When Will We Hit Bottom?

When will we hit bottom?

July 2015
“They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

It started with racist comments.

Then it veered towards very questionable comments.

July 2016
“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing, I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.”

And once he got in office, the world just got zanier and zanier.

January 2017
“When I looked at the numbers that have come in from all of the various sources, we had the biggest audience in the history of inaugural speeches.”

And so as the months and years roll on…

May 2017
“And in fact when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said, “You know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story, it’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should’ve won.” Reason for James Comey firing as told to Lester Holt.

August 2017
“There are some very fine people on both sides.” Neo-Nazi’s rally in Charlottesville, Virginia

September 2017
“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘get that son of a bitch off the field right now, he’s fired?’” at a rally in Huntsville, Alabama.

September 2017
“This is a thing called the Atlantic Ocean. This is tough stuff.” Trump on aid attempt after Hurricane Maria.
“People are starting to die already. People are really dying.” San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz

January 2018
“I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!”

June 2018
Zero tolerance and family separation: children in chain linked cages like “dog kernels”

July 2018
“My people came to me, Dan Coats came to me and some others, they said they think it’s Russia. I have President Putin; he just said it’s not Russia. I will say this: I don’t see any reason why it would be.”
“So I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today.”

Helsinki, Finland

June 2019
The government went to federal court this week to argue that it shouldn’t be required to give detained migrant children toothbrushes, soap, towels, showers or even half a night’s sleep inside Border Patrol detention facilities.

The position bewildered a panel of three judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Tuesday, who questioned whether government lawyers sincerely believed they could describe the temporary detention facilities as “safe and sanitary” if children weren’t provided adequate toiletries and sleeping conditions. One circuit judge said it struck him as “inconceivable.”

The Texas Tribune, “Detained migrant children got no toothbrush, no soap, no sleep. It’s no problem, government argues.” Meagan Flynn, June 21, 2018.

July 2019
“If they don’t like it, let them leave,” Trump told the crowd. “I think in some cases they hate our country.”
“Send her back…Send her back…Send her back.”
Greenville North Carolina rally.

September 2019
“I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it.” On a phone call with President Zelensky of Ukraine

“Did [President Trump] also mention to me in passing the corruption related to the DNC server? Absolutely—no question about that. That’s it, and that’s why we held up the money.”
“I have news for everybody: get over it.”
Mick Mulvaney.

And now we come to betrayal and ethnic cleansing.

October 2019
“They didn’t help us in the Second World War; they didn’t help us with Normandy…With all of that being said, we like the Kurds.”
Trump on removing troops out of Northern Syria, thus opening up a Turkish invasion

And outright corruption.

October 2019
“There are lines that we would never cross, and that’s mixing business with anything government” Eric Trump

“With Doral we have a series of magnificent buildings — we call the bungalows — they each hold from 50 to 70 luxurious rooms, with magnificent views. We have incredible conference rooms, incredible restaurants. It’s, like, such a natural”

How far down will the base go before we hit bottom?