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1/On the day the President is submitting a remarkably dishonest budget, full of cooked numbers and other statistical BS, want to do a walk through all of his promises which have, er, not come true. Let's start w/this one: washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2…
2/The President promised to balance the budget "fairly quickly." Deficits have skyrocketed. politifact.com/truth-o-meter/…
3/The President promised to lower the trade deficit. It is the biggest it has ever been. npr.org/2019/03/06/700…
4/The President promised all sorts of things about immigration and the border. None of them are happening. npr.org/2019/03/05/700…
5/The President promised a health care plan which would cover everyone, lower costs. Costs are rising, uninsured rate is rising, and we are still waiting on his plan. vox.com/policy-and-pol…
6/The President promised America would be respected in the world. We have never been more disliked, ever, in all of our history. pewglobal.org/2018/10/01/tru…
7/During the campaign the President said repeatedly he had no business dealings with Russia. This was a huge historic lie. washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/…
8/The President promised huge infrastructure investments. Still waiting. washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2…
9/The President said his tax plan would raise taxes on the wealthy, including him. Of course the whole goal of the tax plan was to lower taxes on people like him. Big lie. washingtonpost.com/news/fact-chec…
10/All these lies and broken promises means we cannot trust Trump and the Administration about anything, ever. Consider this new reporting about the recent confrontation on the Venezuelan border. nytimes.com/2019/03/10/wor…
11/The Administration lied about the census, broke laws. lawandcrime.com/high-profile/f…
12/And of course, there is all the lying about the most important thing of all - his working with a hostile foreign power to thwart the will of the American people, the most serious crime in all of US history. cnn.com/interactive/20… Fin/End.
13/Adding a big "promise broken" which came out today in the President's budget today. A really big one.
14/Our view: caught between admitting his econ/tax/trade policies have failed and breaking really big promises/slashing govt spending on many vital programs, Trump choose to break promises/slash Medicare etc. Shows the liability his econ policies are now. ndn.org/blog/2019/03/g…
