Lauren Kelleher
Extra Credit Blog Post #2
This article by E.J. Dionne has a brief passage of Barak Obama’s farewell
speech saying “Obama’s moving farewell address in Chicago on Tuesday night had heart.” Dionne then moves on to the
warning given in the soon to be former presidents speech “warning and a plea:
an alert about the dangers our democracy confronts and a call for Americans to
be active and vigilant in protecting our liberties.” This summation of that
part of the speech was clearly about the next presidents threat to American’s
rights and liberties, quoting the president directly saying ““We
must guard against a weakening of the values that make us who we are.”” Dionne
then takes this warning to talk about the connection between Donald Trump and
his many conflicts of interest, including the ties to Russia and his many companies
and their “blind trusts.” Dionne warns her audience of these clear conflicts of
interest saying “But given Trump’s relentless public praise for Putin and the
derision he has directed at those who mistrust Russia and its intentions. The
accusations need to be dealt with very seriously and investigated meticulously.
We know that Trump’s denials can never be believed until they are independently
confirmed. The new standard for presidential statements must be: “Mistrust and
verify.””
I
agree with this author whole-heartedly.
A lot of the time the government tells American’s something and we don’t
know if it is true or not and we have to trust them, however even when we can
clearly see that Donald Trump is lying he still continues to lie. What does
this mean for when we don’t have other sources fact checking the president? 
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