As soon as Former President Trump (doesn’t that sound good) departs, it may be interesting to note that he has left behind a deficit larger than any other and spending that tops $800 Million. And on top of that, 22,500+ lies in 4 years – all stunning!
The Washington Post stated it well in The Abnormal Presidency – 20 most important norms that Trump broke. We can see that the Biden Administration has a big job ahead of it.
The Washington Post list of 20:
- Personally profiting
- Not releasing tax returns
- Refusing oversight
- Interfering in Department of Justice investigations
- Abusing appointment power
- Insulting allies and cozying up to authoritarians
- Coercing presidential discourse
- Politicizing the military
- Attacking judges
- Politicizing diplomacy and federal policy
- Undermining intelligence agencies
- Publicizing list of Supreme Court picks
- Making far more false or misleading claims than any previous President
- Abusing the pardon power
- Using government resources for partisan ends
- Making racializing appeals and attacks
- Dividing the nation in times of crisis
- Contradicting scientists
- Derailing the tradition of Presidential debates
- Undermining faith in the 2020 election results
That said, we move on, thank goodness! Ding-dong is the witch finally dead?!
Kindness
I shall pass through this world but once,
If, therefore, there can be any kindness
I can show,
Or any good thing that I can do,
Let me do it now;
Let me not defer it or neglect it,
For I shall not pass this way again.
Stephen Grellet
