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11-13-2017, 02:51 AM | #3977 |
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Let's not forget that he also has a bromance with Xi Jingping and Putin. I honestly can't recall another US President who had such cozy romances with strongmen. FDR had a war-time partnership with Stalin which is well known, Bush Jr "saw into the soul" of Putin and was out-chessed, and we have had other leaders who have known when to WORK with other leaders, but this Failure in Chief genuinely loves the company of these guys...it's....like a bad troll's fanfic of what the worst president of all time would be like.
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11-13-2017, 09:32 AM | #3978 |
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Trump likes to dilute himself into thinking that everyone is his friend, especially when faced with them in person. He talks a big talk to win over people at home but when it comes to actually doing business with other countries, he'll make himself look friendly to make himself look good.
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11-13-2017, 12:20 PM | #3979 |
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I think it's more a matter of Trump fancying himself a tough guy, and being flattered by tough guys helps pad his ego.
Make no mistake: Duterte is indeed tough. So is Putin. Both are cutthroat. Trump is a pretender and a wannabe.
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If Trump was as "tough" as Duterte or Putin, he would certainly be doing a shitton of unconstitutional things. But since he's not, he's a "pretender and a wannabe". IDGI
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Right, my issue with his wannabe attitude is that he isn't just some kid who wants to be buddies with the tough kids on the football time, but rather, is supposed to represent America as the "leader of the free world" (not that any of us believe that jargon, but his actions are light-years away from that.
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12-05-2017, 11:07 PM | #3982 |
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Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, which would have been amazingly ballsy if I think Trump really understood the gravitas of doing so.
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From the perspective of someone who has absolutely no understanding of Isreali-Palestinian geopolitics, it seems like a no-brainer.
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This doubles down on the US' support of Israel which was already policy to begin with.
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Dumb on so many levels. Not least of which is Trump's own self interest; he probably just alienated a huge chunk of his fanbase (virulent Jew haters).
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You live in a country that is not run by an asshole and where Health Care is a human right. Living in Northern Massachusetts, i'm not far away.... I might just join you Canadians one day.... I just hate the cold..... but with the US led denial of Climate Change going on, maybe being cold wont be much of an issue too much longer down the road Last edited by AK2; 12-07-2017 at 03:45 PM. Reason: Spelling |
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...I wonder how many anti-semites support Isreal over Palestinians having Jerusalem and what not
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Fox: "I wholeheartedly approve this move. I am so sick of Jermusilm".
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You could always live on the west or east coast, they have mild temperatures and don't drop too far below 0 C in the winter (eg Victoria, BC). This guide on moving to Canada because of Trump is pretty funny. It was made by a somewhat notorious right-wing Canadian group though so it's biased and has a bunch of inaccuracies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIH-J3uLN3E
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currently 68% to ship on predictit
would have made more sense if they came at him before the filing deadline or at any point in the last 30 years? if that happened, lmk
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They withheld the information until after he was nominated, which is diabolical for two reasons: one, it did a disservice to the victims by deliberately withholding information (it should have been released ASAP), and two it turned the large public against the sexual harassment movement by very transparently weaponizing the allegations.
The Democrats are ruthless, and in their desire to defeat Trump at all costs they've making themselves easy villains - the Al Franken fiasco certainly didn't help. Women and social justice are the real losers in this since the blatant weaponizing is going to mean more people react negatively to honest allegations of harassment or molestation.
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you can try to argue that it's politically motivated because he's running for election soon, but do remember that this is also riding the wake of the weinstein/spacey/etc. scandals and could be motivated by that more than anything else. regardless moore has made some INTERESTING comments about race and slavery. i have heard that alabama's 31% black population is going to really turn out for this election...and they are not going to vote for moore.
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"I think it was great at the time when families were united — even though we had slavery. They cared for one another. People were strong in the families. Our families were strong. Our country had a direction." So now people are taking this quote as him saying something like, "America was great when slavery was going on." I interpret it as him saying, "America was great back then, even though there were bad things like slavery, family values were good and the country had a sense of direction." Yes, maybe he should have called out slavery more than he did but it's a reach to say that he was supporting it. Again, I know nothing about this guy and he could have well said worse things that actually were racist, but people shouldn't distort this one quote like that.
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I agree that we shouldn't be so quick to hop on people for making racially sensitive comments, especially when he clearly aligned himself with the "slavery is bad" camp! That quote is not something I care about a whole lot because as you noted, it's not something you can sink your teeth into. I wouldn't have linked the article if he didn't make some indefensible statements beyond the first.
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Buuuuuuut it would be a significant step backwards for civil rights, and is one of the major justifications for several extremely important civil rights acts. Also Moore argued specifically that the Bill of Rights was all we need, which would put the 19th amendment (women's suffrage) and the 13th amendment (abolishes slavery) under jeopardy too. Which is REALLY insensitive and definitely something to keep an eye on.
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Not to mention its the same tone as many people have cried out about sexual assault/harassment allegations in the past that they were deliberately withheld until the right time when a person could get money or fame from the allegation...which is patently false. Peddling that narrative and similar narrative hurts victims far more than the opposite because now you're asking people to come forward ASAP otherwise you're dismissing their story. Not everyone can do that, sometimes people are in unsafe situations and putting themselves or others at risk by doing so. It's also a traumatic experience in many cases (especially, I would say, with some of Roy Moore's victims), so there is that as well.
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Regardless of what you believe, or what the truth is, the perception of truth is that the Moore allegations are politically charged because of the consequences of his seat in the Senate which if flipped would allow a Democratic majority. That threatens to stonewall Trump's tax plan, since the revision has to pass the senate and the Democrats have vowed to unilaterally block all Trump initiatives when they have a majority. Many people have been speculating on "what" would finally deflate the bull market, and I think the collapse of this tax break would be that straw, considering companies are already leveraging themselves expecting the huge windfall. Remember that Congress adjourns for Christmas. If the tax bill isn't passed right now, and stalls until next year, there's a good chance it doesn't get passed. Quote:
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Ugh perception of truth can suck my dick. You're right there, but its sickening still. It seems like Jones has won the Alabama seat though.
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Also, looks like Reddit is already calling it for Doug Jones, as too, apparently, is the Associated Press.
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