Biden Blames USA Downgrade On Trump

The new regime talking points are out - namely that Fitch downgraded the US credit rating from AAA to AA+ on Tuesday because of MAGA Republicans and all things Trump.

But while Fitch cited "the expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years, a high and growing general government debt burden, and the erosion of governance relative to 'AA' and 'AAA' rated peers" as reasons for the downgrade, the Biden administration is of course blaming Donald Trump and his supporters due to one portion of Fitch's explanation: "a steady deterioration in standards of governance over the last 20 years," and that "repeated debt-limit political standoffs and last-minute resolutions have eroded confidence in fiscal management."

Then on Wednesday, Fitch's Richard Francis told Reuters that the downgrade was 'due to fiscal concerns and a deterioration in U.S governance as well as polarization which was reflected in part by the Jan. 6 insurrection.'

"It was something that we highlighted because it just is a reflection of the deterioration in governance, it's one of many," he said, adding "You have the debt ceiling, you have Jan. 6. Clearly, if you look at polarization with both parties … the Democrats have gone further left and Republicans further right, so the middle is kind of falling apart basically."

And so of course, the Biden administration is blaming Trump.

"This Trump downgrade is a direct result of an extreme MAGA Republican agenda defined by chaos, callousness, and recklessness that Americans continue to reject," said Biden re-election campaign spokesman Kevin Munoz. "Donald Trump oversaw the loss of millions of American jobs, and ballooned the deficit with the disastrous tax cuts for the wealthy and big corporations."

Ah, so now it's the Trump downgrade™

Meanwhile, White House spox Karine Jean-Pierre also blamed Trump on Tuesday, saying that the White House "strongly" disagrees with the decision, adding "it’s clear that extremism by Republican officials — from cheerleading default, to undermining governance and democracy, to seeking to extend deficit-busting tax giveaways for the wealthy and corporations — is a continued threat to our economy."

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-blames-downgrade-trump

Jan. 6 police officer shocks CNN host when he compares Trump to Osama bin Laden: 'Donald Trump is a terrorist'

Former police officer Michael Fanone celebrated the newest indictment against former President Donald Trump by comparing the event to the U.S. military killing Osama bin Laden.

Fanone — a former Washington, D.C., police officer who was injured in the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol and who now works as a CNN analyst — expressed joy that Trump was indicted for alleged conspiracies related to the 2020 presidential election.

"When I first learned about the indictment, I had a long conversation with a friend of mine, Ryan Reilly, and I told him how proud I felt to be an American at that moment, much in the way that I did when I learned that our military had killed Osama bin Laden," Fanone said on CNN late Tuesday. "I just felt incredibly proud."

The comment appeared to catch CNN host Laura Coates off guard.

"These two seem comparable to you?" she pushed back.

When Fanone tried to dodge the question, Coates interrupted him and forced him to respond.

"I believe they're comparable," he said. "Osama bin Laden was a terrorist who committed a horrific act against American people and against our republic. And I believe that Donald Trump is a terrorist who committed horrific acts against the American people."

The statement clearly made Coates uncomfortable.

Unfortunately, she did not ask Fanone to clarify the "horrific acts" that he alleged Trump has committed, but the content of her follow up question — asking Fanone whether he believes his rhetoric may help "cloud people's view of this indictment as a fair process" — suggested she thought the statement was extreme.

"You can imagine that is a very eyebrow-raising statement, to say the least, the notion of Osama bin Laden in comparison to Donald Trump," she said.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/fanone-compares-trump-osama-bin-laden