Between putting kids in cages, expanding extrajudicial drone strikes, rolling back LGBTQ rights and expanding for-profit prisons, Donald Trump is no friend to human rights. But, the ACLU has issued a report to the United Nations human rights council stating that his administration is deliberately hostile to human rights organizations, cutting off contact with them and even threatening imprisonment for officials who try to report our human rights violations.
Protests have poured in from organisations objecting to the government’s virtual boycott of established systems designed to protect human rights, after the US withdrew from the United Nations human rights council last year. Washington is accused of rebuffing official complaints from monitors, undermining human rights bodies and threatening officials with prosecution should they set foot on US soil.
The Guardian goes on to say that the US had ignored 22 UN requests to discuss human rights issues, including issues happening at the southern border. This is especially troubling because it signals to countries like Russia, Saudi Arabia and North Korea that there’s no consequences for shrugging off any human rights abuses.
National security adviser John Bolton has threatened to imprison officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC) if they pursue cases against US citizens, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently threatened to revoke or deny visas to ICC officials investigating US forces abroad.
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If that wasn’t bad enough, Trump’s latest proposed budget has threatened to slash all funding (around $897 million) for “The National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting — which supports PBS and NPR — and the Institute of Museum and Library Services,” according to The Washington Post.
It’s the third year in a row that he has attempted to eliminate their funding. Luckily, congressional Republicans have never given in to this request. They’ve even slightly increased their funding over the last several years.
In short, Trump’s quest to “Make America Great Again” seems to involve wrecking its human rights and depriving its citizens of art and public education in order to fatten his cronies’ wallets.
RIGay
How is this possibly a shock to anyone? The Mental-defect-in-Command has zero empathy for anything even remotely outside his own self interest.
I have begun praying hourly… praying to any God that this… dirt bag… chokes to death on a Big Mac.
There is no God.
CobraPowers
He’s either an evil genius who hacked the election, or a mentally “defected” person. Make up your mind.
DCguy
Remember, according to Republicans, America has plenty of money to give susidies to corporations and writes off’s for money they pay overseas workers, money to order replacement fighter jets the Pentagon didn’t want that went hundreds of billions over budget. Plenty of money (Trillions) for sending troops overseas, even though the U.S. is not in danger of being invaded.
But ZERO money for ANYTHING that gives actual taxpayers living here a return for their tax dollars. So no infrastructure, no national electrical grid, no lowering the cost of state colleges, no healthcare.
Why? Easy, Republicans need all the money to line the pockets of the donors who bribe them. Don’t believe me? PAul Ryan pushed through a tax cut for millionaire, now, he got a board position paying a fortune for FOX News. This means he does no work and gets a huge check for it.
CobraPowers
Kinda funny, did you have a problem when Obama gave 1.5 BILLION dollars to Iran in exchange for nothing? Money that ended up being used to finance terrorism………
gymmuscleboy
@DCguy I think it is well established at this point that both sides of the political spectrum engage in financial corruption.
radiooutmike
Deplorable.
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That pee video must be pretty raunchy….
SiamSean
Hoping that PBS airs it, commercial free
CanadianGuy62
That is the best comment I’ve read in a loooong time! Thanks for posting. 🙂
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:-p
CobraPowers
Fake News, like everything HRC/Obama pushed for the last two years. When the Mueller report comes out, I want you on your hands and knees and crying for your lies.
CobraPowers
Are we gonna talk about how the UN’s human rights branch is run by people from the countries with the most human rights violations, ESPECIALLY against LGBT people? Or are you going to ignore that Queerty?
truthseeker
@CobraPowers
No because its just meant to be a political attack. Those groups don’t really care about those issues. If they did, they would’ve done something when the Obama administration:
* Consistently drone striked the Middle East
* When the Obama admin blew up a hospital in a drone strike by accident
* Accidentally handed off immigrant children to child traffickers
* When the Obama admin (without congressional approval) gave money to anti-gay Iran
* Lied about closing Guantanamo Bay
* Violated citizens’ rights with obtrusive surveillance
* Detaining and deporting more immigrants than any former President
* Ignored civil rights violations in Asia
And much more but instead of condemnation from those human rights groups and other groups who supposedly advocate for those things, he won a Nobel Peace Prize just because
FYRWMN
America was great before Cheeto ever came along. We are now the laughing stock of the world. Somehow certain people think he’s a great businessman. Guess they don’t know about the multiple times he’s declared BANKRUPTCY, simply to wipe away all his financial screw ups. The only threat to this country is his continued presence in the oval office. He should be charged with TREASON for betraying our country to the point that he has. The only fake news is the consistent lies every time he opens his mouth.
HE NEEDS TO BE IMPEACHED IN ORDER TO KEEP THE U.S. FROM SINKING ANY FURTHER INTO THE DEPTHS OF HELL!!!
gingered1970
Why AM I NOT surprised.