{"articles":[{"reaction_config":[{"icon":"happy","color":"#3AB093","stance":"happy"},{"icon":"apathetic","color":"#EDB723","stance":"apathetic"},{"icon":"sad","color":"#5ACDED","stance":"sad"}],"id":40135,"title":"What Would You Gift Donald Trump This Holiday Season?","html_content":"

by Causes | 12.24.19

We know. We’re opening a box of sarcastic and likely-to-be-flagged responses.

Still, it’s the season for giving, and we want to know what you’d give our president—whether it’s thank-yous or the middle finger.

Sure, the latter really isn’t in the holiday spirit, but it is in the American spirit. We live in a country where we can be free to criticize, rally against, and mock presidents and power. And that’s a gift worth writing a thank-you card for (or, we suppose, an op-ed in an evangelical magazine). So if you’re giving coal - or clean coal - we want to hear about it.

Equally worthy of a trip to Hallmark is that America lets us disagree with those disagreers. To attend Trump rallies and wear MAGA hats and tell our reps “don’t impeach.” To thank #45 for being #1.

So let us know what you’d gift the president. We’ll share some of our favorites in tomorrow’s Holidaily Countable.

Seasons greetings,

Josh Herman

","image_urls":{"large":"https://ul.countable.us/ul/q_auto/uploads/gZAMg8wZ/5506ef/5c21089d630d9b6c0c2570e5b.jpg","medium":"https://ul.countable.us/ul/q_auto/uploads/gZAMg8wZ/5506ef/5c21089d630d9b6c0c2570e5b.jpg","small":"https://ul.countable.us/ul/q_auto/uploads/gZAMg8wZ/5506ef/5c21089d630d9b6c0c2570e5b.jpg","thumb":"https://ul.countable.us/ul/q_auto/uploads/gZAMg8wZ/5506ef/5c21089d630d9b6c0c2570e5b.jpg","xsmall":"https://ul.countable.us/ul/q_auto/uploads/gZAMg8wZ/5506ef/5c21089d630d9b6c0c2570e5b.jpg"},"links":{"self":"https://www.causes.com/articles/40135-gift-donald-trump-holiday-season","article_comments":"https://www.causes.com/api/articles/40135-gift-donald-trump-holiday-season/comments"},"comment_count":706,"action_count":3878,"cta_prompt":"Is Trump on your Nice (Smile) or Naughty (Frown) list? ","cta_type":"reactions","share_count":34,"published_at":"2019-12-24T19:14:27.998Z","is_countable_article":true,"allow_advocacy":true,"profile_id":1,"signed":false,"signatures_count":null,"signatures_goal":100,"signable_progress":0,"video_url":null,"video_dimensions":null,"video_aspect_ratio":null}],"users":[{"name":"Kathleen","vote_count":24,"photos":{"large":"https://graph.facebook.com/130923117807985/picture?width=150&height=150","small":"https://graph.facebook.com/130923117807985/picture?width=75&height=75","tiny":"https://graph.facebook.com/130923117807985/picture?width=20&height=20","facebook":"https://graph.facebook.com/130923117807985/picture"},"links":{"following":"/api/users/kW3J5dr9/following","followers":"/api/users/kW3J5dr9/followers"},"about_me":null,"twitter_id":null,"facebook_id":null,"youtube_id":null,"google_plus_id":null,"website":null,"slug":null,"issue_count":0,"is_following":null,"influence_score":270,"influence_level":20,"follower_count":14,"following_count":0,"position_count":10,"id":"kW3J5dr9","partner_id":null},{"name":"verymary","vote_count":261,"photos":{"large":"https://assets.causes.com/user/avatar/jZB7LVzm/large_jzb7lvzm-1499124110.jpg","small":"https://assets.causes.com/user/avatar/jZB7LVzm/small_jzb7lvzm-1499124110.jpg","tiny":"https://assets.causes.com/user/avatar/jZB7LVzm/tiny_jzb7lvzm-1499124110.jpg","facebook":"https://graph.facebook.com/2844332425584778/picture"},"links":{"following":"/api/users/jZB7LVzm/following","followers":"/api/users/jZB7LVzm/followers"},"about_me":"I'm a writer and a teacher in a community college that does not value the diversity of its student body or the abilities of its seasoned instructors. Wounded veterans constitute a significant percentage of my students, as do minorities and international students. I suppose I had naively imagined that progress had been made on social issues during the 1970s, but everything negative seems to be hanging around, and the new administration in Washington worries and offends me. I feel compelled to voice my concerns because America cannot survive without reason, compassion, and an energetic sense of humor.","twitter_id":null,"facebook_id":null,"youtube_id":null,"google_plus_id":null,"website":null,"slug":"verymary","issue_count":13,"is_following":null,"influence_score":4690,"influence_level":30,"follower_count":173,"following_count":484,"position_count":155,"id":"jZB7LVzm","partner_id":null},{"name":"Maryjane","vote_count":689,"photos":{"large":"https://assets.causes.com/user/avatar/default-2.png","small":"https://assets.causes.com/user/avatar/default-2.png","tiny":"https://assets.causes.com/user/avatar/default-2.png"},"links":{"following":"/api/users/e9XKj1qm/following","followers":"/api/users/e9XKj1qm/followers"},"about_me":"","twitter_id":null,"facebook_id":null,"youtube_id":null,"google_plus_id":null,"website":null,"slug":null,"issue_count":48,"is_following":null,"influence_score":3365,"influence_level":30,"follower_count":130,"following_count":75,"position_count":108,"id":"e9XKj1qm","partner_id":null},{"name":"jimK","vote_count":544,"photos":{"large":"https://assets.causes.com/user/avatar/9odrQBnb/large_9odrqbnb-1557000969.jpg","small":"https://assets.causes.com/user/avatar/9odrQBnb/small_9odrqbnb-1557000969.jpg","tiny":"https://assets.causes.com/user/avatar/9odrQBnb/tiny_9odrqbnb-1557000969.jpg"},"links":{"following":"/api/users/9odrQBnb/following","followers":"/api/users/9odrQBnb/followers"},"about_me":"Retired, Politically Independent. Won’t listen to slogans, chanted mantras or generally any kind of marketing spin or “rebranding” crap. I firmly believe that everyone else is entitled to their erroneous opinions. Citizen vigilance and due diligence is price we must pay to live in a thriving, functional democracy.\nI fear that our citizens are too easily swayed by politician’s pablum about “babies”, “jobs” and now, in particular, perceived “enemies”. I fear that a citizenry focused on the “here-and-now” is easily tricked by short term benefits that have negative long-term consequences. I fear that our legislators are more concerned about buffing their constituents than looking out for the long-term welfare of our country- and are way too eager to provide those short-term benefits to the “here-and-now” crowd.\nI fear that honor is generally being sacrificed/replaced by expediency. I hear politicians eloquently argue for one side of an issue and later, when it’s to their benefit, just as eloquently argue for the opposite side. OK, so they are good at arguing- but what is that they actually believe? What is it that they actually stand for? An honorable person has values that persist even when it is not convenient or expedient. An honorable person has a moral compass that stops them from doing something wrong even if it is not illegal. A foul is a foul- even if the referee doesn’t catch you.\nI fear that each of our federal governmental branches have devised or discovered shortcuts which tend to protect them from the checks and balances our founders intended.","twitter_id":null,"facebook_id":null,"youtube_id":null,"google_plus_id":null,"website":null,"slug":"jimk","issue_count":4,"is_following":null,"influence_score":45000,"influence_level":40,"follower_count":1536,"following_count":81,"position_count":539,"id":"9odrQBnb","partner_id":null},{"name":"William","vote_count":38,"photos":{"large":"https://assets.causes.com/user/avatar/default-2.png","small":"https://assets.causes.com/user/avatar/default-2.png","tiny":"https://assets.causes.com/user/avatar/default-2.png"},"links":{"following":"/api/users/m6VRV838/following","followers":"/api/users/m6VRV838/followers"},"about_me":null,"twitter_id":null,"facebook_id":null,"youtube_id":null,"google_plus_id":null,"website":null,"slug":null,"issue_count":0,"is_following":null,"influence_score":30,"influence_level":10,"follower_count":1,"following_count":2,"position_count":21,"id":"m6VRV838","partner_id":null}],"article_comment":{"flagged":false,"id":1144961,"body":"I wish him and his family exactly the same Christmas as the children who've lost their families when brought across the border. Same meal, same feeling in their hearts, same accommodations.","parent_type":"Article","parent_id":40135,"created_at":"2019-12-25T20:02:41.880Z","liked":false,"like_count":4,"links":{"self":"https://www.causes.com/comments/1144961","likers":"https://www.causes.com/api/v1/likers?likeable_id=1144961&likeable_type=Comment"},"article_id":40135,"shareable_image_url":"https://n.causes.com/share-images/comments/1144961.png","note":{"icon":"sad","color":"#5ACDED","stance":"sad"},"note_text":"Sad","note_color":"#5ACDED","user_id":"kW3J5dr9","liker_ids":["jZB7LVzm","e9XKj1qm","9odrQBnb","m6VRV838"]}}

Like Causes?

Comment Liked by 4 Users