(from https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/14/is-there-anything-trump-touches-that-isnt-corrupt/?fbclid=IwAR04ICqGKb_Tcc9IeDV_zvciOvg30K8FG-ebBwvrtc9WMnJWGaZU0V-R1Ko&noredirect=on&utm_term=.a5e09b861827)
*Trump’s campaign is under investigation for possible hidden dealings with Russia and a possible conspiracy to violate campaign-finance laws.
*Trump's administration has been beset with a shocking number of scandals of various types.
*Trump is currently being sued for allegedly violating the Constitution’s emoluments clause, since foreign governments are directing money his way by booking large numbers of rooms and holding events at his properties.
*The attorney general of New York is seeking to have the Trump Foundation dissolved, citing a pattern of "persistently illegal conduct" that made the foundation little more than a scam devoted to self-dealing.
*In October, it was revealed in an exhaustively documented investigation that Trump, his father and his siblings engaged in a conspiracy to commit tax fraud on an absolutely epic scale, to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.
*Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump repeatedly misled buyers and investors about properties they were developing in order to acquire funding and pump up sales.
". . . Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) attempted to defend President Donald Trump‘s family separation policy on Thursday by implying it is no different than special counsel Robert Mueller pursuing the prosecution of Paul Manafort, thereby separating him from his own adult children. . . During a House Judiciary Committee hearing with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Gohmert claimed that border agents ripping young infants and children from their parents is just like the special counsel’s treatment of Trump’s former campaign chairman. . .“Mueller did it — and I know he’s a hero to some folks around here — he did it to Manafort, separated him from his two beautiful children. It happens.”. . . The two daughters of Manafort — who has been convicted on tax fraud and bank fraud charges, and pleaded guilty to conspiracy against the United States and conspiracy to obstruct justice — are both adults in their mid-30s. . . "
. . . that this is not merely a matter of opinion but either TRUE or FALSE!!! SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP US!!!!
(from https://thehill.com/policy/defense/422223-us-ally-in-syria-the-islamic-state-has-not-been-defeated)
". . . The White House also said in a statement that the U.S. "has defeated the territorial caliphate.". . . Trump then doubled down on those claims in a video message Wednesday evening, saying that the U.S. has "won against ISIS.". . . “We’ve beaten them and we’ve beaten them badly. We’ve taken back the land and now it’s time for our troops to come back home," he said. . . "
. . . a designation of which (in this case) is quite disturbing . . .
(https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/gop-s-post-election-power-grabs-experts-see-disturbing-trend-n945506)
". . . Two years after North Carolina first used a special legislative session to pass a series of bills limiting the powers of its incoming Democratic governor, GOP legislators in Wisconsin and Michigan followed suit, pushing through sweeping changes to the governor's power, the judiciary, and voter access after key midterm losses. . . Both national and statewide experts said they had never seen such efforts like the ones in Wisconsin and Michigan before — and that the GOP actions indicate a new level of toxicity has arrived in state government. . . Conservative lawmakers in each state have insisted the efforts are not part of a power grab, even as some have expressed disdain for the liberal leanings of the incoming administrations. As the conservative Commentary Magazine pointed out, the efforts are not entirely unprecedented in U.S. history. . . " (italics mine)
