Kevin Graham wrote:Maxine Waters wrote:The only thing I disagree with Trump on is that we would win so much we'd get tired of winning. Democrats and RINOs keep talking. DJT keeps winning. I'm still not tired of it yet.
How is this loofa-faced orange moron in any sense "winning"?
One way in which he is "winning" largely behind the scenes is in Gutting environmental, health and safety related regulations hated by much of Corporate America, thus endangering the health, safety and quality of life of almost everyone else.
Few Americans care about beryllium. Most have probably never heard of it.
But, it turns out, the metal -- symbol Be on the periodic table -- offers a case study on governing by President Donald Trump. With little fanfare earlier this year, the Department of Labor delayed and the White House began a review of limits on workplace exposure to the possibly toxic element used in cell phones and aircraft, handing industry a victory.
Across Washington, myriad rules are similarly being softened, mostly to the delight of corporate America. With executive orders, bureaucratic actions and unprecedented use of an obscure statute, the Trump administration has killed or postponed dozens of regulations. The controversies swamping the White House haven’t gotten in the way of an often under-the-radar, piece-by-piece realization of Trump’s pro-business campaign promises.
Some moves, such as relaxing Obama-era clean-water decrees, have made headlines. Many others, the beryllium deferment among them, have received scant attention outside a tight circle of agencies, businesses and often outraged public-interest groups.
They may seem minor, but they all add up. “He wants to free up as much of the economy from government regulations as possible and he’s found ways to do that outside the legislative process,” said Julian Zelizer, a professor and presidential historian at Princeton University.
Companies bidding for big federal contracts don’t have to disclose serious safety and labor-law violations anymore. Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt thwarted a push made under President Barack Obama to ban Dow Chemical Co.’s widely used pesticide Lorsban from food farming. The Department of Agriculture has twice delayed new standards for livestock labeled organic, which would require animals to have year-around access to the outdoors and enough indoor space to stretch their limbs.
“They are just getting started,” said Todd Becker, chief executive officer of ethanol-maker Green Plains Inc. Congress may be going slowly with the sweeping measures on the Trump agenda, but “at the agency level, that stuff is going to keep moving. You don’t need legislation.”
Trump is also trying his darnedest to fill vacancies in the lower courts with as many younger, conservative judges as possible. These actions by Trump and his administration will have long lasting adverse effects that will be very difficult to reverse.
I suspect that the above actions are what Majax regards as "winning", as he is too stupid, ignorant and/or selfish to understand or imagine how these actions, particularly the gutting of environmental regulations, will, in the long run, hurt all of us--ultimately even many of the short sighted Corporate types who now hate them.