Name:   MAJ USA RET - Subject:   concertina in the digital age Date:   11/23/2018 9:35:25 AM

I continue to read that President Trump is a liar… yet, I know of no instance where he has lied.

I continue to read that President Trump is a racist… yet, his (employer) history proves otherwise.  His former employees do not agree with that description of him.  His policies… have proven otherwise.

I continue to read that President Trump is a sexist… yet, other than a bit of ribaldry when he was younger there is nothing there.  DO NOT bring up the Stormy Daniels debacle… there’s less to that than the low information voter realizes.  What!  Is that a stone in your hand?  Are YOU qualified to throw it?

I continue to read that President Trump is a homophobe… yet,   he has done nothing against LBGT people except for not allowing transgenders into the military (with good reason).  Transgenders in the military is an unsustainable practice, their dysphoria renders them unsuitable for the rigors of combat duty, they have a significantly higher suicide rate, a plurality of them have significant mental problems, and in their search for validation… they expose themselves to bullying and other aggressive behaviors.  See:  https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/AFSP-Williams-Suicide-Report-Final.pdf

With respect to Ivanka’s use of a private email address (I had one when I was in the military, yet somehow I managed to avoid using it for government business)… Ivanka does not (did not) have her own server in a closet in her home (or anywhere for that matter), she has not transmitted classified information in her emails, she has not erased any emails (that concept being stupid, as I suspect every email you or I have ever sent is stored somewhere in the cloud), and Ivanka’s use of personal email is not intentionally deceptive (as was Hilary’s).  I suspect this revelation is another game of “Gottcha!” School is still out on this one.

You are standing too close to the “tweet” issue.  It is very likely that is a tool in the “Art of the Deal.”  It certainly works with the MSM.  The tweets are like running up on a band of concertina wire as the press assaults our President.  They get tangled in it, it hurts, they pause to deal with the mess… and President has only wasted a few minutes of his time setting it up. If the press were to engage in classical journalism, the tweets would likely go away… or at least be more civil.

I still don’t like the tweets.  But, I am sure President Trump is smarter than me… richer… certainly more successful… and if I were recalled to active duty, he’d be my boss (as was Barack Obama).

- LMF Curmudgeon