Donald J. Trump is loyal to no one. Not to his wives. Not to his children. Not to the U.S. Constitution. Not to his oath of office. Not to his country. Not to his party. Not to his devoted followers. They hold his interest only so long as they offer praise or make him look strongly and loved. Love he wouldn’t know what to do with if anyone genuinely offered it.
He is a severely damaged human being, unqualified for the job he holds, it goes without saying. Tens of thousands of Americans are dead who might not be but for his maladministration.
Associated Press (emphasis mine):
President Donald Trump on Sunday criticized a privately built border wall in South Texas that’s showing signs of erosion months after going up, saying it was “only done to make me look bad,” even though the wall was built after a months-long campaign by his supporters.
The group that raised money online for the wall promoted itself as supporting Trump during a government shutdown that started in December 2018 because Congress wouldn’t fund Trump’s demands for a border wall. Called “We Build the Wall,” the group has raised more than $25 million promoting itself as supporting the president.
Even former Trump strategist Steve Bannon joined the board. Trump ally Kris Kobach became the group’s general counsel. Now Trump is publicly disowning them. Even if they won’t admit it to themselves.
Trump tweeted Sunday in response to a ProPublica-Texas Tribune report that the riverbank has started to erode. A federal judge on Wednesday ordered attorneys for Fisher Industries and opponents of the private wall to set a schedule for experts to visit the site and inspect any erosion.
“I disagreed with doing this very small (tiny) section of wall, in a tricky area, by a private group which raised money by ads,” Trump wrote. “It was only done to make me look bad, and perhsps it now doesn’t even work. Should have been built like rest of Wall, 500 plus miles.”
There is no 500-plus miles of wall. As of December, Trump had built only 93 miles, and 90 of those replaced exiting barriers.
Tommy Fisher, CEO of Fisher Industries, said Sunday that he thought the president “just got some misinformation on this stuff” and that he had “complete respect” for Trump.
Tommy Fisher is another of Trump’s victims, and Trump has no more use for him.
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