In a characteristically bizarre holiday message for Christmas this week, former President Donald Trump characterized President Joe Biden and the Democrats currently in power as worse than foreign dictators, a category that would include figures like Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who continues waging devastating war against the nearby nation Ukraine.
Discussing his wishes for an uplifting holiday, Trump said Monday: “Included also are World Leaders, both good and bad, but none of which are as evil and “sick” as the THUGS we have inside our Country who, with their Open Borders, INFLATION, Afghanistan Surrender, Green New Scam, High Taxes, No Energy Independence, Woke Military, Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Iran, All Electric Car Lunacy, and so much more, are looking to destroy our once great USA. MAY THEY ROT IN HELL. AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS!”
The U.S. does not have open borders per any reasonable understanding of the term, and inflation actually continues an overall decline. The “Green New Deal” that Trump was trying to reference was never implemented — and problems extend from there. On the front of the war between Russia and Ukraine, Trump has claimed he could quickly end the conflict if given the chance, though there is no precedent from the ex-president’s four years in office to support this idea. Neither has he actually produced a specific, detailed plan for how he’d bring hostilities to an end.
The reality is that Trump continues facing four criminal cases, including charges brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith at the federal Justice Department that are now under consideration at a federal court of appeals in Washington, D.C. The court is contemplating Trump’s arguments that he has wide-ranging legal protections by virtue of his time in office that should stop the case, an approach that prosecutors have argued is without meaningful support in either law or precedent. The argument was also already rejected by Judge Tanya Chutkan, presiding in District Court.
