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Originally Posted by jackwinkelman
I am glad you at least perused the list of 28.
You are confusing Trump's proposals with Obama in 2009:
Obama's lobbyist rule: Promise Broken | PolitiFact
They are business leaders, special interests are lobbyists. They all had to sign anti-lobbying agreements.
He should have not chosen who he did because you don't like it? Sorry Trump did not consult with you first.
Trump has made billions without first being president. Unlike the Clinton's who only made money after being in the white house. |
It's not ONE thing. It's EVERYTHING.
People seem to think he promised not to change Social Security. He has a long history, though, of favoring partial privatization for Social Security, and that is indeed Paul Ryan's plan, and the Republican plan. There is already a plan for such submitted in Congress. It's pretty extreme, so may not pass. But Ryan is ready to go with his plan, which is rolled together with "reform" to Medicare and wrapped in with revising Obamacare. Everything to be "reformed" will of course be cut...even to current recipients, according to those plans. AND...
Trump's nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, a Republican congressman from Georgia, has been a champion of cuts to all three of the nation’s large social programs — Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. When discussing reforms to Social Security, he has ignored ways to bring new revenue into the system while emphasizing possible benefit cuts through means-testing, private accounts and raising the retirement age.
Trump promised to drain the swamp. He invited the swamp into his cabinet, ensuring that the financial industry has an official lock on running the country (not just behind the curtains, anymore). THREE Goldman Sachs people in direct control of the government, AND Exxon is now in control of foreign policy (what benefits the oil industry, not the country). Special interests have NEVER had this much power before. Look up the definition of "oligarchy."
He promised to build a wall and have Mexico pay for it. Won't happen.
He promised to appoint a special prosecutor for prosecuting Hillary Clinton. Won't happen.
He promised to repeal Obamacare on Day One. I think he will do something re Obamacare, but it will be heavy modification and not outright repeal, and not on Day One. Repealing it in entirety suddenly would send the health care system into a tailspin....people would actually die. He was lying all along.
Ban all muslims from entering the country. Not gonna happen. (That's actually illegal and would require an act of Congress and Supreme Court approval.) But you knew he was lying or ignorant of the legalities, right? You were paying attention, right?
Deporting all illegal immigrants, will have a "deportation force." Not gonna happen. He now has reduced that to deporting the criminals....who are already, BTW, slated to be deported, in accordance with normal procedure. (Obama admin. regularly deported criminals, to the extent they had the work force to handle it; Obama deported more illegal immigrants than any other President.) Congress has also made it clear there will be no "deportation force."
Denounced climate change as a hoax, wanted to cancel payments to UN climate change programs. He also wanted to lift production limits on coal production and had indicated he would withdraw from the Paris agreement. He now says he's looking into the possibility of man-made contributions to climate change. (He had signed an appeal to the govt years ago, asking the govt to clamp down on emissions for environmental reasons.)
Promised to elect judges to the Supreme Court to repeal the same-sex marriage legislation, saying the decision should be made state-by-state. He now says this is "settled law."
Label China a currency manipulator. This is not on Trump's list of things to do.
Renegotiate NAFTA. This is not on Trump's list of things to do in the first few mos. in office. He still may do it (I think he will), but clearly unimportant to him, compared to, say, cutting taxes for the wealthy.
Withdraw from TPP on 1st day in office. It's not on his list of things to do in first few mos. He may withdraw or renegotiate it, but it's not on the list.
Everyone knew he was bloviating and saying what was necessary to get votes. That's what he does. He cuts deals and doesn't necessarily honor the deals. He filed bankruptcy SIX TIMES after cutting deals, to get rid of his obligations on those deals. Trump likes to win and will do and say whatever it takes to win. Even if he doesn't win on occasion, he claims to win. He NEVER admits losing. He NEVER admits lying, even if you have a video showing that he's lying. It's remarkable that anyone actually believed anything he said.
Politifact scored him as 97% untruthful (meaning almost everything he said was either partially or wholly false), more than any other candidate in history. BTW...Hillary Clinton and Obama were among the most honest, meaning only a small % of what they said was either partially or wholly false.
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