It is difficult to keep track of all the debacles and scandals of the Trump administration, but one thing is quite clear. Trump has no idea what he is doing.
It was reported recently that Russian officials were "pleased" with the Helsinki summit between Trump and Vladimir Putin, according to two intelligence sources with knowledge of the assessments.
This comes as no surprise. At the summit Trump rejected American intelligence and believed Putin because the communist dictator was forceful. "My people came to me, Dan Coats [DNI] came to me, some others, they said they think it's Russia. I have President Putin. He just said it's not Russia. I will say this, I don't see any reason why it would be. I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial."
Despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine, illegal annexation of Crimea, supporting a murderous dictator in Syria, being allied with Iran, and interfering in our 2016 Presidential election, Trump blamed his own country for the poor relations with Russia. "Our relationship with Russia has NEVER been worse thanks to many years of U.S. foolishness and stupidity and now, the Rigged Witch Hunt!" Incredible!
Matters were just as bad after the summit with the North Korean communist dictator. "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea," Trump tweeted right after the summit. Trump made three major concessions and got nothing in return from Kim. It was nothing more than an elaborate, expensive photo op, which came at the end of a three month melodrama starring Donald J. Trump. Today,
North Korea is still producing fissile material for nuclear bombs, and U.S. spy agencies have detected that she is constructing new missiles at a factory that produced the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States.
"The FAKE NEWS media (failing
@nytimes,
@NBCNews,
@ABC,
@CBS,
@CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!" -Donald J. Trump
Trump told a group of veterans who had sworn an oath to defend our Constitution from enemies, foreign and domestic, "Don't believe the crap you hear from these people -- the fake news. What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening."
We are in the midst of a trade war with China instigated by Trump, of course. The prudent strategy in this trade war would be to garner the assistance of our friends and trading partners. So, what does Trump do? He slaps a 25% steel tariff and a 10% aluminum tariff on Canada, Mexico, Japan, Australia, and the 28 countries of the EU. The U.S. is alone. Brilliant!
Last, but not least, in June 2016, Trump's son, Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort, met with four representatives of the Russian government at Trump's home, Trump Tower, to gain leverage over the Clinton campaign. According to Trump, he knew nothing about the meeting. Yeah, right.
Trump is focusing his attention on Governor Kasich, Omarosa, Peter Strzok, Hillary Clinton, and Robert Mueller.