Trump's legacy?

FBI warns 'armed protests' still being planned by brainwashed trump-cult lunatics

FBI also state they have credible information from multiple sources that many plan
to disquise themselves as members of the anti-fascist movement and/or as pro-BLM
so as to implicate the LEFT or liberal causes, in further domestic terrorist riots

American jobs won't return to pre-pandemic levels
until 2024, CBO says

The projection shows just how long the job market still has to go to heal
after suffering the steepest loss on record and a 14.7% unemployment rate.
A whopping 140,000 jobs were lost in December, trump's last full month in office,
the first monthly loss since April.
The US economy could use a jolt after GDP *DECREASED*a whopping 3.5% in 2020
- its WORST DECLINE since 1946.

chilling        who will be killed next

thx to the global pandemic and in large part to rump and the rumplickers total mishandling of  it

10 abuses of power
Trump's 10 worst abuses of power,
enabled and cheered by the right

Analysis by Marshall Cohen
https://tinyurl.com/yy6v8mgg

To chronicle Trump's most consequential abuses of power, CNN spoke with a politically diverse group
of constitutional scholars, presidential historians and experts on democratic institutions.
While these 16 experts did not agree on everything, there was consensus that Trump's pattern
of abusing his powers for personal or political gain reached an alarming level that hasn't
been seen in modern history

....more to follow...

#1: Subverting the 2020 election

There is broad agreement among experts that Trump's most severe abuse of power
was his relentless effort to undermine the 2020 election and overturn the legitimate results.
Michael Paulsen, a conservative legal scholar and professor at the University of St. Thomas,
in Minnesota, called it a "form of a political coup d'¨¦tat against our Constitution."
Throughout the 2020 campaign, Trump spread provably false disinformation about
the voting process. He even floated the idea of unconstitutionally delaying the election,
leading to a bipartisan rebuke.

obvious 

So now we censure the rights to free speech.

What we have a committee of demo rats deciding what is real and what is false what can be stated and what can't

Every campaign speech must go through an exciting process before it can be stated and heard...

Russia has these policies as does China. Journalists will do life in prison for discussing the virus in China.

Dissidents after the government poisoned them will die in the gulag ... At what point do we turn to these tactics of deciding what speech is allowed....

Why am I debating with child like clueless cut and paste parties position carry on.... You destroyed bidens presidency hats off...

I going to try and figure something that doesn't lead to Hitler's return to power... You all watch Washington do nothing....

fubah2 ,r u going to b writing these in descending order ? like 1 is the worst or just the first of many ?

#2: Inciting an insurrection

Trump's attempts to cling to power reached a horrifying crescendo on January 6,
when he incited a large gathering of supporters in Washington to attack the US Capitol
while the electoral votes were being counted.
"This in and of itself puts Trump in the lowest circle of hell among America's presidents,
along with the likes of James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson," Amar said.

#3: Abusing the bully pulpit

Many of the experts pointed to Trump's inflammatory and divisive rhetoric as a stark abuse of power,
albeit not criminal, and probably not impeachable either. But they said Trump abused the bully
pulpit by using his platform to brazenly spread lies and conspiracies, attack political opponents of
all stripes, and praise bad actors like white nationalists and authoritarian leaders.
Many of Trump's comments debased the public discourse and were blatantly racist or fanned the
flames of existing divisions. Others were detrimental to public health. Last year, he often downplayed
the risks of Covid-19 and promoted unproven treatments. The experts said these were shameful
misuses of his bully pulpit that literally put Americans in danger.

#4: Politicizing the Justice Department

Trump politicized the Justice Department and FBI from the very start of his presidency until the final days.
He repeatedly crossed lines and violated norms that have been in place since Watergate to create independence

between the White House and federal law enforcement.

     "It's extremely important for the integrity of American democracy that the president cannot manipulate
      law enforcement for partisan, political, self-interested preferences," said Rick Pildes, a former CNN legal
      analyst who teaches at New York University.

absolutely !

rump incited this mob !  a few had come prepared for violence as we learned from various sources , but most others were incited by rump and other rumplickers , just like they stated for the record on videos and interviews

Several videos of both the live Capitol terrorist attack and subsequent interviews of rioters lays this truth bare for all to see, conclusively.........those who don't wear partisan blinders......and/or those who are otherwise believers in the THE BIG LIE and the Lock Ness monster  and Bigfoot  and the 'demon sperm' doctor, etc, etc

#5: Obstructing the Mueller investigation

The Mueller investigation dominated the first three years of Trump's presidency.
Angry over an investigation that he felt was illegitimate, Trump repeatedly lashed out at Mueller
and took steps to undermine and obstruct the sprawling criminal probe. Mueller investigated
10 episodes and found persuasive evidence that
Trump's actions did fit the legal criteria to warrant criminal charges.
Mueller famously said,
"If we had had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so."

Impeachment trial reveals capital riot is far worser than initially shown.  Not just about Trump abuse of power and obstruction of justice.  Trial is about the near overthrow of government, deaths of 5 people and assault on law enforcement.  The crime of the decade by inciter-in-chief Trump.

last line is most important  

57% of senate vote that rump is guilty as charged

Yes,   seven GOP members with a soul did the right thing.   43 cowards refused.

Who were those members with a soul?

#6: Abusing the pardon power

The Constitution places almost no limits on presidential commutations and pardons
for federal crimes, and many past presidents have granted controversial pardons,
especially in their final weeks in office. But the experts agreed that Trump took this
phenomenon to new extremes.
Mueller found some evidence that Trump obstructed justice by publicly urging ex-aides
not to cooperate and dangling pardons in exchange for loyalty. Trump closed the loop
in December 2020 by pardoning former aides Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn
and George Papadopoulos, who were convicted of lying or obstructing the Mueller probe,
among other crimes.

#7: The Ukraine affair and cover-up

Trump is one of three presidents to get impeached, a fate he first faced in 2019 after
pressuring the Ukrainian government to help his reelection campaign by announcing a
baseless investigation into the Bidens. As part of the scheme, Trump unlawfully withheld
nearly $400 million in much-needed military aid from Ukraine, even though Congress
appropriated the funds with bipartisan support.
"This clearly looked like an extremely inappropriate quid-pro-quo offer," said Susan Rose-Ackerman,
a law professor at Yale University who has written books about political corruption.

Recently, Siena survey of historians rank Trump as 44th best president out of 46 presidents.  Just ahead of Andrew Johnson and Buchanan.  Trump ranks lowest in integrity, intelligence and overall ability.  Highest rank is in luck category.  Some other presidents rank as follows.  Obama 17th best.  George W. Bush 34th.  Clinton 15th.  Reagan 13th.  Kennedy 10th.  Lincoln 3rd.  F. Roosevelt 2nd.  Washington 1st.