I don’t need anyone to tell me not to like trump. He pisses me off all on his own. Going by just things that have come outta his mouth, I think he’s incredibly stupid, childish, and mean.
For starters, he tried to get the Ukrainian president to publicly investigate his political rival by denying military aid that was approved by congress. That was from the transcript HE released and claimed was “perfect.”
He refuses to denounce white nationalism, and referred to white supremacists as “very fine people.”
He constantly uses insults and name calling when anyone disagrees with him. He uses Twitter to call people losers and morons. Any woman who criticizes him in any way is nasty.
He yells nasty insults at reporters who ask him difficult questions during press conferences and doesn’t answer the questions.
He publicly suggested that a treatment for covid19 might be injecting disinfectant. Even if he was technically talking to the doctors, he said it on tv during a press conference. He later claimed it was a joke, but when the president is addressing the public about a life or death situation, it is not the appropriate time to make jokes. It was very clear he was not joking anyway.
He pardoned the former Illinois governor who was serving time for trying to sell Obama’s vacant senate seat to the highest bidder.
He claimed the federal response to hurricane Maria was perfect, and he insulted the mayor of San Juan because she disagreed. Much of Puerto Rico was without power for months, lots of people were homeless, and thousands died due to lack of medical care and supplies. While there is no proof of his intentions, I find it very disturbing that the people in Texas and Florida affected by hurricanes Harvey and Irma in the same time period got much more help than Puerto Rico. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the AMERICAN CITIZENS in Puerto Rico got less attention because they speak Spanish and are mostly not white. Trump has made his feelings about Hispanic people very well known, but these are Americans and deserve to be treated the same as the rest.
He caused a lengthy government shutdown by refusing to sign a budget passed by both houses of congress because it didn’t give him funding for his ridiculous border wall. When asked about all the government employees who weren’t getting paychecks as a result of the shutdown, he laughed it off and said they should be happy to be out of work and treat it like a vacation. He seemed to miss the fact that many of them were struggling to feed their kids and pay rent.
After the shutdown, he still didn’t get the funding he wanted for his wall, so he declared a national emergency as a way to bypass congress. He freely admitted that it wasn’t an emergency by saying “I didn’t need to do this.”
He referred to Mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists. Statistically, Americans commit far more crimes than immigrants.
He was on video admitting to sexual assault. He thinks it’s ok to “grab em by the pu$sy.” This was long before he ever thought about being president but it still shows his attitude toward women and sexual assault.
He mistakenly claimed a hurricane headed toward the US would affect parts of Alabama. When the national weather service publicly corrected his mistake and said Alabama was not at risk, he refused to admit he made a mistake. Instead, he took a marker and drew an extra line on a map to try to cover up his error. It seems like a small thing, but I find it disturbing that instead of admitting to making a mistake, he went so far as to try to change the facts to support his statements.
He pulled troops out of Syria and left our allies to be slaughtered. Congress did NOT approve this, and trump did this against the advice of his staff. The Kurds did most of the work fighting ISIS, and when trump ordered US troops to leave Syria, he knew it would result in the demise of the Kurds. This happened right after trump had a phone call with the Turkish president. I don’t know what was said in that phone call, but I find the sequence of events very disturbing. First, trump talks to the Turkish president. Then he orders the withdrawal of all US troops from Syria. As a result, the Kurds were left unprotected from Turkish forces and they were subsequently forced out and killed. Many ISIS fighters were set free in the conflict. The Kurds did the dirty work in our fight against ISIS, and we helped support and protect them. As soon as trump decided they were no longer useful, he pulled troops out and left them to fend for themselves against turkey. This greatly damages our credibility as a nation. Next time we need help from one of our allies, they might not want to get involved out of fear of getting hung out to dry like we did to the Kurds.
He referred to some less developed nations as “$hithole countries.”
He gives false and unproven information in his Coronavirus press conferences. In the beginning, when the US had over 60 confirmed cases, he said there were only 15 cases and within a couple days would be zero. He gave information that he knew was false and took a (bad) guess and stated it as if it were fact. He also wanted to leave a bunch of sick people stranded on a cruise ship because once they came ashore, our number of confirmed cases would increase.
He constantly praises dictators who have reputations for being cruel and corrupt. He publicly dismisses his own intelligence officers and instead believes the word of Putin and MBS. When the intelligence agencies run by people he hired tell him that Russia interfered in our election, and MBS was responsible for ordering the brutal murder of a Washington Post reporter, he refused to believe his own intelligence officials and instead just asked Putin and MBS if they were responsible. Obviously both denied the allegations, and trump just said “he gave me his word and I believe him.”
He refuses to release his tax returns and he hasn’t done anything to prevent conflicts of interest in regards to his companies and finances. He has violated the emoluments clause in the constitution. He requested that the next G7 summit be held at his golf resort. He later changed the location after receiving too much criticism, but he likes to use his properties for government business.
During his campaign, he led his supporters in “lock her up” chants about Hillary Clinton. When he was being investigated, he got upset and claimed he should be immune from investigation because he’s the president. He has basically said that his position allows him to do whatever he wants and have no consequences. He has repeatedly ignored subpoenas and refused to turn over documents to congress. He instructed his staff to ignore lawful subpoenas that ordered them to present documents and testify before Congress.
He refers to any news report that shows him in an unfavorable light as “fake news.” He can’t accept any criticism without getting upset. Even when confronted with things he said on camera, he still claims it was fake or he was joking.
He doesn’t appear to have any understanding of the constitution. I would be very surprised if he read it. He has little understanding of his role as president and he doesn’t seem to understand how government functions. He seems to think being the president means he can do whatever he wants. He thinks congress and the American people are here to serve him. In reality, the president is elected to serve the people, not the other way around.
I could go on forever but this list is getting very long. Nobody needs to try to make him look bad. He does it all on his own. He’s the worst president in American history. He doesn’t care about the people he represents and he uses his position for personal gain.