jimithyashford
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So, there are many many example from Trump's time on the Presidential Stage, but let's just look very specifically at a recent simple, and easily demonstrated example.
Trump tweeted out last week: "It is a disgrace that my full Cabinet is still not in place. The longest such delay in the History of our country. Obstruction by Democrats."
So here is the problem, it's just not true. It's not like a matter of interpretation or taking words out of context or anything like that at all, the statement is simply flat out false. Obama, Bush, and Clinton, the last three previous presidents, ALL took longer to get their cabinet in place. Obama didn't get his full Cabinet approved until the very end of April.
These are not obscure examples reaching back for some rare example back in the 1800s or something, no, these are his most recent immediate predecessors. And for all I know MOST US presidents take a few months to get their Cabinet approved, I have no idea, when the first three I checked all proved Trump wrong I stopped right there.
So, when Trump made that statement, "the longest such delay in the History of the United States" he must have been talking out of his ass, or deliberately lying, since checking even the most recent available example would have shown that statement to be false.
So I understand what Trump wants, he wants to portray himself as a victim of some massive conspiracy and unprecedented level of undeserved and unreasonable persecution. He wants to portray himself as picked on and bullied so that his indignation can be justified and his supporters can share in his indignation.
So, Trump supporters, which do you think it is, Did Trump know better and make that statement as a lie, or did he make the statement and not even do the most extremely basic minimal fact checking? Is he a liar or is he full of ****?
And further more, cause this is the most important part, doesn't that bother you? Or rather, how on earth does that not bother you?
Trump tweeted out last week: "It is a disgrace that my full Cabinet is still not in place. The longest such delay in the History of our country. Obstruction by Democrats."
So here is the problem, it's just not true. It's not like a matter of interpretation or taking words out of context or anything like that at all, the statement is simply flat out false. Obama, Bush, and Clinton, the last three previous presidents, ALL took longer to get their cabinet in place. Obama didn't get his full Cabinet approved until the very end of April.
These are not obscure examples reaching back for some rare example back in the 1800s or something, no, these are his most recent immediate predecessors. And for all I know MOST US presidents take a few months to get their Cabinet approved, I have no idea, when the first three I checked all proved Trump wrong I stopped right there.
So, when Trump made that statement, "the longest such delay in the History of the United States" he must have been talking out of his ass, or deliberately lying, since checking even the most recent available example would have shown that statement to be false.
So I understand what Trump wants, he wants to portray himself as a victim of some massive conspiracy and unprecedented level of undeserved and unreasonable persecution. He wants to portray himself as picked on and bullied so that his indignation can be justified and his supporters can share in his indignation.
So, Trump supporters, which do you think it is, Did Trump know better and make that statement as a lie, or did he make the statement and not even do the most extremely basic minimal fact checking? Is he a liar or is he full of ****?
And further more, cause this is the most important part, doesn't that bother you? Or rather, how on earth does that not bother you?