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  President Trump gets upset about many things. One of these things is transportation. He doesn’t seem to like it. Here is some evidence of that. The Border Road, which follows the border of Canada and the United States near the Sweetwater crossing, has been in use for dozens of years. Now suddenly the US decides it needs to close this road because of unspecified illegal entry into the US. Another border problem that Trump sees is the newly built $3.8 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge, connecting Detroit, Michigan with Windsor, Ontario. Trump is seeking to prevent its opening, perhaps because his friend owns a current bridge that will then have competition. California’s high-speed rail program would be the only high-speed rail in the US. The Trump administration has canceled several grants to the project, severely hindering its construction. The goal seems to be to kill the entire project. The Trump Administration halted funding for a new subway syst...

 In 2004 Howard Dean was running to be the democratic contender for president of the United States.  After a loss in Iowa, he made a speech to rally his followers.  At one point he let out a shout or "scream" that became a favorite clip for the news media to play.  Apparently the idea was that anybody who screamed like that once in his life could certainly not be president.  Dean lost. Fast forward to the present.  79-year-old president Donald Trump doesn't scream, but he does speak.  Often.  Strangely, for a president.  Below are recent quotes from him, that in context are much worse than they look just as snippets.  Worse than a scream.  And yet, there seems to be little reaction to these out-of-kilter thoughts and pronouncements.  Maybe if you see them all in a row they'll hit differently.   Your daughter, she has to be of age. Like above 6 years old. All of the people that died through the roadside bombs. Died...

  My traffic cone experience, 3/2/26 I planned to protest at the Trump statue today for an hour, as I did once before. I have flyers promoting my proposed ordinance that any presidential statue on public property in Rapid City has to have a traffic cone on its head IF that president was a convicted felon. So, I brought along a traffic cone to make the point for the ordinance (so far, Trump is the only president this ordinance would apply to). I also had a sign that said “Trump is a felon” on one side and “Trump starts wars” on the other. I got there about 9:55. The statue is on a corner, so there is plenty of space to walk back and forth without bothering any pedestrians. So, I stuck the cone on Trump’s head (it’s got a rubber base so it can’t hurt the statue) and started slowly walking back and forth. One guy across the street gave me the finger and yelled something at me. Several cars honked when they went by. Another guy stopped at the corner and told me I coul...