Trump, Obama, Biden, Clinton... - Oct 1, 2020 - compiled by Randall F. More

 

Compiled by Randall F. More, P. Eng.

Updated October 1, 2020

Trump, Obama, Biden, Clinton…

President Trump’s policies and accomplishments include:

·       Trump is the most vocal pro-life presidential candidate and President‎ ever.

·       Trump is the most pro-Israel President ever.

·       Trump provided a list of 25 conservative Supreme Court nominees prior to his election (so that voters would know his stance) and has had 2 of those approved.

·       Trump believes and promotes American exceptionalism.

·       Trump is an unreserved proponent of religious freedom around the world.

·       Trump is an advocate of conventional, traditional marriage.

·       Trump stands up against the ruthless Iranian anti-America, anti-Israel regime in an attempt to rid the Iranians of nuclear weapons. The additional benefit of the sanctions imposed by Trump on Iran is that they significantly reduce the resources that Iran has available for terrorist purposes throughout the world.

·       Trump has taken steps towards de-nuclearizing North Korea that no other President has even attempted. (It is rather incredible that Obama refused even to speak to Kim Jong-un apparently due to the fact that he is a dictator.)

·       Trump legalized the use of previously non-approved medications for end-of-life patients.

·       Trump has advocated reducing cross-border illegal migration and is doing everything in his power to effect the necessary changes including building a border wall.

·       Trump was instrumental in having Mexico add 27,000 Mexican National Guard agents for the purpose of stopping the flow of illegal migrants at its own southern border. (It is the first time in modern history that Mexico has protected its own border.)

·       Trump appointed 50 conservative judges in 3 years. (Obama appointed only 5 more judges in his entire 8 years.)

·       Trump, prior to the election, promised to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and he has done that. (Former presidents promised the same but did nothing.)

·       Trump is directly responsible for ensuring that NATO countries pay their previously committed fair share of NATO costs.

·       Trump promised to increase U.S. military presence in the world for the purpose of achieving peace through strength (i.e. a Reagan policy).

·       Trump is responsible for virtually or actually eliminating ISIS in Iraq (after Obama's actions had allowed ISIS to expand)‎.

·       Trump promised action against Syria for chemical use against its citizens and followed through with his promise (unlike Obama who never followed through with a similar promise).

·       Trump implemented the Protect Life Rule imposing financial restrictions on Planned Parenthood in order to reduce the number of abortions. ‎(Similar promises have been made for 3 decades by other Presidents but nothing had been done.)

·       Trump's administration produced the lowest unemployment rate of any president in 50 years after 28 months in office at 3.6%. ‎(Obama's was the highest of any administration at 9.5% after 26 months.)

·       The unemployment rate for African Americans under Trump's administration in May 2018 was 5.9%‎ which is the lowest rate on record.

·       ‎GDP grew at the annual rate of 3.4% under Trump's administration in the 3rd quarter of 2018.

·       4.6 million Americans had been taken off food stamps in the first two years of Trump's administration.

·       More than 5 million jobs were created in the first two years of the Trump administration.

·       284,000 manufacturing jobs were added in 2018, the most since 1997.

·       The women's unemployment rate reached its lowest rate in 65 years.

·       Trump committed to removing two government regulations for every new one created.‎ (In fact, in 2018, 12 regulations were eliminated for each new one created which is the single biggest reason for the thriving economy.

·       Trump signed the largest scale criminal justice legislation in decades.

·       Trump recognized that war fighters be war fighters by ensuring that they no longer have to second guess every ‎decision on the battle field without being charged with a crime.

·       Trump ensured that the U.S. has become energy independent.

·       Trump passed legislation in 2018 that reduced drug prices for the 1st time in 46 years.

·       Trump had the U.S. withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement which would have impaired the economy and cost millions of American jobs.

·       Trump had the U.S. withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

·       Trump signed the Hong Kong Democracy Act... and warned China not to use force against the Hong Kong uprising.

·       Trump withdrew from the INF (Intermediate Nuclear Forces) Treaty to which China and North Korea were not bound which then allows the U.S. to develop medium range missiles.

·       A Veterans Administration accountability law was passed which reduced or prevented further abuse by the VA staff.

·       Trump ensured that the U.S. became energy independent for the first time in 75 years.

·       ‎Trump was responsible for having more American hostages freed in 2 years than Obama had done in 8 years, and unlike Obama the U.S. paid no ransom in the process. (Some men had been imprisoned for 16 years‎ while no previous president had done anything to free these men. You can only imagine the gratefulness of the released prisoners and their families.)

·       Trump reduced aid to 3 Central America countries ‎until they assist with eliminating illegal mass migration to the U.S.

·       Trump stood up to China in trade negotiations as China has cheated, especially regarding intellectual property rights, ever since they were allowed into the WTO (World Trade Organization).

·       The greatest transfer of American wealth has occurred in the previous 30 years to Asia and Trump is putting an end to it. The rise in poverty in the U.S. is due significantly to this transfer of wealth from the U.S. to China.

·       Trump was largely responsible for the First Step Act (FSA) signed in December 2018 and designed to reform prisons and sentencing laws in order to reduce recidivism, most especially for black Americans, all while maintaining public safety. This is one of the most progressive legislated justice reforms in many years.

·       Trump effected legislation that will, for the first time in history, require hospitals to provide the costs to patients, BEFORE the service is provided, instead of AFTER the service. This permits patients to shop for their medical treatment.

·       Trump completed the USMCA trade agreement with Canada and Mexico and is intending to finalize agreements with China, South Korea, and Great Britain.

·       Trump signed an Executive Order to ensure free speech on college campuses.

·       Trump authorized the dangerous mission to rid the world of its most ruthless terrorist, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

·       Trump was responsible for killing Iranian's most ruthless terrorist, General Qassem Soleimani, who was directly responsible for having at least 609 Americans killed.

·       Trump initiated the Space Force as another branch of the military in order to protect assets in space against the aggression of other countries.

·       Trump is the first and only President to attend the "March for Life" rally in its 47-year history. (Obama, however, chose to attend the pro-abortion Planned Parenthood rally.)

·       Trump was instrumental in completing the Israel – United Arab Emirates Peace Treaty and the Israel – Bahrain Peace Treaty.

·       Trump was instrumental in having “Merry Christmas” returned to the American lexicon.

·       Trump desires to eliminate Sanctuary Cities.

·       Trump promotes respect for the national flag and the national anthem.

·       Trump promotes a school voucher system with the object of improving education, most especially for those in poor neighbourhoods with poor school systems.

·       Trump desires to bring an end to biased and prejudicial “leftist” anti-patriotic school education throughout the U.S.

·       Trump is not subject to the whim and pressure of professional lobbyists.

 

Trump is effective in his policies primarily because he doesn't carry the normal political baggage associated with trying to satisfy voters. He generally does for the country what he thinks is right and best... even if at a political cost… and it is most often constructive.

Trump may have less than an honourable character but he is doing constructive things from a conservative and free market perspective. Although his personal character may be somewhat suspect, Trump secured the evangelical Christian vote largely because of his pro-life stance, his promise to appoint conservative judges, and his support of Israel... all of which are important issues to the Christian community. It is great if a President is the moral leader of the nation but that is not the President’s primary role. A President is primarily responsible for the security of the nation and its economic growth.

 

 

Obama, Biden, and Hillary Clinton:

·     Obama, Biden, and Clinton were part of the most godless and faithless administration in U.S. history... being proponents of both partial birth abortion, advocates of same-sex marriage, and removing the reference to "God" from the Democratic platform.

·     The present Democratic platform subscribes to all of the issues described in the book of Romans Chapter 1 as to what God abhors.

·     Obama did absolutely nothing to promote black America during his time in office. In fact, he most likely further alienated blacks and whites through his criticism, instead of support, for police. Obama was an advocate for the anti-American anti-western "Black Lives Matter" movement. If he genuinely cared about blacks, he would have worked tirelessly to reduce the killing of blacks by other blacks across the nation, but most especially in Chicago, his own home town. He did NOTHING.

·     If Obama genuinely cared about blacks, he would have worked to reduce the abortion of black babies, and all babies.

·     In his first few months in office Obama conducted an around the world tour apologizing for what previous U.S. administrations had done. Obama refused to concede American exceptionalism as though all societies, countries, and cultures are the same. They are not.

·     ‎Obama, Biden, and Hillary Clinton refused to use the term "radical Islamic terrorists" when the existence of such individuals was blatantly obvious and highly relevant.

·     Hillary Clinton and Obama were directly responsible for the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi‎, Libya, including the American Ambassador, Christopher Stevens. Hillary then lied about it to the American people. (She did, however, tell the truth, but only to her daughter and the President of Egypt.) This was a far worse fiasco than Watergate. No lives were lost in Watergate.

·     ‎Obama refused to take any action against Syria, even though he promised to do so, when Syria used chemical weapons against its own people.

·     Obama essentially betrayed the soldiers who fought (and those who died) in Iraq‎ by vacating Iraq so soon after they had essentially won the war, leaving the country for the rapid rise of ISIS and the ISIS caliphate... but it did allow Obama the opportunity to foolishly and arrogantly boast that he had returned the military to the U.S. as promised.

·     Obama was prepared to allow Iran to continue with its intentions to eliminate Israel without doing anything whatsoever.

·     Obama's administration used drones ILLEGALLY to kill thousands of people in Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen... including 5 American citizens.

·     Obama lied to the American people when he stated on multiple occasions with respect to the Affordable Care Act that one could keep his doctor, keep his medical plan, and costs would be reduced in the process. Each of the promises was a lie. "Free" or affordable health care for all is a wonderful objective but ‎ObamaCare is an unmitigated financial disaster... where no attention whatsoever was given to the cost of the program... or to reducing costs. (Obama's administration paid hundreds of millions of dollars for the Affordable Care Act website and yet it did not work until long after its start-up.)

·     Obama used the IRS in illegal ways to control his opponents by withholding grant tax exempt status for conservative organizations. (i.e. the Lois Lerner and John Koskinen fiasco.)

·     Obama and the Attorney General, Eric Holder, were responsible for the illegal Operation Fast and Furious gunwalking debacle which resulted in the death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent, Brian Terry, and the death or injury of 150 others... and yet no one was held responsible.

·     In the deal with Iran, Obama gave billions of dollars to Iran. In exchange the U.S. received nothing in return except for ongoing chants of "Death to Israel; death to America" and the use of the money to develop nuclear weapons to bomb Israel and America. The deal was negotiated by Wendy Sherman. (Incredibly, Obama used the same negotiator, Wendy Sherman, that President Clinton used to negotiate with Kim Jong Il which resulted in relieving of sanctions on North Korea in addition to providing billions of dollars to North Korea used to develop nuclear weapons that are intended to be used against the U.S.‎)

·     The Obama administration provided a $500 million loan guarantee to Solyndra as an example of his commitment to green energy. The company shortly thereafter went into bankruptcy. Similar loan guarantees were provided to other solar companies which have also since gone bankrupt.

·     Obama authorized the release of terrorists from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who admitted that they will return to killing Americans.

·     The media have accused the Trump administration of housing illegal migrant children in cages. What the media fail to acknowledge is that the Obama administration built the cages in 2014 to house illegal migrant children. Trump's administration did NOT build the cages.

·     Obama promised to have the most transparent administration of any president and yet most experts believe that his administration was likely the least transparent of any president.

·     Obama's administration spied on American citizens including James Rosen of FOX and Sharyl Atkinson of CBS. This was illegal and an abuse of power. No one was held accountable.

·     As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton had no singular accomplishment and yet, with the help of her husband, she extracted an enormous amount of money from Americans and foreigners which resulted directly from her position within the government.

·     ‎Obama spoke eloquently that we are to be our brother's keeper and yet Obama's half-brother, who lived in a slum in Nairobi, received no assistance from Obama. Obama's half-brother telephoned Dinesh D'Souza in the U.S. to ask for funds so that one of his relatives could have dental work. Obama was a total hypocrite in literally NOT being his literal own brother's keeper.

·     ‎Five days before the 2008 election, Obama promised to radically transform America. If one genuinely loves one's country, one doesn't commit to transforming it. If one has to transform one's country then one doesn't love one's country. One works to change it for the better... but one doesn't attempt to radically transform it to one's own personal, but warped view, of utopia. (If you genuinely love your wife, you don't work to radically transform her.) Obama did not love his country and worked to level it with all other countries consistent with his own father's intention who despised the influence of the west and of colonialism.

·     As Senator, Biden was the principle architect for what is often known as the 1994 Biden Crime Law which he now admits was a mistake as it wrongly and adversely impacted countless blacks with incarceration.

·     As Senator, in 1994 Biden sponsored the Violence Against Women Act… but paradoxically he has since been accused himself of sexual assault by Lucy Flores and Tara Reade.

·     V.P. Biden has been in politics for 47 years, including 36 years as a U.S. Senator, and 8 years as Vice-President of the United States. He has no executive experience which is critical to governing a nation.

·     Biden intends to eliminate the petrochemical industry over a 15-year period. Unless most of the remainder of the world follows, such a plan would literally destroy the U.S. economy. Biden also ignores the fact that petrochemicals are used to produce millions of different products.

·     Biden has been unable to satisfactorily address concerns pertaining to his family’s receipt of Chinese and Ukrainian financial payments. This should be a concern to anyone who genuinely cares about democracy, including Democrats.

 

Obama, Biden, and Clinton are not true liberals, they are leftists‎.

Obama's political and life philosophy was influenced by Saul Alinsky and Jeremiah Wright... and most likely also by Bill Ayers, who was a personal friend of Hillary Clinton. Ayers was the founder of the Communist revolutionary group, the Weather Underground. He bombed police buildings, the Capitol, and the Pentagon. His girlfriend was killed when she tried to assemble a bomb. These are bad guys by any standard.

‎Trump's character may be less honourable than many, but given that there were only two choices, Clinton and Trump, in the 2016 election and only two choices in the 2020 election, Biden and Trump, Trump represents by far the best choice for all the reasons mentioned.

 

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The Atlantic - UAE-Israel Peace Agreement - Sep 12, 2020 - email to editor by Randall F. More

 

emailed September 12, 2020

The Atlantic

UAE-Israel Peace Agreement

 

Letter to Editor

Your staff writer, Graeme Wood, calls for an end to awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to anyone solely because he doesn’t appreciate the recent nomination of President Trump for his efforts in the Israel-UAE agreement. 

As Ric Grenell, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, noted, we can all really give thanks to Obama/Biden for the agreement as the Middle East countries became terrified of America’s support for the ruthless Iranians as evidenced by the billions of dollars provided by Obama/Biden to the terrorist nation. 

Did Mr. Wood criticize the Nobel committee when Obama was awarded the Prize for doing absolutely nothing towards achieving peace anywhere? I doubt it. 

Why is it that The Atlantic chooses to provide such leftist views only rather than balanced commentaries which would be more constructive for both the publication and the nation? There is usually more than one worthy and legitimate perspective on any important issue.

Yours truly

 

Randall F. More, P. Eng.

 

Washington Redskins Renaming - Jul 7, 2020 - email by Randall F. More

July 7, 2020

ATTENTION: Mr. Dan Snyder

Washington Redskins owner

Change the "Redskins" portion of the organizations name... and very soon thereafter you will likely have to remove "Washington" from the name as the first President's commemorative statues are now being destroyed by anarchists.

Following is an editorial that I recently wrote to our local newspaper. 

ATT: Editor

I acknowledge at the outset that I have never walked in the shoes of a First Nations or native North American Indian as I am a 70 year old white Anglo-Saxon male.

Nevertheless, it is difficult to understand the concern pertaining to controversial names and traditions of the NFL.

For the Washington Redskins NFL team, as one example, shouldn't we acknowledge that the "Redskins" designation would not have been selected if it was derogatory or derisive with respect to either the Washington team or to First Nations? Most likely it is a reference to an attribute of courage, competitiveness, strength, offensiveness, defensiveness, maybe even warrior-like, or some other constructive and positive characteristic... but it is most certainly nothing derisive, then or now.

Do we change the name of the Minnesota Vikings NFL team because they insulted the Scandinavian Vikings of a thousand years ago? This would be preposterous. Again, the name selection is most likely rooted in one or more positive attributes of this early group of Scandinavians, not a derogatory reference. There would be no purpose in defining one's own team in a negative fashion.

Can we put this controversy to rest... and respect and honour the names consistent with their merits... whether it be the Washington Redskins or First Nations?

Yours truly 

Randall F. More, P. Eng.

FOLLOWING NOTE ADDED AFTER SENDING ORIGINAL EMAIL:

The first unchallenged use of the word “redskin” occurs in 1769 when a British lieutenant colonel translates a letter from an Indian chief promising safe passage if the officer visited his tribe in the Upper Mississippi Valley.

“I shall be pleased to have you come to speak to me yourself if you pity our women and our children; and, if any redskins do you harm, I shall be able to look out for you even at the peril of my life.” (Chief Mosquito said in his letter, according to a 2005 study by Ives Goddard, the Smithsonian Institution’s senior linguist emeritus.) (by Ian Shapira May 29, 2016)

 

 

  

The Atlantic - "This is Trump's Fault" - Apr 7, 2020 - by David Frum - email to editor by Randall F. More

 

The Atlantic – “This is Trump’s Fault” by David Frum – Apr 7, 2020

 

Letter to the Editor

The Atlantic

April 13, 2020

It is difficult to understand the purpose of David Frum's rantings, especially since most of it is without any factual basis. It is highly biased and highly prejudicial.

Frum writes that "By the end of March, coronavirus had killed more Americans than the 9/11 attacks." The comment is accurate to the extent that the virus is extremely serious... but Frum clearly intends his remark as a slam against President Trump.

Frum makes thirteen references to it all being Trump's fault. This is quite disingenuous. In no way does President Trump deserve all the blame. In fact, many decisions were right, reasonable, and proper especially considering that they were made in the midst of the worst and fastest-moving global catastrophe in over a hundred years for which too much is unknown with no perfect answers or solutions.

Frum describes each incident retrospectively even though, in 16 pages, he provides no constructive alternatives to any of Trump’s decisions. Any one can readily criticize any decision after the event when he then has perfect information and already knows the outcome. What does that accomplish?

Frum writes that "If somebody else had been president of the United States in December 2019 - Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, Mike Pence, the United States would still have been afflicted by the coronavirus. But it would have been better prepared, and better able to respond." Frum has no basis whatsoever for such conjecture... except for his prejudice.

Frum doesn’t seem to realize that Trump has the support of 60% of the Americans through this pandemic. Instead of his derisive remarks during these extraordinary times, wouldn’t it be more constructive for Frum to help to bring the nation together? When Frum so freely criticizes Trump, he is effectively disparaging all those Americans who voted for Trump. What does that accomplish?

Frum criticizes Trump for his lateness in announcing restrictions on air travel and yet Biden criticized him for implementing such a plan too early. It's very easy for those who have no executive experience whatsoever, whether it be Frum or Biden, to make "perfect" hypothetical decisions.

Sure, Frum can criticize Trump for being late on every decision and yet as late as January 14, 2020 the World Health Organization, astonishingly, noted that it found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of coronavirus. As late as January 21, 2020, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases said that coronavirus was "not a major threat for people in the United States" and yet Frum has no problem criticizing Trump endlessly and unnecessarily. It is not only wrong but it serves no constructive purpose.

Contrary to Frum’s inference, Trump warned the nation of the pandemic in the February 4, 2020 State of the Union address. 

Frum minimizes the distraction due to the impeachment hearings. The impeachment process was a circus compared to the attention that should have been afforded by all lawmakers in resolving the pandemic. 

Yes, Trump removed Colonel Alexander Vindman from the NSC, and rightfully so. Vindman was privileged enough to participate in the infamous phone call and yet he couldn't be bothered to advise Trump immediately of his serious concerns.

Contrary to Frum’s assertion, this is not Trump's fault. Trump has made many good and wise decisions. The only thing that we know for sure is that Trump is just like David Frum, myself, and everyone else on earth... far from perfect.

Yours truly

Randall F. More, P. Eng.

 

The Atlantic - "The Trump Presidency is Over" - Mar 13, 2020 - by Peter Wehner - email by Randall F. More

The Atlantic – March 13, 2020 – “The Trump Presidency Is Over” by Peter Wehner

Attention: Editor

The Atlantic

March 15, 2020

Wehner makes it clear that he did not and would not vote for Donald Trump. He writes that “Trump is fundamentally unfit – intellectually, morally, temperamentally, and psychologically - for office.”

The real irony regarding his vote decision, however, is that Wehner doesn’t seem to appreciate that each character trait that he attributes to Trump applies to Hillary Clinton, even more so. It is Hillary, more so than Trump, who is the one who has the massive character defect and is an habitual liar. (She clearly lied about Benghazi and about her husband’s sexual escapades... among other issues.)

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were directly responsible for the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, including the American ambassador, Christopher Stevens. Apart from Clinton’s countless other violations of law for which she has yet to be charged, the event in Benghazi was truly appalling... far worse than Watergate. No lives were lost in Watergate.

Contrary to Werner’s assertion, rather than Trump, the prospect of Hillary Clinton “as commander in chief should send a chill down the spine of every American.”

Wehner writes that “any narrative that attempts to pin all of the blame on Trump for the coronavirus is simply unfair”... which is correct... but then he goes on to blame Trump for most of it.

Concerning coronavirus, Wehner conveys the impression that he expects President Trump and the White House to be without fault. The government, the system, and the President cannot solve everything. If there are shortfalls in the present system regarding coronavirus then one can be sure that some of the deficient policies began long before Trump ever came to office.

Wehner, admittedly, has a longstanding prejudice against the President which Is clearly reflected in his writing. What does Wehner expect to accomplish through his derisive comments? President Trump is just like the rest of us... far from perfect.

To assist in unifying the nation, Wehner might want to consider writing about some of the very good things that Trump has accomplished... because there are many. (Refer to separate document: Trump, Obama, Biden, Clinton…)

Yours truly

Randall F. More, P. Eng.