BTRTN: The State of Trump's Union... E Pluribus Donald
Born To Run The Numbers on the disconnect between Trump's cheap rhetoric of unity and the policies that serve his own personal and political ends:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2019/02/btrtn-state-of-trumps-union-e-pluribus.html
Excerpts: "Donald Trump opened his State of the Union address with a lofty, idealistic call to end partisan bickering and gridlock, urging the legislators before him not to govern as two parties, but as one nation. It was just about then that we knew we were in for a full evening of unrelenting bullshit. This is the guy who personally rejected a bipartisan funding proposal to keep the government open in December, triggering a 35 day government shutdown which created ever deepening hardship on government employees, dangerous stress on our commercial aviation system, and billions in economic loss. Trump scolded Congress that government should serve 'the agenda of the American people,' while polling data repeatedly showed that the majority of Americans are not interested in his wall, and held Trump personally responsible for the shutdown. And now, six weeks later, he is shame-talking Congress about their polarized partisan gridlock? The only thing more disingenuous than Trump talking about his passion for unity would be Bill Belichick advocating that the Vince Lombardi Trophy be shared among the top ten NFL teams."
"All we got last night was a hopelessly self-centered blowhard pretending to revere our history of unity, of country before party, of sacrifice for future generations, all to serve his own political and personal agendas. No, Donald, the state of our union is not strong. It is threatened as it has never been before by a human wrecking ball who will destroy its every institution if that is what is required to keep him and his family out of jail.
