The Trump Presidency has been extremely different from any other US presidency
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presidency, so far — with the understanding that at this rate, it’ll be out-of- date
as soon as this video is uploaded.
10. Hand “Shaking” President Trump must really believe that he
can determine the type of person he’s dealing with by shaking their hand… for
minutes on end. There are countless examples of this, but the most pressing was
the strange “handsqueeze” he had with the new French president, Emmanuel Macron.
Macron, a moderate politician by — European standards — ran as a sort of “anti-
Trump” campaign earlier this year. He wasn’t far left or far right.
Instead, he positioned himself as the status quo candidate during the onslaught of
right-wing nationalist views that have emboldened many. This wave led to several
European countries to rethink their status within the European Union.
Because of that, many thought Macron didn’t stand a chance. So, it was sort of
surprising when he won, besting Marine Le Pen, a far right candidate that Trump
liked but didn’t outright endorse. So, when it came time for these two to meet, you
knew it was going to be awkward. But, no one expected it to be THAT awkward.
It was just another strange interaction for President Trump on the international
scene, something you’ll see a lot more in this list. Also, Macron said the
handshake “wasn’t innocent”, so Trump might have ruined any chance for a
mutually beneficial relationship with one of America’s oldest allies — they helped
us during the American Revolution —before even speaking a word. #MAGA,
indeed.
9. Hold My Hand! Speaking of hand holding, it appears President
Trump holds hands with world leaders because his own wife, First Lady Melania
Trump, refuses to hold his hand… ever. In a move that went absolutely
viral, a video shows the First Lady shooing her husband’s hand away after they
exited Air Force One. And another one as they walked a red carpet during a visit
to Tel Aviv, Israel. Considering the difference in age, and in
objective beauty, some suggest Melania married Trump for his money. That may mean
there’s not a whole lot of love involved in their marriage.
While this could be overblown — considering the massive amount of other
examples of Trump’s embarrassing moves in only seven months — it was still
funny to see that perhaps Melania isn’t buying what Trump is selling anymore.
8. Staring at the Sun The entire Western world had eclipse fever
this past August — including the White House. Every news station covering the eclipse
made sure to tell people something that should be common sense: don’t
stare at the sun without eye protection. But, President Trump being the
type that does the opposite of what the mainstream media — aka fake news — says,
ignored that advice. The commander-in- chief took a blinding look
at the moon blotting out the sun without shades to protect his retinas. This
is a perfect example of a classic Trump move; he zigs when others zag. That has — somehow
— served him well enough to get him into the White House. Yet considering
the fact that the United States government is based on compromise, perhaps
his staring at the sun is a perfect example of why he’s struggled to implement
his political agenda thus far — after almost eight months in office.
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7. Tax Return Speaking of zigging instead of zagging, during
the 2016 campaign, one of the major issues raised by the media and people
who supported Hillary Clinton was that Trump refused to reveal his tax returns.
A standard practice in the past few decades for presidential candidates, Trump
was the first to refuse since before Reagan.
He claimed at the time that he was being audited and thus couldn’t produce his
return, but assured that he would after the election. Once that time came he
simply changed his story and said he wasn’t going to share his tax return at all,
riling up many people. Government officials attempted to create a
bill to force Trump to produce his tax return — spoiler alert: it didn’t work.
Whether it shows he wants to hide potential shady business deals in Russia or even financial
woes, Trump’s refusal to produce his tax returns was a major red flag.
This coming from a man who badgered President Obama into posting his birth
certificate — for the sake of “transparency”.
6. Climate Change Nearly 100 per cent of climate scientists
are freaking out about global warming. It’s the largest issue facing the human
race but, somehow, even while admitting that things are changing, Trump claims there’s
no way to cut carbon emissions without “destroying the economy”.
While green economy is exploding and hiring like crazy — California has had days
where it reaches 50% renewable energy — Trump decided to remove the US from
the Paris Climate Agreement that his predecessor President Obama helped put
together. The Agreement aims to limit the amount of carbon
a country can release and could save the world in the process.
The United States is only one of three countries no longer abiding by it. It’s ironic
because the justification for doing so was always “China and India aren’t going to
cut emissions, so why bother?” Well, both China and India are a part of that
agreement; the Chinese are slowly becoming the world leaders in renewable
energy. It was a gigantic step backwards and added credence to the rumor that Trump
literally just asks people in government(s) — both in the US and in the World —
whether or not the topic they’re discussing was approved by Obama.
If it was, he opposes it. If it wasn’t, he approves it. There’s a lot of disagreement
between the left and right in the United States, but you can’t govern by simply
undoing what your predecessor tried to accomplish. Especially when it comes to
something as important as this.
5. Firing Comey The whole Russia thing has clouded Trump’s
presidency. He railed against his opponent, Hillary Clinton, saying she could
be under investigation by the FBI for the 30,000 missing emails from her private
server. At his rallies, the crowd often cheered “Lock Her Up!”
Meanwhile Trump and his people went on television saying things like, “imagine if
Hillary gets elected while under investigation by the FBI.” The irony of it all is that
Trump’s team, had been under FBI investigation all along. To make matters worse,
Trump decided to fire the man investigating his team: FBI Director James Comey.
That poured gasoline on the fire that was the Russia investigation. And when it
then ended up in the lap of the head of the Department of Justice, Jeff Sessions,
Trump thought he had it made — he had appointed Sessions.
However, Sessions lied in front of Congress about having met with Russian
officials during the campaign. He recused himself from the investigation, which in
turn ended up in the hands of an independent Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Comey then testified about his meetings with Trump.
The president later attempted to intimidate the former head of the FBI by implying
he had secret recordings of their conversations.
4. Getting Things Done This has been alluded to in multiple parts
of this list but there’s no denying that President Trump has had a harsh learning curve
when it comes to understanding how the government works. His Republican party,
controls two of the three branches of government — they control both
the House and Senate. Still, despite that control, they’ve failed
to agree with each other and pass significant legislation. During his presidential
campaign, Trump openly fought with many people in government including Paul Ryan,
the Speaker of the House. That bad blood continues and it’s made it hard
for Trump to get things done. He promised a lot of things, including an
overhaul of Obamacare, reformation of the Tax Code, a wall on the border with Mexico
and essentially a trade war with China. So far, they tried health care — twice
— and it didn’t pass. Trump decided to attack the one person who
was attempting to enforce one of his campaign promises, Senator Mitch McConnell.
McConnell summed it up best by saying that Trump didn’t understand how
the legislative process works. Trump has been reduced to sending out directives
on Twitter, like the one about transgender soldiers being no longer welcome
in the military. It apparently didn’t change a thing since he failed to tell the
Pentagon beforehand.
3. Talking About Mexico Trump ran a presidential campaign boasting
that he would limit illegal immigration from Mexico. So, Trump attacked Mexicans.
“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not
sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of
problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs.
They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”
That rubbed people in Mexico — and the United States, and really everywhere —
the wrong way. Considering that Trump wants to build a wall between the two
countries and have Mexico “pay for it,” you’d think he’d try to get on his neighbors’
good side. He also focused on trade and the US deficit.
Trump focused heavily on NAFTA, a free trade policy enacted by his opponent’s
husband back in the 90’s. NAFTA essentially opened up the borders between
the US, Canada, and Mexico and led to many factory closures in the United
States as companies moved to Mexico to save some pesos.
2. The Russia Dossier … And Russia in General Obviously, the Russia situation has dominated
Trump’s presidency so far. He’s written it off as “the Democrats finding
an excuse for losing the race for President,” but multiple people in his cabinet or who
were part of his campaign have lied to Congress.
The independent intelligence agency that compiled the “Russia dossier” has come
out recently to defend their findings, the juiciest of which is that Trump hired some
… Ladies of the night and essentially paid them to urinate on a bed whilst mocking
Hillary Clinton. While Trump obviously denies what is in the
document, the FBI — and even members of Congress — are taking it at face
value as they investigate Trump’s doings in Russia. Keep in mind this is our
President and he very well could be blackmailed. Considering that Trump has lauded
Putin at every opportunity, it really seems like there’s more than smoke
surrounding this fire.
1. Charlottesville Trump reached peak awfulness during his drawn
out response to the events in Charlottesville, Virginia. He constantly deviates
from the script, and that’s something his supporters really love about
him but it’s working against him as he struggles to “drain the swamp” in Washington,
D.C. Some suggest his initial perfunctory response
to the events in Charlottesville were written by someone else. But he added some
“Trump flair” by saying that “both sides” — meaning Nazis and people who
oppose Nazis — were to blame for the violence and death in Charlottesville.
The next day he read from a teleprompter and denounced the alt-right as well as
“white nationalists.” People weren’t satisfied and criticized his response time.
So, the next day during a press conference about
infrastructure, he went off script again and reiterated what he said on Day 1.
His remarks were labeled as “unhinged” and it caused a scandal across
the nation. It was classic Trump, and it was extremely embarrassing and counterproductive.
Bonus: The Access Hollywood Interview We’d be remiss if we didn’t talk about
what was supposed to be the end of Trump’s presidential candidacy: a leaked
2006 interview with Access Hollywood. Speaking with host Billy Bush, Trump joked
about sexually harassing and assaulting women. While this was embarrassing,
it showed how invincible Trump was during the campaign.
He got away with saying things that would’ve ended any other political career.
Trump once said he could go outside and shoot someone in the middle of the
street and still not lose supporters. This goes to show that despite the dialed up
craziness almost on the daily, Trump and his supporters seem impervious to
shame and embarrassment.
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