So Republican senators who agreed he’s said it are liars then?
And the issue is it was racist as hell. Several US ambassadors have been summoned for protests, another has resigned. So plenty of countries are pretty upset about these remarks. But heh, I suppose its just a lefty view that having foreign governments officially criticise Trump’s actions is a bad thing.
I think it was the Department of Employment (maybe it was an executive order?) that rescinding an Obama ruling that tips could not be seized by businesses. So currently a business can treat tips as part of revenue, and its their discretion how (or if) they get distributed. Obama put in the protection saying it couldn’t happen.
He is not a statesman.
He has no gravitas.
He has no idea of governance.
He has no manners.
He is doing untold damage to the reputation of the USA.
Rather than MAGA he is making America a laughing stock.
He is helping to increase rich/poor divide and extending the difficulties of accessing healthcare.
He is a complete embarrassment.
He is putting America first in his own mind.
He is not filling positions in the state department such as chief of mission and amabassadors as he thinks they are not important. See point about governance above.
Does not understand the long term implications of his actions.
And doesn’t care
He is street smart.
He was elected with slogans.
He knew the base and appealed to it.
He cant deliver on many of those promises becasue … no idea of governance.
He like a lot of other people think that being in business or being in the media prepares them for a role in government.
We are seeing here a clear indication that it doesnt.
He wants his family in key roles becasue he trusts them. They too have no experience nor idea of governance, nor government.
Which is why he is in so much trouble over the Russia investigation.
They were all like bulls in china shops during the transition and they still are now, blundering around blindly.
He wont take advice for anyone becasue he believes he is the smartest person in the room.
I would question whether he is capable of making America great again. I think it far more likely that he will continue bringing the reputation of the country into disrepute, particularly on a global stage. But hey…he will benefit financially, if he doesnt get done for money laundering first.
He will continue to do what he is doing now until the very end, whatever and whenever that may be.
You still haven’t answered my question. You said it was the left outraged yet plenty of republicans - even fox and friends- condemned the comments. How does it fit into your black and white left and right view of the world?
Unlike others here I don;t watch Fox and Friends. Given their almost non existent ratings in Australia it appears that the show is being propped up by posters on Bomberblitz.
If people want to get outraged by alleged comments (that have been denied) then that just reflects on them. TDS does not spare anyone it seems.
One day he’s getting slammed for being soft on immigration as he was negotiating around the dreamers. Next minute that came out. He benefited as it appealed to his base more than the outrage from people who already disapprove of him.
I agree. He doesn’t care what people think. So long as he is the centre of attention, and he will do anything, and I mean anything, to stay the centre of attention.
Not only is he avoiding that question, when he replied to me he cut out the part of my post where I’d asked him if the Republican Senators who agreed that Trump has said it were liars. I suppose he doesn’t really want to talk about the fact that Republicans in the room have confirmed he said it (which means either they lied, or Trump then lied when he denied it), or that many prominent Republicans have criticised Trump.
I mean hell, the Whitehouse initially didn’t even refute the comments. They just tried to justify them. It wasn’t until the next day Trump denied it - 12 minutes after Fox & Friends said he should walk back the comments (and I linked an article showing the timeline above).
But then, we know how (un)serious Essendon12 is about actually debating anything.