Many were disappointed when it was widely reported that Trump said he didn't want to hurt the Clintons. It was like he broke a campaign pledge. Some of his voters wanted him to because they just hate women and think she's a bitch (like it says on their t-shirts) and others see the Clintons as an emblem of a status quo that has done them wrong and left them behind as roadkill and spat in their face, calling them deplorables. (They don't see themselves as deplorables even if they are.)
President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Tuesday that he had no intention of pressing for an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server or the financial operations of her family’s foundation, dropping the “lock her up” pledge that became a rallying cry for his campaign for the White House.Politicians break campaign promises. We're used to it. But do they renege on the whole premise of a campaign? And is that what Trump is doing now that he unexpectedly wound up as President-elect? When Michael Flynn, the crackpot general now Trump's national security advisor, met with Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and other Japanese officials in Tokyo a couple of weeks before the election, he tried to reassure them by claiming "Trump's controversial campaign-trail remarks were merely part of the rhetoric needed to secure an election win."
Mr. Trump, who branded his rival “Crooked Hillary” and said she would go to jail if he were president, said in an interview with reporters and editors at the New York Times that he was no longer interested in pursuing Mrs. Clinton, in part because he wanted to heal the wounds of a divisive campaign.
“I don’t want to hurt the Clintons, I really don’t,” Mr. Trump said during the interview. “She went through a lot and suffered greatly in many different ways, and I am not looking to hurt them at all. The campaign was vicious.”
...The decision angered some of his most fervent supporters, who immediately criticized his seeming change of heart.
“Broken Promise,” blared the headline on Breitbart News, a conservative news site that has strongly backed Mr. Trump.
Trump painted himself-- no doubt "merely part of the rhetoric needed to secure an election win"-- as a savior of the white working class, but now what does he do as the GOP comes up with their litany of anti-worker agenda items? Chuck Schumer says he wants to work with Trump on some legislation they can both get behind-- primarily cutting corporate taxes-- but Paul Ryan has far more radical plans for what he wants out of a government with a Republican House, Republican Senate and Republican White House. He's not afraid of the consequences of overreach, even if some of his members are. He sees this as a once in a lifetime opportunity to reach the golden grail-- dismantling Social Security and Medicare and turning back the regulations on business that protect consumers. Will Trump be able to stand up to him (if he even wants to)? The rogues' gallery administration he's putting together suggests that he will neither want to nor have the capacity to.
Trump has been a known entity all along - a narcissistic psychopath who lies all the time and cares about no one and nothing but himself. The old adage, "What you see is what you get," is an apt description of what we are all in for. It has always been blatantly obvious that he lies most of the time and changes his stance on a dime. His awful rhetoric got him elected and soon he will be able to do what he has also always done, rampage through our coffers to enrich himself and anyone who promises to support him and stay loyal. The USA as a country and Americans as a people will be shred into tiny pieces and flushed down the drain. Already the Secret Service will be renting space in Trump Tower, which will benefit HIM. The scariest part of all this is that Republicans will not lift a finger to stop his corruption and criminal behavior and will ignore all of his huge conflicts of interest while he destroys much of what is good about our government and our country. American workers who voted for him were FOOLS, unfortunately, led by the nose by propaganda, just like the Germans. Why did they believe one word he said? Hope. Sorely misplaced hope. And hate. Don't forget the power of hate.
ReplyDeleteTrump has NEVER kept his promises to his business partners or workers. He has shafted everyone who has worked with him and walked away with the loot. His track record has been here for all to see, except so many Americans did not appear to see it, or care. Even American banks want nothing to do with him, and that is partly why he is so tight with the Russians. Why should he keep any promises now? He said what he wanted and was advised to say in order to get elected (initially by Manafort, campaign manager for several oligarchs prior to his stint with Trump), and it worked! The poor education in this country, with little awareness of history or facts and very limited critical thinking, has served our future oppressors well. Trump will become a huge billionaire off the backs and finances of the American people. He keep few of his promises; Hopefully many of his deplorable supporters will become enraged when they realize this, but perhaps their hate will keep them in line. Is this the best we can hope for?
ReplyDeleteAs with obamanation, you can tell that he'll keep none of his promises to the dumbfucks who fell for his "trade" and jobs promises.
ReplyDeleteHis first betrayal is his "drain the swamp" promise that he has been breaking since the networks called the election. His admin will be another motley regressive crew fished directly FROM the swamp with the racist bannon for added color (bannon, btw, is probably the LEAST worst of the crew).
This is all you need to know.
Just as in 2008/9 when obamanation named bankers, lobbyists and other corrupt DC elites to his cabinet and staff.
cheney/bush, ibid.
remember bob rubin?
The more things "change", the more they are identical.