Londonrake wrote:Kikapu wrote:Londonrake wrote:miltiades wrote:I have to agree with Paphitis's comments on Trump in 2016 when he said that Trump would be a dangerous man as the President of the USA. About the only time he, Paphitis, was right
I was probably as much anti-Trump as anyone but......................... "Dangerous"?
Trump was the first President since Eisenhower not to have had a war. When his hawkish advisors and generals told him he should carry out a strike on Iran, after they shot down a US drone in international gulf waters, he told them because no US troops had been killed they could fuck off. As I understand it he largely kept his promise to repatriate US troops.
Most of the - left wing saturation - criticism of Trump seems to have been based upon his odious character and habit of knee-jerk, dumb proclamations. I could personally have lived with that. Putin's efforts in the Ukraine bring about 13000 dead but the banner headline news has been "Have you seen this latest Trump tweet?? What an idiot!".
I hope I'm wrong but I suspect when it comes to US military involvement in foreign conflicts Biden will be your man. Time will tell of course.
Trump is dangerous and would have been even more had he got 2nd term. He created "war" at home amongst Americans. He is responsible for thousands of deaths by mismanaged Covid-19. When he claims he knows more than anyone else in everything, he is then very dangerous when he knows nothing in comparison to the professinals in their fields from science to the military.
It's impossible to rationally discuss aspects of the Trump phenomena without appearing to be in some way a supporter. Which immediately brings the ceiling down on you of course (witness what Paphitis has had thrown at him) and, actually, I never have been one.
I think though that perspective was skewed considerably during his term. The pandemic has taken it's toll on a lot of politicians. A good time to be in opposition perhaps? I suspect that, had it not been for the virus, we'd be looking at a second, possibly landslide, term for the man. Although, if you're right, Congress will shortly be burned down - the blame resting on BLM and Antifa. At which point Trump and his Nazi militias will seize power. In the interest of the people of course.
No, the ceiling does not come down on me, even if you were a Trump supporter. The only reason why Paphitis attracts too much attention as a Trump supporter, is because he does not point put Trump's fuck-ups, except for leaving the YPG in Syria to be massacred by Erdogan.
For Paphitis, Trump is the best thing since sliced bread. Pne would exvuse him if he was stupid, which he is not, therefore, in his case and all of Trump supporters the only rational explanation is that that Love is Blind.
Trump did not lose because of the Covid virus but because he has been a total cunt this year, which turned a lot of people against him, including from the conservative groups.
Trump was dangerous because he tried to steal the election which he lost by ordering officials to swing the votes in his way to win illegally. He filed many frivolous lawsuits in the hopes they would reach the Supreme court thinking he would carry favour with the judges he had appointed regardless whether the cases had any merit or not. If the Supreme court did what Trump wanted, democracy would have died in America then we would have had a Trump theocracy and wars on the streets. As an American I have more interest what happens there than those who are outsiders, just enjoying the show Trump puts on.