Promises Made, Promises Wrecked

Really? Do Trump supporters really have the stomach for watching his cabinet take turns debasing themselves by lavishing obscenely ridiculous praise upon their glorious leader in front of the press? Is Trump himself not nauseated by it?

I wonder if they at least worry that the man who negotiated himself into bankruptcy six times is now negotiating the entire nation’s economy?

Looks like he has deported lots of people. However, he has actually deported fewer in the first month than Biden did in his last month.

On his other election promises (score out of 10):

Lower grocery prices? 0
Stop the war in Gaza? 0.
Stop the war in Ukraine? 0
Cap credit card interest rates at 10%? 0
End birthright citizenship? He can’t do that.
Bring new investment in manufacturing to U. S.? -5
Restore respect for America around the world? 0
Stop advertising for pharmaceuticals? 0
Healthier foods at schools? 0
Shut down TikTok if not sold to a U.S. owner? 0
Balance the budget? -10 (deficit increased by 4 trillion, at last count)
Make government more efficient? -10 (firing random federal employees does not increase efficiency).

So perhaps pundits blathering about “promises made, promises kept” could identify a few of them.

Meanwhile, Congress is actually trying to erect monuments to him, even proposing adding him to Rushmore and putting his face on currencies.

If the most valuable company in the world, Apple, moved production of the iPhone from China to the U.S., consumers will have to pay over $3,000 for it. If the “genius” sticks to his tariff policy, Apple is in big, big trouble.

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