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For Trump's Fans, foes, frenemies and Twitter followers.
When Is Enough, Enough? Some of My Best Friends Are Conservative. You, Sir, Are No Conservative
As we say in Brooklyn, “It’s bullshit already.” Shut down the damn government, then, Mr. Trump. We’ve had a temperamental, impulsive con man in the White House for the past two years. It’s not as if we’ve had a functioning government since.
By Joel Eisenberg7 years ago in The Swamp
Dear Donald
Dear Donald, I am a humble Brit. I followed the 2016 presidential election with great interest because the whole process is far more exciting than a British parliamentary election. Here, we have two parties as well. But, you have a popularity contest with a candidate often thrust upon the party by the voters. Here, the parties themselves choose their leaders who then run. You vote for an individual to be the president but in the United Kingdom, we vote locally and the party who gets the most seats wins the right to form the government. We have a far less personal race and a far less entertaining process. It does have the effect of preventing such a wildcard candidacy, however, because a party leader is determined by the parties themselves and not by the public. Although the process of electing a leader can be heavily influenced by the public opinion, we do not, ultimately, get to choose our leader in the same way America does. It makes the race far more entertaining and exciting to watch, in multiple ways.
By Kieran Fuller7 years ago in The Swamp
Reasons Why Trump Could Be Impeached
If Americans could have it their way, Donald Trump would not be the President of the United States. Since his inauguration, Trump's approval rating has been lower than any other president in recent history, and his disapproval rating has been remarkably high.
By Jules Fortman7 years ago in The Swamp
Donald Trump, Fake News, and the Illusion-of-Truth Effect
Over the past year, the topic of “fake news” has been all over the news thanks largely in part to Donald Trump and the 2016 presidential election. Throughout the election year and still to this day, many websites have published stories that have little to no factual claims. But yet many of these fake news stories have convinced people that they are in fact factual and credible. The spread of fake news could be related to the illusion-of-truth effect which states that the more someone hears a statement, the more likely they are to believe that it is true.
By Sam Bridge7 years ago in The Swamp
Donald Trump's Ridiculous Quotes
Donald Trump is a peculiar individual. He is the only President in the world who feels almost everybody is against him. He is not afraid to say what is on his mind, which isn’t bad, but the problem with saying what is in your mind you might end up saying something you’ll regret later. You will feel embarrassed for uttering such words. However, as we know him, he doesn’t feel embarrassed, doesn’t regret and doesn’t mind the remarks he has made. The further he can go on commenting on his remarks is that he didn’t utter such words. The media was the culprit. They twisted his words. This isn’t a strange remark considering it’s a popular phrase among politicians.
By Benny Njuguna7 years ago in The Swamp
And Now, Trump Football Jerseys!
No matter what your views on politics are these days—and everyone has them, and no matter what your views on the President are these days—and everyone definitely has them, there is one thing both red and blue Americans can agree upon. This is the fact that President Donald Trump is a master marketer! As much, if not more, than he can move people's emotions—both in support of him and against him, the President can definitely move merchandise!
By David Wyld7 years ago in The Swamp
Trump Is Hurting the Economy
Let's review the current situation. Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's campaign manager, was locked up in jail and has pleaded guilty to crimes and made a plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office. Hillary Clinton is a respected former U. S. Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and first lady. America is finally sobering up and facing reality. How many subpoenas were issued in the four year investigation into the Benghazi episode aimed at hurting Hillary Clinton's political chances? Zero, that's how many. How many subpoenas have been issued in the current FBI investigation into Russian collusion? There have been more than thirty issued, that's how many. Wake up America, Donald Trump is a train wreck, a political disaster who will be impeached. Let's all hope that happens soon, because don't underestimate his power to completely mess up this great economy. You can argue that he poured fuel on the fire to get the economy going even better than it was already going by advocating for and getting the tax cuts passed, but ever since then he has repeatedly done things to hamper the markets. He has done so repeatedly in the middle of the day with tweets threatening to impose tariffs on various nations. In fact, the man makes a comment almost every other day that kills the rising market gains for the day! The notion that Hillary Clinton would have hurt the stock market is RIDICULOUS. If you look at Dow gains during the first five hundred days of presidencies, Trump ranks behind Clinton, Bush, and Obama. The stock market was roaring for seven of the eight years under Obama, and Hillary Clinton was also promising a tax cut package, albeit it a much more responsible one. She also would not be saying things to suddenly give the markets jitters every other day.
By Scott Bowen7 years ago in The Swamp
What Would It Take to Impeach Donald Trump?. Top Story - September 2018.
Like many left-leaning people, I experienced some pretty extreme emotions when Donald J. Trump was elected President of the United States on November 8, 2016. I still remember where I was that night, and the moment I first realized that the election wasn't turning out how I expected or hoped. In the year and a half since his inauguration, President Donald Trump appears to have made more enemies than friends as the corruption and malicious intentions behind his policies have come to light.
By Joseph D. N. Kendrick7 years ago in The Swamp
10 Facts About Donald Trump You Didn't Know
Donald Trump is one of the least popular presidents in American history—if not the most unpopular of all time. Though his policies are controversial and downright cruel at times, it's hard to deny that Donald Trump has definitely become one of the most unusual people to steal the spotlight of American politics.
By Iggy Paulsen7 years ago in The Swamp
What Does Trump's Fuel Economy Mean for the Environment?. Top Story - September 2018.
Donald Trump recently set out a plan to roll back on the fuel economy standards that the Obama administration previously put into place to make emissions standards stricter, and, in turn, decrease greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Trump’s fuel economy is a more lenient approach which will take apart the clean air act, dismantle environmental groups’ efforts nationwide, and cause public health to plummet. Overall, this change of legislation is going to take our nation backwards in many ways and cause havoc on the environment which is already in major distress. Here are the specific ways in which fuel economy standards will fall and the environment will suffer from Trump’s policy change.
By Morgan E. Westling7 years ago in The Swamp
