Trump Disgraces America Every Day

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1319354695228420096

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Opinion: Two men whose fates differed under Trump's twisted take on justice

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/22/opini...ack/index.html

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Jim Acosta @Acosta

Trump lied repeatedly throughout the 60 Minutes interview on COVID, crowd sizes, health care, etc. Stahl pushed him and fact-checked him which is why he's upset.

9:13 AM · Oct 22, 2020·Twitter Web App

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Trump administration pressures CDC to back detention of migrant children in border hotels amid coronavirus
CDC career officials have pushed back on what they see as an effort to use government scientists to advance the president’s political agenda.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...-hotels-trump/

“CDC career scientists should not be pressured to sign a legal declaration justifying the administration’s treatment of unaccompanied minors,” said the HHS official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. “Our federal scientists are understandably refusing to sign a document lending support to the administration’s immigration policies and practices.”

The request from HHS is the latest example of the administration’s efforts to use government scientists and physicians to advance the president’s political agenda. Under pressure from the White House, the CDC has repeatedly delayed and watered down guidelines on how Americans might protect themselves from the coronavirus, including the safest ways to reopen churches and schools.

Latest example of what a filthy piece of garbage Donny is.

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Loan payments loom as Trump fights for his political future – and the future of his business

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...36d_story.html

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Secret Chinese bank account remains a problem for Trump
A scandal-plagued American president* defended a previously undisclosed bank account in China with two claims, both of which are wrong.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-...trump-n1244505

During the final presidential debate of the year, Joe Biden also brought it up, and for the first time, the president addressed the issue publicly. "I was a businessman doing business, the bank account you're referring to, which is -- everybody knows about it -- it's listed, the bank account was in 2013," Trump said. "That's what it was. It was open and it was closed in 2015, I believe."

Is that true? Let's take the claims one at a time. First, the idea that "everybody" knows about the account because "it's listed" is wrong. As this week's Times report explained, the account was never disclosed before now:

The foreign accounts do not show up on Mr. Trump's public financial disclosures, where he must list personal assets, because they are held under corporate names. The identities of the financial institutions are not clear.

Second, the president's belief that the account was "closed in 2015" is also wrong. The Times added in a debate fact-check:

An attorney for the Trump Organization told The Times that the bank account Mr. Trump's company owned in China is still open.

So where does that leave us? With a scandal-plagued American president defending a previously undisclosed bank account in China with two claims, both of which are wrong.

Wrong? Let's call it what it is: lies.

[KingBubba]

My fears are finding Ivanka, Jared, or Baron on the ticket in some further date. God I hope I am dead before this happens and it will happen regardless of what you may think of my thoughts.

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Originally Posted by KingBubba

My fears are finding Ivanka, Jared, or Baron on the ticket in some further date. God I hope I am dead before this happens and it will happen regardless of what you may think of my thoughts.

At least Melania doesnj't seem up to pulling off the Evita thing...

Agree completely that a Trump dynasty would be absolutely horror-show.

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Spin, hyperbole and deception: How Trump claimed credit for an Obama veterans achievement
President Trump has told mistruths about the 2014 VA Choice Act more than 156 times, seeking to deny the contributions of rivals including Barack Obama and John McCain.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...ns-choice-act/

Nearly four years into the presidency, Trump has made more than 22,000 false or misleading claims, according to The Post’s Fact Checker — falsehoods that go well beyond mere political exaggeration. He has obfuscated, he has deceived, and he has spun. Trump’s mendacity has become a hallmark of his presidency.

The president’s handling of the VA Choice legislation offers a crystalline window into the anatomy of a Trump lie: the initial false claim, the subsequent embellishment and gilding, the incessant repetition and the clear evidence that he knows the truth but chooses to keep telling the falsehood — all enabled by aides either unwilling or unable to rein him in.

“A lot of the problem with the president is he’s just using the wrong words,” said Jeremy Butler, the CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, a nonpartisan veterans advocacy and support group. “He’s calling it ‘Choice,’ when he means the Mission Act, but to the average listener, the Mission Act doesn’t mean anything, but ‘Choice’ does.”

Butler said Trump’s inaccurate language also undermines his efforts on improving veteran care: “The real question is: Is this legislation working? Is it doing what it needs to be doing? But it’s hard not to get sucked into misstatements and mistruths and half-truths, whether it’s intentional or not.”

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Trump’s Philanthropy: Big Tax Write-Offs and Claims That Don’t Always Add Up
Hidden financial records cast doubt on a number of his charitable commitments and show that most of his giving came from land deals that offset his income.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/u...lanthropy.html