Freddy Figbottom
Was it me?
what's the very worst one do you suppose?Got this from Quora a while back, but never posted it. Cannot find a link to it, but it is worth posting, because I want to agree with the person who posted it. I feel the same obligation to apologize.
I owe my Trump-supporting family and friends an apology. I’ve been critical of the Trump presidency and am still exhausted from the experience. But to be fair, President Trump wasn’t that bad, other than when:
He incited an insurrection against the government
Mismanaged a pandemic that killed nearly half a million Americans
Separated children from their families, and lost those children in the bureaucracy
Tear-gassed peaceful protesters on Lafayette Square so he could hold a photo op holding a Bible in front of a church
Tried to block all Muslims from entering the country
Got impeached, got impeached again
Had the worst jobs record of any president in modern history
Pressured Ukraine to dig dirt on Joe Biden
Fired the FBI director for investigating his ties to Russia
Bragged about firing the FBI director on TV
Took Vladimir Putin’s word over the US intelligence community
Diverted military funding to build his wall
Caused the longest government shutdown in US history
Called Black Lives Matter a “symbol of hate"
Lied 30,000 times
Banned transgender people from serving in the military
Ejected reporters from the White House briefing room who asked tough questions
Vetoed the defense funding bill because it renamed military bases named for Confederate soldiers
Refused to release his tax returns
Increased the national debt by nearly $8 trillion
Had three of the highest annual trade deficits in U.S. history
Called veterans and soldiers who died in combat losers and suckers
Coddled the leader of Saudi Arabia after he ordered the execution and dismembering of a US-based journalist
Refused to concede the 2020 election
Hired his unqualified daughter and son-in-law to work in the White House
Walked out of an interview with Lesley Stahl
Called neo-Nazis “very fine people”
Suggested that people should inject bleach into their bodies to fight COVID
Abandoned our allies the Kurds to Turkey
Pushed through massive tax cuts for the wealthiest but balked at helping working Americans
Incited anti-lockdown protestors in several states at the height of the pandemic
Withdrew the US from the Paris climate accords
Withdrew the US from the Iranian nuclear deal
Withdrew the US from the Trans Pacific Partnership which was designed to block China’s advances
Insulted his own Cabinet members on Twitter
Pushed the leader of Montenegro out of the way during a photo op
Failed to reiterate US commitment to defending NATO allies
Called Haiti and African nations “shithole” countries
Called the city of Baltimore the “worst in the nation"
Claimed that he single handedly brought back the phrase “Merry Christmas” even though it hadn’t gone anywhere
Forced his Cabinet members to praise him publicly like some cult leader
Believed he should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Berated and belittled his hand-picked Attorney General when he recused himself from the Russia probe
Suggested the US should buy Greenland
Colluded with Mitch McConnell to push through federal judges and two Supreme Court justices after supporting efforts to prevent his predecessor from appointing judges
Repeatedly called the media “enemies of the people"
Claimed that if we tested fewer people for COVID we’d have fewer cases
Violated the emoluments clause
Told Bob Woodward in private that the coronavirus was a big deal but then downplayed it in public
Called his exceedingly faithful vice president a “p---y” for following the Constitution
Nearly got us into a war with Iran after threatening them by tweet
Nominated a corrupt head of the EPA
Nominated a corrupt head of HHS
Nominated a corrupt head of the Interior Department
Nominated a corrupt head of the USDA
Praised dictators and authoritarians around the world while criticizing allies
Refused to allow the presidential transition to begin
Insulted war hero John McCain – even after his death
Spent an obscene amount of time playing golf after criticizing Barack Obama for playing (far less) golf while president
Falsely claimed that he won the 2016 popular vote
Falsely claimed that he turned down being Time’s Man of the Year
Considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller on several occasions
Mocked wearing face masks to guard against transmitting COVID
Locked Congress out of its constitutional duty to confirm Cabinet officials by hiring acting ones
Used a racist dog whistle by calling COVID the “China virus"
Hired and associated with numerous shady figures that were eventually convicted of federal offenses including his campaign manager and national security adviser
Pardoned several of his shady associates
Gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to two congressman who amplified his batshit crazy conspiracy theories
Got into telephone fight with the leader of Australia(!)
Had a Secretary of State who called him a moron
Forced his press secretary to claim without merit that his was the largest inauguration crowd in history
Botched the COVID vaccine rollout
Tweeted so much dangerous propaganda that Twitter eventually banned him
Charged the Secret Service jacked-up rates at his properties
Constantly interrupted Joe Biden in their first presidential debate
Claimed that COVID would “magically” disappear
Called a U.S. Senator “Pocahontas"
Used his Twitter account to blast Nordstrom when it stopped selling Ivanka’s merchandise
Opened up millions of pristine federal lands to development and drilling
Got into a losing tariff war with China that forced US taxpayers to bail out farmers
Claimed that his losing tariff war was a win for the US
Ignored or didn’t even take part in daily intelligence briefings
Blew off honoring American war dead in France because it was raining
Redesigned Air Force One to look like the Trump Shuttle
Got played by Kim Jung Un and his “love letters"
Threatened to go after social media companies in clear violation of the Constitution
Botched the response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
Threw paper towels and toilet paper at Puerto Ricans when he finally visited them
Pressured the governor and secretary of state of Georgia to “find” him votes
Thought that the Virgin islands had a President
Drew on a map with a Sharpie to justify his inaccurate tweet that Alabama was threatened by a hurricane
Allowed White House staff to use personal email accounts for official businesses after blasting Hillary Clinton for doing the same thing
Rolled back regulations that protected the public from mercury and asbestos
Pushed regulators to waste time studying snake-oil remedies for COVID
Rolled back regulations that stopped coal companies from dumping waste into rivers
Held blatant campaign rallies at the White House
Tried to take away millions of Americans’ health insurance because the law was named for a Black man
Refused to attend his successors’ inauguration
Nominated the worst Education Secretary in history
Threatened judges who didn’t do what he wanted
Attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci
Promised that Mexico would pay for the wall (it didn’t)
Called an African-American Congresswoman “low IQ"
Threatened to withhold federal aid from states and cities with Democratic leaders
Went ahead with rallies filled with maskless supporters in the middle of a pandemic
Claimed that legitimate investigations of his wrongdoing were “witch hunts"
Seemed to demonstrate a belief that there were airports during the American Revolution
Demanded “total loyalty” from the FBI director
Praised a conspiracy theory that Democrats are Satanic pedophiles
Completely gutted the Voice of America
Placed a political hack in charge of the Postal Service
Claimed without evidence that the Obama administration bugged Trump Tower
Suggested that the US should allow more people from places like Norway into the country
Suggested that COVID wasn’t that bad because he recovered with the help of top government doctors and treatments not available to the public
or are these all made up?
if you can't name the worst one, they're all made up.
