I think the USA have got this very wrong.!

Shocking, @Marley Farley! I'd missed that in the news, so thanks for the heads-up.

 

I agree with you @Marley Farley .....just one of the many despicable things this idiot is doing. Here is a link to a very good article about the rise of fascism with interview with Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State.

Https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/08/madeleine-albright-fascism-is-not-an-ideology-its-a-method-interview-fascism-a-warning

 

Blimey, next thing he'll be recallisifying rhubarb as a fruit...

Oh hang on a minute

Don't believe everything that you read

 

I think that the breast milk thing is indicative of how little he is actually achieving.

He used to scare me but now the more I read the more that I get the impression that the American version of the civil service is just keeping its head down and hoping that;
a] some vein or coronary artery ruptures

or

b] the CIA decide that enough is enough and gets another of those bendy bullets out that they reserve for presidents

That is bad in itself but worse is the number of small family businesses that he has ruined by reneging on contracts that they had with his companies. There for the little man my ass! He's there for what it can do for him, nothing more.

 

My dad used to say that the US system of allowing for the business to openly support political candidates was in the end better, because at least it is trasparent, you know who is supporting who, and can judge better whether certain decisions are being taken in the public interest or not.
As opposed to be left wondering whether politicians are in the pockets of certain pressure groups, as in other countries where that is frown upon and theoretically forbidden.

But I guess that only works when the public bother to examine political decisions in the light of their own real interests.
It seems to me that with Trump a large part of the electorate could be told that *anything* is beneficial to them, and they would believe it.
It is a whole political approach based on victimism, with Trump depicting US citizens as victims of external circumstances in every possible situation.

To be honest, some mothers do have real trouble breastfeeding, and I find that sometimes they get mistreated unfairily for not "trying harder", when objectively they are unable to.
But of course breasfeeding should be encouraged whenever possible, not opposed.

Still, in the great scheme of things, I find other statements about health from Trump more outrageous.
In particular, not long ago he suggested that US citizens pay through their nose for treatments and medicines which are cheap elsewhere because of "socialist systems" (e.g NHS) 'force' USA companies to sell medicines for cheap to Europe.
So the poor companies have to charge US citizens more, and basically, based on this fantasy theory of his, which is supporters immediately embraced, it is us who cause the rednecks to go bankrupt each time they need medical treatment..

Not the corrupt insurance and private health system they have in place, which funds Trump. It is enough for him to tell people that they are victims, and they will adore him no matter what he does to them.. So sad.

Many describe him as an idiot of sort. He is not. He is actually a pretty intelligent man, but amoral and corrupt. He is great at manipulating people, and ruthless at inflicting on them all kind of troubles if it benefits him and his future perspectives. The list of favours to be returned to him by the business will last him and his family until he lives. I dread the day his daughter will run for presidency, but I see it as a distinct possibility in a decade or so.