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Has Trump Ever Been Right About Anything?

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It is no secret that Trump was the least qualified presidential candidate in our nation’s history, and probably throughout the entire world. However, his incompetence began at a very early age and is at the core of his 80 years of pretending to be a minimally capable human being. I OFFER YOU A SMALL LIST OF SITUATIONS IN WHICH TRUMP FAILED TO DISPLAY EVEN A MODICUM OF COMMON SENSE Attempting to rename the Gulf of Mexico with the Gulf of America. How dumb is he? He’s so dumb he actually believes that our country controls the entire world. Now he plans to do the same with Lake Ontario. When Trump unilaterally decided to attack the Muslim nation of Iran, he failed to consider the cost. His waste of about 75 billion dollars is only surpassed by the unnecessary loss of 18 American lives, and dozens of injuries. Trump ignores historical fact. After the beginning of the Great Depression, the Hoover administration attempted to resolve the economic breakdown by placing t...
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R.I.P. U.S.A., 1776-2024

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I had hope: that was the past. Since I began my growing interest in government and the ugly world of politics in 1962, as a junior in high school, at the age of 16, I have watched America abandon its integrity, its morals, its principles, and most significantly its belief in “liberty and justice for all.” With great sadness, I am obligated to tell you that my America is deceased. It happened in 2024, and only a few of us was aware of America’s demise. It happened when your illegitimate president was granted absolute immunity in all situations, public and private. However, the actions of six biased and corrupt Supreme Court Justices created a condition with far reaching ramifications, including the end of the dream of our founding fathers. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GREAT POWER IS GIVEN TO A MADMAN WHOSE GOALS INCLUDE ABSOLUTE POWER, OUTRAGEOUS WEALTH, ALL FUELED BY ANGER, HATRED, AND VIOLENCE Trump violates the Constitution with every breath he takes. His violati...
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Is Trump Really That Stupid?

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I offer you a sampling of things Trump has said and done since 2015. You tell me: “can anyone be that stupid?” When in France to attend a tribute to America’s fallen soldiers in WWI. “They were all suckers and losers. What was in it for them?” “I know more than all the generals combined.” “Windmills are bird cemeteries.” When taking part in a discussion about Covid-19. “Have they tried drinking bleach?” When asked by the press and what actions he would take to prevent a major health crisis in January of 2020. “It will just go away.” After the tragedy in Charlottesville, Virginia during a white supremacist rally. “There were good people on both sides.” When he was asked about climate change, melting glaciers and the rising seas. " It will create more oceanfront property". Again about curing Covid-19. “How about shining a bright light up your ***?” “I’ll be too busy making great deals to play golf.” “You will get tired of winning and beg me to stop.” “I ...
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Yes, Republicans are Right: Massive Medicare Fraud is Real, but not by Patients

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I am going to use my own story to offer you the truth about Medicare fraud.  Although Republicans would like you to believe that there is massive fraud within the Medicare system, committed by patients, this is untrue. The feud is real, and committed by doctors and most importantly, by “for profit” hospitals. MY STORY In the latter hours of Friday, August 9, 2024, I was taken to the emergency room of one of Reno’s hospitals. After remaining in the ER for a couple of hours, and a preliminary examination, I was admitted to the hospital in the very early morning of August 10. After receiving multiple tests, including an MRI and drawing amounts of blood, I was allowed to rest for a few hours. Around 9 or 10 a.m. on that Saturday morning, a doctor came into my room. She sat and talked to me for about 10 minutes, never asking me what brought me to the ER, or any other questions about my past or current health, she informed me that blood tests revealed E-Coli bacte...
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Greatly Disturbing Facts and Reasons Why No Working Class American Should Ever Vote for Anyone With an “R” Next to Their Name

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  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The Federal Government of the United States is very complicated. This is not an accident, it is intentional. Complicated situations and organizations result in confusion and chaos. They create ways for our corrupt and incompetent government to hide the truth from the American people. MY LIFE SUCKS IN 2026: HOW’S YOURS? Since I retired, and my only income became the Social Security money I and my employer had placed in a trust, controlled by the federal government, life has been a struggle. I finally realized the truth: without large sums of money, our government has no interest in our seniors, with the exception of our votes. Then came the Trump era. Trump is a ruthless, fascist dictator. Along with his 989 oligarchs, they created a plutocracy and control everything which happens in our daily lives. This unholy alliance is founded on the fact that Trump continues to give the super-rich and large corporations tax cuts. The maximum income tax rate in America...
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The Most Expensive, Ruthless Dictator in American History

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump owns a record which will never be broken: not a single attempt to accomplish something of value in 80 years has become a reality. His economic policy of placing tariffs on every nation is ludicrous and making the lives of about 320 million people miserable, unimagined in America’s 250-year history. In addition to his ill-advised and failed tariffs, he failed to keep another campaign promise and end greedflation, while he spends hundreds of millions of dollars on personal, unnecessary, and unwanted projects. He completely demolished the East Wing of the White House to build a ballroom, spent millions of dollars on unnecessary revisions to what is left of the People’s Home, golf excursions and trips to Mar-a-Lago, at the cost of more than 10 million dollars each month, a planned archway in his honor, and alterations to the reflecting pool on the National Mall, which destroyed what had been repaired by President Obama, and is now experiencing another rebuild,...
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Trump and his Republicans in Name Only, are Shredding the First Amendment, and Threatening the Very Future of America

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  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Our Founding Fathers considered the First Amendment their “masterpiece.” In one paragraph are guarantees related to the basic freedoms and rights of all mankind. It is the very core, the reason, why thy created the United States of America. Without it, there would be no America, no dream come true. Everything from free thought to your right to vote is promised in the only Amendment in the Bill of Rights agreed upon unanimously, by the men who participated in the first Constitutional Convention, 1787-1789. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” TRUMP’S PLAN TO DESTROY MY AMERICA The mainstream media, owned by Trump’s 989 billionaires/oligarchs, refuses to use the only word which accurately describes your illegitimate ...
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America’s Federal Government is Composed of Cowards and Hypocrites: Canada’s Mark Carney is Not Afraid of the Orange Buffoon

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  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart There has only been one “great” president in my 80 years on this planet. His name has become as American as “mom and apple pie.’ John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected and became America’s 35 th President during the first semester of my first year in high school: 1960. Although I had always had an interest in politics, beginning in 1956, his eloquent speech gave me greater feelings of pride, patriotism, and hope. Few of you remember that before he was chosen to lead our country, he wrote a best-selling book. The title was “Profiles in Courage.” The book was released in 1956. Its subject focuses on short biographies of eight U.S. Senators who deserved JFK’s admiration. Sadly, this book could not be written today. It is not feasible that eight men or women out of 100 senators could be called courageous. Hell, they seldom follow the golden rule and simply “do the right thing.” Trump can be defined by many terms:  mentally deficient, a malignant n...
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A Side Effect from the Pentagon’s Lost War in Afghanistan No One Else Will Tell You

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  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Your government doesn’t want you to know the truth: they declared war on Afghanistan. The Pentagon doesn’t want you to know: they lost the war. The mainstream media won’t tell you the truth: they are owned by oligarchs who own our government. But, I will: it’s my responsibility. When George W. Bush failed to capture or kill Osama bin Laden late in 2001, he left our military forces behind, creating our nation’s longest war. When our military forces left Afghanistan in August, 2021, our nation had lost 2459 lives and hundreds of billions of dollars. It was the Pentagon’s 4 th loss since WWII. However, the losses continue today. HOW OUR NATION CONTINUES TO SUFFER FROM ANOTHER UNWINNABLE WAR After the final members of America’s military left Afghanistan, its poppy fields began to grow rapidly. Today, most of the world’s illegal heroin is produced in these fields. A whopping 85 percent of all illegal sales across the world originate from a previous war zone, a...
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Remember DOGE? Go Ahead and Laugh; I’m Laughing With You

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart A few days after his minimalist inauguration, Trump announced the creation of DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency. In charge of DOGE was Elon Musk. Musk is a billionaire without a single qualification to be included in anyone’s presidential administration. However, he donated hundreds of millions of dollars to Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. Trump announced the purpose of his new agency with a lie. No surprise there. The orange buffoon claimed this new agency would eliminate 2 trillion dollars in government waste, and therefore reduce the national debt by an identical amount. As expected it failed. Its only “accomplishment” was the firing of thousands of qualified and necessary employees who actually worked within our federal government. ANOTHER FAILURE BY AMERICA’S BIGGEST LOSER After DOGE was dismantled, with all the firings and falsely claimed changes in our nation’s fiscal policies, about two billion dollars in spending was achieved. Between 20...
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Hey Trump, the Joke’s Over, and it Wasn’t Funny: Hegseth, Patel, and Kennedy Must Get the “F” Out of Town

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  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Three of the most useless men on the planet. Three “know nothings” who are completely unfit to hold their positions in Trump’s failed administration. Three men who have not surprised any real American, proving that they are using their jobs to enjoy luxury and privilege they do not deserve, at taxpayer expense. Never forget; excrement runs downhill. TO SAY THAT HEGSETH IS AN ABJECT FAILURE AS HE ATTEMPTS TO RUN TRUMP’S ILLEGAL WAR IS BEING KIND Pete Hegseth is the worst Secretary of Defense, (not “Secretary of War”), in history. He was somewhat good at a few things: getting drunk, embezzling money from charities, and sexually harassing women: but a complete failure as he attempts to lead our nation’s incompetent military. Hegseth is the only man I have ever heard say things which should cause him great embarrassment more than the orange buffoon. He is a joke who has aided in our Pentagon’s efforts to lose a fifth war, three in the Middle East. We could exp...
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Ask Yourself, Truthfully, “What has Trump Done for You?”

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The highest tax rate for the super-rich is 37 percent, before they use the thousands of exemptions available to them, in 75,000 pages in documents related to income tax. Corporations have a flat rate of just 21 percent. This is what Trump and his fake Republicans have accomplished since 1981. The truth is clear and simple: Republicans place profits before people.  Independents, and some Democrats, know how to govern, placing the needs and wishes of the majority as priority number one. Your illegitimate president likes to call progressives “Dumbocrats.” He places wealth above the principles and ideals which once made America the most respected nation in the world. Your “know nothing” president is an abomination. HOW QUICKLY THEY FORGET Our Founding Fathers created a system for our government called a “Democratic Republic.” Their intention was simple and logical, but it had one huge flaw. Politicians all too often place greed and power ahead of the reasons for...
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I’m in the Mood; Let’s Play “What If”

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Our country is a fucking mess. The reason begins at the top with a fat, old, brain-damaged fool, who will forever be known as America’s worst president. I would be remiss if I forgave the legislative and judicial branches. They, too, have proven themselves corrupt and dysfunctional. I want to play “what if:” what if events in our nation’s history had been different, if voters did not vote based on what they see and hear on television and researched the men and women who received their votes. WHERE IT ALL BEGAN For eight years, Bill Clinton reversed the damage caused by his two predecessors, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. When he left office, our nation’s economy was in excellent shape. Then came the first election in the 21 st century. I am an Independent voter: always have been and always will choose the men and women I vote for based on their records and position on the issues most important to me and my loved ones. Therefore, I am an informed voter. Dur...
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Is Trump the “King of the World?” He Thinks He Is

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The orange buffoon is severely mentally ill. He is delusional. Trump believes that he has the power to do anything he wishes, anywhere in the world. He is fucking crazy. He lost his war against Iran, and is desperate to solve the problem he created. He is considering making the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory. Really: I couldn’t make this shit up. SOMEONE MUST MAKE TRUMP RECOGNIZE THE FACTS Trump is an insignificant cog in the machine which is planet Earth. He is ridiculed by every other world leader, and he deserves their criticism. Washington is composed of cowards, hypocrites, and corrupt politicians. Someone must display a small amount of courage and make the orange buffoon realize that he is the illegitimate leader of one country, a country which has lost the respect of every other nation on this big blue orb. Op-ed by James Turnage Follow my blog and be informed My 10 novels are available on Amazon’s free Kindle App Source: thehill.com: Trump says he wil...
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Congress is America’s Largest Domestic Terrorist

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart 408 mass shootings in 2025. There have already been 349 in 2026. These are more “firsts” for America. Since 2017, there have been more mass shootings than days on the calendar. Just this morning, there was a mass shooting at Virginia State University. On Friday, there was a mass shooting in Cadillac, Michigan. For the 340 million people who live in America, this has become “normal.” CONGRESS SUPPORTS DOMESTIC TERRORISM Three percent of all Americans own more than one-half of all guns in America. Personal ownership of weapons of mass destruction is unnecessary, and the reason domestic terrorism is the greatest threat to the American people in the 21 st century. Professional Politicians support these attacks with their failure to take action, and have in reality become domestic terrorists. Republicans falsely claim that “guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” This is totally facetious and is no longer humorous. Facts are undeniable. America was a nation pro...
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More Proof; Trump Doesn’t Give a Damn About our Military Forces, our Nation, nor You or Me

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump’s war is an abomination and a stain on our entire federal government. It proves, once and for all that we, the people, are far down the list of priorities within our federal government. In a unilateral decision, Trump attacked the sovereign nation of Iran on February 28, 2026. Our country was not under attack. There was no evidence that an attack in the future was probable. However, in another thinly veiled effort to misdirect the public’s attention to his extremely close relationship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, he, alone, ordered an unwarranted attack on Iran. Currently, the orange buffoon has wasted more than 75 billion dollars of taxpayer money. Our relationship with Iran and all Muslim nations is far worse than when he began his attacks. AMERICAN SAILORS WERE “COLLATERAL DAMAGE” The USS Lincoln is an aircraft carrier. It was deployed Iran on February 26, just two days before Trump began his war. In July, reports of fatigue, hunger, and a situation ...
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Why the Desecration of the WWII Monument?

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I want to hear from the woman who vandalized the WWII Monument. I have an opinion, based on the actions of the worst president in history, and our military leaders sitting on their humongous behinds inside the safe confines of the Pentagon. It is an irrefutable fact that Trump is a fascist dictator, unworthy of the title of President of the United States. If the Pentagon had refused to obey his orders, orders which clearly violate the Constitution and are diametrically opposed to the principles of our Founding Fathers, they would be obeying the Law of the Land and displaying the courage demonstrated by every “grunt” who bravely fought to defend those principles in WWII. WHAT THE F**K HAPPENDED TO THE LEADERS OF OUR FORMERLY RESPECTED AND REVERED MILITARY FORCES? When thinking about WWII, pictures develop in our mind of Adolf Hitler, D-Day, and the frightening explosions over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, among many others. The most important fact was tha...
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