Do you have more examples? I would like to try to make a list.
Now that I'm on the spot, I have the same problem listing. Like you, I know there are others, I just never made an actual list, and we are talking about things 30 years in the past. The point is that leaders twist things, don't do what they claim, and pedal bullshit. And I don't think this behavior is something unique to Trump. He's just more brazen and willing to plumb deeper into the limits of human gullibility.
The EPA, Environmental Protection Agency! I don't know what the original intention was, possibly something good, possibly something well intended. And it does clean up a lot of shit left behind by mining corporations that have extracted all they can from a mine but declare bankruptcy when it's time to clean up the mess. Originally, I thought the EPA was there to enforce laws that protect the environment, but what they really seem to do is use tax revenues of the innocent to pay the bills of corporate opportunists.
It's part of modern CAPITALISM, which is another ideological concept of good intention which has been perverted by law makers seeking to transfer wealth from the middle class to the wealthy.
Words don't mean what they intend, and laws often don't do what they say. And while many people understand this, the common reaction is that it's normal and business as usual. I suppose people react that way because they realize it's hopeless, and know there nothing is to be gained by anger. We cannot hold our own in a corrupt system that is tilted against us, and serenity is maintained by ignoring the corruption.
