Winning - September 2017

The continuing saga of Trump's and the GOP's winning ways in September 2017. A partial list.

• North Korea conducts nuclear tests, so Trump chastises South Korea. More threats by Trump.
• Trump rescinds DACA with a six-month expiration date. Very empathetic and healing. 
• Steve Bannon says firing Comey was a major political mistake.
• Trump makes deal with Democrats to get disaster relief funding and extend the debt ceiling. Fractured GOP leadership blindsided. 
• Trump may or may not have made another deal with the Dems about DACA. The "Wall" funding may or may not be tied to the DACA deal. It is all very clear as is every other Trump policy.
• Most of the GOP and conservative media are upset with Trump over DACA.
• Trump continues to stick with the "both sides" rhetoric concerning the Charlottesville event and other protests.
• North Korea launches another missile on 9/14. 
• Administration withholds visitor logs for Mar-a-Lago. It appears that taxpayer funds were used to pay for lodging at the club.
• Sean Spicer admits lying to the press including false facts, such as inauguration crowd size. 
• Mnuchin requests military jet for his honeymoon. 
• Tom Price uses chartered and military flights. Now says he'll partially reimburse taxpayers, only because he got caught.
• EPA Director Scott Pruitt has also used military and chartered flights. Do you see a pattern here?
• Hypocrite Trump tweets we should never forget POWs and MIAs. What about John McCain. 
• Federal court rules that federal funds cannot be withheld from sanctuary cities. 
• Trump finally gets his Emmy. Oh wait, it was Alec Baldwin who won for his Trump impersonation on SNL.
• Trump praises African nation Nambia and their health care. One problem, there is no country by that name. Maybe Namibia? Or is it Narnia?
• Seems the winners on the athletic scene don't want to visit the White House anymore. This is going to restrict Trump's jersey collection. 
• John McCain says he will not vote for the Graham-Cassidy no-Health Care Bill. Another GOP failure to repeal and replace Obamacare. 
• Trump picks a fight with the NBA and NFL over athletes protesting during the national anthem. He apparently does not understand that freedom of speech concept. 
• Jared Kushner used a private email account for government business. Another Trump administration email problem. How ironic.
• Graham-Cassidy no-Health Care bill officially fails to muster enough support. 
• Trump endorsee Luther Strange loses Alabama GOP Senate primary to Roy Moore. Then Trump deletes endorsement tweets.
• Trump flip-flops on private sector contributing to or being part of any infrastructure legislation.
• Less than stellar government relief response to hurricane Maria devastation in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
• Trump blames most of Puerto Rico's problems on them and chastises them for whining. Whining is something he is very familiar with. 
• Trump unleashes his WMD strategy whenever there is bad news for him or the GOP. In Trump's case, WMD = Weapons of Mass DISTRACTION.
• 9/29 - Tom Price resigns. Actually fired.
• To wrap up the month, Trump lashes out at San Juan, PR mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz for being critical of the federal government's response to Hurricane Maria. The criticism was issued from his Bedminster golf club while she was working in the streets to help her citizens. Sad.

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