by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 8, 2019 | • Politics, Barak Obama, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy, Jobs
Trump didn’t transform the economy – it’s mostly the same as it was under Obama By President Trump has not transformed the U.S. economy for the better, as he promised he would. It has not “exceeded expectations,” as he claimed in a speech...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 16, 2019 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Fact check: 45 ways Trump has been dishonest about Ukraine and impeachment President Donald Trump is dishonest about a whole lot of things. But he is rarely as comprehensively dishonest as he has been about his dealings with Ukraine and the impeachment inquiry they...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 8, 2019 | • Politics, Donald Trump
How Hitler’s Rise to Power Explains Why Republicans Accept Donald Trump A possibly unfair image of Donald Trump. Photo: Rhona Wise/AFP/Getty Images To watch Donald Trump rant and rave uncontrollably on the stump and on Twitter – praising Saddam Hussein for...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 25, 2019 | • Politics, Donald Trump
A Page-By-Page Guide To The Redacted Mueller Report | Rantt History is being written before our eyes. A redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 448-page report was released at 11 am on Thursday. #MuellerReport trended number one on Twitter worldwide...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 13, 2019 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Opinion | Trump has no idea what he’s doing The thing to keep in mind about President Trump, as he thrashes around like a weak swimmer in a strong current, is that he has no idea what he’s doing. None. Not a clue. I know that he can be clever politically,...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 5, 2019 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy, Jobs
Two Charts Show Trump’s Job Gains Are Just A Continuation From Obama’s Presidency There has been a fair amount of rhetoric about the job growth and lower unemployment rate seen since President Trump took office. Candidate Trump touted that there would be...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 3, 2019 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
I was looking around for something that would explain to me exactly what Trumponomics is (other than a random scattershot policy) and while I haven’t really found an answer yet I did come across this interesting video on what Trump doesn’t get or...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 29, 2019 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Five Conclusions From the Mueller Report If there wasn’t collusion, it sure wasn’t for lack of trying. I spent the week after the release of the Mueller report going through it section by section and writing a kind of diary of the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 23, 2019 | • Politics, Donald Trump
The scientific maneuver Mueller used that implicates the president This post is part of Mischiefs of Faction , an independent political science blog featuring reflections on the party system. If you are a fan of movies or stories where a clever protagonist uses...
