Words in the News - January 2019

Many believe Trump is just bloviating about declaring a national emergency in order to build a wall, others believe he very seriously considering it.

His use of political chicanery was not picked up by the public and he won the election.

Think trickery, rhymes with chicanery. Also related to subterfuge, which is when a person uses deceit to achieve a goal. Subterfuge is more of a scheme or strategy, whereas chicanery is using tricks to fool people, like a magician, who is full of chicanery.

The complete lack of comity in the US government is diminishing the respect other nations around the world have for the country.

The contravention by the defendant's lawyers in sharing FBI related discovery documents with the Russians so that they could alter and disseminate it, needs to be punished.

After the shutdown republicans were determined to avoid another imbroglio.

You can impugn my sources, but at least understand who the sources are, Michael Cohen was not a source for this story.

Gulliani goes on talk shows to inoculate the public from all the terrible things the president does.

Trump only offered a deal to prove how Democrats are intransigent, he knew a bill would not pass.

It was hard to agree to deal with the president because he was so mercurial, what he said in one negotiation did not agree to in the next. How can you negotiate with a mercurial president?

Roger Stone was ostentatiously sucking up to the president in hopes the president would give him a pardon after he got indicted.

Our call for the impeachment of Trump was prescient being that we weren't even aware of the proof of his evil actions.

Donald Trump has suborned Michael Cohen into giving false testimony to congress about his dealings with Russia.

The president governs through subterfuge and propaganda and as a result the United States is at an all time low in the history of the country.

Pinnocchio's subterfuge made his nose grow longer. Deceiving someone to get what you want is just as bad as lying directly to get what you want.

By not taking actions to remove representative King from committees republicans are tacitly accepting his racism.