump's buddy Vlad needs some assistance from the United States, stand back because help is on the way!
And when American politicians and cities begin to revolt against our country's bloody gun culture, Trump rushes to the NRA to see how he can be of help in shouting down the anti-gun crazies - but let some old-line Mormons get mowed down in northern Mexico, where they live by choice, and Trump is openly begging the President of Mexico to let him send down U.S. troops to confront their drug cartels and armed crazies. Berserk shooters on the U.S. side of the border are just exercising their Constitutional rights, but those who are south of the border are worthy of a military response.
Trump is president where and when it suits him, and if you are not goose-stepping in his personal parade don't expect help with your problems. It's his government, his military, and he alone will decide if you are worthy of his glorious assistance.
Citizen Journalist
Donald Trump does not even pretend to be the President of the entire United States. There are some parts of the country which he routinely blesses with his abundant munificence, while he ignores or even works against the well-being of other certain cities and states. If Trump thinks that a particular area or section of the country has treated him favorably, he returns the favor, but for those places that are more welcoming to Democratic proposals and politicians, well, they are often on their own.
A few months ago Trump was feuding with Rep. Elijah Cummings of Baltimore, and his line of attack was to belittle the city of Baltimore, calling it rat-and-cockroach-infested. Baltimore is also largely black, something which does not garner much favor among Trump and his racist friends. Trump was President of the United States, but obviously not the President of Baltimore. That shithole city was somebody else's problem.
Now Donald Trump has gone to war with the state of California. California is basically a Democratic state, and it voted for Hillary Clinton over Trump bigly in 2016. This week Trump announced, through Twitter, of course, that he is thinking about ending federal support to fight wildfires in California. In his Twitter tirade he blamed California for the fires, lamenting that they had not cleaned the forests floors like he told them to do last year - and Trump did not think it was right that taxpayers would have to pick up the bill for the state's basic inaction and laziness on the fire issue.
Over ninety percent of California forest land is owned by the federal government . . . but . . . Californians were not supporters of Trump - so screw 'em.
Russia, on the other hand, has been a very prominent Trump supporter, from laundering the ill-gotten gains of the thriving Russian oligarchs through Trump businesses, to Vladimir Putin's almost open manipulation of the 2016 U.S. presidential election in Trump's favor. From the Trump perspective, the Russians are good people and fully deserving of U.S. help. That must be why Trump volunteered U.S. firefighters to help contain massive wildfires in Siberia last summer.
If Trump's buddy Vlad needs some assistance from the United States, stand back because help is on the way!
And when American politicians and cities begin to revolt against our country's bloody gun culture, Trump rushes to the NRA to see how he can be of help in shouting down the anti-gun crazies - but let some old-line Mormons get mowed down in northern Mexico, where they live by choice, and Trump is openly begging the President of Mexico to let him send down U.S. troops to confront their drug cartels and armed crazies. Berserk shooters on the U.S. side of the border are just exercising their Constitutional rights, but those who are south of the border are worthy of a military response.
Trump is president where and when it suits him, and if you are not goose-stepping in his personal parade don't expect help with your problems. It's his government, his military, and he alone will decide if you are worthy of his glorious assistance.
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