Trump Weighs in on the Enforcement of Rules/Laws
I normally steer clear of the routine, penny-ante garbage issuing from Trump in his attempts to rouse the rabble, but the tweet here warrants a comment.
This tweet says, “It doesn’t matter that we have rules, laws, science, and other matters of fact. It doesn’t matter that I know exactly nothing about Thoroughbred racing, and that there is literally not a horseman on Earth who agrees with my comments on the decision. What matters is that I, as president of the United States, can say anything I want, regardless of how inane, how vile, and totally devoid of truth, and that my supporters everywhere will stand behind me.”
Also noteworthy is the phrase “political correctness,” as it applies to the application of the rules and the enforcement of laws. Here’s a harbinger of what’s about to happen in Trump’s life on a scale far larger than his merely weighing in on a sporting event. He’s under 16 different criminal investigations, not counting whatever may come from the Mueller/Barr circus. What do you think he’s going to say when one (or all) of these goes against him?
He’s already spent the last two years claiming that the attacks against him (directed and conducted by Republicans) are all motivated by the Losing Democrats, the political elite, the deep state, or whatever other “horsecrap” he can muster.
Stand back and wait until the crap really hits the fan.
Craig,
Even by you obsessive standards, your criticism of the President is pretty over the top!
Ummm,….how do you know Donald Trump knows nothing about thoroughbred horse racing ?
For that matter, what do you know about Horse racing?!
Obviously very little since you make the absurd claim literally not a horseman on Earth agrees with the President’s observation on the decision.
Here you are either just plain lying or ignorant, as more than half the horse racing world, including most equine racing journalists and professional jockeys agree the Kentucky Derby decision was extremely controversial and without precedent.
The overwhelming majority agree with Donald Trump, the best horse didn’t win.
The President didn’t tweet as a “the President” , but as “Donald Trump. race horse enthusiast and fan of Maximum Security”.
Oh yeah, it might interest you to learn, President Trump has owned race horses and was a regular attendee of meetings. He’s also an accomplished rider, which is not bad for a guy who grew up in Queens.
President Trump surprised Queen Elizabeth with his knowledge of thoroughbreds, and that’s not easy since Her Majesty is one of the world’s leading experts !
So, not only is your rant completely false and inaccurate, but displays your increasingly irrational and illogical hatred of the President !
I have no real issue with you holding such opinions, but you must understand how damaging to your credibility such outbursts are when you come to speak on more serious matters.
(Hmmmm,… on the other hand, your intemperate outbursts do remind me of how closely you share the President’s worst traits ! How ironic 🙂 ).
As it happens, my wife’s been breeding Thoroughbreds for 28 years and reads everything published on the industry. She’s put many hundreds of foals on the ground, and raced dozens of mares all over the state. Together, we’re connected to a huge number of owners, breeders, agents, trainers and jockeys. Please see: http://www.2greenenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Untitled.png
It is from this perspective that I assert Trump knows nothing about the industry, because the call the stewards made was 100% obvious to anyone with even the vaguest understanding of the sport and its rules.
Craig,
With the greatest respect to your wife and all those who side with the steward’s decision, I’ve also been involved in equine racing for most of my life, both as an owner and club committeeman. (As the son of an inveterate punter and step-son of a prominent breeder, it’s hard not to take an interest).
The interference rule is one of the most difficult rule to judge and interpret. There is a always degree of latitude given to unintentional interference, incidents.
For you to asset, “Trump knows nothing about the industry, because the call the stewards made was 100% obvious to anyone with even the vaguest understanding of the sport and its rules”, is absurd.
Donald Trump, expert reporters and journalists, race attendees, breeders, jockey’s, owners, bookmakers, punters and commentators are divided concerning the decision to disqualify.
Since this was the first time in 145 years the rule was imposed so rigidly, the decision was always going to create controversy.
The Kentucky Derby fields 20 horses. That’s a lot more horses than unusual so Stewards have always made allowances for instances involving crowding, especially on a very wet track.
Obviously, the connections of Maximum Security weren’t happy with the decision.
So the President is not, as you asset, “alone” in his criticism, as usual, he has the opinion of the ordinary punter and race attendee solidly on his side.
As for your assertion that the President knows nothing about race horses when he claimed the “better horse didn’t win the race”, well,.. that’s just ludicrous.
On track NBC analysts Randy Moss and Jerry Bailey both agreed Maximum Security was the best horse and that “the best horse should have won”. Highly respected racing commentator Jonathan Lintner has written extensively casting doubt on the wisdom of the decision.
Country House started at 65-1 odds.
“Referees” decisions are often controversial and not always correct. Of course their decisions must be upheld (except in the case of corruption) or chaos would prevail, but that doesn’t prevent anyone from criticizing the decision.
No one denies Chief steward Barbara Borden and her team have a difficult job, but the connections of Maximum Security claim, with some justification, that Maximum Security was only reacting to contact from behind by War of Will, and Maximum Security shouldn’t bear the responsibility of impeding his rivals.
So for you to say the President “knows nothing” or is “completely alone” in his opinion, is a transparent falsehood.
If just one other person agreed with the President, you would be inaccurate, but when it’s obvious so many involved in the industry agree, it become a falsehood compound by your refusal to admit or amend your claim.
(The term “controversy itself, must make you aware of opposing views).
Your hatred of the President makes you exaggerate, indulge in mendacity, and stubbornly refuse to admit error!
Hmmmm,……say, aren’t those the very faults you always accuse Trump of possessing?