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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump picks the wrong slogan: Promises made, promises kept
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-picks-the-wrong-slogan-promises-made-promises-keptTrump picks the wrong slogan: Promises made, promises kept
03/21/17 09:20 AMUpdated 03/21/17 09:31 AM
By Steve Benen
Donald Trump held the latest in a series of presidential rallies last night in Louisville, where he pretended the FBI director hadnt just told the world that Trump campaign operation is under investigation for its ties to Russia. The New York Times noted that the event included the unveiling of a new slogan.
For Mr. Trump, who is enduring one of the most difficult stretches of his young presidency, the rally was a chance to bathe in the adulation of a campaign crowd, a sea of people waving placards that said: Buy American. Hire American and Promises Made. Promises Kept.
Those placards werent the result of organic, grassroots enthusiasm; they were part of a specific push from Team Trump, which apparently finds the phrase compelling.
And at a certain level, its easy to understand the motivation. The more the White House struggles and Trumps approval rating sinks, the more the president and his aides stick to the idea that theyre simply following through on the platform presented to voters during the 2016 campaign. Love Trump or hate him, the argument goes, hes simply keeping the promises he made before he was elected.
The problem, of course, is that this isnt even close to being true.
Trump promised Americans hed replace the Affordable Care Act with a system that would cover everybody. He promised to unveil a new, secret plan to destroy ISIS. He promised to pursue budget policies that would benefit working families. He promised to eliminate the national debt. He promised to combat the opioid epidemic. He promised to stand up to Wall Street and banking giants like Goldman Sachs. He promised to drain the swamp and weaken lobbyists influence. He promised to label China a currency manipulator on his first day in office. He promised he wouldnt go golfing.
How many of these promises has Trump broken so far? Well, all of them, actually.
To be sure, Trumps only been the president for a couple of months, and he has plenty of time to break all kinds of additional promises. But given what weve seen over the last eight weeks, Promises Made, Promises Kept sounds more like an ironic joke than a credible boast.
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Trump picks the wrong slogan: Promises made, promises kept (Original Post)
babylonsister
Mar 2017
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Vinca
(50,271 posts)1. The only things Trump has done so far - actually done - is make it harder for first time home
buyers to purchase a home and allowed big coal to poison streams. I don't recall either of those things as promises during the campaign.
global1
(25,247 posts)2. Unless He's Talking About The Promises He's Made.....
to the Russians and the top 1%'ers in this country.
Solly Mack
(90,766 posts)3. When I first saw the signs I figured the campaign handed them out.
That entire bunch is like one living connected organism of lies.
They lie so often about little things and imagine whole new and unfit realities with their big lies, that they have created a new being - parasitic, single cell organism that can rightfully be named the Trumpus Lieus.
Dangerous and infectious. Currently, no known cure.
Cha
(297,220 posts)4. The Bullshite Siberian candidate.