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Introduction
From cutting research to cure diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s to blaming a plane crash on diversity, it’s hard to keep track of the neverending flow of vitriol and insanity coming out of the White House and President Donald Trump these days.Â
Trump’s Broken Promises
That’s okay. In fact, that’s exactly how Trump wants it because while he floods our attentions by firing the Board of Visitors at West Point, Annapolis and the Air Force Academy, threatening to annex Canada and take over the Panama Canal all while launching his latest attack on federal employees, Trump is hoping you don’t notice that he’s done absolutely nothing to live up to the promises that won him the election.
Trump’s strategy comes down to ram jam and screw: ram whatever he wants into the bloodstream, jam up the news cycle taking every bit of oxygen out of the political room and screw working class Americans, those who voted for him and especially those who voted against him.
Remember how he promised to cut the cost of car insurance in half and bring gas prices to under $2.00 per gallon? Remember how he promised to reduce rents nationwide and make sure the average American family would qualify for an interest rate below 3%? Remember how he stood next to a table of groceries and promised to bring down the cost of eggs?
So do I and so does the rest of America.
Candidate Trump promised to cut crime and make our communities safer. Instead, President Trump fired FBI agents, shut down the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and pardoned insurrectionists, white supremacists, and violent criminals who attacked police officers.
Candidate Trump promised to cut our interest rates. Instead, President Trump put medical debt back on our credit reports and let big banks raise overdraft charges. Candidate Trump promised to cut gas prices and rebuild the auto industry. Instead, President Trump’s tariffs threaten to do the exact opposite.
