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Stuart G

Stuart G's Journal
Stuart G's Journal
June 23, 2018

Donald Trump.."The President who stole children from their parents"

....That is what he will known for. Not all children will be returned, but most will. This is horrific. But Trump has put his name in history as "The President who took children away from their parents". His brand is destroyed. He will always get questions about this. His name is destroyed. He will blame others and the "fake news" for his downfall. Trump will not accept responsibility for the kids still held and the fact that parents are unable to find them. It will be ..."the parents fault." That is what he does.
....But the rest of us know. " Trump steals children from their parents." That is who he is/ was and will always be.

June 23, 2018

Trump is a "bully" and he enjoys it. Doing this gives him power.

Oh, he is carrying out the "law" and keeping the borders free of "illegals." But the bottom line is: this gives him a chance to "bully" close to two thousand kids and their parents. He can push them around and cause pain. Tell them what to do if they want their kids back. It is so clear. Why? This hurts people and causes incredible pain. Trump wouldn't do it if he cared about not causing pain. I think he enjoys causing pain.

June 22, 2018

How Donald Trump killed the immigration bill with 1 tweet: CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/22/politics/donald-trump-immigration-tweet/index.html

Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 11:36 AM ET, Fri June 22, 2018

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CNN) — For weeks, House Republican leaders have been working behind closed doors to thread the needle on an immigration bill that could secure the support of the bulk on their conference.

On Friday morning, President Donald Trump ended all that with a tweet.

"Republicans should stop wasting their time on Immigration until after we elect more Senators and Congressmen/women in November," Trump tweeted. "Dems are just playing games, have no intention of doing anything to solves this decades old problem. We can pass great legislation after the Red Wave!"

Now. The so-called "compromise" legislation -- constructed by House Speaker Paul Ryan to make moderates and conservative happy -- was already on life support before Trump came in and pulled the plug. A vote on the measure was originally scheduled for Thursday. It was then set for Friday. Then late Thursday, it was postponed until next week as GOP leaders insisted they saw a glimmer of hope to write a bill that might actually pass the House.

That hope is dead now. Imagine you are a conservative Republican resistant to the "compromise" bill because it provides a path to citizenship for DACA recipients. You now have every reason in the world not to come to the table and take a tough vote. The President literally said there was no point!

(rest of article at link above)
June 21, 2018

"Trump is the president who took thousands of children away from their parents."

That is what he will always be known as. Some parents will never find their children.

This will define Trump forever. It is that simple.

June 21, 2018

If Trump does not allow parents to take their children back, from wherever the children are,

then, he will be impeached and removed. He must allow the parents to take back their children. This is so insensitive, wrong and stupid, that unless he allows parents to take their children back, that is what will happen. That will take time, and it will give Trump a chance to do what is right. But in a month or so, if this is still going on, talk of impeachment will become loud. He must allow the parents to reunite their children and take them back.
....It seems that this order stops the procedure, but does not correct what has been done. Children must be returned to their parents if this crises is to be ended.

June 21, 2018

Trump created the worst disaster since the Iraq War.

A disaster for the United States as well as a disaster for the parents and children. Created by one man. Also, like the war, this will hurt people long after it is supposed to be over.

June 21, 2018

Could a group opposed to Trump's actions, get an injunction prohiting this from

happening again. "it is illegal to take children without a court order" ..and Trump must not until a court decides on the legality of such actions.. And while this is adjudication, no children may be taken from their parents. That could stop this indefinitely..

June 21, 2018

Much worse than Watergate..

Watergate was a cover-up. I watched in amazement. How could Nixon and company break the law like that? One fact came out after another after another. And then it went to Nixon...

This is different. This too is illegal, but immoral in a very special way. This hurts and inflicts pain in ways that hurt innocent people, and will hurt them for a very long time. If these illegal immigrants had known that their children would be taken by the government, they would not have even tried to get here. This taking of immigrant children like this had not been done. (not that I know of)..Certainly not like this.

...So, when they broke into the Watergate, they knew that it was illegal. The people that came here looking for a better life, had no idea their children would be confiscated and stolen. Trump did not put out a warning...like.. ".If you come here your kids will be taken from you forever"

........If Trump had issued that warning a few times..and then one, (yes I said one) family was made an example of after the warnings were issued..Then, after that one example, maybe then this would be somewhat acceptable. But warning were not issued....and this is not one family, but hundreds of children taken from their families..what could be..forever.. I don't remember Trump issuing warnings saying if you bring your family to our country, you could lose your children forever Does anyone know of warnings like that?..

June 20, 2018

Time to say it....."Taking children from parents is an impeachable offense."

Trump doesn't care....................................................
In my opinion... In order to take children from parents, there needs to be a court hearing and judicial determination. Just because these people come here without papers does not cause them to loose their constitutional rights to a fair trial with legal protection...This needs to be taken to the Supreme Court, when it rules in favor of parents and Trump refuses to abide, he needs to be not only impeached but removed.

June 20, 2018

Is Trump saying, "I will not take any more children, but I will keep what I have taken??"

When does Trump return all the children to their parents??

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About Stuart G

I thought I knew a lot, and I found out... how little I knew about what I know. And how much more there is to learn, if I listen and read what others have to say.
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