Posted on 08/19/2017 5:19:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
• The "experts" are once again prematurely declaring President Trump's political demise.
• By now, they should respect his resilience more and the polls a lot less.
• Trump is safe as long as his political opponents remain even weaker.
Welcome to the Donald Trump status reality check for dummies, part 276.
It seems like the established political and punditry world needs many frequent reminders about President Trump's resilience every time he goes through a wounding incident like he is now with the beating he's taking over his response to the violent protests in Charlottesville last weekend.
So here are the several reasons why President Trump is simply down, but not out in any permanent sense. There are four key things to remember:
(Note: None of the points below are excuses for President Trump. They simply explain why he's not as vulnerable as many people think he is.)
1) Trump wins when he loses
It may seem like all Americans are at least frustrated that President Trump often shoots himself in the foot with unnecessary comments and tweets. But this also exemplifies Trump's fighting nature that so many voters clearly like. Many conservatives feel like they tried "nice" before with people like Presidents George H.W. and George W. Bush, and GOP presidential nominees John McCain and Mitt Romney, but that still resulted in no real reduction in condemnation and bile from the left.
For better or for worse, and to the repeated horror of the Bushes, McCains, and Romneys, Trump isn't playing nice. And for every moderate or casual Trump-leaner he may lose by fighting, he could easily be gaining the more fervent support from his base....
(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...
May he live a long and prosperous life.
Only Trump can separate his base from him. I don’t know if the purge of conservatives from his team, marks the beginning of his demise.
Trump will stay strong as long as he keeps his promises and keeps the Globalists/Gope at bay.
Otherwise. Nice try.
’ No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment thou shalt condemn’....Isaiah
Looks like Bannon is moving to fight on the outside where he can be more effective.
Saving face? Hope it will be so.
Up until the firing of Steve Bannon. I had hope for the Trump presidency. Bannon was a great warrior against Liberal Fascism. Now the Trump presidency is in the hands of global progressives. There is no way through them that we can
“ Make America Great Again.”
Trump and McMaster ( a holdover Obama appointee, Obama awarded McMAster the last two of his general’s stars)now are on the Javanka express of huggy political correctness and the compromising of all of Trump’s promises to his electorate. “Let them eat cake,” say these wealthy scions of the Trump tree. Very sad.
The Trump presidency, despite all of its former promise, is over. And since the Ryan and McConnell Republicans have refused to change their ways and represent the people, the Congress will continue to be lame, representing no one but themselves.
Prediction:
Trump will only be a one term president. The people will turn to someone who they think can get the job done.One can only hope fervently it is not George Clooney and his wife, Amal, replacing Republicans in the White House
in 2020. But this looks more likely as the Trump presidency flounders into hopeless lame duck syndrome, disconnected completely from those who elected him, pursuing the policies touted by the likes of Jeb Bush.
It certainly will not be Donald Trump elected in 2020, unfortunately. The mouse thinking to be a tiger roared, and for a time we believed that he would be the People’s champion, but he has proven not.
And so Trump will be a one term president, if he can last that long without being protected, and that nasty, destructive socialist legacy, so destructive of America, will not be dismantled as promised.
Civil war? Maybe
All of this is indicated by the sad and treasonous firing of Steve Bannon, a great student of history, his terminology will haunt the nation while it continues to Balkanize itself “ racial and ethnic nationalism.”
Bannon was right to use the term, but now we will hear it no more. Obama is succeeding in destroying America.
Farwell the Donald. You have been thoroughly effed by progressives, now you will have to do their bidding, not your own bidding. You are now an owned president,something America thought would never happen. Trump, you let us down, and for that America who voted for you cannot wait for you to be gone.
And what’s more, Steve Bannon warned you Donald, but you did not listen, and now the nation once again is on the path to ruin.
Trump the champion...yeah right. Not nearly courageous enough by half.
"... applaud the many protestors in Boston who are speaking out against bigotry and hate. Our country will soon come together as one!" ...
“Our great country has been divided for decades. Sometimes you need protest in order to heal, & we will heal, & be stronger than ever before!”
Can't beat them - join them. Let them find fault with that tweet.
Sure did. De Nile goes no where.
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Steve Bannon, Trump's chief strategist, fired - CNNPolitics - CNN.com www.cnn.com/2017/08/18/politics/steve-bannon-white-house/index.html 11 hours ago - (CNN)President Donald Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon has been fired , multiple White House officials told CNN on Friday. ... "White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve's last day. ... Bannon was supposed to be fired two weeks ago ... Steve Bannon fired as Trump White House's top strategist - BBC News www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40980994
1 day ago - White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is the latest top aide of President Donald Trump to leave his post. Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee ... Donald Trump seeks to placate Steve Bannon as fired strategist says ... www.independent.co.uk › News › World › Americas › US politics
4 hours ago - Donald Trump appears to be trying to placate Steve Bannon, the strategist whom he fired and who subsequently claimed that the “presidency is over”. ... “The Trump presidency that we fought for, and won, is over,” Mr Bannon told the Weekly Standard. ... “We still have a huge ...
Steve Bannon out: Trump 'decides to fired chief strategist' | The ... www.independent.co.uk › News › World › Americas › US politics 1 day ago - Donald Trump has told aides he has decided to remove Steve Bannon from his post as chief White House advisor after seven contentious ...
Steve Bannon fired as Trump's chief strategist, rejoins Breitbart - The ... https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us...steve-bannon-fired/article36027553/
1 day ago - President Donald Trump on Friday fired his chief strategist Steve Bannon in the latest White House shake-up, removing a far-right architect of ...
I got half of my promotions during the Carter administration. Was I a “Carter holdover?”
They seem to be starting in on his son-in-law now. Jared Kushner does not seem to be a populist, he is not a relatable person really, and he looks a bit odd. Perhaps that is because of living with the stress of the world’s biggest spotlight, perhaps it is too much botox. I will bet they will be ginning up the “robber baron” narrative now.
There is an old saying that you dance with the one who brung you, and the populists “brung” Trump. If this effort to smear Kushner is successful, and Trump is unable to hire enough people to cover his administration with loyalists, and if AG Sessions is thwarted in his “law and order” efforts, Trump could be in trouble.
Never mind that Bannon HIMSELF says he wasn't fired. I guess he wouldn't know anything about that.
Trump is within a few months of consolidating his power and having absolute power over his presidency. So obvious!
You heard it here first.
PROMISES MADE AND KEPT SO FAR:
Campaign Promise 1: To replace Antonin Scalia with a like-minded justice from a list of 20
•Trump replaced Antonin Scalia with Neil Gorsuch, an incredibly qualified and Constitution-abiding justice
*Campaign Promise 2: To suspend immigration from terror-prone countries
•Trump has successfully enacted a Travel Ban that is 100% CONSTITUTIONAL AND is made from the seven (six, now) “countries of concern” outlined by the Obama Administration. This ban is part of President Trump’s promise to keep every citizen of the United States safe from radical Islamic terrorism.
Campaign Promise 3: To defund and crack down on sanctuary cities
•Trump has implemented a YUGE crackdown on sanctuary cities, threatening to defund them
*- Attorney General Sessions has stated that he is not messing around when it comes to sanctuary cities, and continues in the fight against cities that harbor criminal illegal aliens
Campaign Promise 4: To revive the Keystone Pipeline and Dakota Access Pipeline
•The revival of the Dakota and Keystone XL Pipelines creating American jobs
Campaign Promise 5: To pull the US out of the TPP, an Obama-era trade deal detrimental to the US
•Trump pulled us out of the TPP which would have been absolutely disastrous for the US
Campaign Promise 6: DONALD TRUMP LOVES WOMEN AND WANTS TO HELP WOMEN!
•Trump has signed an Executive Order promoting women in STEM jobs (careers real feminists strive for, not “dance therapy” feminists)
•Trump has Launched a Council empowering female leaders and female entrepreneurs
Campaign Promise 7: To renegotiate, or pull out of Bill Clinton’s terrible trade deal, NAFTA
•Trump met with Justin Trudeau (what a joke) to discuss the tweaking of NAFTA to benefit the US more, after he threatens to leave it
*- The Trump Administration has laid out what he wishes to see in regards to NAFTA reform
Campaign Promise 8: To undo ridiculous Obama-era federal agency regulations
•Trump ordered a two-for-one repeal for all new regulations enacted by federal agencies
Campaign Promise 9: To rollback Obama-era regulations on small businesses
•Trump has rolled back ridiculous Obama-era regulations that have made it nearly impossible for small businesses to hire employees
•Trump has already saved taxpayers $86 Billion by cutting regulations
*- Trump has undone hundreds of Obama-era job killing regulations which has helped cause a significant increase of jobs
Campaign Promise 10: To help America’s inner-cities deeply in need of rebuilding
•Trump has signed an Executive Order to give major funding to “Historically Black Colleges and Universities,” helping out inner-cities immensely
Campaign Promise 11: To protect our policemen, the true everyday heroes
•Trump signed an Executive Order protecting our police
Campaign Promise 12: To crackdown on illegal immigration and to BUILD A WALL
•Trump has implemented a YUGE crackdown on illegal immigration and he has started the WALL initiative
Campaign Promise 13: To bolster our depleted military
•Trump has increased our military budget because we don’t want to use our military, but want to be prepared to use it
Campaign Promise 14: To enact a five year lobbying ban on government Officials after they leave office
•Trump has placed a five year and lifetime lobbying ban on government officials for when they leave office
Campaign Promise 15: To crackdown on drug cartels and illegal drugs crossing the border
•Trump signed an Executive Order cracking down on drug cartels
Campaign Promise 16: To revitalize the dying coal industry in the US
•Trump has enacted Joint Resolution 38 putting thousands of coal miners back to work
Campaign Promise 17: To create American JOBS and bring companies back to America
•Trump negotiated a deal with Carrier promising to bring manufacturing and jobs back to the US.
•Trump has met with CEOs from huge companies to work on bringing jobs back to America
•There was an increase of 298,000 jobs in February alone (liberals will say that counts in Obama’s fiscal year, but we know the truth)
•Trump met with Intel CEO who promised $7 Billion investment and over 3,000 high paying (not “shovel ready” bullshit jobs) in America
•Trump met with the CEO of Softbank who has promised 50,000 more American jobs and has already fulfilled 3,000 of those jobs
•Kroger has promised over 10,000 new jobs in the era of Trump
•The month of March yielded 263,000 new jobs, which passes the month’s estimated 185,000 Big League
Campaign Promise 18: Pushing NATO allies to pay their fair share or face the reality of the US possibly leaving
•Trump has put major pressure on the members of NATO to pay their fair and equal share because there are only a handful of countries in NATO who currently pay as much as agreed upon
Campaign Promise 19: To make America energy independent, relieving us from our dependence on foreign entities, such as OPEC
•Trump has taken major steps towards America’s energy independence
Campaign Promise 20: To enact a hiring freeze on government employees to help stop corruption
•Trump enacted a hiring freeze to all federal employees, cutting down on the over-bloated bureaucracy
Campaign Promise 21: Trump could be the president that takes us to Mars!
•Trump signed a Bill allowing NASA funding, including an exploration to Mars
Campaign Promise 22: To undo many of Obama’s unconstitutional Executive Orders
•Rescinding (one of) Obama’s incredibly unconstitutional actions regarding transgender bathrooms in schools
Campaign Promise 23: The repeal and replacement of Obamacare. The recent GOP fallout of AHCA Plan was no fault of Trump’s. The blame solely belongs to Speaker Ryan. He created a shit bill and couldn’t even capitalize to get enough votes. Obamacare will crash in 2017 when individual mandates kick in and Democrats will be to blame. That is when Trump will truly work to Repeal and Replace it with a plan he promised us.
•Trump got rid of the idiotic penalty in Obamacare that fines you if you choose not to participate in the program
Campaign Promise 24: To “Bomb the shit out of ISIS”
•A few days ago, Trump dropped the YUGE MOAB on a group of ISIS militants, killing 90+ terrorists and causing damage to underground tunnels and technology
•He called for a drone strike in Afghanistan killing Qari Yasin, a Pakistani Al-Qaeda leader
Campaign Promise 25: To not take a salary as President
•He donated his first quarterly salary to the National Park Service
Campaign Promise 26: To reform the VA and make it easier for Vets to get more healthcare opportunities
•He signed A Bill allowing veterans to seek healthcare outside of the broken VA system
•Trump has created the Accountability Office at the VA, making it incredibly easy to oust incompetent VA employees
Campaign Promise 27: To create a much needed tax reform
•Trump has laid out an extremely concise, yet effective Tax Reform Plan to lower taxes for Americans and end things like inheritance tax, and to cut corporate tax rates down to 15%
Campaign Promise 28 (Scroll down to see “School Choice and Education Act”): To fix our country’s incredibly broken education system
•Trump has signed an Executive Order giving the power of our country’s education back to state and local authorities
ACTIONS NOT PROMISED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, BUT HAVE BEEN PUT IN EFFECT:
1.(Even though it was Mike Pence) The defunding of clinics that perform abortions. Because no matter whether you are pro-choice/pro-life, the government should not be funding abortions. (Also, if people bring up the Hyde Amendment which is supposed to not let any federal funding go towards abortions, LET THEM KNOW that US taxpayers pay for about 24% of abortions despite of that “amendment”)
2.Huge spikes in the NASDAQ average index and the DOW average index starting November 8th. (This will count for Obama unfortunately, but we know where the real credit belongs.)
3.He has placed sanctions on Iran after they tested ballistic missiles
4.He has met with/talked to over 68 foreign leaders
5.He negotiated down the Price of the new Air Force One one billion dollars in a meeting that lasted just one hour
6.He issued major cuts to the costs of the F-35 saving billions
7.He has opened the eyes of the American public to just how unbelievably corrupt (pretty believable to most) the Obama Administration was.
8.After spending 3 years in a prison in Egypt, and absolutely no help from President Obama, humanitarian and US citizen Aya Hijazi has safely returned home and has given all credit to President Trump.
Tell these negative Eeyores.
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