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Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 19

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Sleepy Joe Biden’s victory in the South Carolina Democrat Primary should be the end of Mini Mike Bloomberg’s Joke of a campaign. After the worst debate performance in the history of presidential debates, Mini Mike now has Biden split up his very few voters, taking many away!

Democrats are working hard to destroy the name and reputation of Crazy Bernie Sanders, and take the nomination away from him!

Congratulations to Sleepy Joe Biden!

Tom Steyer who, other than Mini Mike Bloomberg, spent more dollars for NOTHING than any candidate in history, quit the race today proclaiming how thrilled he was to be a part of the the Democrat Clown Show. Go away Tom and save whatever little money you have left!

I would find it hard to believe that failed presidential candidates Tom Steyer, or Mini Mike Bloombeg, would contribute to the Democrat Party, even against me, after the way they have been treated - laughed at & mocked. The real politicians ate them up and spit them out!
 
Trump Tweets

The food is GREAT at Sammy’s Mexican Grill in Phoenix, Arizona. Congratulations to Betty & Jorge Rivas on doing such a wonderful job. I will try hard to stop by the next time I am in Phoenix. Support Sammy’s!
 
Captain_Swoop said:
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The food is GREAT at Sammy’s Mexican Grill in Phoenix, Arizona. Congratulations to Betty & Jorge Rivas on doing such a wonderful job. I will try hard to stop by the next time I am in Phoenix. Support Sammy’s!
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Really good knowing what is getting his attention at the moment....
 
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Mini Mike Bloomberg’s consultants and so-called “advisors”(how did that advice work out? Don’t ask!), are on the “gravy train” and all making a fortune for themselves pushing Mini hard, when they knew he never had what it takes. Don’t pay them anymore Mike, they led you down....

.....a very dark and lonely path! Your reputation will never be the same!
 
quadraginta said:
It's probably just a result of old age reducing my memory to a shambles, since it's been eighteen years, but ...

Didn't we go to war with Afghanistan eighteen years ago because the Taliban was too untrustworthy to negotiate with?
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No. We did negotiate with them. We went to war because we had demands we considered necessary that they were not willing to accept. They are not trustworthy, but that didn't stop us from negotiating.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
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The food is GREAT at Sammy’s Mexican Grill in Phoenix, Arizona. Congratulations to Betty & Jorge Rivas on doing such a wonderful job. I will try hard to stop by the next time I am in Phoenix. Support Sammy’s!
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Sammy's is in Tucson. They are getting backlash from supporting Trump. And Trump saying they are in Phoenix won't help their business.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
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Sleepy Joe Biden’s victory in the South Carolina Democrat Primary should be the end of Mini Mike Bloomberg’s Joke of a campaign. After the worst debate performance in the history of presidential debates, Mini Mike now has Biden split up his very few voters, taking many away!
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Do you suppose he's even aware that Bloomberg wasn't even IN the SC primary?
Yeah, I know. Could have ended that sentence after the first six words.

quadraginta said:
Eighteen years of losses.

What a waste.
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I supported going into Afghanistan at the time. Still do, I guess. But W and the gang bungled the operation.
 
Fast Eddie B said:
I can’t help but wonder what Nero would have been tweeting about if Twitter had existed back then!
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Nero Tweets

Fabius Maximus' orgy was the best orgy I've been to since Caecilia Publicus' shindig last Festival of Mars. We literally burned the place down. I hope they can rebuild it for the next time I'm in the Caelian district. Rebuild Fabius' bath house.
 
Trebuchet said:
Do you suppose he's even aware that Bloomberg wasn't even IN the SC primary?

Yeah, I know. Could have ended that sentence after the first six words.





I supported going into Afghanistan at the time. Still do, I guess. But W and the gang bungled the operation.
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Going into Afghanistan to do what? Afghanistan is really only a country by dint of its borders on a map. In reality it has always been a loose federation of "war lords", trying to deal with it as political whole was never going to work. If we wanted to reshape Afghanistan it wasn't going to happen by military might, if you want to change the country the only way is economically.

And of course if the military response was appropriate for Afghanistan why wasn't it for Saudi Arabia, that country could have been "regiemed changed" by military might.
 
Darat said:
Going into Afghanistan to do what? Afghanistan is really only a country by dint of its borders on a map. In reality it has always been a loose federation of "war lords", trying to deal with it as political whole was never going to work. If we wanted to reshape Afghanistan it wasn't going to happen by military might, if you want to change the country the only way is economically.

And of course if the military response was appropriate for Afghanistan why wasn't it for Saudi Arabia, that country could have been "regiemed changed" by military might.
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Bin Laden.

But I agree about Saudi, which would have been a far more appropriate target than Iraq.
 
Darat said:
Going into Afghanistan to do what? Afghanistan is really only a country by dint of its borders on a map.
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Going into Afghanistan to kick Taliban/Al Qaida ass. Afghanistan was the only state actor to be punished. To bad for ordinary Afghanis, but after 9/11 I understood the perception that a military response was required, and the Taliban were awful. I will never understand why the U.S. then started another totally optional war.
 
Minoosh said:
Going into Afghanistan to kick Taliban/Al Qaida ass. Afghanistan was the only state actor to be punished. To bad for ordinary Afghanis, but after 9/11 I understood the perception that a military response was required, and the Taliban were awful. I will never understand why the U.S. then started another totally optional war.
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Neocons. It's their solution to everything.
 
Minoosh said:
Going into Afghanistan to kick Taliban/Al Qaida ass. Afghanistan was the only state actor to be punished. To bad for ordinary Afghanis, but after 9/11 I understood the perception that a military response was required, and the Taliban were awful. I will never understand why the U.S. then started another totally optional war.
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I seem to recall seeing quotes from people who think that the US should just crush some weak country every decade or so just to remind the world how dominant we are.
 
Aridas said:
Fair enough. Maybe a look at this article might help with that?
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That is a much better article...very scary and one based on truth.

I have always thought that fear is the basis of conservatism: fear of change (traditionalists), fear of 'different' (homophobia, bigotry, racism), fear of the unknown (again traditionalist/maintain the status quo). Liberalism is based on the opposite: embrace of change (progress), acceptance of 'different' (support of civil rights, gay marriage, etc), less fear of the unknown.

Authoritarianism is a reaction to fear of losing the status quo, fear of losing control, fear of those different to oneself.
We see this rise in authoritarianism in other countries like France (Le Pin), Spain (Vox) and Germany (AfD). Nationalism and authoritarianism seem to go hand in hand.

I agree that Trump tapped that pool of people. The rise and takeover of the GOP by the Tea Party ten years ago opened the door for Trump. The GOP lost its soul to these extremists.

Back in 2015-2016 I never thought Trump could win. His election came as a huge shock to me. I didn't think enough of the American people could embrace such a disgusting human being and vote for him. Sadly, I was proved wrong. But I think what makes me even sadder than Trump's election is that he may well be elected again after all he's proven himself to be.
 
Pixel42 said:
The problem with the Lord Vetinari type of benevolent dictatorship, of course, is that it only works for a while, because the next one could be a lot worse. Bit like monarchy - fine when you've got a good king, not so fine when his idiot son succeeds him.

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a system that produces a reasonable leader every time. Democracy probably comes closest, but we have ample recent evidence that it also can fail spectacularly.
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As the saying goes, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The more power someone has, the more ruthless they will become in order to keep that power.

There is no doubt in my mind that Trump would make himself dictator if he could. But I question whether there would be enough people to support him doing so even among Trump supporters. They may like his authoritarian style but to actually give up democracy for him? To take away their power to choose? I don't think so. But, I was proved wrong in 2016...
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

Sleepy Joe Biden’s victory in the South Carolina Democrat Primary should be the end of Mini Mike Bloomberg’s Joke of a campaign. After the worst debate performance in the history of presidential debates, Mini Mike now has Biden split up his very few voters, taking many away!

Democrats are working hard to destroy the name and reputation of Crazy Bernie Sanders, and take the nomination away from him!

Congratulations to Sleepy Joe Biden!

Tom Steyer who, other than Mini Mike Bloomberg, spent more dollars for NOTHING than any candidate in history, quit the race today proclaiming how thrilled he was to be a part of the the Democrat Clown Show. Go away Tom and save whatever little money you have left!

I would find it hard to believe that failed presidential candidates Tom Steyer, or Mini Mike Bloombeg, would contribute to the Democrat Party, even against me, after the way they have been treated - laughed at & mocked. The real politicians ate them up and spit them out!
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Trump is working hard for Sanders. He obviously fears running against Biden more than Sanders. Trump is nothing if not obvious.
 
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