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It’s not exactly a news flash at this point that Donald Trump isn’t very fluent on questions of public policy, but his interview over the weekend with Fox Business Channel’s Maria Bartiromo is really a sobering reminder of the levels of ignorance and dishonesty that the country is dealing with.
Bartiromo is an extraordinarily soft interviewer who doesn’t ask Trump any difficult questions or press him on any subject. That makes the extent to which he manages to flub the interview all the more striking. He’s simply incapable of discussing any topic at any length in anything remotely resembling an informed or coherent way. He says the Federal Reserve is “important psychotically” and it’s part of one of his better answers, since one can at least tell that he meant to say “psychologically.”
By contrast, it’s often hard to make any sense at all of Trump’s words. Asked whether he plans to tie an infrastructure plan to his tax plan, Trump says, “I was thinking about tying it, but there’s too many honestly.” Too many what? He then continues: “You lose a few votes, you gain a few votes. I don’t want to take any chances ’cause I feel we have the votes right now the way it is.” There is, of course, no tax bill at the moment, so there’s no way Trump has the votes for it.
It’s a funny interview in many ways. Along with being comically ignorant, Trump for some reason keeps referring to Chief of Staff John Kelly as “elegant.” But the prospect of a president of the United States who’s incapable of talking about any of the many issues he oversees in a reasonable way is also pretty scary.
Our commander in chief. I feel dumber just listening to him.
Trump is so eager to prove how much better he is than Obama, and even praises the sound of one hand clapping as his Gold star. I am wondering how many of his own campaign promises he has actually accomplished since taking office. He is now playing Dictator and threatening the House to pass his tax hike or face losing in 2018. Nothing like holding a political gun to their heads to make them do his bidding, no matter whether it is the right thing to do or not. He does not care what affect it might have on the American people just so long as he gets his way.
I'm sure he is upset at the fact that the Congress members are elected by the people and he has no authority to tell them, "You're Fired!!" That much really hurt a lot, especially his fragile ego.
Just my opinion.
then stop listening to him! <giggle>
Ha! Might be better for my health.
And just think, he won!!! Just goes to show you how bad the other candidate was. LOL
There were much better candidates in his own party who were far more qualified for the position. It's too bad that they bought all the empty promises Trump lied about to fool the people in his own party to get them nomination. As the old saying goes, "Careful what you wish for, you just might get it".
Empty promises?? He lied about what he would accomplish???
Here’s a list of all his accomplishments so far.
1) He got conservative judge Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court.
2) The stock market is at an all-time high.
3) Consumer confidence is at an all-time high.
4) He created more than a million jobs by undoing Obama’s regulations. (1,080,000 gained compared to the 3,640,240 lost by Obama during his first six months.)
5) Mortgage applications for new homes is at a 7 year high.
6) Unemployment rate is at a 16 year low.
7) Signed the promoting women in entrepreneurship act.
8) Gutted 800 Obama era regulations thus freeing up companies to hire again and get the economy moving once again.
9) Ended the war on coal and caused a new mine for coal mining to open that will mine clean coal. He also put the miners back to work.
10) Weakened Dodd-Frank regulations.
11) Promotes buying and hiring American.
12) Investments from major businesses such as Foxconn, Ford ,Toyota, Intel and others will build here now.
13) Reduced illegal immigration by over 70%.
14) Bids for the border wall are underway.
15) He’s fighting back against sanctuary cities.
16) Changed the rules of engagement against ISIS.
17) Drafted a plan to defeat ISIS.
18) Worked to reduce the cost of the F-35 fighter jets.
19) Imposed a five year lobbying plan.
20) Sanctioned Iran over its’ missile program.
21) Responded to Syria’s use of chemical weapons.
22) Reduced tax reform plan.
23) He’s renegotiating NAFTA.
24) He withdrew from the Trans Pacific Partnership thus keeping jobs here.
25) He pulled us out of the Paris Climate Accords thus saving us millions of dollars every year.
26) Created a task force to reduce crime.
27) The DOJ is targeting dangerous gangs like MS-13.
28) Signed independence and economic growth law.
29) Signed an executive order to protect police officers and target drug cartels.
30) Signed an executive order for religious freedom.
31) His administration is working on sending education back to the states.
32) He’s fixing the dept. of Veterans affairs so now vets can choose their own doctors and be covered. This also protects whistle blowers and allows VA to terminate bad employees..
33) Authorized construction of the Keystone and Dakota pipelines. The Dakota pipeline is up and running without harming the environment.
34) Created commissions on election fraud and opioid addiction.
35) Food stamp use is the lowest level in seven years.
36) Reduced the White House payroll saving taxpayers millions of dollars.
37) He’s donating his salary to various causes.
38) Signed 52 pieces of legislation.
39) Cut 600 billion from UN peacekeeping mission.
40) Gas prices lowest in more than 12 years.
the most important for our future
I am glad that you think that every one of those in the list are important to America and its people, but, many of them will leave the country on its knees long after he is no longer in office in the end. And now our Supreme Court, which is supposed to be unbiased, is now packed with more Republicans to control the court that is supposed to enforce the Constitution. It is yet to be seen if he will do that or simply vote along party line.
Just my own opinion.
Yes-- because of the way the Electoral College is set up.
He got less votes than the opposing candidate.
And that is why he spent more time campaigning and building his votes in the states that he was told he could get the most votes in the fastest to meet the Electoral College requirements first, which would give him the win before all the voting in the other states had even closed. The electoral college has passed it prime and has now become a detriment to the fair voting process. No one should be considered the winner until all the votes have been counted. Then the person who got the most votes declared the winner.
Just the way I see it.
Past its prime. It's hard to accept there are people today who have no idea of the value of the Electoral College. It's as much or more important today than it ever has been.
Do you realize Hillary got over 4 million more votes in California than Trump? California is really big on illegal immigration. What if they were turned loose and had twice as many illegals who became citizens in that state along? I hope you can grasp the concept and realize mob rule is something we don't want in this country.
Even if the Democrats had won the election, I would still support the Electoral College. I'm beginning to see intelligent people act as though they have no sense at all. Please tell me you haven't studied the Electoral College and really don't know that much about it, because if you do understand it and believe it has past its prime, then you are acting as a traitor to the continued liberties of each individual in this country.
I've been over this so many times, like I said, it's hard to accept there are intelligent people who say they love this country and believe the Electoral College has past its prime. I can only assume, if they truly love this country, they just don't understand the value of the Electoral College.
And I have to wonder how many of the votes that were in the Electoral College were illegal votes. To say that the votes in the Electoral College are pure as the driven snow is kind of a stretch, just like every other votes.
"Please tell me you haven't studied the Electoral College and really don't know that much about it, because if you do understand it and believe it has past its prime, then you are acting as a traitor to the continued liberties of each individual in this country."
Calling me a traitor to my country because of my belief regarding the EC is a very derogatory and a totally unfair accusation, and a really big stretch. Everyone has their own opinion, and labeling those who think it is past its prime as a traitor is really beyond biased when you really don't know how many votes in the EC might have also been illegal.
Also, no.....I am not at all totally uneducated, I am familiar with the EC, and still think it is passed its prime, in spite of your labeling me a traitor. Which I do believe is violation of the CoC to call me that.
Just my opinion.
And I completely disagree.
It is the only thing that is keeping elections having a semblance of fairness. What one should be arguing for is the elimination of party control of our election process.
The parties set up and control redistricting and use the process of gerrymandering to set up districts that vote reliably one way or the other which makes it easier for the parties to campaign, not fairer for the voter.
The one change that should be made is to eliminate gerrymandering and the winner take all process of states allocating electors.
If the states weren't winner take all, Trumps elector total would have been even higher than it was. Showing a much more decisive win. Without gerrymandering we wouldn't have districts with over a million votes counting as one in the Electoral College. There areas are where we need to change the system. Force the candidates to campaign in all the districts by making them equal. Force the parties to split evenly along political lines, half republican, half democrat, this way all districts are balanced and in equal size. Which was the intent of the founders.
I think you would find the candidates would no longer win by pluralities anymore and the electoral college would be a much more effective and fairer body.
I agree. Overhauling the EC and eliminating the gerrymandering would go a long way in providing for a more balanced and fair representation of the election process. Party on both sides over such a system is cheating the voters out of a fair election process. I don't think our Founding Fathers would approve of all the backdoor means to try to control the voting outcome, and it certainly should not be allowed.
Just my opinion.
Lol. Blah blah blah - look at the video of what the EC elected.
(expected response: Hillary emails Benghazi)
And, if I may ask, WHERE did she e-mail Benghazi to?