AS IN A CAT'S STANDARD NINE (9).
INDEED, LOOKING BACK AT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I THINK DONALD TRUMP HAS FAR AND EXCEEDED THAT STANDARD...BUT...
THINGS NOW APPEAR TO BE CLOSING IN ON HIS INCREDIBLE RUN:
The First is the tragedy of the Parkland School Shooting. It has exposed Trump and the Republicans on their irrational support of the National Rifle Association. As I said in a recent Blog, he had an opportunity to establish himself as a proponent of real gun control which polling shows the majority of Americans favour.
Unfortunately, Mr. Trump let this opportunity go and by so doing, lost the chance to see his popularity bump up.
The Second major hit to his popularity was caused by his pig-headed move to isolate the United States economically, via the imposition of tariffs, to the point where they are on the brink of a world tariff war. It is a war the United States cannot win.
The Third and last major hit that I will deal with today is in regard to the Debt & Deficit. The current Debt has gone well beyond $21 Trillion Dollars ...larger than the annual GDP. The Budget the President signed into law this past week will in and of itself add an additional $1.5 Trillion to the annual Deficit. These levels surpass even those frivolously racked up by Barack Obama.
A pundit the other day opinioned that these were still early days for Trump and that there was lots of time for him to set things straight.
He is wrong of course; the clock is ticking down toward the November Congressional Elections and from my perspective the outlook is not looking very good...see above. At this point, the Republicans will not be able to hold the Senate and even the House of Representatives is in danger.
And once the Democrats regain even one those Chambers, it will be over for Trump and Republican legislative agenda.
And I would be remiss to not comment on the chaos that the President is causing through his revolving door dismissal and replacement of his top Administration Personnel. I said before if I worked for The Donald and thought my job at risk, I`d be out of there quicker than you could say...
As I see it...
`K.D. Galagher`
