Bad Information President

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_moksha
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Bad Information President

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Presidents usually surround themselves with knowledgable people to help advise them. Donald Trump, on the other hand, gathers his information from biased and questionable sources.

Here are three examples:

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Patrick Moore only claims to be the founder of Greenpeace. He does not in any way represent Greenpeace. He is a paid lobbyist for the conservative Heartland Institute, which spends a great deal of effort denying climate change (just like they denied harmful effects of secondhand smoke for Philip Morris). One of the current funders of the Heartland Institute is ExxonMobil.

2. Nightly bedtime calls with Sean Hannity.

3. Seeking the bulk of his advisory information from Fox Media and hostile foreign leaders.

This eschewing of good sources of information in favor of bad sources of information makes Trump an ill-informed President. No wonder he lies constantly and his facts are wrong about 75% of the time.
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Isn’t lying to his Base, and his Base then willingly and proudly promoting that BS, just the regular everyday routine?

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is spreading a false claim from supporters that people who are in the United States illegally receive more in federal assistance than the average American gets in Social Security benefits.

Everything about the tweet he passed on to his 56 million listed Twitter followers Tuesday is wrong.


https://www.apnews.com/762d797a91284a018388ba69fbf703b8
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good thing that CNN, MSNBC, Fusion GPS, Dr Ford, Hillary Clinton, Obama DoJ, Stormy, Rep Omar, Ted Lieu, Heitkamp, and others are keepin' it real with the Democratic Base....whew! a close one - thanks to moksha for such an informed and sincere vigilance.
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Comedic collusion, lol.

”Nothing funny about tired Saturday Night Live on Fake News NBC! Question is, how do the Networks get away with these total Republican hit jobs without retribution? Likewise for many other shows? Very unfair and should be looked into. This is the real Collusion!”
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subgenius wrote: - thanks to moksha for such an informed and sincere vigilance.

Thanks. I feel privileged for the opportunity to occasionally contribute news items.
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Re: Bad Information President

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moksha wrote:
subgenius wrote: - thanks to moksha for such an informed and sincere vigilance.

Thanks. I feel privileged for the opportunity to occasionally contribute news items.

you are welcome! but it is not really a privilege, it is more of a responsibility commodity service. You should feel serviced for the opportunity...
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Re: Bad Information President

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... On Monday morning, Trump wrote on Twitter: “The GDP Rate (4.2%) is higher than the Unemployment Rate (3.9%) for the first time in over 100 years!”

Asked about the veracity of the statement later that day at a White House press briefing, Hassett said: “So I can tell you what is true. … What is true is that it’s the highest in 10 years. And at some point somebody probably conveyed it to him adding a zero to that and they shouldn’t have done that.”
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Re: Bad Information President

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subgenius wrote:You should feel serviced for the opportunity...

Just as long as I am not being served... :biggrin:
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