On victory lap, few signs Trump uniting nation
Donald Trump’s victory tour is not a good portent of things to come.
Click here for reuse options!At each stop, the Republican has gloatingly recapped his Election Night triumph, reignited some old political feuds while starting some new ones, and done little to quiet the hate-filled chants of “Lock her up!” directed at Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
Trump planned the tour’s finale at the same football stadium in Mobile, Alabama, that hosted the biggest rally of his campaign. Also Saturday, he announced the nomination of South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney to be his budget director, choosing a tea partyer and fiscal conservative with no experience assembling a government spending plan.
The raucous rallies, a hallmark of his campaign, are meant to salute supporters who lifted him to the presidency. But these appearances also have been his primary form of communication since the Nov. 8 election…
In Ohio, he took veiled swipes at fellow Republicans, including the state’s governor John Kasich and independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin, whom he solely refers to as “that guy.” McMullin competed chiefly in Utah.
In Florida, Trump remembered his general election foe by joking, “We had fun fighting Hillary, didn’t we?” He said his supporters were “vicious, violent, screaming, ‘Where’s the wall? We want the wall!’
Trump has eschewed the traditional news conference held by a president-elect within days of winning. He’s done few interviews, announced his Cabinet picks via news release and continues to rely on Twitter to broadcast his thoughts and make public pronouncements.
Copyright 2016 Liberaland
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amersham1046 December 17th, 2016 at 17:33
Soon many will discover it is all just smoke and mirrors, he has nothing to offer
Mensa Member December 17th, 2016 at 18:58
If only…
Conservatives blame all their failings on liberals.
labman57 December 17th, 2016 at 17:50
“Thank You” tour?
There’s only two people that Donnie need thank:
Putin and Comey.
Gina Bousquet December 17th, 2016 at 18:11
Good one! :)
Lyndia December 18th, 2016 at 19:22
and don’t forget, the poorly educated and the Blacks that did not come out to vote.
TKList December 17th, 2016 at 18:02
3 Cs of economic growth:
Cut Regulation, Cut Spending, Cut Taxes
When government tries to micro-manage, government does a lot of damage.
mea_mark December 17th, 2016 at 18:07
Too bad that doesn’t work in the real world.
wpadon December 17th, 2016 at 18:08
You want to turn the whole country into Kansas?
StoneyCurtisll December 18th, 2016 at 11:08
Exactly, Kansas is a mess..
I live just across the border.
StoneyCurtisll December 18th, 2016 at 11:07
BS~!
arc99 December 18th, 2016 at 14:05
The 4 largest economies in the world in terms of GDP are
1. USA
2. China
3. Japan
4. Germany
#3 and #4 have universal health insurance. #2 has 95% of its citizens covered by insurance.
#4 offers free college tuition.
When #1 on that list joins 2-4 in those accomplishments, then let’s talk. But until you disabuse yourself of this mindless government=bad reaction, there is no point.
TKList December 18th, 2016 at 15:33
Government is about half the health insurance market with Medicare, Medicaid and the VA. This is why the health insurance market is not functioning like a normal market in any other industry.
Get government out of the health insurance business as much as possible. Limit them to limited regulation and financial support for health insurance to those who need it.
Obamacare, Medicaid, Medicare and VA hospitals should be phased out. People under these programs and those who are financially below the poverty level should be given a yearly amount that they could use to purchase health insurance.
Keep the federal regulation stating that insurance companies have to cover pre-existing conditions as long as the person had previous insurance.
Allow people to purchase insurance from any state. Deregulate state health insurance markets. Unhinge medical insurance from employers in the tax code.
Getting government out and increasing competition in this way will lower health insurance costs. It cuts the bureaucracy costs, cuts the fraud costs and improves competition and quality of care.
Lyndia December 18th, 2016 at 19:20
Medicare is something that PEOPLE PAY INTO. Therefore, why it be phased out?
TKList December 18th, 2016 at 20:43
Maybe you didn’t read the whole sentence:
“Obamacare, Medicaid, Medicare and VA hospitals should be phased out. People under these programs and those who are financially below the poverty level should be given a yearly amount that they could use to purchase health insurance.”
Randy Hiner December 19th, 2016 at 05:20
Oh bullshit.
Medicare………3% overhead
Insurance………25-30% overhead
TKList December 18th, 2016 at 15:34
Get government out of the student loan business.
Randy Hiner December 19th, 2016 at 05:19
Right….the banks will take care of you
Obewon December 17th, 2016 at 18:36
Trump Urination tour with FLOTUS Ivanka on GOP family incest values.
Mensa Member December 17th, 2016 at 19:48
Trump is appointing the most divisive people possible. This is a middle finger to traditional American values.
But, will the press report it as such? No.
whatthe46 December 17th, 2016 at 22:16
in their racist world, this is traditional American values.
whatthe46 December 17th, 2016 at 20:56
tRump actually said this in his victory tour.
https://twitter.com/kharyp/status/810279976968876032
Suzanne McFly December 18th, 2016 at 08:23
Wharton School of Business called and wants to buy their diploma back.
StoneyCurtisll December 18th, 2016 at 11:04
He is such an idiot….
Buford2k11 December 18th, 2016 at 09:27
I do not want to unite, or have anything other than short and cordial conversations with the local trumpers…why would I want to unite or come together with people who are sworn to harm me and my family? Threats of violence have that opposite effect…we have nothing in common any longer…They want to take away all that I have worked for…all that I have believed in…I will not give in…I will not unite with these people who are out to do me, and this nation great harm…NEVER…
oldfart December 18th, 2016 at 10:05
Unite this…
Take your adoring sheep and screw them all sideways.
StoneyCurtisll December 18th, 2016 at 11:01
“Lock him up”~!
“Lock him up”~!
TKList December 18th, 2016 at 15:34
Big government is owned by the wealthy and paid for by the middle class and poor one way or another. The tax code is manipulated by the wealthy; cost to comply is paid by consumers through higher prices. It increases lobbyists, corrupts politicians and increases difficulty of entry for competition, which causes less employment opportunities for workers and higher prices.
Excessive regulation increases cost for consumers, decreases job opportunities, corrupts politicians, increases lobbyists and increases difficulty of entry for competition. National debt: $154,000 cost per household paid by the consumer not the rich, through higher prices or lower standard of living. Federal Reserve: low interest loans for wealthy and connected, by the time it reaches lower rungs, rates higher, prices higher, including CEO pay – increasing the inequality gap.
We have more socialism now than the liberal left’s golden age of the 1950s. We have the FHA, HUD, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, Community Reinvestment Act, Social Security, Medicare, Student Loan Programs, Obamacare/ACA, Snap Program, Earned Income Tax Credit, Unemployment Insurance Program and more. So the theory is false and the opposite is true. Socialism hurts the middle class. Big government equals more income inequality, smaller government equals less income inequality.
The national debt keeps increasing because of deals, aka compromises, between Democrats (social programs and entitlements) and Republicans (corporate welfare and defense). The middle class pays the heaviest burden for the debt; as it goes up, it further increases the inequality gap by lowering their standard of living. National Debt: $19 trillion costs or is financed by each household, who is ultimately responsible for that debt. This comes out to $154,000 per household if paid for in one lump sum. Financed for 15 years at 5% interest it would take a monthly payment of $1218. Do not be fooled each household pays this one way or another, not the rich; whether you pay it directly in taxes and fees, higher prices or by a lower standard of living than you would otherwise have if the government had not spent that money. That is on top of around $26,000 per household for the yearly federal spending. Which is a another $2166 per month. Total $3400 per month per household. The question is: Is your household getting its money’s worth?
Politicians promise you a fantasy land, that they can make your life golden by decree, raise your pay, give you free education, free health care, paid retirement, cheap housing, easy credit and protect you from the evils of the greedy businessman. In reality they can do nothing of the sort.
To give you anything they have to take something from you, do not be fooled when they say they will take it from the rich, the rich get it from you (increased prices), in the end it always comes from you. Politicians point at the rich guy as they pick your pocket. They are selling you an illusion that does more harm than good, because in the process they disrupt the free flow and balance of the market causing unintended consequences.
Politicians that promise to fix your life by taxing the greedy rich to cover the cost are really the sleaziest of middlemen that are selling you pixie dust while they take their cut, which is power.
oldfart December 19th, 2016 at 14:18
You are preaching to the wrong choir.
TKList December 19th, 2016 at 13:52
Blocked.