I think Trump is mad at Amazon because its founder, Jeff Bezos, personally owns the Washington Post which has the nerve to report the truth about Trump.

His statements about Amazon are a mixed bag and he is certainly wrong when he says they don’t charge taxes.

I thought Republicans didn’t want government interference so I am always surprised when Trump attacks specific businesses. This is just Trump being vindictive. Sad!

update:

Trump, who boasted that avoiding taxes made him smart, attacks Amazon for paying “little or no taxes to state & local governments." In fact, Amazon paid $957 million in state income taxes last year & collects sales tax in every state with one. @michaelgold https://t.co/kMACNvc9Ro

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) March 30, 2018

No Collusion?

Mueller is trying to get information on Trump campaign-Russia collusion from Gates. We’ll see if all of Trump’s denials are just more lies. Sad!

A cartoon on Trump and lawyers

“Get me Matlock!”

“We’re running out of lawyers he’s seen on television.” pic.twitter.com/bweaIcIbfS

— Jon Cooper 🌊 (@joncoopertweets) March 29, 2018

How about Perry Mason?

An example of a Trump lie

Trump tweeted about construction of his border wall…using pictures from a 2009 project!

Lawsuit on Trump’s business ties is proceeding

Washington DC and Maryland have filed a lawsuit against Trump over his refusal to eliminate ties to his businesses. A judge is allowing it to proceed.

I don’t blame Trump for not wanting to give up his businesses. If he felt that way, he never should have run for President.

Trump needs to understand that even if he isn’t doing anything wrong (which I doubt), he is leaving himself open for the appearance of conflict of interest and corruption.

He should have learned from the Clintons. The Clinton Foundation should have been terminated when Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State. Since they didn’t do that, they left her open to charges during the 2016 campaign that there were shady dealings. Even if nothing bad happened, it just looks bad. Same with Trump and his businesses. Sad!

Good news on the budget for the Social Security Administration (SSA)

As a retired SSA employee, I was glad to see that the new budget will help SSA provide better service.

Climate change

A recent Quinnipiac poll shows that 63% think more needs to be done about climate change.

Do you think the United States is doing enough to address climate change, doing too much, or do you think more needs to be done to address climate change?
Doing enough 22%
Doing too much 10%
More needs to be done 63%
(Quinnipiac U., RV, 3/16-20/18)
trend: https://t.co/CuNMYchC66

— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) March 29, 2018

However, the Trump EPA is going in the opposite direction.

EPA staffers were given talking points downplaying human involvement in climate change.

Some of the talking points are misleading and contradict research.

The EPA is getting friendly with the fossil fuel industry.

A major change being considered by the EPA would limit research available to it when considering environmental regulations.

This is a good overview of the EPA chief’s attacks on science advisors and scientific research.

Hundreds of EPA staff members have left the EPA during the Trump administration – more than 700 employees as of December 2017.

At some point, the Trump administration will be replaced by people who do not think climate change is a Chinese hoax. However, Trump is doing permanent damage. You can’t undo the negative impacts of Trump policies on the environment that will occur during his administration. Also, I think it will be hard to get ex-employees or similar people who believe climate change is real to go to the EPA when it is clear a future administration can toss them out. Sad!