English: Donald Trump at a press conference announcing David Blaine's latest feat in New York City at the Trump Tower. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
WHAT TRUMP DID:
- Drops out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal no one except President Barack Obama was excited about anyway.
- Start a trade war with Canada over lumber.
- Reversed his stance on China as a "currency manipulator", and is getting along better with its leaders, if only to keep North Korea in line.
- Decided that NATO wasn't as obsolete as he thought it was, as long as member nations pay their bills.
- Nominated generals, climate change deniers, business leaders and other strange individuals to Cabinet positions.
- Separated himself from his business dealings by setting up a trust, handled by two unofficial advisors who also happen to be his sons.
- Brought in daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner to serve as White House advisers. It also gives Ivanka a better platform for hawking her jewelry and clothing lines.
- Bombed a Syrian airfield in response to Bashir al-Assad's use of sarin gas on his own people.
- Spent weekends playing golf and hanging out at his Mar-a-Lago club on the taxpayers' dime.
- Gets his news from "Fox & Friends", the only source he doesn't consider "fake news".
- Dropped a 22,000-pound superbomb on an Islamic State bunker in Afghanistan, killing 94. Who needs diplomacy?
- Neil Gorsuch became a Supreme Court justice, but only after the Republican Senate changed the rules to get him on the bench.
- Signed a dozen executive orders that affected federal regulations on such things as internet privacy, immigration and the environment. In other words, reversing most of Obama's accomplishments.
- The stock market improved four percent since Trump took office.
- Has tweeted more than any President in history.
- Failed to get his travel ban against people coming from mostly Muslim nations past the courts. Twice.
- Didn't get his plan to "repeal and replace" Obamacare to a vote in Congress before the Republicans pulled it. Yet.
- Did not declare war on North Korea. Yet.
- Failed to convince folks that he's nothing more than a bobo for Russian President Vladimir Putin, or that the Russians gave him and his staff plenty of help to win the election.
- Let go of grudges against Obama or Hillary Clinton.
- The number of jobs created was half as many Trump claimed.
- Separate the rift between Kushner and chief strategist Steve Bannon.
- Convince more than half of the American public that he's doing a good job in office. However, ABC News reports that 96 percent of Trump voters didn't regret choosing him. Then again. the President considers polls to be "fake news" anyway.
- Get that wall built on the Mexican border. Yet.
- Release his tax returns.
- Convince wife Melania to move to the White House from Trump Tower, or at least act like she enjoys being First Lady.
- Resign from office or get impeached.
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