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As far back as my Saturday, December 19th, 2015 column - titled, DONALD TRUMP: STOP BASHING MUSLIMS - I called Trump a "lunatic"...a "maniac"...and a "malicious madman." I was point blank on target - more than 13 months ago - as Trump continues to fit the same bill.
In that 2015 commentary...I accused Trump of being "hostile" and for spreading around his "swill and stink." I noted..."There is no doubt that ISIS is a monumental threat to the United States and could possibly be perilous to Americans. And yes, Democrats and Republicans agree that ISIS is a barbaric organization that needs to be destroyed. But we cannot point the finger at Muslims. There are millions of peace-loving Muslims throughout the world who have nothing to do with terrorism or the radicalized bastards of ISIS and Al-Qaeda, who want to annihilate Americans."
In that same editorial, I mentioned that..."I am a Jew. And as a Jew...I know about bigotry. I'm personally familiar with anti-Semitism and the horrendous prejudice by others who detest me because I am Jewish." I went on to compare Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. Not that Trump slaughtered 6-million Jews. He did not. Let me repeat myself so Republican readers do not put their own spin on my words. I am not suggesting...or insinuating in any way...that Trump is a mass murderer. Clearly, he is not. And as I stated in my 2015 piece..."Nothing in global history could be compared to The Holocaust. However, I reference Hitler to illustrate the prejudice that faced Jews during World War II...(and the similar prejudice) and the injustice that Donald Trump supports, which violates the rights of Muslims."
Now to 2017. With Trump keeping his campaign promise for "extreme vetting"... he issued an executive order - signed on Friday, January 27th - which was to
temporarily halt immigration from seven Muslim-dominated countries with
possible ties to terrorism. Trump immediately blocked entrance in to the United States - for
90-days - to anyone from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yeman.
Trump's order also ended access in to our country...for any Syrian refugee...for
an indefinite period of time. Furthermore...Trump's signature demanded the
suspension of the entire Refugees Admissions Program for 120 days...which was to mean
refugees from no countries would be permitted until the federal government could
review the application process. The executive order also affects green card holders who have permanent residence status. Bottom line...the Trump ban is religious discrimination...and it violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
But Donald Trump must be spitting blood today because - on Saturday night, January 28th - a federal judge in Brooklyn, New York issued an emergency stay...to block Trump's executive order...banning immigration. U.S. District Court Judge Ann M. Donnelly ruled that nobody will be deported, as a result of Trump's order.
Judge Donnelly became involved when a lawsuit was filed on Saturday by the American Civil Liberties Union...on behalf of two men...who were detained on Friday, January 27th at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. The suit against Donald Trump and the federal government...challenges Trump's so-called, "Muslim ban." Following the judge's ruling...the two men were released. The ACLU estimates that up to two-hundred people, across the United States, had also been held at airports because of Trump's executive order.
Prior to Judge Donnelly's decision...the issue escalated on Saturday night when hundreds of protesters demonstrated at JFK...at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago...and at other major airports throughout the country.
Judge Donnelly's decision is historic...and it is a stunning defeat for Donald Trump, as the ruling protects any refugees or other individuals with a valid visa...from deportation...under Trump's order. The stay also covers anybody in transit when the emergency ruling was filed. And according to Judge Donnelly's order...it is a nationwide injunction and nobody can be removed from the United States.
The judge's stay is not a guarantee that Trump's executive order will be overturned. A court will decide - perhaps as early as sometime in February - whether to make Judge Donnelly's ruling permanent.
Eleven months ago...in my Thursday, February 25th, 2016 column - titled, CAN DONALD TRUMP BEAT HILLARY CLINTON?"...I wrote..."I don't think he can. I would bet that he won't. I hope not. Shame on Americans, if he does. And if he does... God help the U.S.A."
I lost my own bet that Donald Trump could not be victorious over Hillary Clinton. But wow! I've been right on the mark with..."And if he does...God help the U.S.A."
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#MAGA
ReplyDeleteFor those of my readers who are unfamiliar with Twitter and hashtags, the response to my column from the reader above - #MAGA - means "Make America Great Again." What the reader doesn't understand - which Donald Trump doesn't understand - is that America IS great. America has always been great. And President Barack Obama made it even greater over the last 8 years. Unfortunately, Trump is an embarrassment to the United States of America, to The White House and to The Oval Office. Trump is NOT doing anything to move America forward and, as such, he is destroying what makes America great...and with his approval ratings dropping - (Gallup says he's now down to 36 percent) - we may see it plummet in to the twenties.
DeleteI have written in the past couple of months that Trump will not last a full four-year term. His actions will either result in an impeachment by the House, conviction by the Senate and removal from office...or he will resign either in disgrace or because of health reasons - as I don't think he can survive all the stress he is obviously under. I don't agree with Donald Trump and I don't respect him as a President or as a man, but I do NOT wish him any personal harm. He should live and be well and have the best of health, but I don't think he can handle the job for four years. But as I said...I think his actions - either from the past...or in the future...will be the demise of his political career and his Presidency.
GBD
My response to the above reader's remarks will be in three parts.
ReplyDeletePART ONE OF THREE
You and people like you are the haters. I have not made up my own facts, as you accuse me of doing. Donald Trump does indeed "bash Muslims"...and I am not the only one who thinks or says it. His executive order is a "Muslim ban" and it is unconstitutional. As I wrote in my Saturday, January 28th, 2017 column - titled TO DONALD TRUMP: THE WELCOME MAT TO AMERICA IS FOR EVERYONE! - "For Donald Trump to restrict our nation's soil to individuals...because of their religious beliefs...is un-American." If you haven't read that commentary, I hope you will. And on Monday, January 30th, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer - Democrat from New York - called Trump's actions "mean-spirited and un-American." I am glad to see that you - as a Republican - recognize that "not all Muslims are members of ISIS." But Trump has been promising since he entered the campaign for President that he would "ban Muslims" (his words). Also on Monday, January 30th, Congressman Jerry Nadler of New York called Trump "this little man in The White House" who has come up with a "dangerously stupid order"...and Nadler is one-hundred percent correct. Wait 'til you read my next column.
My comments comparing Trump to Hitler is not "a disgrace to all Jews", as I am Jewish. And what I said should not offend the memory of any who died in The Holocaust. My words - which I repeated in this column from an editorial in December 2015 - have been proven to be right on the mark. If you read carefully...exactly what I wrote - which most of my Republican readers apparently don't do - then you would not say I insulted any Jews or Judaism. I not need apologize for anything. Read what I wrote. I mentioned that..."I am a Jew. And as a Jew...I know about bigotry. I'm personally familiar with anti-Semitism and the horrendous prejudice by others who detest me because I am Jewish. I went on to compare Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. Not that Trump slaughtered 6-million Jews. He did not. Let me repeat myself so Republican readers do not put their own spin on my words. I am not suggesting...or insinuating in any way...that Trump is a mass murderer. Clearly, he is not. And as I stated in my 2015 piece...Nothing in global history could be compared to The Holocaust. However, I reference Hitler to illustrate the prejudice that faced Jews during World War II...(and the similar prejudice) and the injustice that Donald Trump supports, which violates the rights of Muslims."
Note what I said...that "I reference Hitler to illustrate the prejudice that faced Jews during World War II...(and the similar prejudice) and the injustice that Donald Trump supports, which violates the rights of Muslims."
GBD
END OF PART ONE OF THREE
PART TWO OF THREE
ReplyDeleteIf you truly believe that Trump "has not shown any hatred towards any race or religion" then I can only say that you fall in to one of three categories. 1) You've been living in a cave the last 19-and-a-half months, or 2) To paraphrase comments regarding the 1978 Jonestown massacre - where 900 followers of Jim Jones and his Peoples Temple cult committed suicide by drinking a powdered fruit-flavored drink laced with cyanide - YOU must be "drinking the Kool-Aid," or 3) You must be a bigot too. Now I'm hoping that you are not a bigot. I really am hoping that you are not. And I will give you the benefit of the doubt and say that you are not a bigot. And the likelihood that you have been living in a cave over the last year-and-a-half is not likely. So I guess you're drinking Trump's Kool-Aid (metaphorically speaking). What a shame!
I have noted the following to readers of other commentaries that I have written in the past couple of months - as well as in the columns themselves - but Democrats are not angry that Trump won the Electoral College vote, therefore defeating Hillary Clinton for The White House. We are angry because of the man that Donald Trump is...what he stands for...and what he has said and done over the last 19 months or so...and what he has said and done over the course of his life. We are angry because a man who is as offensive...who is as rude...and who is as disrespectful towards other human beings...as Donald Trump...is now sitting behind The Oval Office desk. And he thinks he can do whatever he wants. He thinks he is in the boardroom of The Apprentice television show...or in the boardroom of The Trump Organization...where whatever Donald says...goes. That's not going to happen in Washington, DC.
The Republicans divided our country for 8 years under President Obama...and now, Republicans are getting what they deserve. They are getting a swift kick in the ass and a taste of their own medicine, as Democrats are not going to allow Trump to get away with his crap. He will have to change his ways otherwise his Presidency will not survive.
GBD
END OF PART TWO OF THREE
PART THREE OF THREE
ReplyDeleteA little bit of "kumbayah" is what America needs to unite the people of our country. We do need to sit around thousands of campfires...all across the country...join hands...and sing together. That just may be part of the answer of what we, as a nation, need to do.
As for Judge Donnelly's ruling...it will NOT be overturned. Trump's executive order is what will be overturned...or at least, a major portion of it. Trump's order is, in fact, unconstitutional. It is religious discrimination and is, therefore, against the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
You want to put your own spin on the issue - as most Republicans try to do - by saying "stop telling lies." I am not lying. Democrats, in general, do not lie about political issues. We are honest.
Trump's executive order will invite danger and violence, so, therefore, it is worse for our nation. It is not going to protect us or keep us safe - as you seem to think.
Your nasty remark about Hillary not becoming President...is just that...nasty. I have nothing more to say.
GBD
END OF PART THREE OF THREE