Trump Disgraces America Every Day

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by Chicks

Why Trump Is Bad for Business
America’s first billionaire President promised to bring a C-suite sensibility to the Oval Office. It started well—but now bad policy choices have pushed CEO confidence to the lowest level in a decade.

https://fortune.com/longform/trump-p...ns-us-economy/

Excellent, factual article, well worth the read.

How could folks with connections with others who have actually dealt with him and know his actual business rep possibly bet on anything he says or proposes? They fully deserved to get fucked by their failure to make their due diligence on the this notorious con-man grifter.

[donquixote99]

The answer may be that's he's not an outlier, in terms of modern business ethics.

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

The answer may be that's he's not an outlier, in terms of modern business ethics.

Self serving quick buck grifters.

[Chicks]

Walter Shaub @waltshaub

Trump just retweeted a pic of his DC hotel that was tweeted by Eric, who is supposedly running the fake blind trust from behind a very beautiful fire wall and definitely not trying to profit off the presidency at all. #EmolumentsClause

[Chicks]

Donny says he might veto legislation that aims to protect human rights in Hong Kong because bill could affect China trade talks
The legislation easily passed Congress with a veto-proof majority.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...a-trade-talks/

“We have to stand with Hong Kong, but I’m also standing with President Xi [Jinping]; he’s a friend of mine. He’s an incredible guy, but we have to stand … I’d like to see them work it out, okay?” the president* said. “I stand with freedom, I stand with all of the things that I want to do, but we are also in the process of making one of the largest trade deals in history. And if we could do that, it would be great.”

The House on Wednesday passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act by a vote of 417 to 1. The lone holdout was Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.). That came one day after the Senate had approved the measure on a unanimous vote.

Will the Repubes stand up for Human Rights against a veto by this amoral piece of human garbage? Will be a VERY interesting test.

[Chicks]

Trump undercuts his military leadership — and dishonors troops who uphold our values


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...d00_story.html

By Editorial Board
November 24, 2019 at 3:47 p.m. PST
“THE NAVY will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher’s Trident Pin. This case was handled very badly from the beginning. Get back to business!” With that contemptuous tweet on Thursday, President Trump extended his subversion of the justice and discipline that are so foundational to the nation’s armed forces. His interventions in this case and that of two other service members undercut military leadership and dishonor the men and women who serve their country while upholding — not abandoning — its values.

Against the advice of top Pentagon officials, Mr. Trump this month pardoned Navy Seal Chief Petty Officer Gallagher, convicted by a military court of posing for a trophy photo with a corpse of a fighter in Iraq; Army 1st Lt. Clint Lorance, convicted in 2013 of two counts of second-degree murder after ordering his soldiers to fire into a group of unarmed Afghans; and Army Maj. Mathew L. Golsteyn, awaiting trial on charges he murdered an Afghan man. It was the first time a president had pardoned a service member for war crimes, and it prompted fierce backlash from veterans and legal experts who said it will erode the system of military justice and hurt U.S. credibility abroad.

Mr. Trump’s response was to add fuel to the fire, issuing Thursday’s tweet challenging plans by Navy commanders to strip Chief Gallagher of his Trident pin, a badge of honor, and expel him from the SEALs. This elite force has been shaken by a series of scandals in recent years, prompting Navy officials to take a tougher stance on ethical issues. Restoring to service someone who was turned in by members of his unit who wouldn’t tolerate his behavior sends precisely the wrong message. The damage was compounding on Sunday with news that Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer was being forced out. The commander in chief’s corrupting influence is ever widening.

Mr. Trump has taken his cues, as The Post’s Dan Lamothe and Josh Dawsey detailed, not from information provided by Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper or other senior officials, but rather from Fox News and other right-wing media. The legal team for Chief Gallagher, according to The Post’s David Ignatius, included two friends of the president who are also former partners of his personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani. The message: Why worry about chain of command, discipline and obedience when what matters is having the right connections?

Most offensive is what Mr. Trump’s actions say about his view of the military. “We train our boys to be killing machines, then prosecute them when they kill!,” he tweeted in October when he announced he would review these cases. Perhaps Mr. Trump has watched too many bad war movies, but if he were to consult with his military leaders or talk to the many fine men and women in uniform, they would tell him they are trained to engage in combat while following the laws of war and upholding the country’s ideals.

Dishonoring the foundations of our democracy. So happy I don't have to serve this despicable moron. Served proudly in the Navy, wouldn't do it now, or recommend anyone to join up under this clown. Any veteran who still supports this traitor is just completely insane.

[Chicks]

How the Trump administration favors Apple

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-t...172541436.html

I’ve never liked Apple. They have never seen a dime of my money. They never will, especially with their current CEO sucking up to this disgusting “president”.

[Chicks]

Trump Tax Records Reveal New Inconsistencies — This Time for Trump Tower
Documents show the president’s company reported different numbers — higher ones to lenders, lower ones to tax officials — for Trump’s signature building. Last month, ProPublica revealed a similar pattern in two other Trump buildings.

https://www.propublica.org/article/t...nconsistencies

Throw the tax cheat behind bars!

[donquixote99]

Lock him up! Yesterday!

[Chicks]

Donny is starting to abandon Rudy — and even by his own standards of disloyalty, it's bad
This is a last-ditch attempt to cut off the cancerous limb that is Giuliani’s ineptitude. But Giuliani claims he has an 'insurance policy', and it doesn't look like he'll go away without a fight

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices...-a9220851.html