Thank Goodness the Yankees and Cubs Won

There will be at least 6 more days when baseball can distract me from the chaos in Washington.

And thank goodness I am golfing today, so I will not focus on today's chaos, although that will not stop me from ranting about it here.

So Trump wants to renegotiate a treaty that a bunch of Countries signed with Iran and all agree Iran is complying with.  Since it took years to get all those countries to agree to the global sanctions that took years for Iran to feel the pain and years to negotiate the treaty, why does Trump think he can get a better deal in a matter of months?  He has had 8 months to find a peace treaty between the Palestinians and the Israeli's and how is that going?  Last time I read anything, Israel was ready to build another zillion settlements on the West Bank.  Nice way to try and not anger some desperate people who just might become terrorists.

And Trump wants so badly to have his name on a Healthcare bill he is using executive orders to change it around the edges.  Thank goodness I go on Medicare in 9 months.  And thank goodness I live in NY.  The one thing about all this is that Trump doesn't seem to understand health insurance is regulated by the states and the Affordable Care Act.  He can get Congress to change the Affordable Care Act, but the states will still determine what will happen within there own state. And if NY, continues with the law it had in place before the Affordable Health Care Act, insurance companies will not be able to exclude those with pre-existing conditions and all of Trump's efforts to harm people with pre-existing conditions will wash over NY with no effect other than the fact that the end of Federal subsidies for lower middle income people will cause them to lose their health insurance because they can't afford it without the subsidy.  Of course, a lot of them voted for Trump, so maybe they don't care about Health Insurance; although what I really think is that they believed Trump would be a man of his word and give them the best health insurance ever.  Fools!!!

Well, if Trump stops the subsidies, ObamaCare will become TrumpCare because Trump is in charge now and the buck stops at his desk.  No name is permanent when it comes to HealthCare.  After all, the Heritage Foundation (Republicans) developed the concepts of ObamaCare.  George Romney (Republican) implemented those Concepts in Massachusetts.  and now it is called ObamaCare, but once Trump makes his changes, it will be TrumpCare, no doubt.

So much chaos, I ran out of anger before I got to my main point.  You may have seen Trump tossing 8 rolls of paper towels at a Puerto Rico FEMA event when Trump visited.  He thinks that solved the problem so now he can bring FEMA home.  Meanwhile, there is little water and electricity in Puerto Rico.  Puerto Rico is now in the state of a 3rd World poverty ridden country and those people are American Citizens living on land governed by the USA.  Trump is either the President of the whole country or he is not and should be impeached.  Trump is a disgusting greedy narcissistic individual and the fact that he has such an impact on so many people is a stunning testimony to our failure as a nation.  If I lived in another country, I would not respect us.  Because as a Nation, we are who we elect as a President.  It may not be me, but it is we!

Off to Queens and a falafel sandwich.  I hope I play better than yesterday.