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@baron-silas-greenback said in US Politics:
Free ride???
How on earth is he getting a free ride???His policies are. His opponents are more interested in competing with each other to see who can be the most outraged at Trump rather than engage in any sensible political debate with the electorate
They're playing his game and seem too thick to see it. Dumber than dumb
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@victor-meldrew said in US Politics:
@baron-silas-greenback said in US Politics:
Free ride???
How on earth is he getting a free ride???His policies are. His opponents are more interested in competing with each other to see who can be the most outraged at Trump rather than engage in any sensible political debate with the electorate
They're playing his game and seem too thick to see it. Dumber than dumb
That is just blatant nonsense. Every single one of his policies are scrutinised and attacked. Do you have any specific examples of his policies that have gotten a 'free ride'?
Look at his border policies.. even when doing exactly the same as Obama, he gets lambasted and Obama got.. nothing.
His policies over the Paris accord,we were told he was literally killing the country.
Those are just a couple of examples that demonstrate the exact opposite f what you are saying.But if you would care to provide some examples of his policies getting a free ride, I would love to hear them
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@baron-silas-greenback said in US Politics:
His policies over the Paris accord,we were told he was literally killing the country.
Precisely the point I'm making. His opponents engage in anti-Trump hyperbole rather than critique or reasoned debate of the issues. He exits the Paris accord, calls his opponents losers and they respond with more anti-Trump hyperbole and outrage (inc. attacking Trump voters). Meanwhile he's achieved his policy goal and his opponents look deranged.
It may be unedifying, but equally, it may well be a pretty clever strategy.
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@frank said in US Politics:
@victor-meldrew
Or do they not criticize his policies as much as him because his policies are pretty good?They might be , we will probably never know because they turn most things into an attack in him .
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@frank said in US Politics:
Or do they not criticize his policies as much as him because his policies are pretty good?
Personally, I think it would be good to actually have them examined, rather than being subjected to shrill hysteria.
I'm no great fan of the man, but he does seem to be far more effective than Obama, who seemed more interested in the thorny issue of transgender toilets than, say, the use of chemical weapons against civilians in Syria
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@jegga said in US Politics:
God help trump if his opponents ever start charging him rent for the space he’s taking up in their heads .
I'm quite sure that if Trump discovered a cure for cancer his opponents would attack him for putting Oncologists out of work
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@victor-meldrew said in US Politics:
@jegga said in US Politics:
God help trump if his opponents ever start charging him rent for the space he’s taking up in their heads .
I'm quite sure that if Trump discovered a cure for cancer his opponents would attack him for putting Oncologists out of work
Equally if he solved world hunger he’d be responsible for an obesity epidemic.
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Increasingly common ......................
Not that I support Trump but..............
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@rotated said in US Politics:
Say what you want about Trump as president, if the national cricket team captain tossed a coin like that I would want him sacked.
What was wrong with that?
I can guess though.. it was Trump... -
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@no-quarter that is very cool aye, amazing how swiftly China has risen over the last 10-15 years.
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So Cohen has been found guilty of several charges and faces a jail term of 36 months. Any thoughts as to how this might impact on Trump? Some news outlets are suggesting his wider business dealings are being put under greater scrutiny following the verdict on Cohen.
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@catogrande said in US Politics:
So Cohen has been found guilty of several charges and faces a jail term of 36 months. Any thoughts as to how this might impact on Trump? Some news outlets are suggesting his wider business dealings are being put under greater scrutiny following the verdict on Cohen.
he has been convicted of lying.... good luck using him as a witness...
Muller is just an invesigator looking for a crime. he is oging to keep finding things, because... how could he not. Even if he has to make stuff up, he will. Trump is correct this is a witch hunt. Anyone remember when the point of this was russian collusion? -
@baron-silas-greenback said in US Politics:
@catogrande said in US Politics:
So Cohen has been found guilty of several charges and faces a jail term of 36 months. Any thoughts as to how this might impact on Trump? Some news outlets are suggesting his wider business dealings are being put under greater scrutiny following the verdict on Cohen.
he has been convicted of lying.... good luck using him as a witness...
Muller is just an invesigator looking for a crime. he is oging to keep finding things, because... how could he not. Even if he has to make stuff up, he will. Trump is correct this is a witch hunt. Anyone remember when the point of this was russian collusion?Ha! Good point. A somewhat compromised witness.
Fair point also about it being supposed to be about Russian collusion but, in the case of Cohen, if one investigation uncovers something else, well they shouldn't ignore it should they? Anyway not just lying, campaign finance violations and tax evasion. If any I'd say the middle one is most likely to impact on Trump. To what extent though is something else.
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@catogrande said in US Politics:
@baron-silas-greenback said in US Politics:
@catogrande said in US Politics:
So Cohen has been found guilty of several charges and faces a jail term of 36 months. Any thoughts as to how this might impact on Trump? Some news outlets are suggesting his wider business dealings are being put under greater scrutiny following the verdict on Cohen.
he has been convicted of lying.... good luck using him as a witness...
Muller is just an invesigator looking for a crime. he is oging to keep finding things, because... how could he not. Even if he has to make stuff up, he will. Trump is correct this is a witch hunt. Anyone remember when the point of this was russian collusion?Ha! Good point. A somewhat compromised witness.
Fair point also about it being supposed to be about Russian collusion but, in the case of Cohen, if one investigation uncovers something else, well they shouldn't ignore it should they? Anyway not just lying, campaign finance violations and tax evasion. If any I'd say the middle one is most likely to impact on Trump. To what extent though is something else.
Because the bedrock of western judicial process is that prosecutors investigate crimes, not people. This has turned into a farce. If anyone on the planet faced this sort of scrutiny they would all be compromised.
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The Texas Fifth Circuit has just struck down Obamacare as unconstitutional. The appeal by those hoping to save it must take place here. Highly unlikely it will be successful because make-up of this circuit is largely conservative.
Should it be upheld, it completely shifts the balance of power in Congress. It is the ultimate leverage for President Trump in a new session
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