The US
Congress is held hostage by their campaign contributors and Trump is not. These
corporate interests continue to invest $billions to influence Congress. At the
same time Marxist non-profits use threats of political attacks to control
Congress. Trump stands alone with the voters to restore the US economy and the
US Constitution.
President
Trump Tweets ‘Tempered’ Response to Attack From Decepticon Senator
Mitt Romney… bysundance
President Trump enters a new phase in
legislative road-blocking fraught with challenges inside the Senate
chamber. Almost all U.S. Republican Senators have accepted the
indulgences of U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue.
President Trump now relies on the upper
chamber to consent on the America-First trade deals he has been
renegotiating. Simultaneously, Donohue and McConnell plot how to best
utilize their increased influence over the executive branch…. [Romney was the
first shot]
A tempered response does
not come as a surprise given the landscape.
How President Trump is able to get
Republicans in the Senate to support renegotiated trade deals they have been
paid to oppose will be an interesting dynamic to watch.
These trade deals and the fundamental
economic policy behind MAGAnomics is the most centrally important aspect to
President Trump’s mission in DC.
The fight is about control over U.S.
economy. Mitch McConnell and his Decepticon caucus will be supporting
Wall Street; and only President Trump will be fighting for Main Street.
This is the political dynamic to watch. It’s
about the money.
It is always about the money.
Look at the republican senators who are
aligned against the removal of NAFTA (that list includes McConnell)…. and we
will easily identify those senators who have been paid to protect the interests
of U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue.
Lobbying costs for 2018 included:
US Chamber of Communists $69,125,000
National Assn of Realtors $53,778,430
Pharma Rsch & Manufacturers of
America $21,821,250
Open Society Policy Center $20,590,000
Business Roundtable $17,430,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield $17,170,126
American Hospital Assn $17,168,724
Alphabet Inc. $16,760,000
American Medical Assn $15,542,000
AT&T $14,669,000
Northrup Grumman $11,573,000
Boeing C. $11,270,000
Comcast Corp $11,212,000
Bayer AG $10,900,000
National Assn of Broadcasters
$10,880,000
Amazon.com $10,600,000
Lockheed Martin $10,117,561
Facebook Inc. $9,790,000
DowDuPont $9,680,570
NETA The Internet & Television Assn
$9,400,000
(Link to 2018 Lobbyist Results)
In Mexico, Central and South America
they call it “corruption” and/or “bribery”; in the United States our
politicians call it “lobbying”, the process is identical.
Remember, only a few days ago Mitch
McConnell still held the Senate in open session to block President Trump from
making any recess appointments over the holidays. That parliamentary
scheme requires unanimous support in the upper chamber in order for it to
apply. All 100 senators must agree to hold the session in limbo.
It only takes one senator to break ranks
and say no, and that parliamentary trick doesn’t work. One
republican senator could have allowed President Trump to use recess
appointments for Ambassador appointments and/or cabinet appointments. You’ll
note not one senator broke ranks.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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