Donald Trump has a single belief; capitalism. Money is his only god and his only concern. It is obvious that Trump does not want to be our nation’s leader; he does not care about our nation’s 320 million people. He is an egotist who is using our nation’s treasury as his private bank.

No one should be surprised about the despicable individuals Trump nominated for his cabinet and chose as his closest advisers. Not a single choice by the worst president in history was qualified to head their department or organization.

They have proven themselves to be corrupt and a danger to America’s future in only 14 months and five days.

Trump’s first nominee was Jefferson Beauregard Sessions. Sessions was a senator from the reddest state in the nation; Alabama. He is a well-known racist who had been denied a federal judgeship 30 years ago based on that fact. As our nation’s Attorney General he has announced two ambitions; to repeal the efforts of President Obama to reform our judicial system which has proven to be unfair to low-income Americans and minorities; and to repeal state laws which allow the recreational use of marijuana.

After Sessions came Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Betsy DeVos for the Secretary of Education, Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State, Ben Carson as Secretary of Housing and Urban development, Steve Mnuchin for Secretary of the Treasury, Wilbur Ross as Secretary of Commerce, Ryan Zinke for Secretary of the Interior, and Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Tillerson and Price were both fired.

All of the above names have no experience in government and literally oppose the departments and agencies they lead.

A few of the crimes committed by Trump’s circle of sinners include: Scott Pruitt wasted $43,000 building a ‘secret booth’ to hold meetings. He flies first class, which costs five times the normal fare because he is afraid of criticism for the millions of Americans who hate him for his efforts to destroy the agency he leads. He has removed most protections provided by the EPA to maintain the quality and safety of our air, water, and land.

Betsy DeVos is a billionaire Christian extremist who knows nothing about our public school system. Her goal is to force all of our nation’s children to attend private and charter schools. DeVos has received such a large amount of hate mail that she travels with members of the secret service wherever she goes.

Rex Tillerson’s only qualification was his extremely close relationship with Vladimir Putin both personally and economically. After calling Trump a f**king moron, his time was limited.

It is difficult to believe that Ben Carson was a surgeon. He has proven that he is completely uninformed about the lives of most Americans. He also exceeded the $5,000 allotted to redecorate his office by purchasing a single table for $31,000.

Steve Mnuchin became a billionaire by foreclosing on more homes during the 2008 housing crisis than any other individual or lending institution. It was recently revealed that he used eight military flights which cost taxpayers approximately $1,000,000.

The Bank of Cyprus is controlled personally by Vladimir Putin. Wilbur Ross once headed that bank. He is also reported to be the impetus for Trump’s unwise and criticized use of tariffs to create a new trade war.

Ryan Zinke has encouraged Trump to remove restrictions limiting drilling for crude and natural gas in our national parks. He also awarded a contract to a ‘two-man electrical company’ in his home state of Montana to repair the destruction of Puerto Rico. Congress later fired his close friends.

After it was revealed that Tom Price wasted tens-of-thousands of taxpayer dollars on private and military flights for business and personal travel, he was forced to resign.

These are just a few examples of the waste in Washington under Trump’s ‘leadership.’

Finally, let’s not forget the misuse of taxpayer money by Trump and his spawn. Snopes reports that he is spending $16,333,333.33 per month. He flies on Air Force One every weekend at a cost of $200,000 per hour. Trump wants another first for an American dictator; a military parade in Washington. That would cost taxpayers another $20,000,000.

We cannot afford the Trump administration.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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