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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart $270,000 per hour: that’s what it costs to operate Air Force One. More than $23,000,000: that is the amount of taxpayer money Trump spent using Air Force One for his personal pleasure in a little more than six months: lumbering around a golf course and partying at Mar-a-Lago. This does not include multiple additional expenses paid for by taxpayers. The total cost could reach $35,000,000. How much will he cost America over the next 42 months? Trump is in Scotland: not on our nation’s business, but promoting and playing golf at his latest acquisition, another golf course. If this is not a violation of the Emoluments Clause, my reading comprehension must be slipping. This is another reason why he must be impeached for the third time. Over the last six months, Trump fired hundreds of government workers, removed healthcare from tens of millions of needy Americans, and continues to ignore growing inflation, the war in Ukraine, and other critical issues faced by 340 mi...

Trump loves to pardon men and women who committed crimes against the people and the Constitution. Fascist dictators only support the worst of the worst, because they are the worst of the worst. Unfortunately, America’s judicial system is, (no other way to put it), fucked up. When Trump was allowed to pardon more than 1,500 traitors who violently attempted a coup, planned, organized, and executed by Fuhrer Donald John Trump, it was clear that America is a lawless nation. Judges, law enforcement, our elected officials, and virtually anyone with power over us are undeserving of our respect and trust. Trump is a Mafia Don. He is in complete control of today’s fake Republican Party. They are not allowed free thought, or dissent, and are required to mimic and praise their Fuhrer. If this appears familiar, learn a little history, most importantly Nazi Germany in the 1930’s. Hitler was not known as a “Don,” his title was “Fuhrer.” Unlike his predecessors, every man and woman Trump pardoned was...

“The Bully President.” This is certain to be the title applied to Donald John Trump. He has earned it. His threats have become famous, or better yet, infamous. His policies are founded on “quid pro quo.” He is not an intelligent communicator, and has proven that his book, “The Art of the Deal,” was 100 percent a fraud: a fairy tale. Being a bully is the only way he knows how to get anything done, with the exception of simple bribery. With no talent, and no knowledge of anything, he is undoubtedly the worst illegitimate president in history. Recently Trump sent his extremely unqualified Vice-President, J.D. Vance to Western Europe. After making a vile and demanding speech in Munich, German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, responded to the arrogant and unwelcome outsider. [Scholz spoke at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, slamming “outsiders intervening in our democracy, in our elections, in the democratic formation of opinion in favour of this party,” especially from “friends and alli...

Trump told his supporters that within an hour after his inauguration he will pardon every man and woman who was convicted of various crimes related to the January 6, 2021 attempted coup. No one convicted of a crime related to the insurrection was never charged for their true crime: treason. Although Trump planned, organized, and executed the violent attack on our democracy, he has never been charged with the crime he committed. I watched all three hours of the darkest day in American history, and there is no other word for what my wife and I witnessed. The United States has been a nation without law for more than four decades, and if Trump actually keeps one of his promises, it will offer proof once and for all that anarchy rules America. However, only the rich and powerful are above the law. Not a single American with enormous wealth and/or great power, including professional politicians, has ever been fairly punished for his or her crimes. Remember: Trump was impeached twice for caus...