Split Screen
By ice rivers
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I've seen a lot of significant split screens on my teevee over the decades but yesterday was a standout not only for what was being shown but also what was NOT being shown. One half of the screen showed the first vaccinations for the Covid in America, the other half of the screen saw the electoral college casting its vote state by state and fomalizing the election of Joe Biden; two distinct rays of hope.
Missing from the screen and AWOL on the Covid while trying to cliam that he saved the USA in the process of winning the election by a landslide was the now monstrous image of Donald Trump. Trump not only aided in the deaths of thousands with his obstinate ignorance while simultaneoulsy casting shade on our election, the constitution and the will of the surviving people but also weakened our relationship with the rest of the world.
When we list the worst American presidents, we must begin with the three impeachments and the resignattion at the top of the list. Let's imagine a split screen of Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump.
I didn't vote for Trump. I didn't like him but since he was elected by our country, he was my President and I decided to judge him by his actions all of which I disagreed with but hey, he had his supporters and we weren't in a new war. Then Corona hit and from that first day until this very day, Trump has done all the wrong things. He ignored science. He downplayed the significance of the Covid even while KNOWING how dangerous it was. He modeled anti-masking while promoting super spreader events throughout our nation.
Yeah Nixon was a crook and a liar but he did begin communication with China.
Johnson was a drunk who got reconstruction off to the horrible start from which we are still recovering and he wasn't actually elected....John Wilkes Booth put him in office.
Clinton DID have sex with that woman, he lied to everybody but he left the economy in better shape than when he started.
Now Trump...
Well he's not a drunk
He is a crook and a liar whose main contribution was the start of an unfinished and unwanted wall. He told hundreds if not thousands of lies. He's convinced a third of the country that our election process is fraudelent. He aided and abetted the scourge of Covid 19 with ongoing catastrophic decision making. He further the divide in our country just as his pal Putin wanted
Now in our imaginary split screen of the bottom 4 let's remove Johnson, Nixon and Clinton
and who's left.
Who's the worst president in the history of the United States and the epitome of being a sore loser....
You got it Donald Trump who wins once again. When it comes to being the worst. He was the best.
Lock his ass up.
On second thought...don't even bother.
Just get him the hell out of here.
Let the healing begin.
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Yes, IR,
I second that emotion. I understand Mr Trump cheats at golf. Cheat at golf, cheat in life, my dad used to say.
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I don't know anyting about
I don't know anyting about Andrew Johnson. Tricky Dicky was Vice President under Eisenhower, he used Vietnam as a gimmick to get elected. He was a rat, but he was smart. Clinton ended welfare, a rat of a different kind, but smart and lets not forget Ireland and the Peace Process. I'm suprised you haven't added George Bush Jnr. Incredibly dumb. Started a war in the Middle East the flames still licking at our heels. But Trump trumps them all by a long way. The best thing we could do is ignore him, Ignore him. Ignore him. When he's not in the limelight he doesn't exist.
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Old DT does seem a marmite
Old DT does seem a marmite figure. Wonder what he'll get up to next?
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But spare a thought for us
But spare a thought for us over the pond. Trump was our comfort blanket. No matter how stupid, venal and incompetent our leaders were, we could always say, 'Well, at least they're not Trump.' What shall we do now??
I hear the Trump offspring are planning their own political careers. That's if law enforcement don't get them first.
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