Once, the United States was held up as an example to the world: you too can create a nation of checks and balances...

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Once, the United States was held up as an example to the world: you too can create a nation of checks and balances on power and corruption. Now, with #DonaldTrump in the presidency and his ranting antics, the world calls us hypocrites.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/07/ethics-violations-corruption-trump-international-reputation/

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Sam Moore said…
Before we could mask ourselves with civility and tact. Now that the mask is gone the World is getting a glimpse of America's ugliness.
July 28, 2017 at 10:47 AM
Jason ON said…
So true. Our ugly underbelly - the one most of us pretend doesn't exist - has been exposed and our national embarrassment is on the world stage destroying a hundred years of American supremacy.
July 28, 2017 at 10:55 AM
Stephen Dickson said…
That one word is why america is an embarrassment.
July 28, 2017 at 4:26 PM
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