{"id":34728,"date":"2019-01-08T19:09:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T19:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=34728"},"modified":"2019-01-08T19:09:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T19:09:57","slug":"whether-to-believe-anything-potus-will-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=34728","title":{"rendered":"Whether to believe anything POTUS will say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/150810-trump-the-wall.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34729\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/150810-trump-the-wall-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/150810-trump-the-wall-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/150810-trump-the-wall-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/150810-trump-the-wall-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/150810-trump-the-wall.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am staring a serious quandary squarely in the face.<\/p>\n<p>Donald John Trump will speak to the nation tonight about whether to erect The Wall along our southern border.<\/p>\n<p>I plan to watch him. I plan to listen to every word he says. My quandary is this: How much of it will I believe?<\/p>\n<p>All Americans know &#8212; or should know &#8212; that this president is arguably the most pathological liar ever to hold the nation&#8217;s highest office. He cannot tell the truth even when the truth would play better than a falsehood.<\/p>\n<p>He wants to build The Wall because, he says, the nation is being invaded by terrorists sneaking in across our border with Mexico. The figures belie that allegation. He&#8217;ll say it anyway. He is considering whether to declare a national emergency, which he says would allow him to reallocate money to build The Wall without congressional approval.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll watch, listen and ponder what he says.<\/p>\n<p>I also plan to watch the response that will come from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer. They&#8217;ll seek to refute whatever the president declares.<\/p>\n<p>I am on their side in this fight. We don&#8217;t need a wall to secure our border. The president has decided that The Wall is enough of an issue to shut down part of the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>However, I just cannot believe anything he says . . . about <em>anything!<\/em><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am staring a serious quandary squarely in the face. Donald John Trump will speak to the nation tonight about whether to erect The Wall along our southern border. I plan to watch him. I plan to listen to every word he says. My quandary is this: How much of it will I believe? 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