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Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
No. of Recommendations: 12
From NYT...
In his own words
“2024 is the final battle,” Donald Trump has said.
“Either they win or we win. And if they win, we no longer have a country,” he has argued.
“Our country,” he has said, “is going to hell.”
As he campaigns to reclaim the presidency, Trump has intensified his rhetoric of cataclysm and apocalypse, beyond even the tenor of his previous two campaigns. He has claimed that “the blood-soaked streets of our once great cities are cesspools of violent crimes” and that Americans are living in “the most dangerous time in the history of our country.”
More specifically, he has promised to use the powers of the federal government to punish people he perceives to be his critics and opponents, including the Biden family, district attorneys, journalists and “the deep state.” He has suggested that Mark Milley, a retired top general, deserves the death penalty. Trump has called President Biden “an enemy of the state” and Nancy Pelosi “the Wicked Witch.” He has accused former President Barack Obama — “Barack Hussein Obama,” in Trump’s telling — of directing Biden to admit “terrorists and terrorist sympathizers” into the U.S.
Trump’s threats, often justified with lies, are deeply alarming, historians and legal experts say. He has repeatedly promised to undermine core parts of American democracy. He has also signaled that, unlike in his first term in the White House, he will avoid appointing aides and cabinet officials who would restrain him.
If Trump is elected, he will drag our country down into a corruption so deep and pernicious I fear there will be no going back. And corruption poisons everything in government and society.
It is sickening that there are so many Quislings willing to sell their souls to the orange devil to advance their lust for power.
No. of Recommendations: 3
...it’s worth being clear about what Trump is promising to do. He isn’t merely calling for policy solutions that some Americans support and others oppose. He is promising to undo foundations of American democracy and to rule as authoritarians in other countries have. He is also leading the race for the Republican nomination by a wide margin, and running even with, or slightly ahead of, Biden in general election polls. NYT
No. of Recommendations: 2
No. of Recommendations: 2
“Both this rhetoric and all G.O.P. plans announced for a second Trump term indicate clearly that retribution and institutional destruction outside the rule of law will prevail if he returns to the White House,” Theda Skocpol, a Harvard political scientist, said.
No. of Recommendations: 4
Almost every word Trump spews is an inversion of reality or a blatant lie.
“Comcast, with its one-side and vicious coverage by NBC NEWS, and in particular MSNBC, often and correctly referred to as MSDNC (Democrat National Committee!), should be investigated for its ‘Country Threatening Treason.’ … I say up front, openly, and proudly, that when I WIN the Presidency of the United States, they and others of the LameStream Media will be thoroughly scrutinized for their knowingly dishonest and corrupt coverage of people, things, and events. … They are a true threat to Democracy and are, in fact, THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE! The Fake News Media should pay a big price for what they have done to our once great Country!” Sept. 24, Truth Social
No. of Recommendations: 4
These kinds of statements should get him laughed off the national political stage. And they certainly would have in the rational past, but now we live in a world where the partisan right lives only in a distorted media echo chamber.
Trump, the patently most corrupt POTUS we've ever had, inverts reality again and accuses Biden of being corrupt.
Biden is “the most corrupt president in American history, and it’s not even close.” Feb. 7, Truth Social
No. of Recommendations: 3
Do you think that an unhinged, revenge seeking madman like Trump won't destroy everything that stands in the way of his sick desire to 'get even'? It will certainly include our Constitution, something he has not the slightest knowledge of.
Nancy Pelosi “is a Wicked Witch whose husbands journey from hell starts and finishes with her. She is a sick & demented psycho who will someday live in HELL!” Aug. 6, Truth Social
No. of Recommendations: 3
“Our rights and our liberties are being torn to shreds and your country is being turned into a third-world hellhole ruled by censors, perverts, criminals and thugs.” July 15, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Trump is projecting his own desires and plans. He will most definitely tear our country to shreds. He'll sacrifice it on the alter of his bottomless ego and psychopathy.
No. of Recommendations: 1
“We are living in a catastrophe. … What’s happening with our country is a disgrace and it’s a laughingstock all over the world.” April 27, Manchester, N.H.
LOL...our country has seldom had less respect amongst the international community than when Trump was our POTUS. And they are dreading the possibility of his return to power.
No. of Recommendations: 2
“I believe it’s the most dangerous time in the history of our country.” April 14, Indianapolis
True patriots who dread your possible return to power agree.
No. of Recommendations: 0
...and yet, the rank incompetence and greed for power coming from the Democratic party leadership is significantly increasing the risk of handing the election to him.
A pretty flowerpot could win the election if they were to put it up ahead of Biden. /s
