49 Trump Tweets

 #On the first Sunday in November, President Trump tweeted a total of 49 times. After saying Biden won "because the election was rigged," he tried to clean it up by writing, "He only won in the eyes of the FAKE NEWS MEDIA. I concede nothing." Trump approved of Virginia Wesleyan University dean Paul Ewell, who said that anyone who voted for Biden is "ignorant, anti-American, and anti-Christian." Trump called this "Progress!" 

He attacked John Bolton for saying on ABC's "This Week" that Republicans need to acknowledge that Biden won the election.. Trump called him a "real dope," and said that "Bolton was  one of the dumbest people in government that I've had the 'pleasure' to work with." He described Bolton as a "sullen, dull and quiet guy. He added nothing to National Security except, 'Gee, let's go to war.' "

In one of his tweets, he praised GSA administrator Emily Murphy, who until yesterday ( November 23) had refused to sign transition paperwork. "Great job, Emily!" He described his supporters v. those who oppose him, as "GOOD vs. EVIL." Also, he described his supporters who turned out in thousands in DC on Saturday, November 7th, as "Spirit like never before." He tweeted, "I WON THE ELECTION!" and claimed this was the "most fraudulent Election in history!"  

#Trump garnered his highest vote shares in counties that had some of the most sluggish job, population and economic growth during his term in office. In the states were the virus has spiked the highest -- particularly in the Upper Midwest, Republicans made substantial gains down-ballot. GOP leaders can claim a mandate for a let-it-be approach to pandemic management, with pleas for "personal responsibility" substituting for government intervention. Many voters apparently put their own freedom above that of collective action by governments.

# The U.S. share of world military spending was 38% as of 2019. U.S. military spending was $731.8 billion when the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, that monitors world military spending, issued it's,  report. however, in the FY 2020 budget, military spending increased to $740 billion. 

The National Priorities Project Inc. annually publishes a pie-chart of how the national government's discretionary* budget is distributed. For fiscal year 2020, military spending consumed 57% of the pie. When the Veteran Administration's share of 7% is added in, it means that close to two-thirds of the budget goes to military-related spending. 

It is often claimed that military spending is a good job creator. Economists have often debunked that claim. A U. Mass/Amherst study found that $1 billion in military spending created 8,600 jobs. The same amount spent on education created 19,000 jobs, and the same amount spent on clean energy or health care created 12,000 jobs.

*Discretionary spending is the part of the U.S. federal budget that Congress appropriates every year. It doesn't include trust fund spending, nor interest on the budgetary debt.

ADDENDUMS:

*Exit polling shows that 79.4% of white evangelicals voted for Trump in the 2020 election, and 18.6% voted for Biden.

*National security adviser Robert O'Brien called for a "professional transition" to Biden, yet he still believed that Trump could still win when Biden's victory was assured.

*Biden won 490 counties that account for 70% of the U.S. economy, while Trump won 2,534 counties accounting for just shy of 30%.