“[I]t is a maxim, founded upon the universal experience of mankind, that no nation is to be trusted farther than it is bound by its interest; and no prudent statesman or politician will venture to depart from it.” –George Washington (1778)

Barack Hussein Obamaspent Tuesday promoting his$3.9 trillion 2015 budget, which raises taxes on individual and corporate incomes andguts defense to fund his welfareconstituency.

“Even in the midst of recovery, too many Americans are working more than ever just to get by – let alone get ahead,” claimed Obama. “And too many still are not working at all.”

And that is the net result of the Obama “recovery strategy,” five years in.

But Obama spent most of the day with his National Security Council trying to look presidential in response toRussia’s invasion of Ukraine. Just two weeks after the…