Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart

There’s nothing you and I can do about Trump’s two illegitimate and rigged elections. Our government surrendered to the fascist-in-chief although they knew that his elections were the result of Russian interference and collusion between Trump and Putin. The results are disastrous and will likely end the dreams of our Founding Fathers.

PROMISES BECAME LIES, AND A DICTATORSHIP CONFIRMED

To have any chance of winning the 2024 election, Trump made two promises both he and I knew were lies. He said, “I will end inflation on day one.” The second: “I will secure a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine on day one.” How’s he doing so far?

Exit polls offered information about Trump supporters. The issue of our nation’s economy was number one. Today, the vast majority of our nation’s people are paying higher prices for necessities than they did in 2024. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is escalating.

Most importantly, Trump has become a dictator. He is implementing his 922-page fascist manifesto, Project 2025, in its entirety.

The truth is, when our nation’s economy is the subject, Trump has no idea what our nation needs. In the private sector, he declared multiple bankruptcies, and his 34 felony convictions revealed that the existence of Trump Corp was founded on fraud and illusion.

TRUMP IS SO DUMB THAT HE IS UNAWARE THAT ALIENATING OUR CLOSEST ALLIES IS ECONOMIC SUICIDE: BUSH WAS ALSO A FAILURE

Most of Trump’s predecessors had one goal for America’s and the world’s economy: free trade agreements. In 2000, our nation’s economy was flourishing, and the rest of the world enjoyed economic security. Enter George W. Bush, the only president elected by the Supreme Court.

Bush failed to take the warnings from our nation’s security agencies seriously and decided to take a vacation. After 9/11, he used the tragedy for political gain without revealing his failure to protect the American people,

His fiscal policy, the same as his two Republican predecessors, known as “trickle-down economics,” combined with his engagement in two illegal and unwinnable wars, resulted in the Great Recession. Bush also alienated our closest allies with policies of extreme nationalism.

Trump escalated the situation in 2017-2021. His only focus was the welfare of billionaires/oligarchs, and his personal wealth.

TRUMP 2.0 IS ONE HUNDRED TIMES WORSE

Although it is a fact that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has been discussing economic relations between Canada and China, they are not related to those between his country and the United States. They are an effort to protect his nation’s economy in spite of the threats from a schoolyard bully.

However, a typical Trump and Republican knee-jerk reaction produced another threat to our neighbor and closest ally. The moron in control of America is threatening 100% tariffs on imports from our neighbor to the north.

Prime Minister Carney told the press that he was in negotiations with China to counteract recent tariffs levied by the Trump administration.

 “We have no intention of doing that with China or any other nonmarket economy,” Carney said. “What we have done with China is to rectify some issues that developed in the last couple of years.”

HOW DUMB IS TRUMP? YOU TELL ME

Trump fails to recognize the importance of other nations. His policy of extreme nationalism is intentionally alienating our closest allies, ignorant of the fact that no nation can survive alone in the 21^st century. He is far too ignorant to recognize reality: America is no better than any other nation in the world, and less powerful than it was in 2000 prior to the election.

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN WASHINGTON?

I challenge you to turn off the ‘boob tube.’ Refuse to watch television “news.” Seek the truth. Read multiple sources of information available on the internet: not one or two, but several. You will be frightened, but you will soon learn the truth.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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Sources: ABC News “Trump threatens 100% tariff on Canada if it makes a deal with China

PBS “Carney says Canada not pursuing free trade deal with China as Trump threatens tariffs