Tag: Trump won’t accept responsibility

Amid Recession Worries, Trump Points Finger at American Businesses

New York Times logoWASHINGTON — President Trump wants Americans to understand that the economy is doing great, thanks to him. But if in fact the economy sours, then it is someone else’s fault.

Mr. Trump’s Blame List is long. On top, of course, is Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve — never mind that Mr. Trump was the one who appointed him. Then there are the Democrats, and not to mention the news media.

And on Friday, the president added American businesses to the list, arguing that struggling companies have only themselves to blame and are rationalizing their own mistakes by pointing to, just to name an example, Mr. Trump’s multibillion-dollar tariffs and America’s biggest trade war in generations.

View the complete August 30 article by Peter Baker on The New York Times website here.

From Russia to tax reform to losing the popular vote, the buck stops with everyone but Trump

The following article by Eric Lutz was posted on the mic.com website November 3, 2017:

In 2013, when he was but a bombastic businessman with a reality show, Donald Trump offered the world some thoughts on leadership.

“Whatever happens, you’re responsible,” Trump tweeted. “If it doesn’t happen, you’re responsible.”

As president, though, Trump has offered a strikingly different view of leadership — one in which he is never at fault, in which there’s always somebody else to blame, in which the buck stops with everyone but him.

During a cabinet meeting Wednesday, Trump told reporters that he would not take responsibility for any failures on his upcoming tax reform push, which he has billed as “historic,” and would instead point his finger at Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and National Economic Council director Gary Cohn. Continue reading “From Russia to tax reform to losing the popular vote, the buck stops with everyone but Trump”