A Russiagate Reality Check By Jill Richardson!!!
(2019-03-27 at 15:18:20 )

A Russiagate Reality Check By Jill Richardson

For most of us, when we rate how we are doing in our jobs, we do not say, "Nobody can prove I committed a crime!!"

Donald Trump is bragging that the Mueller report did not prove he colluded with Russia during the 2016 election.

For most of us, when we rate how we are doing in our jobs, we do not say, "Nobody can prove I committed a crime!!" or even, "I did not commit a crime!!" and then pat ourselves on the back for a job well done.

At this point, we have seen the President Trump White House in action for over two years.

Several investigative books and articles corroborate the chaos and disorder within it.

Let me say for a moment, to the people who are angry at the state of the country, who feel left behind and disrespected by the media, government officials, academics, and other elites, your feelings are valid.

Your desire to be treated with respect and dignity, to have your concerns taken seriously, and to have a government that makes policy to help you and your family live safe, happy, and productive lives is valid.

However, even if President Trump gives a voice to your anger, he does not appear to do much more than that in terms of solving your problems, or the United States of Americas problems.

President Trump appears to run his administration like he ran his businesses - and in this case, that is not a good thing.

When people advocate running government like a business, I understand them to mean that the government should be more efficient. However, there are some key differences between government and business - and even more between government and President Trumps businesses.

A business is accountable to its shareholders.

The government is supposed to be accountable to the United States of American people.

A business obligation to shareholders is mostly financial.

The governments obligation to the United States of American people is far more.

A leader in government should be a public servant, called to serve the people and improve the nation.

A business leader can just be someone who wants to get rich for themself.

I do not want a leader who runs the country like a business. I want them to run the country like a country.

President Trumps business is even more different.

He was born into wealth, connections, and property, so he did not have to earn his way to the top with experience, education, and skill the way other CEOs do.

When Donald Trump made bad financial decisions and found himself in a scrape, his father bailed him out.

What is more, Donald Trump and his father used corrupt practices and racial discrimination to build their real estate empire.

President Trump appears to use his business and the presidency to bring wealth, glamour, and attention to himself.

If he is doing so without producing evidence of the specific crime of collusion with a foreign power, that does not mean he is doing a good job for the rest of us.

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