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Thank you to Brad Blakeman on @FoxNews for grading year one of my presidency with an “A”-and likewise to Doug Schoen for the very good grade and statements.

Unprecedented success for our Country, in so many ways, since the Election. Record Stock Market, Strong on Military, Crime, Borders, & ISIS, Judicial Strength & Numbers, Lowest Unemployment for Women & ALL, Massive Tax Cuts, end of Individual Mandate -- and so much more. The Trump Administration has terminated more UNNECESSARY Regulation, in just twelve months, than any other Administration has terminated during their full term in office, no matter what the length.

The good news is, THERE IS MUCH MORE TO COME -- BIG 2018. Working hard! www.youtu.be/gFXcLi85cQY

You know what's fun? Making regressive looter shitheads lose their entire mind by asking them to rationally and logically explain their position without trying to claim "muh feelz" as a valid argument. Ninety-nine out of a hundred of them won't be able to do it and will lose their shit on the spot. The one left over will be able to but more than half the time they'll have some foundational assumption that cannot be chalked up to anything but feelz.

President Donald J. Trump was sworn in on January 20, 2017. At his inauguration, he spoke of the movement which elected him, a movement motivated by “the crucial conviction that a nation exists to serve its citizens.”

Today, women gathered across the country to commemorate the anniversary of that historic day. President Trump has appointed more women to leadership positions than any other US president. Among his choices are:

• Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation
• Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education
• Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security
• Nikki Haley, Ambassador to the United Nations
• Linda McMahon, Administrator of the Small Business Administration
• Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to the President
• Ivanka Trump, Advisor
• Anna Cristina Niceta Lloyd, Social Secretary
• Madeleine Westerhout, Personal Secretary to the President
• Mary Elizabeth Taylor, Deputy Director of Nominations
• Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Press Secretary
• Lindsay Walters, Deputy Press Secretary
• Lara Trump, Online Producer

In their proud service to their country, they exemplify President Trump's commitment to breaking the glass ceiling that impeded women in government for so long.

President Trump, in solidarity with the #MeToo movement, called for the resignation of disgraced Senator Al Franken—a call that was echoed by his fellow senators and to which Mr. Franken ultimately acceded.

Ambassador Haley negotiated a $285 million cut in the United Nations' budget, reduced the UN’s bloated management and support functions, bolstered support for key US priorities throughout the world and instilled more discipline and accountability throughout the UN system. She plans further reductions in next year's budget.

Construction of the southern border wall—a major campaign promise—commenced with the commissioning, fabrication, rigorous testing and evaluation of eight prototypes, and in the form of maintenance and renovation to existing walls and fences.

President Trump expressed his support for the Dreamers, promising to extend DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, by six months. He called on Congress to enact legislation that would make the program permanent.

After the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, President Trump spoke forcefully on the need to de-escalate long-standing racial tensions. He signed a bill to turn the Rev. Martin Luther King's birthplace in Atlanta into a national historical park, the first park of its kind in Georgia. He proclaimed a national holiday in honor of Rev. King. He appointed Dr. Ben Carson, a renowned neurosurgeon who is African-American, as his secretary of Housing and Urban Development, a Cabinet-level position.

President Trump worked with Congress to pass the most significant tax reform since 1986, legislation that will leave trillions of dollars in the hands of corporations and other taxpayers. The same law opened portions of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, an area estimated to hold up to 11.8 billion barrels of oil, to responsible drilling. Business responded swiftly to the tax relief plan; notably, Apple announced its intention to invest $350 billion, including approximately $200 billion repatriated from abroad, in the U.S. economy over five years. Other companies have awarded bonuses to their employees.

President Trump promised to put “American workers first.” His Secretary of Labor, Alexander Acosta, has undertaken far-reaching reforms, lifting onerous regulations to give employers new opportunities for flexible hiring and for greater profitability. They responded by creating 1.7 million new jobs. Over half a million women have entered the work force since he took office. Unemployment rates among African-Americans and among Hispanics fell to their lowest levels since the government began tracking those statistics in 1973. Overall unemployment fell to 4.1%, the lowest in 17 years. Average hourly earnings rose by 65 cents during 2017.

Shortly before taking office, President-elect Trump met with Masayoshi Son, CEO of Japan's SoftBank. The company agreed to invest $50 billion in the United States, creating 50,000 jobs.

On the day of President Trump's inauguration, the Dow stood at 19,827.30. On Friday, it closed at 26,071.72—an increase of 31.5%.

In November, consumer confidence in the economy reached a 17-year high.

President Trump's campaign advisors predicted his pro-growth policies would bring annual growth of 3.5 percent in the gross domestic product (GDP)—a rate of growth not seen since the year 2000. In fact, GDP increased at an estimated, seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 3.2 percent in the third quarter of 2017.

President Trump promised “to lift the restrictions on American energy, and allow this wealth to pour into our communities.” His Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, ended an Obama-era moratorium on leasing federal land for coal mining. The mining industry responded swiftly, with a $22,850,000 bid by Canyon Fuel Company for a lease on the Greens Hollow tract in central Utah, which is estimated to contain over 55 million tons of recoverable, high-energy-producing coal.

Also in support of the President's goal of energy independence, Secretary Zinke announced a plan to open 98% of U.S. waters to offshore oil and gas drilling, while recognizing the unique attributes of the Florida coastline.

President Trump withdrew the United States from the controversial Transpacific Partnership, or TPP.

With the advice and consent of the Senate, President Trump appointed Neil Gorsuch as a justice of the Supreme Court, to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia. In his tenure on the Court, Justice Gorsuch has proven stalwart in upholding traditional values.

The President reinstated the prohibition on funding for overseas family planning groups that assist or counsel women seeking abortions.

The U.S. military, in cooperation with Iraq, Russia, Turkey and other militaries, drove ISIS from its strongholds in Syria and Iraq, including Mosul, which had been under ISIS control since 2014.

U.S. Navy warships delivered a stern rebuke to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, when it launched 59 missiles at the Shayrat airfield in response to that government's use of poison gas in an attack that killed more than 70 people, many of whom were children.

President Trump traveled to Saudi Arabia, where he signed a nearly $110 billion arms deal to help the Middle Eastern country defend itself.

President Trump traveled to Brussels, where he addressed NATO allies, calling on them to pay their share of security costs. He also convened with Donald Tusk, President of the European Council; Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission; and President Emmanuel Macron of France.

President Trump traveled to visit President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico, one of America's closest neighbors.

President Trump negotiated with President Xi Jinping of China to secure the release of three UCLA basketball players, one of whom is the brother of Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball, who had been convicted of shoplifting in Hangzhou, China.

President Trump authorized the placement of a sophisticated THAAD missile defense system in South Korea, and called upon South Korea to pay for it. He engaged in a vigorous dialog with the North Korean government. As a result, Chairman Kim Jong-un declared that his country is “open for dialogue with South Korea” and will participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. Athletes from North and South Korea will march together under one flag and will compete on a unified women's ice hockey team.

President Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel—a key campaign pledge—and directed the State Department to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv. Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales followed suit; the two countries were the first to commit to moving their embassies to Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the announcements. Honduras, Panama and Paraguay are also expected to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Despite some very corrupt and dishonest media coverage, there are many great reporters I respect and lots of GOOD NEWS for the American people to be proud of! Announcing the Highly-Anticipated 2017 Fake News Awards!!!! https://gop.com/the-highly-anticipated-2017-fake-news-awards/

Back in the days when phones still had cords, they had twelve buttons; ten numbers, *-star, and #-pound. Owen Benjamin was kind enough to point this out in relation to pronouncing the #MeToo hashtag. You lot being the fine connoisseurs of comedy that you are, I felt the need to share it along to you.

Martin Luther King, Jr., was the very model of a modern American patriot.

The Reverend’s devotion to fighting the injustice of segregation and discrimination ignited the American spirit of fraternity and reminded us of our higher purpose.

Dr. King's dream is my dream. It is the American Dream. It's the promise stitched into the fabric of our Nation, etched into the hearts of our people, and written into the soul of humankind. AMERICA FIRST! 45.wh.gov/NhJy55

Good news for #MLK fans -- yesterday, it was my great honor to proclaim January 15, 2018, as Martin Luther King Jr., Federal Holiday. That's right, I proclaimed a holiday just for him! Because I think he was a great guy, a great American hero. We have some fine people from Norway, but Martin was one of our own. I encourage all Americans to observe this day with appropriate civic, community, and service activities in honor of Dr. King's EXTRAORDINARY life and his great legacy. pic.twitter.com/samlJsz1Nt

And on Monday it was my great pleasure & honor to sign H.R. 267, the "Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act," which redesignates the Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic Site in the State of Georgia as the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park. 45.wh.gov/T5ByM5 pic.twitter.com/QTgaqTawPT

God bless you all and God bless America!

H&M slammed for racism after showing black boy in ‘coolest monkey in the jungle’ hoodie

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/h-m-slammed-racism-coolest-monkey-jungle-hoodie-article-1.3744160

BY Christopher Brennan Kate Feldman
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Monday, January 8, 2018, 7:35 PM

Clothing giant H&M has been slammed for racism after featuring a photo of a black boy wearing a “coolest monkey in the jungle” hoodie.

The hoodie, available at the store’s United Kingdom page as a “printed hooded top,” was noticed Sunday by social media users such as blogger Stephanie Yeboah, whose outraged screen capture of the offering went viral.

H&M has been accused of racism after it featured a young black boy in a "coolest monkey in the jungle" hoodie.
(H&M)

H&M, based in Sweden, apologized Monday morning for what many said was an insensitive association between the young model and a hateful slur against black people.

"This image has now been removed from all H&M channels and we apologise to anyone this may have offended," the company told the Daily News in a terse statement from its Stockholm headquarters.

Model recounts alleged sex assault by Terry Richardson

Musician The Weeknd cut ties with the brand after the photo went viral online.

"Woke up this morning shocked and embarrassed by this photo," he tweeted. "I'm deeply offended and will not be working with @hm anymore..."

http://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/2018/01/11/mom-h-m-coolest-monkey-ad-model-slams-critics-crying-wolf-tells-them-to-get-over-it.amp.html

RACHEL DOLEZAL RESPONDS TO H&M CONTROVERSY WITH HER OWN 'RACIST' SWEATSHIRT DESIGN

“Am the mum and this is one of hundreds of outfits my son has modelled,” Mango wrote, according to screenshots of the messages. “Stop crying wolf all the time, unnecessary issue here… get over it.”

“If I bought that jumper and put it on him and posted it on my pages, would that make me racist? I get pples opinion, but they are not mine,” she said.

She added, “Everyone is entitled to their opinion about this…I really don’t understand but not coz am choosing not to but because it’s not my way of thinking, sorry.”

H&M was forced to apologize on Monday for an ad featuring a black child in a "Coolest Monkey in the Jungle" sweatshirt. (H&M)

One amusing sidenote: Black boy? Shouldn't that be "black youth"? You can't refer to a black person as a black boy, even if he is a boy!

Those who want to be offended can easily find something to be offended about. Coolest monkey? FFS, the wife and I have referred to our own offspring as little monkeys. And, the grandchildren. The one with protruding ears gets the tag a bit more often than the others, is that racist?

Yes, of course it snows on cesspools, just as it snows everywhere else. So, you have special snowflakes in shitholes. Damn, Trump didn't know that? Now the snowflakes are going crazy, while pretending that they are going crazy in a rose garder? This is some funny shit!

This could get really interesting. About as interesting as a storm in a tea kettle, maybe?

Meanwhile, can we get back to the question? WHY DO WE WANT OR NEED IMMIGRANTS FROM SHITHOLES??????? (Mexico, I'm pointing at you!) If we're seeking immigrants, how 'bout we actively seek immigrants who are healthy, wealthy, wise, educated, or otherwise attractive?

And, oh yeah. Fuck the snowflakes. True, Trump ain't the sharpest tool in the shed, but he's sharp enough to understand that all that downtrodden masses bullshit is destructive for our country. We simply don't need a million more welfare recipients, from any country!

Folks, President Obama is a big believer in global warming. So he told his people, "look for the global warming, tell everyone about the global warming." And every year they said "last year was the warmest year ever, this is going to be even warmer." But I'm open-minded. I got rid of a lot of Obama FLUNKIES & FLOOZIES. And the folks that are left, I said to them, "global warming is a hoax, maybe, probably, it's a hoax, just tell us about the weather!" So we have a beautiful weather report from my people at NOAA. We had some amazing weather last year in the great states of Florida, Texas, California, Montana, North and South Dakota. Erie, Pennsylvania. And Puerto Rico, which isn't a state. It's an island.

But guess what, it wasn't the warmest year. 2017 wasn't the warmest year ever. Because 2012 and 2014 -- when Obama was in office -- were warmer. I'll tell you, I never promised to end global warming. But I did it. And I did it while I BROUGHT BACK THE JOBS in our terrific coal, oil & gas industries. Like I promised.

And now that we've taken care of global warming, we're going to repeal Obama's Clean Power Plan. Because our power is clean enough. If we make it any cleaner, we'll kill our electric. Our Christmas trees will go dark. And our chandeliers. It won't be pretty, folks. In Africa they like it dark, they can stay in the dark. We're not doing that. We're doing a REPEAL. Administrator Pruitt, very smart guy, is doing the paperwork for that. To Make America Great Again.

And if we get a little global warming, we can use it. We could really use it. Our East, our South and our Central USA were cold as hell last week. Pipes freezing & bursting in Jackson, Mississippi and in Atlanta! And a lot of people freezing to death. We could use some goddamned global warming!