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Undated: “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” ” -or- The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/the-top-10-misattributed-quotations-a7910361.html
[also see]:
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke
-- 2016 --
December 8: The media’s attitude toward Trump is changing. Finally.
In July, The Huffington Post took the unusual step of announcing that, henceforth, it would classify Donald Trump coverge in its “Entertainment” category, a move emblematic of the broader political press’ mindset back then. But after months of increasingly alarming rhetoric came to a head on Monday, when Trump called for a ban on Muslim travel to the US, Arianna Huffington decided to backpedal.
“We are no longer entertained,” read the headline atop her explanation. Trump’s campaign, Huffington added, has become “an ugly and dangerous force in American politics.”
It seems much of the press corps rethought its plans to cover the election over the past 48 hours.
The media’s months-long treatment of Trump’s incendiary comments as shock entertainment has turned openly adversarial. The flamboyant mogul is now being covered as a threat to American democracy as we know it, and if this week is any indication, campaign coverage could be different from here on out.
“Trump’s statement, even in this season of extremes, is a dangerous proposal that overrides history, the law, and the foundation of America itself,” NBC’s Tom Brokaw said during an on-air editorial Tuesday.
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/media_no_longer_entertained_by_donald_trump.php
-- 2017 --
February 7: The debate over the Trump White House's attitude toward Muslims is more than merely academic. In their lawsuits challenging the legality of the president's order suspending refugee resettlement and immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries, Mr Trump's opponents have pointed to his bellicose rhetoric and that of his staff as evidence that the policy was unconstitutionally directed at Muslims.
Past presidents have gone out of their way to say their issues are not with the Islamic faith - if only to serve as a public counterbalance to their use of US military power in or against Muslim nations.
"The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam," Mr Bush said shortly after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. "That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38886496
August 15: Donald Trump has a very clear attitude about morality: He doesn't believe in it
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/15/donald-trumps-morality-he-doesnt-believe-in-it.html
-- 2018 --
January 18: John Kelly: Trump's Attitude Toward The Wall Has "Evolved"
Chief of Staff John Kelly told FOX New's Bret Baier that President Trump's beliefs on DACA and The Wall have "evolved" since the campaign. Kelly told the Special Report host that presidential candidates sometimes "say things during the course of campaigns that may or may not be fully informed."
On Thursday morning, the president tweeted, "The Wall is the Wall, it has never changed or evolved from the first day I conceived of it."
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/01/18/john_kelly_trump_very_definitely_has_changed_attitudes_toward_daca_the_wall.html
February 10: Trump tweets argument that he's been 'victimized' by Obama administration
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/10/politics/trump-obama-administration-steele-dossier-tweet/index.html
March 17: If you wanted to tell the story of an entire Presidency in a single tweet, you could try the one that President Trump posted after Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired Andrew McCabe, the deputy director of the F.B.I., on Friday night.
On Twitter: Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI - A great day for Democracy. Sanctimonious James Comey was his boss and made McCabe look like a choirboy. He knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI!
@realDonaldTrump
... Every sentence violates norms established by Presidents of both parties. Every sentence displays the pettiness and the vindictiveness of a man unsuited to the job he holds.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/donald-trump-and-the-craven-firing-of-andrew-mccabe
June 7: ‘It’s about the attitude’: Trump says he doesn’t have to prepare much for his summit with North Korea’s leader
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/its-about-the-attitude-trump-says-he-doesnt-have-to-prepare-much-for-his-summit-with-north-koreas-leader/2018/06/07/2af3ec7e-6a6d-11e8-9e38-24e693b38637_story.html?utm_term=.1273b35bbe1d
June 8: Tests for Trump's 'attitude' on the world stage
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/note-tests-trumps-attitude-world-stage/story?id=55737855
June 14: DOJ Report Confirms That the President Is a Dishonest Conspiracy Theorist ... Donald Trump has claimed that a secret cabal of “deep state” Democrats within the FBI “rigged” the bureau’s investigation into Hillary Clinton — thereby allowing her to escape accountability for violations of information-security protocol that should have landed her in prison — even as said cabal orchestrated a “WITCH HUNT” into his campaign’s nonexistent ties to Russian hacking, in a diabolical, anti-democratic bid to get Clinton elected.
In light of these (alternative) “facts,” the president maintains that the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election— and his own alleged attempts to interfere with that investigation — is so “corrupt” and baseless, it should be ended as soon as possible.
There are several reasons to question Trump’s word on this subject.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/doj-report-finds-no-evidence-that-fbi-rigged-clinton-probe-james-comey-text-messages.html
July 13: How Trump's 'America First' Attitude Put Britain Second
http://time.com/5338215/donald-trump-theresa-may-england-visit/
September 12: Trump takes on Florence with ‘I alone can fix it’ attitude
The MTP Daily panel discusses the White House's response to Hurricane Florence and how Trump has made the natural disaster about himself.
https://www.msnbc.com/mtp-daily/watch/trump-takes-on-florence-with-he-alone-can-fix-it-attitude-1318987331676
September 26: Barack Obama takes swipe at Trump’s attitude on environment
https://www.apnews.com/4fb33486c23e449984ab29ea0c6b685c
November 11: Donald Trump's callous attitude in France shows he needs the lessons of WWI more than anyone
It would certainly be difficult for most people to visit France’s numerous monuments to fallen soldiers without being humbled, but early indications are that Trump is exceptionally insensitive to the past suffering of his countrymen.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-rain-macron-paris-france-wwi-centenary-armistice-controversy-a8628511.html
November 22: Donald Trump's Thanksgiving Tweet Shares An Attitude Of Gratitude
https://www.elitedaily.com/p/donald-trumps-thanksgiving-tweet-shares-attitude-of-gratitude-13182571
December 13: John Kelly ‘Relieved To Be Leaving’ White House: CNN
Kelly reportedly said being chief of staff was the “worst job” he’s ever had.
In one meeting Kelly allegedly called Trump “an idiot” and said it was “pointless to try to convince him of anything.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-kelly-relieved-out-white-house_us_5c12e906e4b0860b8b5ca838
December 21: On Syria, Trump is right where he wants to be: Alone
Analysis: For some presidents, the lonely path in Washington would be an uncomfortable one. But to Trump, it's a sign that he's on the right track.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/syria-trump-right-where-he-wants-be-alone-n950466
December 25: Trump criticizes outgoing Defense Secretary Mattis, attitude to allies
"AMERICA IS RESPECTED AGAIN!" Trump tweeted.
https://www.jpost.com/International/Trump-criticizes-outgoing-Defense-Secretary-Mattis-attitude-to-allies-575369
-- 2019 --
January 9: Trump’s positive attitude toward the legalization of cannabis in the U.S. could take the rapidly growing CBD pet industry to a whole new level
Two more states legalized medical pot, Utah and Missouri recently, which increased the number of states to have legalized cannabis in some capacity to 32. We also saw the green light given to adult-use pot in two states Vermont and Michigan, raising the number of recreational marijuana states to 10. Two other positive signs are the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s first cannabis-derived drug approval, and President Trump signed the Farm Bill into law, thereby legalizing hemp and hemp-based cannabidiol (CBD), the nonpsychoactive cannabinoid best known for its perceived medical benefits.
The rapid expansion of treating pets with alternative medicine made with CBD is fueling interest, desire, and conversations amongst pet parents and the veterinary community.
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/01/09/1682890/0/en/Trump-s-positive-attitude-toward-the-legalization-of-cannabis-in-the-U-S-could-take-the-rapidly-growing-CBD-pet-industry-to-a-whole-new-level.html
January 9: Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday ripped into President Trump's policies, saying the "status of American global leadership now is really nowhere."
Hagel, speaking on CNN, made the comment in reference to Trump's attitude toward historical U.S. allies.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/424584-former-defense-secretary-americas-global-leadership-now-is-really-nowhere
January 10: Nielsen: Dems' attitude on border wall 'offensive,' 'disrespectful'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nielsen-dems-attitude-on-border-wall-offensive-disrespectful
January 10: Border Patrol agent sues President Trump over shutdown
A Border Protection officer's union doesn't favor Trump when it comes to the shutdown
https://www.salon.com/2019/01/10/border-patrol-agent-sues-president-trump-over-shutdown/
January 10: Video Of Trump Telling Students To Climb Over A Concrete Wall In 2004 Is Too Ironic
President Donald Trump has made it very clear that he believes the only way to truly secure America's southern border is with an enormous physical barrier — which he generally refers to as "the wall" — stretching from one coast to the other. But, rather ironically, there's a video of Trump telling students to climb over a concrete wall, as Trevor Noah revealed on The Daily Show on Wednesday night. In 2004, when the video was shot, Trump didn't seem to believe that a wall really works for someone determined to get past it.
https://www.bustle.com/p/video-of-trump-telling-students-to-climb-over-a-concrete-wall-in-2004-is-too-ironic-15733592
June 12: Trump Tells ABC: Sure, I’d Collude Again
In a new interview released this afternoon by ABC News, President Trump tells George Stephanopoulos that he’d take information from a foreign government if one offered dirt on his 2020 opponent. “I think you might want to listen, there isn’t anything wrong with listening.”
President Trump rejected the idea that such foreign government interventions amounted to election interference. “It’s not an interference, they have information — I think I’d take it. If I thought there was something wrong, I’d go maybe to the FBI — if I thought there was something wrong. But when somebody comes up with oppo research, right, they come up with oppo research, ‘oh let’s call the FBI.’ The FBI doesn’t have enough agents to take care of it. When you go and talk, honestly, to congressman, they all do it, they always have, and that’s the way it is. It’s called oppo research.”
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-tells-abc-sure-id-collude-again
June 13: Pelosi: At Best, Trump Doesn’t Know ‘Difference Between Right And Wrong’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Thursday chalked up President Trump’s foreign dirt remark to the President simply not knowing the difference between right and wrong.
“What the President said last night shows clearly once again, over and over again that he does not know the difference between right and wrong. And that’s probably the nicest thing I can say about him,” she said. “If he doesn’t know the difference, it could explain some of this ridiculous behavior.”
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/pelosi-trump-right-wrong
June 13: Republicans lash Trump for being open to foreign oppo
GOP senators vowed they would immediately turn to the FBI if approached with foreign dirt.
Soon after Donald Trump sparked his latest all-consuming controversy, Lindsey Graham spoke to the president and urged him to rethink his willingness to use foreign opposition research against his political opponents.
“The law is pretty clear. You can’t take anything of value from a foreign government,” Graham said he told Trump. “He says, ‘I didn’t say I did.’ I said: ‘Sitting down and talking to somebody’s not a crime, but it’s probably not a good idea. … I don’t agree with you.’”
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/13/republicans-trump-foreign-interference-remarks-1364220
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