A trifecta of criticism for President Trump with this message: Change your behavior

The following article by Dan Balz was posted on the Washington Post website July 27, 2017:

Credit:  Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post

President Trump recorded a remarkable trifecta on Thursday. In fewer than 24 hours, he was rebuked by the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the chief scout executive for the Boy Scouts of America.

On a day when so many eyes and ears in Washington were riveted on the escalating feud between White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and new White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, no one should lose sight of the incoming fire that arrived at the White House.

It didn’t come from the hard left or the Democratic resistance. Instead, it came from people who represent communities or constituencies considered friendly to the president: the Republican Party, the military, and a civic organization known for its promotion of patriotism and traditional values. Continue reading “A trifecta of criticism for President Trump with this message: Change your behavior”

How Trump’s Thuggish Style Incites and Rationalizes VIolence

The following article by Jeffrey Morley was posted on the AlterNet website May 26, 2017:

America’s new normal:  attacks on reporters and demonstrators exercising their free speech rights.

President Trump listens as he and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participate in a news conference in the East Room of the White House on April 12 . (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

The president of the United States sets a tone, an example, a style. With Donald Trump, that tone conveys a suffused rage and a violent intolerance that equates questions with insults and disagreement with disloyalty. It is a style that openly sanctions assault on those who dare to dissent.

Gianforte, who won the seat, apologized, saying, “I made a mistake.” His defenders showed no such decency. Continue reading “How Trump’s Thuggish Style Incites and Rationalizes VIolence”