Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Mission *not* accomplished.

TWEET METoday Mike Pence declared victory against Isis and told the American people that they have been destroyed. Mr. trump made the same declaration a few weeks ago. (Hmm,where have we heard this before?)

 "We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency." 

Wrong! And our military leaders told him as much. Mr. trump made his announcement without giving a warning of his plans to his security leaders and the military strategists, and what happened today is a harbinger of things to come because of his reckless and incautious actions. 

Today, in a coordinated attack in Syria, ISIS radicals set off a bomb killing four Americans. Later in the day Mike Pence was forced to amend his earlier ridiculous statement, and try to backtrack his earlier statements about where we are in the fight against ISIS.

The problem with Mr. trump and the sycophants surrounding him, is that they believe that the real world is like one of his stupid condo projects. You can't just hype away the problem of real terrorism by using some marketing strategy to sway public opinion. Those four people who lost their lives today had families and loved ones. Not that it matters to Mr. trump. He would need a heart and a soul for things like this to have an effect on him. I will say the same about his number two man, Mike Pence, whose only focus these days seems to be stepping in for his corrupt and crooked leader once he is removed from office.

Finally, as Mr. trump's FOX VIEWS inspired government shutdown grinds on, we are starting to see how it is starting to disrupt our lives. We might not be one of those government workers who will go without a check, but at some point the government shutdown will start having a real serious effect on how we live our lives. A colleague of mine is flying to London next week, and she is not sure if there will be TSA agents at the airport, or if the air traffic controllers will be overworked. If you are relying on a tax refund check, you might want to hold off on those plans to spend the money.

At least you will have money to spend. Those poor federal workers who are living through trump's shutdown are not so lucky. And the images of families lining up outside food banks to get food to feed their families is not something we should ever have to see in the "greatest" country on earth.

“I am proud to shut down the government for border security, Chuck.” 

Of course you are. And thanks to your shutdown, we are all a little less safe today.


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