A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

President Donald Trump has been in the White House for 49 days now. In this brief - but seemingly endless - span of time, not only has Mr. Trump set a record for Presidential unpopularity - since his Inauguration, his approval ratings have not gone much higher than 43%. This shouldn't be terribly surprising, except maybe to his faithful core of supporters; according to the Financial Times , Mr. Trump began his term as the most unpopular incoming President since the 1940s. Mr. Trump is also, unfortunately for the United States of America, the most dishonest President in modern American history. He has lied constantly since his inauguration across a wide spectrum of topics, including the size of the crowds at his swearing in ceremony, his divestment from his businesses, his promise to not play golf or take vacations because "there was too much work to do," his "non-existent" connections to Russia, his pledge to complete the controversial Keystone pipeline usi...

In yet another disturbing development in President Donald Trump's star-crossed Administration (as if there weren't enough of those already), it appears that the nation's smallest armed service - the U.S. Coast Guard - and other government agencies involved in law enforcement and emergency response are going to take a billion dollar hit if the President's new budget is approved. To pay for the infamous "wall" on the U.S.-Mexico border that Mexico definitely  will not pay for , the White House is considering massive cuts to various federal agencies. According to various sources, including ABC News  and the military-oriented website DoD Buzz , the President's budget blueprint " outlines a $1.3 billion overall cut to the Coast Guard’s budget, equivalent to 14 percent of the agency’s funding last year. The draft would cut funding for Maritime Security Response Teams and scuttled a contract for a new cutter for the Coast Guard fleet." Per DOD ...