@ndrew_lawrence Most of POUTS's "accomplishments" did damage to the US or the world, like "withdrew from TPP, Paris Climate Accord, and Iran [nuke deal]."

Others weren't accomplishments, like "fought the opioid epidemic" and "begun (sic) building the wall".

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@ndrew_lawrence Still others were lies, like "record jobs creation" (Obama created more jobs in the same time period).

Moving the Embassy to Jerusalem was a strategic blunder. It threw away a bargaining chip for getting Israel to stop stealing Palestinian land.

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@ndrew_lawrence The Remain in Mexico program is a violation of US laws and int'l treaties regarding asylum seekers.

83% of the Tax Scam bill benefits went to the wealthy and corporations. The promised revenue offsets to pay for them never appeared. Deficits exploded.

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@ndrew_lawrence The "Remain in Mexico" program violates US law & int'l treaties regarding asylum seekers.

83% of the Tax Scam bill's benefits went to the wealthy & corporations. Promised worker benefits and fed revenue increases never materialized. Deficits exploded.
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@ndrew_lawrence "Record regulations elimated (sic)" ignores the damage and risks thos regs were designed to prevent. Arbitrary and dangerous.

Cutting food stamps, children's lunches & Meals-on-Wheels for millions w/out providing alternative assistance is just cruelty.
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@ndrew_lawrence "Elimated (sic) Obamacare Individual Mandate" undercuts the whole point of an insurance program: to distribute risk.

It's part of the GOP's decade-long sabotage of the ACA, which they will try to strike down in 4 days at the Supreme Court.

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@ndrew_lawrence Keeping Guantanamo open isn't an accomplishment, any more than keeping Fort Knox open is. Scraping the barrel.

No mention whatsoever of success at fighting the #COVID19 epidemic, which is already the biggest self-inflicted disaster in US history.

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@ndrew_lawrence The US already became a net exporter of oil and natural gas under President Obama in 2014. So what?

The VA "reformed"? POUTS allowed 3 Mar-a-Lago members to interfere in the VA's operations and policy-making, causing Sec Shulkin to resign in protest.
@ndrew_lawrence "Created Space Force"? They got a logo that infringes on Star Trek trademark and copyright, and a new flag. All the capabilities were already in the Air Force's Strategic Space Command. #Bogus.

Keystone XL is halted because the approval was illegitimate.
@ndrew_lawrence The "record stock market gains" are speculation running on rumors. GDP is down over 10%, over 11 million are still unemployed, and small businesses are folding everywhere.

Plus, savings are depleted, and foreclosures and evictions are up. Crash incoming.
@ndrew_lawrence "North Korea missile diplomacy" isn't an accomplishment.
There hasn't even been progress.

In fact, N Korea's nuclear weapons program has proceeded apace, and they have developed an intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the US.

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@ndrew_lawrence What's missing is any reference to:

- 3 failed attempts to replace the Affordable Care Act, including one failure prematurely celebrated on the White House lawn

- Being impeached for extortion, bribery and obstruction

- Defying subpoenas wholesale

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@ndrew_lawrence What's missing is any reference to:

- 3 attempts to extort Congress by threatening to deport DACA Dreamers and/or shut down the gov't to get funding for his vanity wall

- The most expensive shutdown in US history, over Christmas 2017, for nothing

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@ndrew_lawrence What's missing is:

- A fake national emergency to justify misappropriation of military budget line items to pay for an illegal wall (unapproved by Congress) and to scare voters with illusions of a flood of rapists and drug dealers at the border

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@ndrew_lawrence What's missing is:

- Spending over $140 million at his own properties on vacations and golf, and charging US taxpayers exorbitant rates

- Extorting the gov't of Qatar with a blockade to secure a refi loan for Jared Kushner's 666 5th Ave bldg

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@ndrew_lawrence But what Laura Ingraham fails to give Trump credit for, and his three most significant accomplishments, are:

- boosting the stature of tyrants around the world, especially Putin

- corrupting and destroying the Republican Party

- dividing America.

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