President Trump was going to have ICE launch a nationwide campaign to enforce court deportation orders. These are orders issued by a court after a hearing which determine that a person is to be deported. The response from the media and the Democrats was outrage. Trump was cruel and heartless to enforce the law or so they announced. Then over the weekend, Trump delayed the enforcement measures at the request of Democrat Nancy Pelosi and gave Congress two weeks to pass legislation to clear up the law regarding asylum. The response from the media and the Democrats was outrage. Some thought it was cruel and heartless to leave the threat of deportation hanging over these people (who had already been ordered deported). Others didn't like the way that Trump made his decision; it was haphazard or so they said.
Last week President Trump was going to respond to the Iranian shooting down of a US drone with an attack on three sites in Iran involved in that attack on our drone. Before plans for that attack became known, the media and the Democrats were screaming that Trump and his advisers were warmongers who want to get us into a war with Iran. Some jumped up and down yelling that Trump didn't have the authority to start a war without Congress. (That, of course, is false since all Trump would be doing is ordering a retaliation for a strike by Iran on the USA's drone.) Then it leaked that although the attack had been ready to go, Trump had called it off at the last minute. The media and the Democrats were outraged. How could Trump behave in such an inconsistent way? Trump's erratic moves will get us into war with Iran was the new storyline. The Dems also complained that Trump's weakness in not responding to the Iranians would embolden the Iranians and make a war more likely. Then it was revealed that America had launched a cyber attack on the Iranian units that had been part of shooting down the drone. The cyber attack gave rise to outrage by the media and the Democrats. Trump was again a warmonger who was trying to start a war with Iran.
The changes in position were dizzying. No matter what the President does, the media and the Democrats are always outraged. In many ways it reminded me of the Obama's first term when any disagreement with Obama's policies, no matter for what reason, was always denounced by the media and the Dems as "racism". That charge wore out its welcome for all except the strident base of the Democrat party. The current outrage over anything the President does will suffer the same fate (if that hasn't happened already.)
Last week President Trump was going to respond to the Iranian shooting down of a US drone with an attack on three sites in Iran involved in that attack on our drone. Before plans for that attack became known, the media and the Democrats were screaming that Trump and his advisers were warmongers who want to get us into a war with Iran. Some jumped up and down yelling that Trump didn't have the authority to start a war without Congress. (That, of course, is false since all Trump would be doing is ordering a retaliation for a strike by Iran on the USA's drone.) Then it leaked that although the attack had been ready to go, Trump had called it off at the last minute. The media and the Democrats were outraged. How could Trump behave in such an inconsistent way? Trump's erratic moves will get us into war with Iran was the new storyline. The Dems also complained that Trump's weakness in not responding to the Iranians would embolden the Iranians and make a war more likely. Then it was revealed that America had launched a cyber attack on the Iranian units that had been part of shooting down the drone. The cyber attack gave rise to outrage by the media and the Democrats. Trump was again a warmonger who was trying to start a war with Iran.
The changes in position were dizzying. No matter what the President does, the media and the Democrats are always outraged. In many ways it reminded me of the Obama's first term when any disagreement with Obama's policies, no matter for what reason, was always denounced by the media and the Dems as "racism". That charge wore out its welcome for all except the strident base of the Democrat party. The current outrage over anything the President does will suffer the same fate (if that hasn't happened already.)
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