For Trump supporters and Non-Voters:
1. He called Hillary Clinton a crook. You bought it.
Then he paid $25 million to settle a fraud lawsuit.
2. He said heâd release his tax returns, eventually. You bought it.
He hasnât, and says he never will.
3. He said heâd divest himself from his financial empire, to avoid any conflicts of interest. You bought it.
He is still heavily involved in his businesses, manipulates the stock market on a daily basis, and has more conflicts of interest than can even be counted.
4. He said Clinton was in the pockets of Goldman Sachs, and would do whatever they said. You bought it.
He then proceeded to put half a dozen Goldman Sachs executives in positions of power in his administration.
5. He said heâd surround himself with all the best and smartest people. You bought it.
He nominated theocratic loon Mike Pence for Vice President. A white supremacist named Steve Bannon is his most trusted confidant. Dr. Ben Carson, the worldâs greatest idiot savant brain surgeon, is in charge of HUD. Russian quisling Rex Tillerson is Secretary of State.
6. He said heâd be his own man, beholden to no one. You bought it.
He then appointed Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education, whose only âqualificationsâ were the massive amounts of cash she donated to his campaign.
7. He said he would âdrain the swampâ of Washington insiders. You bought it.
He then admitted that was just a corny slogan he said to fire up the rubes during the rallies, and that he didnât mean it.
8. He said he knew more about strategy and terrorism than the Generals did. You bought it.
He promptly gave the green light to a disastrous raid in Yemen- even though all his Generals said it would be a terrible idea. This raid resulted in the deaths of a Navy SEAL, an 8-year old American girl, and numerous civilians. The actual target of the raid escaped, he lost and destroyed a multi billion dollar helicopter, and no useful intel was gained.
9. He said Hillary Clinton couldnât be counted on in times of crisis. You bought it.
He didnât even bother overseeing that raid in Yemen; and instead spent the time hate-tweeting the New York Times, and sleeping.
10. He called CNN, the Washington Post and the New York Times âfake newsâ and said they were his enemy. You bought it.
He now gets all his information from Breitbart, Gateway Pundit, InfoWars, and creates his own fake news everyday.
11. He called Barack Obama âthe vacationer-in-Chiefâ and accused him of playing more rounds of golf than Tiger Woods. He promised to never be the kind of president who took cushy vacations on the taxpayerâs dime, not when there was so much important work to be done. You bought it.
He took his first vacation after 11 days in office and every weekend after that, and has gone golfing every weekend as well.
All on the taxpayerâs dime. And thatâs just the first month.
by Robert Reich
