{"id":16590,"date":"2017-05-04T21:30:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T04:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=16590"},"modified":"2017-05-04T21:30:24","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T04:30:24","slug":"the-trump-train-wreck-and-its-desi-enablers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/the-trump-train-wreck-and-its-desi-enablers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trump Train Wreck: And Its Desi Enablers"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Executive Order Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America during a roundtable with farmers in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, April 25, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery-Pool\/Getty Images) (Siliconeer graphic)<\/em><\/p>\n

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@siliconeer #siliconeer #DonaldTrump #NikkiHaley #AjitPai #SeemaVerma #USHealthcare #USImmigration #USTaxCuts #Medicare #Medicaid \u2013 Desis<\/i> have become the most visible ethnic minority of the Trump administration \u2013 snagging up top posts like the UN envoy, chair of FCC and head of Medicare and Medicaid Services. Time to uncork the champagne? Not so fast, writes Ashfaque Swapan<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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The nation, along with the rest of the world, is reeling from Trump\u2019s bizarre stylistic flourishes, his swagger and his penchant to give free rein to an adolescent urge to badmouth every critic with petty, sophomoric comebacks.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Even the Wall Street Journal, an indefatigable supporter of all things conservative, is fed up. \u201cYet the President clings to his assertion like a drunk to an empty gin bottle, rolling out his press spokesman to make more dubious claims,\u201d it remarked in a blistering editorial.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It must be said that notwithstanding its extraordinary socio-economic standing, the desi community is only beginning to make its presence felt in the American political firmament.\u00a0 Therefore, just as we celebrate a Satya Nadella heading Microsoft or a Sundar Pichai leading Google, it is incumbent upon us to take note every time a desi lands a big political appointment.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Given the president\u2019s erratic diplomatic gaffes \u2013 to date, he has hung up on the Australian prime minister, angered China by cozying up to Taiwan, and made the Mexican president mad enough for him to cancel a U.S. trip \u2013 Haley has her work cut out.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Ajit Pai, who was a commissioner before he became chairman last month, is trying to wipe away net neutrality rules put in place by Tom Wheeler, the former chairman, to prevent broadband companies from creating fast and slow lanes on the internet.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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What is certain, unfortunately, is that financial constraints will be used as a useful subterfuge to cut off as many people from Medicaid as possible, a goal dear to Republicans.\u00a0 Remember that these are the most vulnerable Americans. It is entirely likely that Verma will be a willing, even enthusiastic, accomplice.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Give the devil its due. U.S. President Donald J. Trump has been true to his word. He promised during his campaign that he was going to be \u201cterrific.\u201d<\/p>\n

He has indeed been terrific. As in terrifying.<\/p>\n

The nation, along with the rest of the world, is reeling from his bizarre stylistic flourishes, his swagger and his penchant to give free rein to every adolescent urge to badmouth a critic with petty, sophomoric comebacks.<\/p>\n

Trump is ideal for the modern age. His attention span and grasp of issues give new depth to the word \u201cshallow.\u201d No wonder he is so comfortable with Twitter.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what we have seen Trump achieve in his first 100 days.<\/p>\n