My challenge does not include ‘alternative facts’ offered by Trump’s circle of sinners or the propaganda produced on Fox noise. I have followed Donald John Trump for years. I have also discovered information about the failed businessman which began in his years after military boarding school and his completion of courses at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business College. I know the truth about DJT’s life of failure and criminal actions. I doubt that anyone can offer one fact about Trump which would allow him to claim anything he brags about today.

Here’s just a sample of Trump’s history which reveals his complete incompetence.

Father Fred gave him an estimated 413 million dollars. By 1995, Trump’s failed business enterprises lost every penny, and he was broke. Coming to the rescue was the royal family of Saudi Arabia. Investments into Trump’s real estate company saved him from financial ruin. This situation happened again with Russia in 2005. It became obvious to foreign agents that Trump could become a tool if they offered flattery and their money. Trump was desperate to pretend that he was a legitimate billionaire, and a success in the world of high finance.

The truth is that between 1985 and 1994 Trump lost more than one-billion dollars.

Trump Airlines, Trump Water, Trump Steaks, Trump University, Trump Casinos and many other efforts by Trump to succeed in business failed miserably.

Let’s skip forward to the 2016 campaign. Trump used much of his limited income to finance his effort to win the Republican nomination. By the summer of 2016, he was broke. His campaign was failing until Ted Cruz ended his own effort to be the nominee. Tech billionaire, Robert Mercer, brought his money, Steve Bannon, and spin doctor, Kellyanne Conway to Trump’s campaign in August. Both Trump and Mercer have close connections to Vladimir Putin.

During the last three years Trump attempted to repeal and replace Obamacare: fail. He unilaterally decided to add tariffs to imports. This resulted in a trade war with the world’s second largest economy: the war continues and the American farmer was greatly harmed and consumers are paying higher prices at retail outlets. Trump, Lyin Paul Ryan, and Moscow Mitch McConnell forced a bill labeled as “tax reform” through congress. America soon learned that it was a gift to the super-rich and large corporations. The result added one-trillion dollars to the deficit and this will continue until at least 2025.

Which brings us to the coronavirus vs DJT. This is what real Americans feared in 2016 when millions of ignorant men and women voted for the least qualified man in history. Those of us who voted for Hillary Clinton knew that when a crisis happened in America, Trump would fail and Americans would die.

Although DJT was aware of the danger of a pandemic at the end of 2019, he failed to take any action until mid-March. A real president would have formed a plan to reduce the spread of the coronavirus immediately. In January, as the virus was spreading across Europe, Trump was busy golfing and holding hate rallies. These were his priorities, not the safety of 330 million Americans.

Finally, I want to give thanks to those who deserve it. The professionals in the World Health Organization, the Center for Disease Control, doctors and nurses around the world cannot receive enough gratitude. I want to express my appreciation for many blue state governors who immediately took action to save lives. For the first time in decades the American people took precedence over the profits of large corporations.

The Truth Lives Here

Op-ed by James Turnage

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