I woke up this morning to an understandably angry but dignified statement from Fred and Cindy Warmbier. "We have been respectful during this summit process. Now we must speak out. Kim and his evil regime are responsible for the death of our son Otto. Kim and his evil regime are responsible for unimaginable cruelty and inhumanity. No excuses or lavish praise can change that. Thank you," This statement came a day after President Trump said about the death of their son at the hands of the Kim Regime, “He[Kim Jong-un] tells me that he didn't know about it and I will take him at his word.”
Last year Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin-Salman, by all accounts, ordered the butchering of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Again, in the face of overwhelming evidence and world opinion, Mr. Trump served as the alibi for a murderer, the king's denial 'could not have been stronger,' he said, and that is all he currently has to go off of. Since that time Trump’s response has been to send the Director of the CIA [Mike Pompeo] his daughter and son in law Jared Kushner, to glad-hand with the Saudi ruler.
One only has to Google Trump/Putin to be inundated with fawning praise by Trump toward Putin. Everything from the Republican Platform changes on Ukraine prior to the last presidential election, to Helsinki, when the bus was driven so fast over American Intelligence they are still trying to remove—the Greyhound logo.
It is abundantly clear that Mr. Trump’s famed slogan to make America great again really meant, dilute our morals to enrich his bank account. While he works to literally sabotage our air and water by doing things like once again allowing coal slurry to be dumped into water tributaries and appointing climate deniers to run the EPA, a man who values money over life, is not surprisingly condoning murder over morality.
What have we wrought…
…and to what end? The world is no longer even trying to disguise its disgust and open laughter at the President of the United States. VP Mike Pence must still be internet searching hearing aid companies after the deafening silence he received when he conveyed greetings from Trump recently in Munich. Giggling and open mouths are becoming commonplace when Mr. Trump openly displays his political ignorance on the world stage. The General Assembly of the United Nations and the State of the Union Address both places where the President did not recognize he was being laughed at and not praised.
It is galling to hear a proven and repeated liar compare himself favorably to Abraham Lincoln or Barack Obama. Both men although not perfect were noted for their integrity. Today we have a man that world papers like the Washington Post and the Toronto Star are keeping a lie tracker, and sadly they struggle to keep up because the lies come so frequently.
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