Donald Trump is about to have his new year spoiled
“President” Donald Trump is on a Twitter binge again, and as always, he has redeemed himself as the “Greatest #PropagandistOfTotallyUntrueShite” in the history of our nation. He is blaming Democrats for the deaths in his immigrant camps. He is claiming the investigation by the House shows that the FBI and DOJ are corrupt somehow. As always, he should be cleaning his mouth out with soap, considering the number of foul four letter words (lies) he spews.
On the wall and the two tragic deaths of children, POTUS (see above) tweeted: “Any deaths of children or others at the Border are strictly the fault of the Democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally. They can’t. If we had a Wall, they wouldn’t even try! The two children in question were very sick before they were given over to Border Patrol. The father of the young girl said it was not their fault, he hadn’t given her water in days. Border Patrol needs the Wall and it will all end. They are working so hard & getting so little credit!”
We have seen nothing to verify that the dad said anything of that nature. All we do have is the news that has been reported about her getting sick, and nothing sufficient being done about it. If he is so sure this is correct, then why is Secretary Nielsen on a tour of the camps with absolutely no press allowed? More importantly, a president uttering such vile blame and ignoring reality is dangerous and despicable.
Trump then tweeted that the reason for no wall funding this last year is that the GOP needed ten Democrats, ignoring for the moment that 1) he has still-unspent money that was allocated last year for border security and 2) he had a deal for $25 billion in exchange for Dreamers, and he and Stephen Miller rejected it for their own political reasons, thinking they could extort more.
Earlier in the day, Donald Trump tweeted about the missing texts, which has been debunked, and perhaps he should read the whimper report from Goodlatte and Gowdy, which acknowledges that Hillary Clinton broke no laws, and offers support for the Mueller investigation. Guess we had better buckle up as Trump destroys lives and makes us less strong on the world stage. As he and Mulvaney have indicated, we are in for the “long haul.” For America’s sake, let’s hope Robert Mueller spoils their new year.
Daniel is a lawyer writing and teaching about SCOTUS, and is the author of the book “The Chief Justices” about the SCOTUS as seen through the center seat.