I don't necessarily align with the writer in all articles I post, but I somewhat do with this one. Though, to answer your question, I don't sense there is anyone on the current national political scene who could provide a solution for our nation's woes. Until one is found, we simply have to hope for the best with the current administration, even when discouraged. However, this past week has been terribly discouraging for me.

WWII Admiral William Halsey was attributed to stating..."There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with." We need to find that individual to deal with what our nation is now facing. Good luck with that...for, without knowing who he/she might be, IMO at least, that person is most certainly not President Donald J. Trump. But, being that he is who we have at the helm, I continue to hope for the best.

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Almost every human being is working now with the 3.8% unemployed. There are about 608 thousand jobs available waiting for qualified applicants.
Tax cuts for the low income is now taking effect. Corporate tax cuts are now showing positive effects.
How?
** When more people work, they are able to provide the supply and demand.
**More demands mean more revenue and profits to businesses thus businesses pay more taxes.
** More people working means these people now are taxpayers, instead of handouts during the Obama years. During Obama, taxpayers spend hundreds of billions of dollars to feed these people.
** Now we collect more taxes as a result because most people work.
** Fact is president Trump has been able to reduce $1 trillion of budget deficits during his 18 months of his administration.
**Our stock market is roaring high. The 501k retirement of workers are also soaring high.
**Most Muslim extremist are eliminated. Most Drug Cartels are stopped, and criminal illegals reduced.
**More Us companies are coming back to the US. Thus providing more employment and our US Treasury collect taxes when their business operation returns home.
** More benefits will show up by year-end when taxes are finalized both corporate and individual.
** President Trump appointed brilliant and constitutional SCOTUS.
** President Trump is trying to motivate Russia with a peace agreement to save our planet and for saving millions of people. This follows what God ordered his people. "Love one another as I have loved you"
And God in Genesis " Be fruitful and replenish the earth." As people get old and die new ones come in. Genesis 1:28
**President Trump asserted his authority when convinced NATO members comply with the 2% agreement which they have breached for a number of years. Now NATO will be more solvent as the members provide their fair share.

During the democrat administration these were their accomplishments.
Of course the drug addicts, MS 13 gangster, and BLM are not qualified. Their brains are so screwed up, could not handle any productive ways except killing and duping their brains. These are cultivated and protected by democrats. E.g. Democrats protect the Sanctuary cities where these criminals are hidden, and by inviting more illegal drug dealers come to America.
Democrats invited 23 million illegals costing us taxpayers more than $116 billion annually not including all the drugs they poison our people.
Democrats invited millions of Muslims including radicals and ISIS, with their main objective, to make the US for Islam, that Obama called religion of peace.

Their masterpiece are lying and corruptions. Very smart they called that.
Liberals prefer handouts. And complain to protect their baby killing.

Mr. Newman is wrong on several counts. Firstly, Hillary did not "violate government guidelines vis-a-vis her emails; what she violated was Federal law, several felonies worth. That's why it pays to have someone who has made several million dollars off of his association with you as a lead prosecutor.

Then there was the little matter of Whitewater, in which Billy Boy invoked Executive Privilege to protect himself and his partner in crime.
Concerning Jared Kushner's "violations, whether real or imagined, let us not forget Billy Boy's $500,000 fee for a 15 minute speech in the Rodina, concurrent with the Uranium deal that Hillary had so much to do with.
Concerning Trump's so called "affair" with Stormy Daniels, this happened when he was a private citizen, while Billy Boy indulged his own propensity for getting his schlong wet while occupying public office, both in Arkansas and DC. Not one affair, but a steady stream of them.
Trump is "courting a dictator responsible for assassinations?" Well the Clintons didn't have to do that. Judging by the number of people associated with them who have wound up dead, they don't court assassins, they train them.
Trump is blunt, outspoken, and a lousy liar. The Clintons. Slick Willie especially, are suave, and in contrast to Trump, are consummate liars, polished and professional.

Rick Newman

Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 in part because voters perceived his opponent, Hillary Clinton, to be a dishonest, self-dealing phony.

Trump has now pulled off the improbable: He makes Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill look like ethical exemplars, compared with the corruption endemic in Trump’s administration.

Whatever you think of Trump, there was legitimacy to his call, back in 2016, to “drain the swamp” and bring fresh blood to Washington. Team Clinton, it turned out, was the perfect foil for Trump, thanks to Hillary Clinton’s six-figure Wall Street speech-making, her shifty explanations for violating government policy by using a private email server, and the money flowing into the Clinton Foundation from shady deal-makers undoubtedly hoping for favors once Hillary ascended to the White House.

How quaint those Clinton controversies seem, compared with the Trump presidency.

Trump’s knifing of American law-enforcement agencies, while on a podium at the Helsinki “summit” with American enemy Vladimir Putin, visibly raised the possibility that Trump might sell out his own country to appease a ruthless dictator who at this moment is working to manipulate the upcoming U.S. elections. Trump is now going even further to aid Russian attacks against the United States, by saying Russia is no longer targeting U.S. elections. Intelligence officials contradict Trump and say Russia is still at it. The president of the United States is defending a foreign government that’s attacking the United States. Right now.

Before Trump’s capitulation to Putin, the president deserved the benefit of the doubt from rational observers on the question of Russian aid for his 2016 campaign, because there was no public evidence that Trump knowingly solicited or accepted any Russian help. But Trump’s defense of Putin is now evidence in itself. What does Putin have on Trump that would compel the American president to turn on his own country? Everybody wants to know, as Trump might say.

It’s now undeniably clear that Trump puts self above country, self above party and self above voter. Is Trump’s alliance with Putin an act of self-preservation? Is it personal opportunism? Is Trump doing Putin a favor in exchange for return favors? We don’t know, yet, but if there’s a trail of illegal Russian money in the Trump presidential campaign, or in Trump’s far-flung business empire, it’s likely that special prosecutor Robert Mueller knows about it, which means the public will, eventually. It’s now obvious why Trump has been trying for months to torpedo Mueller’s investigation, even though Trump claims to have done nothing wrong: If anybody knows the real reason Trump fawns over Putin, it’s Mueller.

Americans expect politicians to be self-serving. Trump doesn’t disappoint. But if you voted for Trump as a repudiation of Billary-style greasiness, you got duped. Team Trump is abusing its power in ways Hillary Clinton couldn’t even dream of – perhaps even to cover up crimes by the man elected to run it.

Then there are the more routine forms of corruption. Three Trump Cabinet members have resigned, so far, for abusing the perks of office. Former EPA commissioner Scott Pruitt stayed on the job for months after a vast pattern of grifting emerged, as if Trump saw no problem and was simply waiting for the flap to die down. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, meanwhile, has violated government stock-ownership rules meant to prevent top officials from benefiting from their own policy decisions. It might be an honest mistake, but there’s so much mendacity in the Trump administration that it is time to presume guilt rather than innocence.

Boy Wonder Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and White House factotum, has violated government ethics guidelines by retaining ownership in his family’s real-estate company while working for the government. There’s some evidence Kushner’s privately owned company has already enjoyed favored treatment from lenders and other business partners because of Kushner’s newfound access to power. Kushner had no experience in government before Trump became president, and he’s only at the White House because he fulfills Trump’s loyalty requirement. Competence and capabilities are irrelevant.

The Treasury Department just changed disclosure rules for some political groups in a way that will allow more rich donors to contribute anonymously to organizations that lobby for favored candidates and causes. Just what America needs: more opportunities for powerful people, including foreigners, to secretly manipulate U.S. elections. There’s much more, including unqualified companies getting government business because of personal friendships with Trump officials.

Trump has Clintonized the White House, and gone much further. He certainly matches Bill Clinton’s sneaky infidelity, with his porn-star affairs and secret hush payments. Hillary Clinton alienated voters by, among other things, shirking responsibility for her mistakes and rarely taking the blame for anything gone wrong. But she was an amateur compared with Trump, who lies every day, calls his own statements “fake news” and now courts a dictator associated with numerous assassinations. Even the Clinton Foundation, which took money from every opportunist hoping to get an audience with a Clinton, didn’t stoop that low.

This isn’t a defense of Hillary Clinton. She lost the 2016 election because of her own arrogance and mistakes. But it’s time for those who thought they were getting something better, in Trump, to realize they were wrong.

Rick Newman

Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 in part because voters perceived his opponent, Hillary Clinton, to be a dishonest, self-dealing phony.

Trump has now pulled off the improbable: He makes Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill look like ethical exemplars, compared with the corruption endemic in Trump’s administration.

Whatever you think of Trump, there was legitimacy to his call, back in 2016, to “drain the swamp” and bring fresh blood to Washington. Team Clinton, it turned out, was the perfect foil for Trump, thanks to Hillary Clinton’s six-figure Wall Street speech-making, her shifty explanations for violating government policy by using a private email server, and the money flowing into the Clinton Foundation from shady deal-makers undoubtedly hoping for favors once Hillary ascended to the White House.

How quaint those Clinton controversies seem, compared with the Trump presidency.



Trump’s knifing of American law-enforcement agencies, while on a podium at the Helsinki “summit” with American enemy Vladimir Putin, visibly raised the possibility that Trump might sell out his own country to appease a ruthless dictator who at this moment is working to manipulate the upcoming U.S. elections. Trump is now going even further to aid Russian attacks against the United States, by saying Russia is no longer targeting U.S. elections. Intelligence officials contradict Trump and say Russia is still at it. The president of the United States is defending a foreign government that’s attacking the United States. Right now.

Before Trump’s capitulation to Putin, the president deserved the benefit of the doubt from rational observers on the question of Russian aid for his 2016 campaign, because there was no public evidence that Trump knowingly solicited or accepted any Russian help. But Trump’s defense of Putin is now evidence in itself. What does Putin have on Trump that would compel the American president to turn on his own country? Everybody wants to know, as Trump might say.

It’s now undeniably clear that Trump puts self above country, self above party and self above voter. Is Trump’s alliance with Putin an act of self-preservation? Is it personal opportunism? Is Trump doing Putin a favor in exchange for return favors? We don’t know, yet, but if there’s a trail of illegal Russian money in the Trump presidential campaign, or in Trump’s far-flung business empire, it’s likely that special prosecutor Robert Mueller knows about it, which means the public will, eventually. It’s now obvious why Trump has been trying for months to torpedo Mueller’s investigation, even though Trump claims to have done nothing wrong: If anybody knows the real reason Trump fawns over Putin, it’s Mueller.

Americans expect politicians to be self-serving. Trump doesn’t disappoint. But if you voted for Trump as a repudiation of Billary-style greasiness, you got duped. Team Trump is abusing its power in ways Hillary Clinton couldn’t even dream of – perhaps even to cover up crimes by the man elected to run it.

Then there are the more routine forms of corruption. Three Trump Cabinet members have resigned, so far, for abusing the perks of office. Former EPA commissioner Scott Pruitt stayed on the job for months after a vast pattern of grifting emerged, as if Trump saw no problem and was simply waiting for the flap to die down. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, meanwhile, has violated government stock-ownership rules meant to prevent top officials from benefiting from their own policy decisions. It might be an honest mistake, but there’s so much mendacity in the Trump administration that it is time to presume guilt rather than innocence.

Boy Wonder Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and White House factotum, has violated government ethics guidelines by retaining ownership in his family’s real-estate company while working for the government. There’s some evidence Kushner’s privately owned company has already enjoyed favored treatment from lenders and other business partners because of Kushner’s newfound access to power. Kushner had no experience in government before Trump became president, and he’s only at the White House because he fulfills Trump’s loyalty requirement. Competence and capabilities are irrelevant.

The Treasury Department just changed disclosure rules for some political groups in a way that will allow more rich donors to contribute anonymously to organizations that lobby for favored candidates and causes. Just what America needs: more opportunities for powerful people, including foreigners, to secretly manipulate U.S. elections. There’s much more, including unqualified companies getting government business because of personal friendships with Trump officials.

Trump has Clintonized the White House, and gone much further. He certainly matches Bill Clinton’s sneaky infidelity, with his porn-star affairs and secret hush payments. Hillary Clinton alienated voters by, among other things, shirking responsibility for her mistakes and rarely taking the blame for anything gone wrong. But she was an amateur compared with Trump, who lies every day, calls his own statements “fake news” and now courts a dictator associated with numerous assassinations. Even the Clinton Foundation, which took money from every opportunist hoping to get an audience with a Clinton, didn’t stoop that low.

This isn’t a defense of Hillary Clinton. She lost the 2016 election because of her own arrogance and mistakes. But it’s time for those who thought they were getting something better, in Trump, to realize they were wrong.

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Almost every human being is working now with the 3.8% unemployed. There are about 608 thousand jobs available waiting for qualified applicants.
Tax cuts for the low income is now taking effect. Corporate tax cuts are now showing positive effects.
How?
** When more people work, they are able to provide the supply and demand.
**More demands mean more revenue and profits to businesses thus businesses pay more taxes.
** More people working means these people now are taxpayers, instead of handouts during the Obama years. During Obama, taxpayers spend hundreds of billions of dollars to feed these people.
** Now we collect more taxes as a result because most people work.
** Fact is president Trump has been able to reduce $1 trillion of budget deficits during his 18 months of his administration.
**Our stock market is roaring high. The 501k retirement of workers are also soaring high.
**Most Muslim extremist are eliminated. Most Drug Cartels are stopped, and criminal illegals reduced.
**More Us companies are coming back to the US. Thus providing more employment and our US Treasury collect taxes when their business operation returns home.
** More benefits will show up by year-end when taxes are finalized both corporate and individual.
** President Trump appointed brilliant and constitutional SCOTUS.
** President Trump is trying to motivate Russia with a peace agreement to save our planet and for saving millions of people. This follows what God ordered his people. "Love one another as I have loved you"
And God in Genesis " Be fruitful and replenish the earth." As people get old and die new ones come in. Genesis 1:28
**President Trump asserted his authority when convinced NATO members comply with the 2% agreement which they have breached for a number of years. Now NATO will be more solvent as the members provide their fair share.

During the democrat administration these were their accomplishments.
Of course the drug addicts, MS 13 gangster, and BLM are not qualified. Their brains are so screwed up, could not handle any productive ways except killing and duping their brains. These are cultivated and protected by democrats. E.g. Democrats protect the Sanctuary cities where these criminals are hidden, and by inviting more illegal drug dealers come to America.
Democrats invited 23 million illegals costing us taxpayers more than $116 billion annually not including all the drugs they poison our people.
Democrats invited millions of Muslims including radicals and ISIS, with their main objective, to make the US for Islam, that Obama called religion of peace.

Their masterpiece are lying and corruptions. Very smart they called that.
Liberals prefer handouts. And complain to protect their baby killing.

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To begin with Rick Newman is a diehard liberal thinker for the clown comedians. Their brains are so left headed, full of lies and denials, that could never understand the righteous and civilized ways of living.

Slatten always defend these kinds of left thinking and presses hard on the right to make it appear that the right is always wrong. I've read all comments of slatten and I never agreed with his mental set of liberalism.

I refrained from getting into his liberal brain until now. I think he is self-conceited, and tried to impress others about his military background. Although I respect and thank for his service, but singing for himself does not impress me.

There are others who have sacrificed most including putting up their lives but never tried to exonerate themselves. But allow others to see the merits of their accomplishments.

Don't sing for yourself to make it known to others. Because the truth will set you free.