Most people weren't very happy with President Xi Jinping of China passing legislation for the ability of the President to rule indefinitely, but Donald Trump seemed to love it. Donald Trump said, "He's now president for life. President for life. No, He's great, and look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll have to give that a show some day."
In July of 2016, Trump said of Saddam Hussein about killing terrorists, "He did that so good. They didn't read them the rights. They didn't talk. They were terrorists. Over." Granted, Trump did label him a bad guy as well, but had more good than bad to say about the former Ruler of Iraq.
Trump also said in 2016 that Libya would be better off, "if Moammar Giddafi were in charge right now."
Trump said that China, when they brutally cracked down on protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989, "shows you the power of strength," He was using that as an example to compare it to the United States, which he said, "is right now perceived as weak." Trump made these comments in 1990, but when questioned about them during the presidential run, he dismissed the deadly military response as a 'riot' and downplayed it greatly.
In regard to Russian President Vladimir Putin Trump said, "If he says great things about me, I'm going to say great things about him. I've already said, he is really very much of a leader. I mean, you can say, 'Oh, isn't that a terrible thing' - the man has very strong control over a country. Now, it's a very different system, and I don't happen to like the system. But certainly, in that system, he's been a leader, far more than our president has been a leader." Trump said this in 2 Months before the election in 2016.
In April of 2017, in regard to Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, Trump said, "I just wanted to congratulate you because I am hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug problem." Interesting comment considering at the time the police and unknown vigilantes had killed more than 6,000 suspected drug dealers and users while following a policy aimed at eliminating illegal drug activity. These killings were extrajudicial, meaning they were not legally authorized. So Trump was essentially congratulating President Duterte for mass murder.
Also in April of 2017, Trump said of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, "We agree on so many things. I just want to let everybody know in case there was any doubt that we are very much behind President el-Sisi. He's done a fantastic job in a very difficult situation. We are very much behind Egypt and the people of Egypt. The United States has, believe me, backing, and we have strong backing." Sisi seized power in a coup. The US State Department stated that the most serious human rights problems there involved excessive use of force by security forces, deficiencies in due process, and the suppression of civil liberties. Human Rights Watch said that Sisi's government, "maintained its zero-tolerance policy towards dissent...and continued near absolute impunity for abuses by security forces under the pretext of fighting 'terrorism.'"
In September of 2017, Trump said of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, "Frankly, he's getting very high marks. He's also been working with the United States. We have a great friendship and the countries - I think we're right now as close as we've ever been...a lot of that has to do with a personal relationship." Erdogan accused members of democratic institutions of being part of a failed coup attempt against him the previous year, and the US State Department cited 'inconsistent access to due process' in Turkey. Additionally, the Human Rights Watch said that the new Presidential system in Turkey is, "a setback for human rights and the rule of law."
To bring it all current, Trump has lavished Kim Jong Un with praise in recent months. He said that Kim is "a very worthy, very smart negotiator" and vowed to meet with him many times. He also said Kim is a, "very talented man. A worthy negotiator...a very worthy, very smart negotiator. We had a terrific day and we learned a lot about each other and our countries." Additionally, Trump added, "I think our whole relationship with North Korea and the Korean peninsula is going to be a very different situation than it has in the past. We've developed a very special bond." Another couple comments about Kim have included, "Well, he is very talented. Anybody that takes over a situation like he did at 26 years of age and is able to run it and run it tough. I don't say he was nice." and "Very few people at that age - you can take one out of ten thousand, probably couldn't do it.
Now, this is not an all-inclusive list of the things President Trump has said about autocratic rulers around the globe. This is just a sampling. The point of this blog is to look at the praise he has shown to all of these horrible people, and then look at the other side of the Trump coin and view the horrible things he has been saying about the allies of the United States. If you look back through the data, Trump has said many more horrible things about United States Allies than he has about dictators. He has continued to isolate the United States and push allies away at a pace never seen in the United States. You look at some of the things he likes about the dictators and it can scare the hell out of you.
He likes the thought of no due process in certain situations. He likes the thought of having total control over everything. He doesn't seem to care much about human rights, and his failure to stand against and speak up against white supremacists and others clearly denotes a mindset that is concerning. He compares immigrants who have a skin color other than white to rapists, murderers and drug dealers, even though the percentage of crime in the United States perpetrated by immigrants is far lower than crime perpetrated by United States citizens. He compares all immigrants to MS-13, a global gang with a total of 30-50,000 members world-wide, even though an absolute minuscule fraction of illegal immigrants entering the United States have any affiliation to the group. He uses words like 'infest' and 'invade' to describe what immigrants will do to the United States. He denigrated two gold star families who happened to be minority families, but spoke very highly of a white gold star family in public. He denigrated a United States Citizen who is a minority judge saying he couldn't do his job fairly because he was a Mexican. He has said and done so many things that have racial and autocratic undertones that it scares the absolute hell out of me that he is still the President of the United States. He used the term 'Shit-Hole Countries' to describe countries where many of the non-white immigrants come from.
What does it take for this country to stand up and say ENOUGH! What I have stated above is but a small sliver of items. There are enough negative comments and actions taken by the President to date to fill a book thick enough to be a multi-part Stephen King novel, and yet Trump powers on without issue, and his devoted base seems to grow regularly. People need to have some foresight and see where Trump is leading us. It isn't to a better place people. It is to a much more sinister and horrible place. He isn't bringing people together as a President should. He is driving a wedge deeper on a regular basis because he thrives on the separation of the Republicans and Democrats.
I want to ask a question. Is there even a Fu$%ing line left to cross anymore?
DUNK
In July of 2016, Trump said of Saddam Hussein about killing terrorists, "He did that so good. They didn't read them the rights. They didn't talk. They were terrorists. Over." Granted, Trump did label him a bad guy as well, but had more good than bad to say about the former Ruler of Iraq.
Trump also said in 2016 that Libya would be better off, "if Moammar Giddafi were in charge right now."
Trump said that China, when they brutally cracked down on protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989, "shows you the power of strength," He was using that as an example to compare it to the United States, which he said, "is right now perceived as weak." Trump made these comments in 1990, but when questioned about them during the presidential run, he dismissed the deadly military response as a 'riot' and downplayed it greatly.
In regard to Russian President Vladimir Putin Trump said, "If he says great things about me, I'm going to say great things about him. I've already said, he is really very much of a leader. I mean, you can say, 'Oh, isn't that a terrible thing' - the man has very strong control over a country. Now, it's a very different system, and I don't happen to like the system. But certainly, in that system, he's been a leader, far more than our president has been a leader." Trump said this in 2 Months before the election in 2016.
In April of 2017, in regard to Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, Trump said, "I just wanted to congratulate you because I am hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug problem." Interesting comment considering at the time the police and unknown vigilantes had killed more than 6,000 suspected drug dealers and users while following a policy aimed at eliminating illegal drug activity. These killings were extrajudicial, meaning they were not legally authorized. So Trump was essentially congratulating President Duterte for mass murder.
Also in April of 2017, Trump said of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, "We agree on so many things. I just want to let everybody know in case there was any doubt that we are very much behind President el-Sisi. He's done a fantastic job in a very difficult situation. We are very much behind Egypt and the people of Egypt. The United States has, believe me, backing, and we have strong backing." Sisi seized power in a coup. The US State Department stated that the most serious human rights problems there involved excessive use of force by security forces, deficiencies in due process, and the suppression of civil liberties. Human Rights Watch said that Sisi's government, "maintained its zero-tolerance policy towards dissent...and continued near absolute impunity for abuses by security forces under the pretext of fighting 'terrorism.'"
In September of 2017, Trump said of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, "Frankly, he's getting very high marks. He's also been working with the United States. We have a great friendship and the countries - I think we're right now as close as we've ever been...a lot of that has to do with a personal relationship." Erdogan accused members of democratic institutions of being part of a failed coup attempt against him the previous year, and the US State Department cited 'inconsistent access to due process' in Turkey. Additionally, the Human Rights Watch said that the new Presidential system in Turkey is, "a setback for human rights and the rule of law."
To bring it all current, Trump has lavished Kim Jong Un with praise in recent months. He said that Kim is "a very worthy, very smart negotiator" and vowed to meet with him many times. He also said Kim is a, "very talented man. A worthy negotiator...a very worthy, very smart negotiator. We had a terrific day and we learned a lot about each other and our countries." Additionally, Trump added, "I think our whole relationship with North Korea and the Korean peninsula is going to be a very different situation than it has in the past. We've developed a very special bond." Another couple comments about Kim have included, "Well, he is very talented. Anybody that takes over a situation like he did at 26 years of age and is able to run it and run it tough. I don't say he was nice." and "Very few people at that age - you can take one out of ten thousand, probably couldn't do it.
Now, this is not an all-inclusive list of the things President Trump has said about autocratic rulers around the globe. This is just a sampling. The point of this blog is to look at the praise he has shown to all of these horrible people, and then look at the other side of the Trump coin and view the horrible things he has been saying about the allies of the United States. If you look back through the data, Trump has said many more horrible things about United States Allies than he has about dictators. He has continued to isolate the United States and push allies away at a pace never seen in the United States. You look at some of the things he likes about the dictators and it can scare the hell out of you.
He likes the thought of no due process in certain situations. He likes the thought of having total control over everything. He doesn't seem to care much about human rights, and his failure to stand against and speak up against white supremacists and others clearly denotes a mindset that is concerning. He compares immigrants who have a skin color other than white to rapists, murderers and drug dealers, even though the percentage of crime in the United States perpetrated by immigrants is far lower than crime perpetrated by United States citizens. He compares all immigrants to MS-13, a global gang with a total of 30-50,000 members world-wide, even though an absolute minuscule fraction of illegal immigrants entering the United States have any affiliation to the group. He uses words like 'infest' and 'invade' to describe what immigrants will do to the United States. He denigrated two gold star families who happened to be minority families, but spoke very highly of a white gold star family in public. He denigrated a United States Citizen who is a minority judge saying he couldn't do his job fairly because he was a Mexican. He has said and done so many things that have racial and autocratic undertones that it scares the absolute hell out of me that he is still the President of the United States. He used the term 'Shit-Hole Countries' to describe countries where many of the non-white immigrants come from.
What does it take for this country to stand up and say ENOUGH! What I have stated above is but a small sliver of items. There are enough negative comments and actions taken by the President to date to fill a book thick enough to be a multi-part Stephen King novel, and yet Trump powers on without issue, and his devoted base seems to grow regularly. People need to have some foresight and see where Trump is leading us. It isn't to a better place people. It is to a much more sinister and horrible place. He isn't bringing people together as a President should. He is driving a wedge deeper on a regular basis because he thrives on the separation of the Republicans and Democrats.
I want to ask a question. Is there even a Fu$%ing line left to cross anymore?
DUNK
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