dennisbmurphy
2 min readJun 17, 2022

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"optimism characteristic of the prior administration"?

Holy cow - what planet did YOU just arrive from?

And this line from his inaugural address didn't age well did it? "Every four years, we gather on these steps to carry out the orderly and peaceful transfer of power," [1]

Defeated ISIS? "Just two weeks after President Donald Trump triumphantly declared the “100 percent” defeat of ISIS’s caliphate, his national security advisor, John Bolton, admitted on television that “the ISIS threat will remain” [2]

North Korea? "As North Korea fired off a series of missiles in recent months — at least 18 since May — President Trump has repeatedly dismissed their importance as short-range and “very standard” tests."[3]

China: Apparently Trump (the business man HA!) has zero understanding about trade and tariffs launching the trade war with China that actually cost Americans.

Russia: caving to Putin's denial of trying to affect our election despite massive evidence otherwise. Also, I would bet good money Putin was hoping for a Trump second term to launch his Ukraine invasion, but since Trump lost he opted to go anyway hoping the US would ignore the flagrant violation of another nation's borders.

Those middle east peace treaties were all about MONEY and not actual peace treaties. It's not like Israel was at war with Qatar, for cryin' out loud. Typical Trump " all show and now substance"

Iran: "Lt. General Gadi Eisenkot, Israel’s top military commander when Trump withdrew from the deal, [said it was a “a net negative for Israel: It released Iran from all restrictions, and brought its nuclear program to a much more advanced position.” [6]

Trump gets no kudos for the immigration issues (and in fact neither does Obama). The only real attempt at reform was under GWB and undermined by his fellow Republicans. We will NEVER stop people from trying to come here until we address the root causes of their migration- namely our history of destabilizing central American (and Haitian) governments and installing neo-liberal dictators. And Trump's focus on the southern border was racist - never heard him call for a wall on the north with those largely white Canadians.

Illegal immigration isn't the real problem.

Biden hasn't projected weakness to anyone. He has promoted a more quiet multi-lateral support of Nato and the EU, especially in the face of Russian agression rather than Trump's bombastic unilateral "bull in a china shop" approach.

As to deficits, your economic views are far outdated. The 1890s are calling. The USA cannot 'go broke' and inflation is largely due to corporate greed and supply chain issues, not federal spending.

It never ceases to amaze me what a shill you are for Trump and his fellow Republicans.

[1]

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/full-text-donald-trump-inauguration-speech-transcript-233907

[2] https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/03/18/trump-isis-terrorists-defeated-foreign-policy-225816/

[3] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/02/world/asia/north-korea-kim-trump-missiles.html

[4] Donald Trump’s final China scorecard: A story of many defeats, and one big chang

[5] https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/17/politics/president-trump-vladimir-putin-summit-history/index.html

[6] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/opinion/trump-iran-nuclear-deal-us-israel.html

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dennisbmurphy
dennisbmurphy

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Cyclist, runner. Backpacking, kayaking. .Enjoy travel, love reading history. Congressional candidate in 2016. Anti-facist. Home chef. BMuEd. Quality Engineer

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