No Other “President” In History

No Other “President” In History

By Cate Rees-Hessel & Wes Hessel

First Failure

I vowed when Trump took office to never call him “president”. For the sake of this article, I will loosely refer to him as such. “The Donald” is the first world leader to do many things but none of them are positive. Read on about Trump’s dubious “firsts”, and then vote blue:

No Other “President” In History

1. First U.S. president to promise to be a dictator. America is a democracy, a republic technically, but still – our forefathers are spinning in their graves at this conduct.
2. He is the first to want a military parade – not to honor our veterans but to seal the fact he wants to be a dictator.
3. Refused to attend the inauguration of the newly elected President Biden – first president to not attend his successor’s inaugural ceremony in 152 years.
4. Claimed the election was stolen from him because he lost, when in fact President Biden received 81,283,098,  a record number of popular votes.
5. Trump was the first president to claim his predecessor (Obama) was not born in the United States and as such was disqualified from even running for the office.
6. Has never released any tax returns – the first president in 45 years to have kept them secret.
7. Lost party control of the House, Senate, and then his own office – first time in 89 years.
8. Trump was the first president that failed to achieve at least a 50% approval rating at any time during his 4 years in office.
9. Trump is the first president to openly support ”Christian Nationalism” – a.k.a. “white supremacy”.
10. The first president ever indicted for crimes; paying off a porn star, mishandling classified documents, election law violations, etc., trying to hide behind an invented presidential immunity claim. At last count Trump had at least 88 felony charges against him, and in the words of Curly in “City Slickers”, “Day ain’t over yet…”
11. First president to cause a foreign nation to issue a warrant for his arrest.
12. Invited an insurrection – obviously first (and hopefully only) president to incite violent action against our government.
13. Promises a national “bloodbath” if he loses the 2024 election.
14. First former president to run for election after already losing his bid for a second term – first president in 28 years.
15. Trump is the first former president to hawk bibles and gold painted high top sneakers to a weary late night television crowd.
16. A Godless man using the faith of other to get votes, selling expensive Bibles to fleece far right wing supporters. Holding a Bible (upside down) he does not read, outside a church he does not attend, to get votes.
17. Brought the first centerfold “first lady” into the White House.
18. Insisted on visiting Pittsburgh after the synagogue shooting in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood. Trump disregarded the Jewish mourning process to sit shiva for the deceased, showing disrespect for the Jewish community.
19. When Trump entered office he dissolved the Infectious Disease Task Force which was put in place by the Obama-Biden administration, to quickly address communicable disease issues. That action crippled the response to the COVID-19 pandemic leading to the death of 1,200,000 (or 120,000 depending again, on your source) in the U.S. He was the first president in a 120 years to preside over a crippling nationwide pandemic.
20. Trump took credit for vaccines that President Biden was actually responsible for.
21. Claimed in letters to Americans that he personally was responsible for the  first stimulus checks, when in fact it was the House of Representatives led by Nancy Pelosi that was responsible for the checks.
22. First president to deliver fumbling, bumbling remarks about Easter, the Revolutionary War, and the Civil War with such iron pyrite nuggets such as, “Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was. The Battle of Gettysburg, what an unbelievable-I mean, it was so much and so interesting, and so vicious and horrible, and so beautiful in so many different ways.”
23. Another first when the former bragged about, “Grabbing  ’em by the p____” .
24. A serial adulterer during each of his multiple marriages while claiming to be a Christian man.
25. The first to  brag about overturning established legal precedent. Roe v. Wade was 50 years of established law when Donald’s Supreme Court overturned it. We now have chaos and confusion. leading to dangerous  pregnancy complications going untreated.
26. Trump wants to see programs for children eliminated. He supports childhood poverty unless they’re white males.
27. Encourages the repugnant practice of trophy hunting.
28. Trump is Putin’s puppet – the first president believed to have won election  aided by a foreign power.
29. Wants to destroy Social Security for seniors and disabled Americans.
30. The first to mock and make fun of a disabled journalist
31. Trump appointed Postal Service hater Louis DeJoy to head the USPS. With DeJoy in office, our mail arrives late in the day, if at all. The plan was to line his and wealthy supporter’s pockets with service outsource contracts by privatizing the Postal Service.
32. The first candidate to advocate for the elimination of Obama Care, Medicare, and Medicaid, effectively making healthcare only for the rich, and the white.
33. The first candidate who’s election speeches are more like a bad comedy act, threatening retribution and poking vicious “fun,” at the deep state, yet not once giving legitimate reasons to vote for him.
34. Trump is supporting turning back time on women’s, LGBTQ, children’s, and minorities’ rights.
35. The first to refuse to allow White House cleaning staff to clean specific areas of the WH, leading to a rodent infestation – of course, Trump is the biggest rat of all.
36. Claimed victory for an election he didn’t win before all votes were counted – the first president to not concede their loss.
37. Trump called soldiers “suckers” and “losers”, refusing to go to honor their ultimate sacrifice in WWII.
38. His policies added nearly 8 trillion dollars to our national debt, the most by far of any president.
39. Trump was impeached twice, the only president to be so distinguished.
40. Also, the only president whose own party member voted for his impeachment conviction.
41. Of all the presidents, he is the first to not sleep in the same bedroom as his wife.

(Thanks to Dan Kunz at the Coeur d’Alene/Post Falls Press for his article highlighting many of these inauspicious firsts.)

Be True Blue

It is imperative we vote blue – we need reelection for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris; the alternative is unthinkable. Racism, sexism, and anti-Semitism are out of control in our nation. Once the orange haired monster got a taste of power, the floodgates of hate and insanity were opened wide, and it’s very difficult but not impossible to stop the storm. Should “The Donald” be elected for another term, things will be even worse than his first horrific term. Trump is out of control and we just need to send him a clear message that he will never enter the Oval Office (or any other part of the White House) again.

Hasn’t Got a Prayer

Franklin Graham (no stranger to scandal) is demanding we pray for Donald Trump, but he has no right demanding anything. This is the typical arrogant, lemming-like behavior of Trump’s supporters. I pray that the orange monster is convicted of the crimes that he committed and goes to prison. I pray our nation will be finally be rid of him, once and for all. Here are some ways to get involved and ride the blue wave:

1. Offer to make election calls for Democrats.
2. Donate what you can to the Democratic election efforts – if you can’t financially support campaigns, give of your time.
3. Bumper stickers, yard signs, t-shirts, etc. – we can display these things for Democrats with far more dignity and class than MAGA’s in their red hats and gold metallic gym shoes.
4. Offer your home for Democratic events such as meetings, watch parties, envelope stuffing, postcard writing, and so on.
5. Don’t engage with MAGA’s – ignore the insanity they spew; it would be a battle of wits with an unarmed person. Let’s concentrate on a Democratic victory in November.
6. Offer to transport people to the polls.
7. Volunteer to register folks in your community to vote.
8. Post on social media positive things that Democrats are doing, and the negative things Republicans are up to.
9. VOTE!
10. Do pray that President Biden and Vice President Harris are reelected, and the orange haired monster is convicted of his crimes.

We can do this, together and united we stand for democracy…

Resources: www.democrats.org, www.lincolnproject.us, www.facebook.com/p/Mary-L-Trump-100076207187060/, www.taylorswift.com.