Marc Thiessen, of the Oklahoma Editorial Board, was really
scraping the bottom of the barrel to come up with the 10 best things The Donald
has done in his first year. He must be trying to appear as a "glass half full" type instead of "head up his ass" type. What’s
really disturbing (but not surprising) is some of the ‘best things’ are not
good at all, and border on catastrophic.
Look at Thiessen’s list:
10: Enforced President Obama’s line against Syria’s use of
chemical weapons.
9: He has taken a surprisingly tough line with Russia.
8: He recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
7: He withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement. Approved the Keystone XL pipeline and opened
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for exploration.
6: He got NATO allies to kick in $12 billion toward our
collective security.
5: He has virtually eliminated the Islamic State’s physical
caliphate.
4. He admitted he was wrong he was wrong on Afghanistan.
3. He enacted historic tax and regulatory reform that has
unleashed economic growth.
2. He is installing conservative judges who will preside for
decades.
1. He was inaugurated president, not Hillary Clinton.
I came up with my own Top 10 list for the Donald’s first
year:
Ten Worst Things:
10. He tried (and
failed) to keep transgendered people from serving in the military. Coming from a strict non-military background,
The Donald has no business to tell someone they cannot serve in the military.
9. Seventeen of our (i.e. United States) intelligence agencies
have confirmed that Russia interfered with our election, the base of our
democratic society, and The Donald and his cronies were in on it from the
beginning. Instead of investigating
Russia, The Donald ordered an investigation of the U.S. voters.
8: He recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. So four previous presidents said they would
and didn’t. This move, which has been condemned
by every single one of our allies, just further alienates us from the rest of
the world.
7. He withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement,
approved the Keystone XL pipeline and opened the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge for exploration. He has been a
denier of climate change forever, although everyone else in the world (the U.S.
is the only country that is not participating in the Paris Climate
Agreement). This spells doom for our
global environment, endangered species and the health of all Earthlings.
6. He fired the entire HIV/AIDS Council. This is a serious blow to anyone, not just
the LGBT community, suffering from AIDS.
5. Since his inauguration, he has increasingly tried to
demonize ALL Muslims, with his travel bans against countries (with no
terrorists), and ignoring countries with terrorists. He posted the controversial youtube videos
showing violence against Muslims.
4. Obama halted the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2015. Not
The Donald.
3. He has told more lies, he has taken more vacation, and
done less in his first year than any other president.
2. He LOST the popular vote and he got mad. He cheated by having Russia interfere with
the election and gave it to him. Russia
and the KKK all got who they wanted for President. The majority of Americans did not.
1. He appointed Scott Pruitt, a non-scientist,
climate-change denier, global warming denier, as Administrator to the
Environmental Protection Agency. Since
Pruitt has been confirmed (by the GOP), he has systematically reversed or
delayed every regulation that protects our clean air, clean water and clean
soil. He has removed all the scientists
and replaced them with industry representatives, who have no interest in
protecting our environment.
There are many other significant achievements that did not
make the top 10.
