Whenever I find myself listening to the current President talk, I find it hard to believe that it is not a piece of performance art. He says things over and over that are generally not true and is convinced people will just believe him.
For example he keeps referring to his phone call with the Ukrainian president as a perfect call. First that means nothing since what is a perfect call. Second in that call and the abridged transcript, he clearly did some things that were far from perfect like requesting investigations as favors. Third, we don't have the actual transcript, just an abridged version.
The people who heard that call were alarmed and it led to a whistleblower complaint, the actual transcript being classified and put on a special server and ultimately to this impeachment.
Should he be removed from office for the call? That is open to debate but the call wasn't perfect.
His comment about the economy are exaggerated and his depiction of where we were under his predecessor are actually ludicrous. Since the 2008/2009 financial crisis we have seen a fairly consistent recovery, falling unemployment, rising stock prices, improved economics. Most of that has continued but he has increased the deficit, spent additional millions on defense and hurt farmers and manufacturing as well as some consumers with his tariffs. Is the economy good. Yes, generally but it is not perfect or the best ever unless you are one of his rich cronies who has more profits, less environmental requirements and tremendously increased income inequality.
Working people have less benefits, less old age security, less health care and generally reduce salaries as they have found lower paying jobs.
Its perfect for a few and otherwise you struggle to get by.
I gather some people buy into his lies and many others just ignore them since they are afraid of his clout in their primaries.
The media is a large part of the problem as some have become pure propaganda and the others try to balance their reporting when the scales are simply not working.
The attacks on the media are working as our free press have failed being brave.
I just wish the truth was told.
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