So, Lord Cheeto von Trump has just gutted a nationwide program to combat teen pregnancy. This will shock you (/sarcasm), but this is an Obama era program.
The only “successes” Trump has had at all during his presidency, aside from Neil Gorsuch, is the systematic dismantling of the legacy that Barack Obama has created.
The Trump administration has ended a retirement savings program, a program to arm Syrian rebels, protections for undocumented immigrant parents, and has scaled back the nutritional requirements for a school lunch program. Why? Because they came from the Obama administration.
Of course, we cannot forget his obsession, along with Congressional Republicans, to end the ACA. The Donald is the father of the birther movement, loudly claiming that his “investigators” have found things you would not believe. Of course, this supposed information was never revealed.
Why is Trump so obsessed with Obama? There are several reasons that could answer this.
First, Obama makes a good foil for Trump to keep his base fired up amid the scandals that are plaguing his administration. The people who support Don the Con are, to a large degree, the same people who were so adamantly opposed to Obama to a very racist degree.
Second, destroying Obama’s legacy, to some extent, makes Trump’s presidency look better than his predecessor’s. Given that Donald has so few victories to brag about, he most certainly needs everything he can find to try and add legitimacy to his administration and his goals.
But, let us put all that aside and look at Trump the man. He has a narcissistic personality that brooks no embarrassment. We cannot forget the roasting that Trump took at the hands of both Obama and host Seth Meyers. Trump was fuming afterwards. He lashed out at Seth Meyers in the aftermath.
But, why did Obama take his shots at Trump? The correspondents dinner was in April of 2011. Donald began his birther claims in late March of 2011. While he was a true statesman, I cannot blame Obama for firing a few shots “across the bow” at Trump for his racist rantings.
Donald had been flirting with a presidential run, and in previous elections had declared his candidacy. However, in olden times, people realized that he was a joke candidate. Oh, how many of us long for those times today.
The bottom line is that Trump was embarrassed. He began his run, in earnest, to regain what he saw as a loss of stature in the political world. Donald cannot let go of old hurts, and believes in revenge against his “enemies.”
The damage that the Federal Government is doing right now to real American families and individual citizens boils down to Lord Cheeto wanting to hit back against a perceived slight from Obama. Nevermind that Trump is the one who picked that fight.
In Trumpland, Trump must always win. It does not matter who gets caught in the crossfire.