https://news.yahoo.com/romney-attacks-trump-saying-causes-dismay-around-world-020658724.html Romney attacks Trump, saying he causes dismay around the world By David Shepardson Reuters•January 2, 2019 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney, the former Republican presidential candidate and incoming U.S. senator from Utah, sharply criticized President Donald Trump and suggested the U.S. leader had caused dismay around the world. In a Washington Post essay published on Tuesday evening, Romney criticized a number of Trump's actions in December. "The appointment of senior persons of lesser experience, the abandonment of allies who fight beside us, and the president’s thoughtless claim that America has long been a 'sucker' in world affairs all defined his presidency down," he wrote. He added that "Trump’s words and actions have caused dismay around the world." The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Romney suggested that "on balance, (Trump's) conduct over the past two years ... is evidence that the president has not risen to the mantle of the office." Romney is staking out an independent position two days before he takes office on Thursday. It is unclear whether Trump will face a serious challenge in 2020 to securing the Republican Party's presidential nomination. Trump last February endorsed Romney’s run for a Senate seat in Utah. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Romney excoriated Trump as a "fraud" who was “playing the American public for suckers." Trump responded that Romney had “choked like a dog” in his unsuccessful 2012 campaign against Democratic President Barack Obama. Despite Romney’s prior criticism, after Trump won the presidency in November 2016, he briefly considered tapping Romney as secretary of state. In his essay on Tuesday, Romney said he "will speak out against significant statements or actions that are divisive, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, dishonest or destructive to democratic institutions." Romney has strongly defended press freedom and challenged Trump's repeated attacks on some news outlets as an "enemy of the people." "The media is essential to our Republic, to our freedom, to the cause of freedom abroad, and to our national security. It is very much our friend," Romney wrote in an essay in November.
Did you really think thick skinned god emperor alpha as fuck trump was going to take that laying down? You should be glad he took time off his super busy schedule to fire up the twitter machine. Harry Reid better watch out; he's next: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/02/politics/harry-reid-trump/index.html
Parts of government have been shut down over a week and the idiot is spending most of his time on twitter and watching faux news.MAGA!!!!!!!
It was sort of a reserved tweet. I thought he was going to rip him. Maybe Trump realizes he might not make it out of the primaries. He really needs to win. If I were him... I would move the goalposts. I would find a way to get it done for 12 billion and ask for all of it now. I would have the contractors ready with shovels in their hands and say this time we have a real shovel ready job. He needs to start marketing. He needs to have his staff developing the plan.
He needs to get mexico to pay for it! Even then, the only way it will ever be built is on mexican soil! Even if mexico pays for it, which they will not, the House would honor the wishes of the majority of Americans and block building the wall on U.S. soil. It is a dumb idea with very poor cost/benefit ratio compared to modern border protection methods. It's ugly, stupid, costly and ineffective, and it reflects badly on the U.S.A. The House will pass DACA legislation, which is popular among the majority of Americans. But now that they are in charge, the democrats don't have to tie it to wall funding. Then can pass it in the House, then sit back and watch the Senate Republicans and our short-term, mentally ill President squirm. The Republicans in the Senate will face a stark choice. Either tie themselves to the mast of a sinking ship, or jump overboard. Some will wait until the last possible moment to abandon ship. Those that did that in the Watergate era ended up looking like blithering idiots.
Just about every lefty on the site told us all Trump had no chance against Hillary. So you will excuse me if I don't put much credence into your prognostications. and... While I agree it seems Trump has rough road ahead I think we will have to see who you all run and how Trump does in the primaries before any predictions may seem reasonable.