Another "Winning" Week

I wonder whether Trump is tired of "winning" yet? So far his administration has pretty much been a cluster-fuck. In just this past week these setbacks have occurred. 

• National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was fired or resigned. Officially because he lost the trust of Trump and the administration. We will have to wait for the real reasons. Was it really a matter of trust or was it illegal activities?
• Trump's choice to replace Flynn as his National Security Advisor, retired Vice Adm. Robert Harward, turned down the job. According to reports, there was a conflict on staffing the Security Council.
• Another candidate, retired General and ex-CIA Director David Petraeus, was supposedly eliminated because he said ‎”Whoever it is that would agree to take that position certainly should do so with some very, very significant assurances that he or she would have authorities over the personnel of the organization -- that there would be a commitment to a disciplined process and procedures,”. Basically, the same reason Harward withdrew his name. 
• Trump's nominee for Secretary of Labor, Andy Puzder, withdraws as the nominee amid growing questions about his business record and past personal issues. The personal issues include allegations of domestic abuse and his hiring of an undocumented worker in his home. 
• The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) recommending disciplinary action against and an investigation of Presidential Counselor Kellyanne Conway for plugging Ivanka Trump's fashion line on TV. 
• At his Friday news conference, Trump made a false statement about his Electoral College margin of victory. A reporter called him on it during that same news conference. Trump then tried to clarify his statement but that too was a lie. He then said somebody gave him that information and he really didn't know. The buck stops somewhere else.
• Numerous reports and allegations about contact with Russia by the Trump campaign. Nothing substantiated yet, but plenty of smoke. 
• False statements about immigrants and problems in Sweden. "You look at what's happening last night in Sweden," Trump said. "Sweden. Who would believe this? Sweden. They took in large numbers. They're having problems like they never thought possible." One response from Sweden was "Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking? Questions abound," former Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt wrote on Twitter. Trump blames a story on Fox News. Of course, Fox does not broadcast fake news according to Trump, so this presents a small problem. Trump building winning relations and trust with foreign nations. 
• On the Trump business front, Sears and Kmart dropped Trump Home products from their online shopping sites. Maybe not a big deal, but certainly not a win for Trump. More stores continue to drop Ivanka's line.

One thing for sure, I'm tired of the "whining". You won Donald, you are the president. At this point, it doesn't matter if you won by the biggest margin in history (you didn't) or by a single vote (you didn't) or somewhere in between (you did). The campaign is over, time to govern.

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