We compare 44 President’s quotes in history to 45. This proves that Trump is inept, unqualified, unprepared, corrupt, incapable of the truth, without conscience, without honor, lacks empathy, and is truly what psychiatrists call a malignant narcissist. Our Democracy is shaking and if elected again, we and the World will be slaves to the rich and powerful. Dictatorship will follow.  We will be publishing quotes from former Presidents every day for 44 straight days and compare them to 45, our current President YAHOO. We are on # 33 (thirty three).

Harry S. Truman

33rd President of the United States

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as vice president for only eight months.   He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe, and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO.

Truman was in combat and a captain in the artillery service during World War I.  After his wartime service, Truman returned to Independence, where he married Bess Wallace on June 28, 1919.

The Republicans controlled Congress in 1947–1948, so he worked with their leaders, especially Senator Arthur H. Vandenburg, chairman of the powerful Foreign Relations Committee.

To try to settle the question of Puerto Rican independence, Truman allowed a plebiscite in Puerto Rico in 1952 to determine the status of its relationship to the United States. 

He was known as Give em hell Harry after a reporter criticized his daughter.  Harry challenged him to a fist fight.  

 He testified before Congress to have money appropriated to have presidential papers copied and organized, and was proud of the bill’s passage in 1957.

In Athens, Greece, a 12-foot-tall bronze statue of President Harry S. Truman, was erected in 1963 with donations from Greek-Americans.

Harry S. Truman:

“A President either is constantly on top of events, or if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him.”

“The President is the representative of the whole nation and he’s the only lobbyist that all one hundred and sixty million people in this country have.”

“Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima…The force from which the sun draws its powers has been used against those who brought war to the Far East.”

“Anything that is sent up to the Senate and House with my name on it will quiver a couple of times and then turn over and die.”

“Being President is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or be swallowed.”

“The President hears a hundred voices telling him that he is the greatest man in the world. He must listen carefully indeed to hear the one voice that tells him he is not.”

“I’m going to fight hard. I’m going to give them hell.”

“Three things ruin a man. Power, money, and women. I never wanted power. I never had any money, and the only woman in my life is up at the house right now.”

“I am getting ready to see Stalin and Churchill and it is a chore. I have to take my tuxedo, tails, preacher coat, high hat, low hat and hard hat.”

“My favorite animal is the mule. He has more horse sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating-and he knows when to stop working.”

“(hand lettered sign on Truman’s desk) THE BUCK STOPS HERE.

“If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”

“My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there’s hardly any difference.”

Donald Trump:

“Well, we get along very well with the European leaders, but we had to make a decision and I didn’t want to take time — and, you know, it takes a long time to make the individual calls”
“World leaders have long mocked each other. With Trump, they mean it.” — The Washington Post

“You know, you see what’s going on. And so I just wanted that to stop as it pertains to the United States. And that’s what we’ve done. We’ve stopped it.”
[narrator voice] We haven’t. Not even close.  (referring to the pandemic).

“We have very strong emergency powers under the Stafford Act. And we are — we haven’t — I mean, I have it memorized, practically, as to the powers in that act.”
The Stafford Act allows, among other things, a president to declare a disaster, a move that frees up federal resources to deal with something like the coronavirus. It is 192 pages long. President Trump has it memorized.

“They have a million tests out now. They’re going to have, over the next few days, they’re going to have 4 million tests out. And frankly, the testing has been going very smooth.”
“The idea of anybody getting it easily, the way people in other countries are doing it, we’re not set up for that. Do I think we should be? Yes. But we’re not. That is a failing. It is a failing. Let’s admit it.” — Dr. Anthony Fauci, today

Donald Trump Brags About Groping Women
“You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful—I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the p**sy. You can do anything.”
—In a 2005 interview with Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush

Donald Trump on Women
“Women: You have to treat them like s**t.”

Donald Trump on Ogling Women in Dressing Rooms
“I sorta get away with things like that.”
—On bursting into the Miss Universe pageant dressing rooms