Donald is Forcing Government to Lie to Americans

Read this excerpt from Politico:

On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services suggested in a statement to The New York Times that the administration might continue the payments. On Tuesday, however, HHS condemned the report and said no decision has been made.

Two administration officials said the HHS rebuttal was personally ordered by an incensed Trump, who feared that the Times story hurt his negotiating position. Trump took the unusual step of calling HHS Secretary Tom Price to dictate a blistering statement that challenged the story and swiped at Democrats, one senior administration official said.

Aside from the fact that he has no leverage over Democrats and ignoring the reality that he just announced to America that he's the reason why the ACA will fail, it's scary that he's deliberately forcing others in government to lie for him.

That's on top of the fact that Donald tried to suppress this DHS memo that contradicted his desired outcome. Then there's the whole Devin Nunes unmasking controversy that originated and was fabricated from within the White House, by a group of political operatives recently placed on the government's payroll -- one of which the director of NSC attempted to purge, but was overruled by the White House.

These are dangerous times in America and few people comprehend the threat. Sure, there are a handful of large protests against Donald, but by and large, most people have taken to normalizing him as though the opposition to him is nothing more than expected partisanship.

Donald is an existential threat to the Republic with the risks growing with each passing day.

#RESIST

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An Update:

Did the White House direct the Secretary of Defense to lie about the location of the USS Carl Vinson carrier group? The Department of Defense's transcripts of Sec. Mattis' response is noted by the clarification that directly contradicts what Mattis said:

SEC. MATTIS: I believe it’s because she was originally headed in one direction for an exercise, and we canceled our role in that exercise, and that’s what became public. We had to explain why she wasn’t in that exercise. [Sic: The ship’s port visit to Fremantle, Australia, was cancelled; the exercise with the Royal Australian navy is proceeding as planned.]

The green section above indicates what the Department of Defense added, while the red portion highlights what Sec. Mattis actually said.