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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNational Memo: Trumps only talent is inheriting things he doesnt deserve
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Its Beyond Parody How Beyond Parody Trump Is
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...............Trumps first 100 days have gone even worse, legislatively at least, than anyone expected.
He hasnt jammed Democrats on any significant issues and his only victories are a series of reversals of Obama policies that include enabling oil companies to take money from foreign governments, coal companies to pollute rivers, and Internet service providers to track and sell your browsing history. These bills only required Republican votes in both Houses of Congress and were often signed in private because they would have shown the public that he stands entirely with the Republican establishment he lampooned during his campaign, as Politico Magazines Mike Grunwald explains.
Yes, Trump is doing untold damage to our environment and the climate while assailing our tourism industry and terrorizing law-abiding undocumented immigrants who, unlike him, would love to pay taxes. And yes, hes put together a cabinet that is simultaneously the richest and least qualified for public service in American history.
But there isnt one promise in his 100-day contract hes fulfilled.
In fact, his only accomplishments worth boasting about were some good jobs numbers and a Supreme Court appointment. Accomplishments, as the Washington Posts Dave Weigel pointed out, he inherited from Barack Obama.
Trumps only talent, it seems, is inheriting things he doesnt deserve, which makes him apoplectic when its time for his success to be compared against people who actually earned theirs.
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National Memo: Trumps only talent is inheriting things he doesnt deserve (Original Post)
kpete
Apr 2017
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ExciteBike66
(2,374 posts)1. I wish the National Review had published this
but it appears to be from a different source.
Might want to edit the post heading.
kpete
(72,022 posts)2. Thanks ExciteBike66
for having my back,
peace,
kp
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)3. That is what I thought
Though David Frum has made some of these points. I could have sworn I read them in National Review, but it must have been The Atlantic since I can't find them anymore.
I don't know if NR is being 1984ed because I thought I have read some insightful negative articles on Trump since he became President. Must be going crazy.