After World War II, America led the world in building a global trading order,
a stable world economy, geopolitical calm and international trust in our
government. It’s all quickly vanishing by sitting Republicans who enable
Trump to take a bull dozer to our government and the global respect, trust
and influence America enjoyed for centuries. Sitting Republicans are the
only part of our government in a position stop Trump
rom eviscerating what’s left of our government. Tragically, though, they’re
on Trump’s leash and have violated their Constitutional obligation to act as
a check on presidential tyranny rather than surrendering to it. Trump has so
much confidence in their complicity and cowardice that he commits his
treacheries and corruption in broad daylight.
REPUBLICANS BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL
Every House Republican except two voted for it. The bill takes money from
Medicare and Medicaid benefits and food assistance programs to cover
1the trillions in lost tax revenue from the Republicans’ $4.5 trillion tax cut
for America’s wealthiest. It’s like wiring money from your bank account
directly to the very rich.
Trump has a history of borrowing more than he can afford. He’s
doing it again. But this time the U.S. Treasury is on the hook. Worse, he
also has a long history of defaulting on his debts, including in 6
bankruptcies. He was turned down by 30 lenders and Bonding companies.
60 lawsuits and judgments reveal that he stiffed dishwashers, waiters,
plumbers, bartenders, carpenters, other hourly workers and small
businesses.
TRUMP’S TRUE ECONOMY
The wealth gap in America is shamefully wide.
Wealth inequality in America just hit its widest gap in more than 3
decades.
• Since 1989, the share of American household wealth held by the top
0.1% increased more than 60%. Everybody else’s fell.
• The wealthiest 1% held $55 trillion in assets in 2025 which was
equal to the wealth held by the bottom 90%.
• The top 10% own $61 trillion in assets. The bottom 50% own $4.21T.• Billionaire wealth in 2025 increased three times fasterthan the
average wealth over the previous five years.
• A rising stock market hasn’t helped the bottom two thirds of
Americans because the top third owns 87% of the market.
• Trump’s tariffs are the highest since the Depression and have
increased U.S. retail prices by $1,100-$2,300 for basic items. Tariffs
on building materials raised new home construction costs by 3.3%,
stifling home building and making homes unaffordable for most
Americans.
• Republicans claim middle- and low-income earners will gain “at
least $13,000 a year” under Republicans’ Big Beautiful Bill. But that
was based on inflated growth predictions that never materialized,
just like the last five times Republicans made the same promise.
• Republicans claimed their bill would reduce the federal deficit by
$1.4 trillion. The bipartisan Congressional Office said it will add a
least $3.3 trillion.
• Consumer loan defaults are on the rise.
• Car payment delinquencies surged to a record.
• Credit card defaults climbed to the highest levels since the 2008
financial crisis.
• Total household debt hit an all-time high. Consumer sentiment, an
indicator of future growth, is at record lows
TRUMP RISKS THE NEXT RECESSION AND COULD MISMANAGIE IT
INTO A
DEPRESSION
Trump’s tariffs are the highest since President Hoover’s which started a
trade war that deepened the Depression. The U.S. was a large creditor
nation then, and, thanks to the Republicans, is now a large debtor nation.
So borrowing to spend our way out of a recession will be difficult.Trump and the most dangerous, unqualified cabinet in America’s history
that the Republicans confirmed could mismanage it into a depression. We
came close during the Great Recession of 2008, but Presidents Bush’s and
Barak Obama prevented it. They called on Treasury Secretary Henry
Paulson (previously Goldman Sach CEO), Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke,
and NY Fed President Tim Geithner to save us with a bank bailout and an
economic stimulus. Each had deep experience in US and international
monetary policy. In 2008, it was international cooperation that saved us.
There’ll be none of that next time. Nether Trump nor his cabinet will have
any idea what to do.
THE IRAN WAR
You can add it to the list of Trump’s betrayals that were enabled by his
subjugated Republicans. Our European allies denied Trump’s request for
help in clearing the Strait of Hormuz. They would have helped if Trump
hadn’t alienated them by:
• Withdrawing from international agreements, including the 7-nation
Iran nuclear deal,
• Constantly disparaging NATO, European countries and their leaders.
• His surprise (and illegal) tariffs,
• Not alerting our allies in advance of the bombings of Iran. History
shows that when the United States consults allies to align strategies
before acting, they are much more willing to help.
• Trump, not having consulted anybody outside his unqualified toadies,
had didn’t know that securing the Strait would need coordination with
other countries and a legitimate political purpose which was absent.
• His real reasons for bombing Iran were to distract voters from the
Epstein scandal and his punishing economy.
• Trump readied 50,000 troops to invade Iran. A ground war would
require as many as 1.6 million troops — roughly three-quarters of the
U.S. military, including combat forces America doesn’t have.
• It will be near-impossible to win. Rugged mountains make up half of
Iran’s territory. And its urban centers are inland and protected by the
mountains and uninhabitable deserts.
• China and Russia will be delighted to see our military power
weakened, giving them the opportunity to be more aggressive.
• Trump fired the counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring threats
from Iran. It hobbled the United States’ ability to detect and subvertIran’s retaliatory threats. Did Trump not want intelligence to stand in
his way of the bombing?
• Trump’s only off ramp may to declare victory and pull out, which
would leave Iran to charge tolls at the Strait of Hormuz and rebuild its
infrastructure, strengthen its economy and increase its treacheries.
It’s clear who won and who lost the war.
TRUMP’S TRADE STRATEGY AND FOREIGN POLICY
The Supreme Court decided that Trump’s tariffs were illegal, but they’ve
already driven our trading partners to replace America with other countries.
• Canada now buys more cars from Mexico than the U.S. for the first
time in
three decades. No wonder auto manufacturing has lost 29,000 jobs
since November of 2024.
• China, the world’s largest soybeans buyer, switched from buying from
U.S. farmers to buying from Brazil and Argentina. Trump had to pay
more than $10 billion to compensate our farmers for the lost
revenues.
• Peru switched to buying blueberries and textiles from Asia, Europe
and South Africa.
• The EU entered a pact with South America that has 780 million
consumer
• The EU signed a free-trade agreement with Indonesia eliminating
tariffs for most goods it used to buy from the U.S.
• Canadian Prime Minister Carney visited China for the 1st time and
signed an agreement to tear down trade barriers and forge a new
strategic relationship because China is “a more predictable and
reliable partner” than the U.S.
• India and the EU signed a free trade agreement creating a $2B
market that accounts for nearly a quarter of global GDP, but excludes
the U.S.
• The EU signed a free trade agreement with Mercosur, a bloc
comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It will create
one of the world’s largest free trade zones, with more than 700 million
people.
• UK Prime Minister Keir Stamer led a delegation of more than 50
British companies to China from sectors such as finance, healthcareand manufacturing. The two countries are expected to sign trade and
investment agreements that exclude the U.S. They expect China to
buy agricultural products from Canadian farmers that will replace
products formerly purchased from U.S. farmers.
• The six countries in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and
South Africa), which represent a third of global GDP and nearly half
the world’s population, deepened their ties with Russia and China.
• Spain and Brazil signed 15 agreements covering critical minerals,
telecoms and artificial intelligence at a meeting hosted by Spain’s
Prime Minister who plans to strengthen ties with countries pushing
back against America’s aggressive foreign policy.
• India and Moscow expanded their bilateral trade ties with the BRICS.
• The Prime Minister of India made his first visit to China in seven
years, where he held hands with both Putin and Xi.
• Trump exited the Transpacific Partnership (TPP) with eleven Pacific
rim countries that excluded China. It would have eliminated 18,000
tariffs on American exports and establish stronger labor standards
and environmental protections that would have put state-owned
enterprises on a level playing field with U.S. businesses. After Trump
pulled out, China stepped in and took our place. The result: Trump
gifted one-third of global trade to China.
CORRUPTION
Trump’s enslaved Republicans watch as he brazenly and in full daylight
violate the Constitution’s prohibition against federal officials receiving any
profit or benefit from a foreign government without Congressional consent.
• They let him abolish the guardrails that restricted presidential
corruption and then build his net worth from $4.3 billion in 2024 to
over $7.3 billion in 2025. No American President before him ever
abused their Presidency to enrich themselves.
• Anonymous profitable purchases and sales of oil futures were
made 15 minutes before and after Trump announced the bombing of
Iran and the cease fire.
Trump made $500 million in 2025 plus $50 million annually from
nine deals with the Saudis. He arranged for a United Arab Republic
Sheikh to buy $2 billion of stablecoin from a crypto firm in which
Trump owned a 60 percent. Then Trump quickly allowed it to import
AI computer chips in violation of a Congressional ban.• He accepted a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar.
• The Kuwaiti embassy switched its National Day celebration from
the Four Seasons to the Trump International Hotel in D.C under
pressure from Trump.
• Trump bragged that the Saudis paid his businesses hundreds of
millions of dollars. Then, against bipartisan demand, Trump refused
to punish Saudi Arabia and its Crown Prince for the murder of
American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
• He withdrew our troops from Syria against military advice to allow
Turkish President Erdoğan to annihilate the Kurds who fought along
with our soldiers to defeat ISIS while Trump was profiting from Trump
Towers in Istanbul and a $400 million Turkish investment.
• Trump vetoed an act of Congress blocking an $8 billion arms sale to
Saudi Arabia then proceeded to make the sale. Citing hundreds of
millions of dollars the Saudi’s paid his businesses, Trump asked
mockingly, “Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
PARDONS
If you’re convicted of perjury, committing tax or bank fraud, aiding election
finance crimes, an insurrection, lying to the FBI, rigging an election with
foreign help or impeding a Congressional investigation Trump will pardon
you. He pardoned:
• Nearly 1,500 individuals charged with offenses related to the January
6, 2021, Capitol riot, many of whom were convicted of violent crimes.
It’s likely that ICE agents wear masks to hide the identity of the
criminals he pardoned.
• After calling for the death penalty for drug dealers, Trump pardoned
Ross Ulbricht, the founder of a secret platform for the sale of illegal
drugs.
• Jho Low who was accused of stealing $4.5 billion from Malaysia’s
sovereign wealth fund.
• Members of his innermost circles, including his campaign chairman
Paul Manafort who was convicted of bank and tax fraud, and Trump’s
long-time confident, Roger Stone, indicted for lying to Congress;• Charles Kushner, Ivanka’s father-in-law who pleaded guilty to 16
counts of tax evasion, and
• Trump’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon arrested for stealing $25
million of donations from hundreds of thousands of supporters who
donated to the “Build the Wall” fundraising campaign. Instead he
spent it on home renovations, cosmetic surgery, and a boat.
Does the phrase, “birds of a feather” come to mind?
HEALTHCARE/SHUTDOWN
Republicans gulled Democrats into agreeing to vote for a bill that didn’t
renew subsidies that kept Obamacare affordable. Republicans promised to
address the issue after the bill passed. Of course, they didn’t. As a result,
Obamacare premiums doubled.
TRUMP CUTS TO MEDICAL REASEARCH CUTS AND HOSTILITY
IMMIGRANT HAS SENT OUR BEST RESEARCHERS AND SCIENTISTS
TO CHINA
Trump’s cuts to medical and technology research and his hostility towards
immigrants sent our qualified experts to China. At least 85 U.S. scientists
have joined Chinese research institutions since the start of last year, and
China is culling experts from across the globe who would have come to the
U.S. but for Trump’s actions.
TRUMP ILLEGALLY ELIMINATED 90% OF FOREIGN AID, CAUSING
THE SPREAD OF DISEASES AND DEATHS.
Trump illegally eliminated 90% of foreign aid for development and disease
prevention while HIV and drug-resistant tuberculosis were spreading
unchecked around the globe. As a result, more than 780,000 people in
developing nations, two-thirds of them children, died.
The U.S is losing key benefits of the foreign aid Trump cut . It:
• Spreads America’s influence, leadership and military might around
the world, including having locations for U.S. military bases and
developing and maintaining critical allies.
• Bolsters economic and political stability in developing countries that
reduces coups by corrupt leaders hostile to America.• Strengthens the U.S. economy by growing foreign industries that
buy U.S goods. Over the past 10 years, nearly two-thirds of the
growth in U.S. exports went to major recipients of U.S. aid.
TRUMP HOBBLED AMERICA’S ABILITY TO PREPARE FOR
DISASTERS AND RESCUE THEIR VICTIMS.
• He cut funding for the agencies that prepare for catastrophes and
rescue their victims in order to replace revenues lost from his $4.5
trillion tax cut for the wealthy.
• The agencies he hobbled could have saved most – maybe all – of the
120 people killed in Kerr County, Texas.
• FEMA had warned Trump that it was unprepared for disasters due
to the mass exodus of emergency managers.
• Kristy Noem fired the highly qualified head of FEMA for opposing
its dismantling and hired someone with no background in
emergency management who said he had not been aware the
country had a hurricane season.
• Just before a record-breaking hurricane season, the National
Weather Service had 216 vacant positions due to Trump’s
government-wide hiring freeze.
• He stopped the analysis of weather data and turned off weather-
tracking satellites.
SENATE REPUBLICANS APPROVED THE MOST UNQUALIFIED
AND DANGEROUS CABINET IN AMERICAN HISTORY,
Senate Republicans sacrificed America’s health, security, safety, crime-
control and economy to protect both their anatomical and
Congressional seats. Take a look at whom Republicans confirmed:
• A Secretary of Health who discourages the use of provenvaccines even though they knew the death rate among those
vaccinated against Covid was 5 times lower than among the
unvaccinated.
• An alcoholic Fox co-host and sex offender as Defense
Secretary who is willing to unleash the military on Trump’s enemies
and wouldn’t discourage Trump’s impulsive use of nuclear
weapons, as Trump attempted when it took his Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, General Milly, to stop him.
• A Director of National Intelligence who parroted false Russian
propaganda and posted a video repeating false Russian claims.
• An Attorney General who pledged to prosecute the prosecutors
who indicted Trump.
• An FBI Director who pledged to use the FBI to “go after the … media”
that opposes Trump and that he’d purge any FBI employee who
refuses to implement Trump’s retribution against his enemies.
SITTING REPUBLICANS TOLERATE TRUMP’S CRUEL INHUMANITY,
SHAMING THE U.S. ACROSS THE GLOBE INCLUDING:
• His masked Gestapo-like ICE arrests of immigrants and sending
many to the Western Hemisphere’s most gruesome prison.
• Trump pardoned nearly 1,500 individuals charged with offenses at
the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. Rip off the masks of his ICE agents
and you’ll probably find Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and other zealots
that are Trump’s private militia.
• As the Irish Times observed, “Over more than two centuries, the
United States has stirred a very wide range of feelings in the rest of
the world: love and hatred, fear and hope, envy and contempt, awe
and anger. But there is one emotion that has never been directed
towards the US until now: pity.” “The idea of the US as the world’s
leading nation that has shaped the past century – has all but
evaporated.”
TRUMP CHOOSING PUTIN OVER ZALENSKI IS LIKELY TO LEAD TO
RUSSIA’S INVASION OF NATO MEMBERS
• Handing Ukraine to Putin will set the stage for him to invade
European NATO members to help fulfill his dream of a Russian-led
Eurasian empire.
• Trump is pushing Zalenski to accept Putin’s preposterous conditions.
They are:
o The demilitarization of Ukraine,
o Russian sovereignty over territories equaling 23% of Ukraine,
o Ukraine’s neutrality,
o Ukraine must be prohibited from joining NATO,
o Ukraine must hold new elections, likely enabling Putin to install
a puppet government, and
o That European security not be funded the United States.
As former US Secretaries of State and Defense, Condoleezza Rice and
Robert Gates warned, “to avoid confrontation with Russia, the U.S. must
help Ukraine push back the invader now…. If this lesson is ignored and
Ukraine is defeated, Russia will almost certainly … attack NATO member
countries.”
and defended only by Europe and
GIVEN TRUMP’S SHAMEFUL RECORD AGAINST COVID,
AMERICA COULD SUFFER THE MOST DEATHS AND CASES
IN THE WORLD WHEN, NOT IF, THE NEXT PANDEMIC HITS, AND ONE
MAY BE BREWINF NOW.
An outbreak of Bundibugyo (“BVD”), a disease caused by a strain of the
Ebola virus just broke out in the Democratic Republic of Congo and was
declared an international emergency by the World Health Organization.
If it hits the United States, and Trump repeats his performance against
Covid, we’re likely suffer the most BVD cases and deaths in the world.
America suffered more Covid cases and deaths than any other country.
Having failed to control its spread, Trump turned to massive
misinformation. He predicted the mortality rate would be close to zero
“within a couple of days” and will “disappear like a miracle” and everybody
“infected is getting better.”
He abandoned over 7 decades of America leading the fight againstglobal pandemics including Ebola and seven other diseases.Obama sent
more than 3,000 health officials to West Africa as part of a 10,000
international team he helped organize. Cases fell by 80 percent from
their peak levels. He also prepared healthcare facilities in the U.S. to
combat a possible outbreak at home. In total, just 11 cases and two deaths
reported in the U.S.
TRUMP ILLEGALLY REPLACES DEMOCRATIC HEADS OF AGENCIES
WITH REPUBLICANS
• Trump replaced a Democratic FTC Commissioner with a Republican
in violation of Congress’s express prohibition against firing employees
without cause. Shamefully, Trump’s obedient Supreme Court Chief
Justice violated his Court’s 90-year precedent and stayed a lower
court injunction against the firing. Trump is now
free to replace any agency Democrat with a Republican to bring the
agencies, which were created by Congress, under his control.
• Trump also fired the first black female member of the National Labor
Relations Board, also a Democrat, created by Congress. It deprived
the Board of the ability to make decisions or hear cases on unfair
labor practices and union representation.
Sitting Republicans are the only part of America’s government that can rein
Trump in. But they refuse, so they need to be replaced. Impeachment and
removal may be a drastic step, but it is more necessary now than ever, and
a new national poll finds that 55% of likely 2026 voters nationwide
support impeaching and removing Trump—an extraordinary and
unprecedented level of support so early in a presidential term.
But it’s necessary to repair the colossal damage Trump’s wreaked on
America and restore the honor, trust and respect that Republicans helped
Trump strip away that diminished a respected global leader to the most
immoral country and a nation widely mocked, distrusted, and increasingly
shunned.
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