By JOHN KANELIS / johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com
Donald John Trump’s farewell speech to the nation is an exercise in the error of omission.
I have shared it with you already, but it deserves an additional comment. I listened to Trump’s speech a second time and I am struck by a glaring absence of reality.
If Trump had done all that he claimed to have done during his term in office he would have been re-elected with a 60 percent vote majority and a 40-state Electoral College landslide.
Yes, all those good things happened on his watch. I won’t dispute the economic skyrocket that launched on his watch. Joblessness plummeted, job growth soared, retirement funds exploded, the stock market went crazy.
But … wait! The jobs disappeared when the pandemic struck. Trump’s response to the viral attack? It was hideous. He downplayed its severity. Do you remember that? Businesses closed. Jobs vanished by the millions!Ā Who is responsible for that? The lack of a coherent federal response must be laid directly at Donald Trump’s feet.
Trump didn’t acknowledge any of the mistakes he made in managing that response. He didn’t mention how he contradicted his science advisers’ recommendations. Trump didn’t tell us how he blurted out how ingesting cleansers might cure COVID patients of the virus nor did he mention the ridicule he received from the medical community over that hideous statement in the White House briefing room.
Trump lost the election because Americans had grown tired of his lies, of his incoherence, of the chaos associated with the rapid-fire turnaround in Cabinet officials and high-powered senior staff members. He lost because he couldn’t demonstrate a shred of empathy for a nation grieving over the pandemic.
Trump lost to Joe Biden because he did not know how to govern!
Error of omission? Yep. It was stunning in that farewell speech.
Had those positive items he mentioned today were allowed to stand alone, Donald Trump would have been re-elected in a walk. They cannot stand without challenge fromĀ those of us who know better than to accept anything that Donald Trump says.
Farewell Address of President Donald J. Trump – YouTube
Finally, the man who lost has yet to demonstrate anything resembling class and grace in accepting defeat. A man’s man would extend his good wishes to the individual who defeated him … and would be man enough to say his name.
Donald Trump showed us once again — I hope for the final time — that he is a cowardly charlatan.
After reading some of your posts, you clearly are in your own delusional world with the rest of the demtards. You solely blame the pandemic and loss of jobs of President Trump when he stood up for the millions, who needed their jobs. You dumbies spent four years bashing him and he prevailed, so you impeached me (2x) what a waste of corona money for the needy. Took them 8 months to give hurting people a measly $600 (POS Democrats). Democratic governorās states are still in ruins because of their stupid decisions regarding lockdowns (with no slowly of the spread). Protests were allowed and demtards didnāt care about the spread of Covid there either. You all are hypocrites.
Did Mr. Trump kiss your girlfriend? He good for the country, but you have your head so far up the media and lefts ass, you canāt see the truth.
Hooray commie Biden to the rescue! *sarcasm* because heās going to fail miserably. Itās all money to him.
(Insert pick of Hunter snorting cocaine here)
The Apple does not fall far from the tree.
Forgive the bad word, but you are a fucking idiot. Thanks for your comment.
Thereās not a thing he could have done to prevent job loss, except somehow force states to stay open. Which he has no power to do. Yes, he made mistakes. But governors made more mistakes. Cuomo basically killed New York on his own. Newsom, the same for California.
If heād somehow kept states open, you as well as all other Democrats would have blasted him even more. He was in a now win situation.
Had Covid not hit, he would have won by at least the number you mentioned, if not more. Also, if her talked ānicerā to the left heād won easily. His record on policy is indisputable. He accomplished more in four than most in eight. Obama would have loved to have two of his accomplishments.