(This blog first ran on October 30, 2020. Yes, right before the election that kicked the Orange One from the White House. We at the Thurber Brigade believe it is important to remind everyone why we do not want that Orange Blob back in Washington. So read over this list and then be sure and vote for Kamala Harris in November.)
From the opening bell, the tRump administration has been a
disaster. From sketchy inaugural donations and lying about crowd size, to
today's COVID mishandling and endangering democracy by throwing shade on elections
The Orange One's (my preferred reference) time in office has damaged this
country.
So to help jog people's memory, here's a short list of things he's done
that the MAJORITY of Americans will find
distasteful/illegal/evil/unAmerican.
THE LIST
• Claimed millions voted illegally
• Put children in cages
• Refused to release tax returns
• Denigrated Gold Star family
• Calls free press “enemy of the people”
• Has lied over 15,000+ times
• Gave security clearance to Ivanka and Jared over intelligence objections
• Denigrated John McCain for being a POW
• Thinks of veterans as suckers and losers
• Skipped Normandy ceremony as he didn't want to ruin his hair in the rain• Politicized masks and other possible ways to mitigate spread of COVID
• Banned Muslims from entering country unless they are from a country he does
business with
• Called Nazis very fine people
• Insults allies
• Praises dictators
• Ignored intelligence reports about Russian bounties on US troops
• Called African nations “shithole countries”
• Belittles US generals and believes he knows more then them
• Stole money from his charity and is banned
from having any new ones
• Foreign governments stay in his hotels to curry favors
• Forces government employees to stay in his properties while traveling
• Played golf more than any prez after stating he wouldn't have time to play
• Government must foot bill for his golf excursions which means we have paid his company over 200 times his salary
• Promoted snake oil cures for COVID
• Donates his salary as a tax dodge because he makes so much off golf trips.
• paid off porn star to remain quiet about sexual affair
• Had sexual affair while wife was pregnant with son
• Promised to build wall along border has only completed three miles of new
fence and Mexico will not pay for it
• During campaign his operatives had numerous meeting with Russian agents in
order to gain an advantage• Obstructed investigation into his Russian connections
• Attempted to bribe Ukrainian president for help with his election
• Asked China to help him win re-election
• Impeached for Ukrainian scheme and his obstruction of subsequent
investigation
• Has nearly daily Twitter tantrums
• Attacks private citizens on Twitter
• Hurls childish nicknames at those he perceives as foes
• Removed clean water and air regulations
• Promised to get drug prices lowered, instead they went up
• Drain the swamp? He added more swamp creatures
• Knocked out the teeth of the EPA
• Kicked Dept. of Interior in the balls
• Dumbed down the Department of Education
• Suspected of being Russian asset
• Supports white supremacy groups
• Validates racism
• Inherited a good economy, destroyed it
• Highest trade deficit in years
• Started tariff war with China, lost
• Ignored scientists on COVID
• Due to tariff war had highest number of small farm bankruptcies since
depression
• Utilized secret police against citizens
• Didn’t replenish national supplies of PPE and other medical
equipment
• Promoted budget that would diminish Social Security and Medicare
• Federal government seized PPE from states who imported it for
their state’s use
• Owes millions of dollars, possibly to foreign interests that
could compromise US security
• Tax cuts for rich, peanuts for others
• No definitive foreign policy
• To help his business interests, caved to Turkey and betrayed our Kurdish allies
• He has become a laughing stock of other world leaders
• Favorability of US in the world has gone down except in
dictatorship countries
• Largest civil unrest in nation since Vietnam years
This is not an all-inclusive list, there are tons of regulations
meant to protect us he has overridden, countless people he has insulted, untold
number
of norms he has violated and more. At least this is a starting point
though of why you should not vote to give him four more years. If he is
reelected it will be an incomprehensible disaster for this country. So read
over this short list one more time and go vote for Joe Biden KAMALA HARRIS. Return this
country to decency and prominence. Vote The Orange One out.
Ah, James Thurber
The
Thurber Brigade apologizes for this rerun and for once again getting off the path
of making light of the interaction between men and women. This election may be the most important one in our lifetime and so we cannot remain silent about the awful actions of TFG. The Brigade
will get back to its usual snarky self next time. Maybe.