Trump brings his smash-mouth tactics to the White House

The recent attack on Elijah Cummings is nothing new. President Trump style is to counter-punch with doubledown personal venom.

I guess he forgets or simply doesn't care about his role as a U.S. elected leader.

This style worked for him in business, however when he is in the public eye it is unacceptable, divisive, hateoriented and just plain inappropriate for the office of the president.

The attack on Elijah Cummings was intended to distract from the recent Mueller hearing as well as other things. Instead of inviting his critics to his office to solve problems he seems more comfortable filling his cabinet with directors who are hired to destroy our environment, our education system our judicial system and our infrastructure.

I used to think anyone who voted for him was a racist.

I have reevaluated this opinion, I now believe that anyone who voted for Trump voted for a racist who only cares about his personal wellbeing.

When you feel really threatened, just call the president a ‘racist’

Baltimore, President Trump’s latest target, along with its congressional representative, Elijah Cummings, is typical of most inner cities throughout the country.

Conditions there are bad from nearly all perspectives.

Almost without exception, these large cities are run by Democratic administrations and are represented in Congress by Democrats. This is not a coincidence. The same scenario, which keeps Democrats in control there, is at play in all of them.

People there are in need. Democrats keep them in need so they can promise them aid, benefits and services. People then vote for these Democrats to get stuff.

But it is never enough, so the cycle repeats over and over. Democrats have

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The cycle needs to be broken. How to do that?

The best social program is a job. President Trump is trying to provide the avenue to that solution. He is building the private sector and diminishing social services like food stamps and others that are ineffective.

He is trying to reduce the size and scope of government so people can get private-sector jobs, become independent, take care of themselves and get off the Democratic merry-go-round.

People like Cummings are threatened, so they call President Trump a racist.

What else is new?

We maybe watching emergence of our next great U.S. senator

Since I voted for Kyrsten Sinema, I vowed to follow her activities closely to see if her actions matched her words as one of my Arizona U.S. senators.

Thus far, I find she has performed much better than most in Washington. She refuses to respond to the tweet storms and spends her time on things of substance rather than sound bites. Also, she works in a bipartisan way to introduce actual legislation.

If readers have not heard her first speech on the Senate floor, they should avail themselves of online sources for that. Allow her to blow her own horn a bit on achieving significant legislation, and please don't criticize her fashion sense, hairdo or personality and just listen to what she has to say.

She is walking the walk of one who could become a great senator for Arizona!