Complete with a 2:30 video of you talking (and basking with a smirk in wild applause from the choir behind you), with the message: "The FAKE MEDIA is trying to silence us – but we will not let them. We won & they lost! The dishonest media will NEVER keep us from accomplishing our objectives on behalf of our GREAT AMERICAN PEOPLE!"<\/i><\/p>\n
Okay, well, that was a lot of zero-content verbiage.<\/p>\n
Tell us again, Donald: how precisely the mean, nasty, unfair FAKE MEDIA is trying to silence you? I mean, it's not like they don't quote you all the time,<\/i> or that every major media outlet doesn't have a dedicated reposting of all your tweets. You comment on something, and web traffic spikes across the Internet. <\/p>\n
You are the Least Silenced Guy in the World.<\/p>\n
If you want some examples of actual<\/i> silencing, Donald — you might check in with some of your good friends overseas [10].<\/p>\n
► America's men & women in uniform is the story of FREEDOM overcoming OPPRESSION, the STRONG protecting the WEAK, & GOOD defeating EVIL! USA<\/i><\/b> [4P]<\/p>\n
The Native American population might choose to disagree with you, Donald. Heck, I'm not sure our Mexican, or even Canadian neighbors, or the populations of some Central American countries, would necessarily agree.<\/p>\n
Heck, there are a number of folk in the southeastern US who might take exception to that statement. A lot of them carry flags symbolizing that historic disagreement, even though they voted for you.<\/p>\n
But, no, I'm not here to piss in any particular veteran's corn flakes. By and large, I think the ideals of the United States, esp. for the last century or so, have been pretty good ones, and, to the extent that our politics have followed our ideals, and our military has been used as part of our politics, that makes some broad sense.<\/p>\n
That tweet was from the same concert event as above, and included another 9-minute video of you speaking (!), with the legend, "GOD BLESS OUR NATION'S VETERANS & THE UNITED STATES OR AMERICA! As long as our country remains true to its values, loyal to its heroes,&devoted to its Creator, then our best days are yet to come. Happy Independence Day! God bless our nation's VETERANS & the U.S.A.'<\/i><\/p>\n
Which was duly inspirational, Donald.<\/p>\n
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► Will be speaking with Germany and France this morning.<\/i><\/b> [5]<\/p>\n
I guess they've been warned now.<\/p>\n
► Spoke yesterday with the King of Saudi Arabia about peace in the Middle-East. Interesting things are happening!<\/i><\/b> [6]<\/p>\n
More speaking, eh? (Oh, be sure and ask him next time what silencing dissent looks like.) <\/p>\n
Yeah, "interesting things" — largely of your stirring the pot, Donald — switching from praising Qatar is a critical ally in the Middle East (not to mention host to a major US military base) to days later asserting that Qatar is funding terrorists — and, apparently, continuing to blindside your Secretaries of State and Defense in their efforts to calm things down. [13]<\/p>\n
Yeah. "Interesting." In that Chinese Curse fashion.<\/p>\n
► Will be speaking with Italy this morning!<\/i><\/b> [7] <\/p>\n
The Italians, too, are now warned (and hope that "interesting things" won't be happening there, too).<\/p>\n
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► Stock Market at all time high, unemployment at lowest level in years (wages will start going up) and our base has never been stronger!<\/i><\/b> [3]<\/p>\n
So, yes, the Stock Market (the DJI, at least) is at an all time high. [11] Which indicates business confidence that, sooner or later, your health care bill and your tax cuts and your regulatory reform will actually make a substantial difference in the economy.<\/p>\n
How's that going, Donald?<\/p>\n
Unemployment is also very low — but, unlike your assurances, wages are not really growing much [12]. And, of course, once they do, people will start worrying about inflationary pressures.<\/p>\n
And, as far as job creation goes — well, though your most recent four months were pretty decent, they weren't as strong as Obama's numbers in his last four months — or even the same four months in 2016 [18]. Just saying.<\/p>\n
Not quite sure what you mean by "our base" — economic? political? <\/p>\n
► At some point the Fake News will be forced to discuss our great jobs numbers, strong economy, success with ISIS, the border & so much else!<\/i><\/b> [8]<\/p>\n
Um … a very casual look online shows that the mainstream media has reported extensively on job numbers [14], and military successes over ISIL [15].<\/p>\n
The question of how strong the economy is seems to be an open one, though, Donald [17], as is what you've actually contributed to it [18]. <\/p>\n
❝ Multiple economists have said the White House's efforts to grow the economy through regulatory changes and coaxing alone have had little impact so far. “No change,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. “Nothing. Not a change.”<\/i><\/p>\n
[…] Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, asked Thursday about the restrained economic performance so far, said Trump's promises will take time to come to materialize. "That's not this year," he said. "That's not next year. It will take some time to set in."<\/i> ❞<\/p>\n
Um, Donald, that was your<\/i> Treasury Secretary suggesting that there's not much to "discuss." Sure, you never mind contradicting your Secretaries, but you might consider chatting with him about the matter.<\/p>\n
At any rate, the economy and its strength (or questions about same) are certainly being talked about in the media.<\/p>\n
I'm not sure what "border" success you're talking about, Donald, but the border remains under frequent discussion in the media, too [16]. Maybe some details about your successes would be worthwhile instead of broad handwaving that they exist. <\/p>\n
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► If we can help little <\/i><\/b>#CharlieGard<\/a><\/i><\/b>, as per our friends in the U.K. and the Pope, we would be delighted to do so.<\/i><\/b> [9P] <\/p>\n Oh, good, Donald — I'm sure your stepping into an already difficult and emotional situation [19], fraught with moral complexity, profound legal issues, and scientific challenges (all of those right up your alley) will make things all<\/i> better.<\/p>\n [1] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/881503147168071680<\/a> [P] It's Presidential,<\/i> so you (or someone) retweeted ourself on @POTUS.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"—-<\/del><\/p>\n
[2] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/881604490041995271<\/a>
[3] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/881662619282702338<\/a>
[4] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/881697281233354753<\/a>
[5] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/881830110114009089<\/a>
[6] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/881834692282109953<\/a>
[7] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/881839523126272000<\/a>
[8] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/881847676232503297<\/a>
[9] https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/881875263700783104<\/a>
[10] https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/saudi-arabia-moves-to-silence-deposed-prince-dissidents-1499034642<\/a>
[11] http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/markets\/dow\/<\/a>
[12] https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/06\/02\/business\/economy\/jobs-report.html<\/a>
[13] http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/mattis-and-tillerson-try-to-sooth-gulf-crisis-as-trump-fights-qatar-2017-6<\/a>
[14] http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2017\/06\/02\/news\/economy\/may-jobs-report-us-economy\/index.html<\/a>, http:\/\/time.com\/4802874\/unemployment-rate-may-2017-jobs-report\/<\/a> https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/06\/02\/business\/economy\/jobs-report.html<\/a>
[15] http:\/\/time.com\/4840709\/iraq-end-isis-war-mosul-raqqa\/<\/a>, http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/06\/26\/middleeast\/couple-hundred-isis-fighters-in-mosul\/index.html<\/a>, https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/07\/02\/world\/middleeast\/us-backed-forces-close-to-trapping-isis-holdouts-in-raqqa.html<\/a>
[16] https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2017\/06\/26\/supreme-court-mexican-family-cross-border-shooting\/101594536\/<\/a>, http:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2017\/06\/trumps-border-wall<\/a>, http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/07\/02\/politics\/border-wall-white-house-push\/index.html<\/a>
[17] https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/business\/articles\/2017-07-03\/survey-us-factory-activity-rises-to-near-a-3-year-high<\/a>, http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/07\/03\/june-auto-sales.html<\/a>, https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/business\/jobs-report\/<\/a>
[18] http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fi-trump-jobs-20170703-htmlstory.html<\/a>
[19] https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/worldviews\/wp\/2017\/06\/29\/against-his-parents-wishes-this-terminally-ill-infant-will-be-allowed-to-die\/?utm_term=.380c7fd7b661<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nThe economy President Trump loves looks a lot like the one candidate Trump hated<\/a><\/span>
\nTrump’s upbeat tweets notwithstanding, the country’s economic performance is falling short of what he promised.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
