Friday, April 03, 2020

More political rhetoric.

"As is the case with regard to other positions where I, as President, have the power of appointment ... it is vital that I have the fullest confidence in the appointees serving as inspectors general," Trump wrote. "That is no longer the case with regard to this Inspector General."

What exactly brings Trump to the conclusion that Michael Atkinson (click here) gave him the lack of confidence in HIS appointee. Others have a great deal of confidence in his work that is strictly within the bounds of the Rule of Law.

"As soon as I saw that he had recommended it be sent to Congress, that's all I needed to know it was legit," said Mary McCord, the senior litigator from Practice at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection who worked with Atkinson at the US Attorney's Office and DOJ's National Security Division.

Several officials who acknowledged they are skeptical of the complaint told CNN the IC IG, Michael Atkinson, is a serious professional and that his recommendation gives them pause when they would have been inclined to dismiss the case otherwise.

Without legitimate reasons for this decision, I think Trump can be personally sued for this obvious retribution.

Just because Trump is allowed to carry out this firing, doesn't mean he has a basis for doing so. More the case, Trump is paranoid and should resign for his inability to lead this country.

The real question here is, what is Trump trying to distract from to do this?
He knew this would be inflammatory enough to draw the press' attention because it is alarming.

Be afraid, be very afraid.

With a president like this who needs an enemy? (click here)

The USA is 25.2 (228,405) percent of 1,097,810 global cases.

The USA is 12.4 (7391) percent of 59,140 global cases.

There were 1320 new deaths in the USA today. The new number of deaths today globally is 5972. The USA had 22 percent of the deaths today globally.

Donald John Trump failed and is failing the American people. In the chart in the upper right China has an infection rate of 2 per 1 million people. The USA has 22 per million people. Don't even try to state the USA has the lowest rate per capita. That is still yet another right wing lie.

3 April 2020
By Lloyd Green

Jared is the guy in the dark suit next to the prince.

True to his nature, (click here) President Donald Trump once again threw out the rulebook of international diplomacy when he hosted Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince and de-facto ruler, Muhammad bin Salman, also known as MbS, at the White House on Tuesday.

Jared Kushner(click here) is not a guy to turn to for sound political advice. Most recently, he reportedly told the president that Andrew Cuomo, New York’s governor, was being “alarmist” after he announced that his state required 30,000 ventilators to help get through the pandemic.

To add insult to injury, Kushner also bragged of his own wisdom and told those assembled that Cuomo was wrong. According to Vanity Fair, Kushner declared: “I have all this data about ICU capacity. I’m doing my own projections, and I’ve gotten a lot smarter about this. New York doesn’t need all the ventilators.”

The princeling has helped place American lives and bodies on the line. New York’s hospitals have become combat zones, its morgues and funeral homes look like abattoirs. Meanwhile, the US is locked down and the administration is projecting up to a quarter-million dead even if everything goes right....