SW> Once a person is elected to office they deserve the respect the
SW> Presidency gives them.
 
That is correct, but respect also must be earned, does not free-flow with the
title.
 
SW> The Dems have done nothing but "bash" the Presidential office. In turn
SW> every putz in congress and the media thinks they can do a better job.
 
So what else is new? I live a continent away and it's the same here ... people
in office will be bashed, comes with the job. Can't stand the heat? Open a
candy store.
 
But looking at it from an international perspective, the current President has
been the most disruptive for as far as I can recollect and that starts with the
 final days of Eisenhower. I cycled through 12 of them. Internationally,
everyone of those Presidents was honoured and duly respected ... everyone,
except Trump.
 
The cheering section promoting him sounds like a mantra, repeat it long enough
and it'll stick, like the Hare Krishna followers ...
 
  Hare Krisna Hare Krisna
  Krisna Krisna Hare Hare
  Hare Rama Hare Rama
  Rama Rama Hare Hare
 
Even the New York Times swallows the fake news and by doing so promotes it to
real news ...
 
Trump twittered the unemploymency was at an all-time low in March I think.
Technically correct but only because of the about 400,000 people who retired
and whose jobs became vacant only 200,000 were filled and the other 200,000
scrapped. Statistically correct statement by the President but the reality got
a little bit worse ...
 
And let's not forget the US military which consists mainly of unemployed people
 unable to land a real job.
 
President Trump is notorious for lying and manipulating. There are in the
meantime several websites from respected research institutes, not the dingbats
from Breitbart or FoxNews, listing the Trump inaccuracies/lies which are
nevertheless being sucked-up by his supporters. And he can just continue doing
that unpunished because Congress is powerless through division ... "We The
People" ? Not since January 20 2017.
 
Here's a list of recent Trump-nonsens ...
 
  http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donal...
 
In the last few months, his statements were ...
 
     True            31 (5%)
     Mostly True     72 (11%)
     Half True       96 (14%)
     Mostly False   141 (21%)
     False          230 (34%)
     Pants on Fire  101 (15%)
 
And I didn't invent those figures.
 
Trump figured he was getting to the Nobel Peace Prize while dealing with North
Korea while "Rocket Man" was making a fool of him and showing he was the better
 politician and the whole world laughed, except the people citing the mantra
... they take it for real.
 
Trump has destabilized world-trade which is recovering by mostly slicing the US
 out of its deals because the US is not a stable trusted partner. World peace,
for as much as it exists, depends on stable trade as demonstrated by the EU in
Europe and by de-stabilizing that trade, Trump has turned the World into a more
 dangerous place.
 
I'm amazed that so many people fail to recognize this. And it goes beyond
party-borders.
 
The world is anxiously awaiting someone else, Rep or Dem doesn't matter. Pence
would do fine, he is welcomed at NATO meetings more friendly than Trump. During
 Trump's first 2 visits the welcoming committee prepared 2 versions, one said
"Welcome President Trump", the other "Welcome President Pence". Just to be on
the safe side.
 
 \%/@rd

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