An apology…

An apology…

I owe my Trump-supporting friends an apology.

To be fair, President Trump wasn’t that bad, other than when he:

  1. Incited an insurrection against the government
  2. mismanaged a pandemic that killed nearly half a million Americans
  3. separated children from their families
  4. lost those children in the bureaucracy
  5. tear-gassed peaceful protesters on Lafayette Square so he could hold a photo op holding a Bible in front of a church
  6. tried to block all Muslims from entering the country
  7. got impeached
  8. got impeached again
  9. had the worst jobs record of any president in modern history
  10. pressured Ukraine to dig dirt on Joe Biden
  11. fired the FBI director for investigating his ties to Russia
  12. bragged about firing the FBI director on TV
  13. took Vladimir Putin’s word over the US intelligence community
  14. diverted military funding to build his wall
  15. caused the longest government shutdown in US history
  16. called Black Lives Matter a “symbol of hate”
  17. lied nearly 30,000 times
  18. banned transgender people from serving in the military
  19. ejected reporters from the White House briefing room who asked tough questions
  20. vetoed the defense funding bill because it renamed military bases named for Confederate soldiers
  21. refused to release his tax returns
  22. increased the national debt by nearly $8 trillion
  23. had three of the highest annual trade deficits in U.S. history
  24. called veterans and soldiers who died in combat losers and suckers
  25. coddled the leader of Saudi Arabia after he ordered the execution and dismembering of a US-based journalist
  26. refused to concede the 2020 election
  27. hired his unqualified daughter and son-in-law to work in the White House
  28. walked out of an interview with Lesley Stahl
  29. called neo-Nazis “very fine people”
  30. suggested that people should inject bleach into their bodies to fight COVID
  31. abandoned our allies the Kurds to Turkey
  32. pushed through massive tax cuts for the wealthiest but balked at helping working Americans
  33. incited anti-lockdown protestors in several states at the height of the pandemic
  34. withdrew the US from the Paris climate accords
  35. withdrew the US from the Iranian nuclear deal
  36. withdrew the US from the Trans Pacific Partnership which was designed to block China’s advances
  37. insulted his own Cabinet members on Twitter
  38. pushed the leader of Montenegro out of the way during a photo op
  39. failed to reiterate US commitment to defending NATO allies
  40. called Haiti and African nations “shithole” countries
  41. called the city of Baltimore the “worst in the nation”
  42. claimed that he single handedly brought back the phrase “Merry Christmas” even though it hadn’t gone anywhere
  43. forced his Cabinet members to praise him publicly like some cult leader
  44. believed he should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
  45. berated and belittled his hand-picked Attorney General when he recused himself from the Russia probe
  46. suggested the US should buy Greenland
  47. colluded with Mitch McConnell to push through federal judges and two Supreme Court justices after supporting efforts to prevent his predecessor from appointing judges
  48. repeatedly called the media “enemies of the people”
  49. claimed that if we tested fewer people for COVID we’d have fewer cases
  50. violated the emoluments clause
  51. thought that Nambia was a country
  52. told Bob Woodward in private that the coronavirus was a big deal but then downplayed it in public
  53. called his exceedingly faithful vice president a “p—y” for following the Constitution
  54. nearly got us into a war with Iran after threatening them by tweet
  55. nominated a corrupt head of the EPA
  56. nominated a corrupt head of HHS
  57. nominated a corrupt head of the Interior Department
  58. nominated a corrupt head of the USDA
  59. praised dictators and authoritarians around the world while criticizing allies
  60. refused to allow the presidential transition to begin
  61. insulted war hero John McCain – even after his death
  62. spent an obscene amount of time playing golf after criticizing Barack Obama for playing (far less) golf while president
  63. falsely claimed that he won the 2016 popular vote
  64. called the Muslim mayor of London a “stone cold loser”
  65. falsely claimed that he turned down being Time’s Man of the Year
  66. considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller on several occasions
  67. mocked wearing face masks to guard against transmitting COVID
  68. locked Congress out of its constitutional duty to confirm Cabinet officials by hiring acting ones
  69. used a racist dog whistle by calling COVID the “China virus”
  70. hired and associated with numerous shady figures that were eventually convicted of federal offenses including his campaign manager and national security adviser
  71. pardoned several of his shady associates
  72. gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to two congressman who amplified his batshit crazy conspiracy theories
  73. got into telephone fight with the leader of Australia(!)
  74. had a Secretary of State who called him a moron replaced
  75. forced his press secretary to claim without merit that his was the largest inauguration crowd in history
  76. botched the COVID vaccine rollout
  77. tweeted so much dangerous propaganda that Twitter eventually banned him
  78. charged the Secret Service jacked-up rates at his properties
  79. constantly interrupted Joe Biden in their first presidential debate
  80. claimed that COVID would “magically” disappear
  81. called a U.S. Senator “Pocahontas”
  82. used his Twitter account to blast Nordstrom when it stopped selling Ivanka’s merchandise
  83. opened up millions of pristine federal lands to development and drilling
  84. got into a losing tariff war with China that forced US taxpayers to bail out farmers
  85. claimed that his losing tariff war was a win for the US
  86. ignored or didn’t even take part in daily intelligence briefings
  87. blew off honoring American war dead in France because it was raining
  88. redesigned Air Force One to look like the Trump Shuttle
  89. got played by Kim Jung Un and his “love letters”
  90. threatened to go after social media companies in clear violation of the Constitution
  91. botched the response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
  92. threw paper towels at Puerto Ricans when he finally visited them
  93. pressured the governor and secretary of state of Georgia to “find” him votes
  94. thought that the Virgin islands had a President
  95. drew on a map with a Sharpie to justify his inaccurate tweet that Alabama was threatened by a hurricane
  96. allowed White House staff to use personal email accounts for official businesses after blasting Hillary Clinton for doing the same thing
  97. rolled back regulations that protected the public from mercury and asbestos
  98. pushed regulators to waste time studying snake-oil remedies for COVID
  99. rolled back regulations that stopped coal companies from dumping waste into rivers
  100. held blatant campaign rallies at the White House
  101. tried to take away millions of Americans’ health insurance because the law was named for a Black man
  102. refused to attend his successors’ inauguration
  103. nominated the worst Education Secretary in history
  104. threatened judges who didn’t do what he wanted
  105. attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci
  106. promised that Mexico would pay for the wall (it didn’t)
  107. allowed political hacks to overrule government scientists on major reports on climate change and other issues
  108. struggled navigating a ramp after claiming his opponent was feeble
  109. called an African-American Congresswoman “low IQ”
  110. threatened to withhold federal aid from states and cities with Democratic leaders
  111. went ahead with rallies filled with maskless supporters in the middle of a pandemic
  112. claimed that legitimate investigations of his wrongdoing were “witch hunts”
  113. seemed to demonstrate a belief that there were airports during the American Revolution
  114. demanded “total loyalty” from the FBI director
  115. praised a conspiracy theory that Democrats are Satanic pedophiles
  116. completely gutted the Voice of America
  117. placed a political hack in charge of the Postal Service
  118. claimed without evidence that the Obama administration bugged Trump Tower
  119. suggested that the US should allow more people from places like Norway into the country
  120. suggested that COVID wasn’t that bad because he recovered with the help of top government doctors and treatments not available to the public
  121. overturned energy conservation standards that even industry supported
  122. reduced the number of refugees the US accepts
  123. insulted various members of Congress and the media with infantile nicknames
  124. gave Rush Limbaugh a Presidential medal of Freedom at the State of the Union address
  125. named as head of federal personnel a 29-year old who’d previously been fired from the White House for allegations of financial improprieties
  126. eliminated the White House office of pandemic response
  127. used soldiers as campaign props
  128. fired any advisor who made the mistake of disagreeing with him
  129. demanded the Pentagon throw him a Soviet-style military parade
  130. hired a shit ton of white nationalists
  131. politicized the civil service
  132. did absolutely nothing after Russia hacked the U.S. government
  133. falsely said the Boy Scouts called him to say his bizarre Jamboree speech was the best speech ever given to the Scouts
  134. claimed that Black people would overrun the suburbs if Biden won
  135. insulted reporters of color
  136. insulted women reporters
  137. insulted women reporters of color
  138. suggested he was fine with China’s oppression of the Uighurs
  139. attacked the Supreme Court when it ruled against him
  140. summoned Pennsylvania state legislative leaders to the White House to pressure them to overturn the election
  141. spent countless hours every day watching Fox News
  142. refused to allow his administration to comply with Congressional subpoenas
  143. hired Rudy Giuliani as his lawyer, tried to punish Amazon because the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post wrote negative stories about him
  144. acted as if the Attorney General of the United States was his personal attorney
  145. attempted to get the federal government to defend him in a libel lawsuit from a women who accused him of sexual assault
  146. held private meetings with Vladimir Putin without staff present
  147. didn’t disclose his private meetings with Vladimir Putin so that the US had to find out via Russian media
  148. stopped holding press briefings for months at a time, “ordered” US companies to leave China even though he has no such power
  149. led a political party that couldn’t even be bothered to draft a policy platform
  150. claimed preposterously that Article II of the Constitution gave him absolute powers
  151. tried to pressure the U.K. to hold the British Open at his golf course
  152. suggested that the government nuke hurricanes
  153. suggested that wind turbines cause cancer
  154. said that he had a special aptitude for science
  155. fired the head of election cyber security after he said that the 2020 election was secure
  156. blurted out classified information to Russian officials
  157. tried to force the G7 to hold their meeting at his failing golf resort in Florida
  158. fired the acting attorney general when she refused to go along with his unconstitutional Muslim travel ban
  159. hired Stephen Miller
  160. openly discussed national security issues in the dining room at Mar-a-Lago where everyone could hear them
  161. interfered with plans to relocate the FBI because a new development there might compete with his hotel
  162. abandoned Iraqi refugees who’d helped the U.S. during the war
  163. tried to get Russia back into the G7
  164. held a COVID super spreader event in the Rose Garden
  165. seemed to believe that Frederick Douglass is still alive
  166. lost 60 election fraud cases in court including before judges he had nominated
  167. falsely claimed that factories were reopening when they weren’t
  168. shamelessly exploited terror attacks in Europe to justify his anti-immigrant policies
  169. still hasn’t come up with a healthcare plan
  170. still hasn’t come up with an infrastructure plan despite repeated “Infrastructure Weeks”
  171. forced Secret Service agents to drive him around Walter Reed while contagious with COVID
  172. told the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by”
  173. fucked up the Census
  174. withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization in the middle of a pandemic
  175. did so few of his duties that his press staff were forced to state on his daily schedule “President Trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings”
  176. allowed his staff to repeatedly violate the Hatch Act
  177. seemed not to know that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican
  178. stood before sacred CIA wall of heroes and bragged about his election win
  179. constantly claimed he was treated worse than any president which presumably includes four that were assassinated and his predecessor whose legitimacy and birthplace were challenged by a racist reality TV show star named Donald Trump
  180. claimed Andrew Jackson could’ve stopped the Civil War even though he died 16 years before it happened
  181. said that any opinion poll showing him behind was fake
  182. claimed that other countries laughed at us before he became president when several world leaders were literally laughing at him
  183. claimed that the military was out of ammunition before he became President
  184. created a commission to whitewash American history
  185. retweeted anti-Islam videos from one of the most racist people in Britain
  186. claimed ludicrously that the Pulse nightclub shooting wouldn’t have happened if someone there had a gun even though there was an armed security guard there
  187. hired a senior staffer who cited the non-existent Bowling Green Massacre as a reason to ban Muslims
  188. had a press secretary who claimed that Nazi Germany never used chemical weapons even though every sane human being knows they used gas to kill millions of Jews and others
  189. bilked the Secret Service for higher than market rates when they had to stay at Trump properties
  190. apparently sold pardons on his way out of the White House
  191. stripped protective status from 59,000 Haitians
  192. falsely claimed Biden wanted to defund the police
  193. said that the head of the CDC didn’t know what he was talking about
  194. tried to rescind protection from DREAMers
  195. gave himself an A+ for his handling of the pandemic
  196. tried to start a boycott of Goodyear tires due to an Internet hoax
  197. said U.S. rates of COVID would be lower if you didn’t count blue states
  198. deported U.S. veterans who served their country but were undocumented
  199. claimed he did more for African Americans than any president since Lincoln
  200. touted a “super-duper” secret “hydrosonic” missile which may or may not be a new “hypersonic” missile or may not exist at all
  201. retweeted a gif calling Biden a pedophile
  202. forced through security clearances for his family
  203. suggested that police officers should rough up suspects
  204. suggested that Biden was on performance-enhancing drugs
  205. tried to stop transgender students from being able to use school bathrooms in line with their gender
  206. suggested the US not accept COVID patients from a cruise ship because it would make US numbers look higher
  207. nominated a climate change sceptic to chair the committee advising the White House on environmental policy
  208. retweeted a video doctored to look like Biden had played a song called “Fuck tha Police” at a campaign event
  209. hugged a disturbingly large number of U.S. flags
  210. accused Democrats of “treason” for not applauding his State of the Union addres
  211. claimed that the FBI failed to capture the Parkland school shooter because they were “spending too much time” on Russia
  212. mocked the testimony of Dr Christine Blasey Ford when she accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault
  213. obsessed over low-flow toilets
  214. ordered the rerelease of more COVID vaccines when there weren’t any to release
  215. called for the construction of a bizarre garden of heroes with statutes of famous dead Americans as well as at least one Canadian (Alex Trebek)
  216. hijacked Washington’s July 4th celebrations to give a partisan speech
  217. took advice from the MyPillow guy
  218. claimed that migrants seeking a better life in the US were dangerous caravans of drug dealers and rapists
  219. said nothing when Vladimir Putin poisoned a leading opposition figure
  220. never seemed to heed the advice of his wife’s “Be Best” campaign
  221. falsely claimed that mail-in voting is fraudulent
  222. announced a precipitous withdrawal of troops from Syria which not only handed Russia and ISIS a win but also prompted his defense secretary to resign in protest
  223. insulted the leader of Canada
  224. insulted the leader of France
  225. insulted the leader of Britain
  226. insulted the leader of Germany
  227. insulted the leader of Sweden (Sweden!!)
  228. falsely claimed credit for getting NATO members to increase their share of dues
  229. blew off two Asia summits even though they were held virtually
  230. continued lying about spending lots of time at Ground Zero with 9/11 responders
  231. said that the Japanese would sit back and watch their “Sony televisions” if the US were ever attacked
  232. left a NATO summit early in a huff
  233. stared directly into an eclipse even though everyone over the age of 5 knows not to do that
  234. called himself a very stable genius despite significant evidence to the contrary
  235. refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power and kept his promise
  236. This likely doesn’t cover everything and he’ll start it all anew in 2025.

But other than that. . . 🤷‍♂️

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Whoever wrote this deserves credit but I don’t know who it is ~ Author unknown

By the time you realize what you’ve done it will be too late.

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