PsihoKekec
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We'll be on that level soon enough
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We'll be on that level soon enough
We'll be on that level soon enough
I think that's the fiercest looking image of DJT that I've ever seen.
DarthOne
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Is that Miles O'brien from Star Trek? Lmao.How’s this then?
DarthOne
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Same actor, yes. I think the scene is from the film 'Law-abiding Citizen'. Its where the quote is from at any rate.
Edit: Seems I was correct on all three accounts.
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He then proceeded to not do so. From the bump stock ban, to red flag law support, bombing Yemen, 2 weeks (years) to flatten the curve, Fauci, the vaccine, not getting rid of any of the swamp, only kinda surviving, appointing some of the worst people to positions of power (Bolton, Barr, Pence (not technically an appointment, but chose to run with him), etc).How’s this then?
The only swamp he beat was McCain.
Fifth year anniversary though!
Terthna
Professional Lurker
Most of what Trump accomplished in "draining the swamp" was a result of how he embiggened himself in the swamp's eyes, to the point where they believed he was such an existential threat they needed to pull out every stop to defeat him; which, as a consequence, caused them to abandon almost all pretenses at subtly, and made what they were doing blatantly obvious to many who had thus far been ignorant.
Skallagrim
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Trump's biggest win was appointing some decent Justices across the board, and most notably to the Supreme Court.
We've witnessed the positive effects of this.
This genuinely was a win for Trump. He could easily have gone along with the GOP establishment, appointing RINO Justices, but he actually put better candidates forward. It's his best move, easily.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Trump was of the swamp, he was clearly hated by them, but although he exposed them, he didn't do anything about them. He could have ordered the release of all the Epstein files, but he didn't. Why? Because Trump wants to be liked. Even by people of the Swamp. Look who he used to give interviews and announcements to: the MSM, never someone outside of it.
I agree those were wins, don't get me wrong. Though the GOP can't even appoint RINO justices, they usually end up with Dem ones.
What I'm saying is that though he did good (make no mistake, Trump is my favorite president of my lifetime), he did nothing against the swamp he railed against. I have little faith he will if he's back in charge, because I don't think he is capable of doing this.
mrttao
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Basically, trump is the only good (as in, not evil) president of the past 40-50 years.
But he is not a good (as in, effective/competent) president.
He made a ton of very serious mistakes and the only thing he had going for him was that he wasn't actively malicious...
which still makes him the best president of that time period because all the other ones were actively malicious.
But he is not a good (as in, effective/competent) president.
He made a ton of very serious mistakes and the only thing he had going for him was that he wasn't actively malicious...
which still makes him the best president of that time period because all the other ones were actively malicious.
Eh, I wouldn't go 40 years. 30 works, but 40 no. Reagan, despite the many, many problems I have with him, heavily contributed to the end of the Soviet Union.
Skallagrim
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I seriously wonder about anyone's ability to actually do good. Trump was undermined in the ways to which he was vulnerable. Supposing an actually hyper-competent populist gets elected, I'm pretty sure they'd just straight-up assassinate him, on the grounds that a VP will almost always be a non-populist type (to "balance the ticket").
And if the VP is just like his boss (radical and competent)... I'm convinced they'll just kill him, too.
The establishment shies away from nothing. They'll do anything and everything to stay in power.
I'm not horribly worried about it. See, the establishment is rarely actually challenged. The people in power are pretty incompetent as they have no real adversaries since 1990. So yes, someone could come in and fix things. Trump was uniquely good at getting in position, but had a ton of bad personality traits that made him an easy target and made him unlikely to actually fight the establishment once elected.
Zyobot
Just a time-traveling robot stranded on Earth.
Not doubting they're cutthroat enough (Jeffrey Epstein says "Hi!"), but wouldn't it be too obvious at this juncture to risk outright assassinating him?
It'll happen eventually, I'm sure. However, unless this crop of Establishment plutocrats is particularly stupid, my understanding from our previous discussions is that we still need a few more decades to reach that point.
mrttao
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"one crazy man working alone"
Bigking321
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Trump did quite a bit more than just court picks. Though those are hugely important. I can't imagine how screwed we would be now if the court went leftist.
Just the amount of regulations and stuff he cut were incredible and he gave us the best economy in my lifetime.
Plus all the peace talks and stuff. We would have been pretty much out of the mid east if the military leaders weren't ACTIVELY lying and undermining him every step of the way.
He did alright with the situation he had. Frankly it's amazing how good he did all things considered.
Do I wish he had done more? Absolutely. And he did stuff I don't care for. But he had everything going against him. His own party was stabbing him in the back every chance they got and the deep state pulled out all the stops trying to end him.
Can you even imagine how screwed the Biden presidency would be if the agencies and media acted like they did for Trump? He would have been impeached the first month.
Trump's big mistake was that he thought the Republicans had his back and trusted their advice. That's over now. If he becomes president again he's not going to trust them at all and just put his people in instead of going with establishment picks. And he would take a chainsaw to the various agencies. Whatever faith he had in whatever institutions is gone now. Time to tear down and rebuild.
Just the amount of regulations and stuff he cut were incredible and he gave us the best economy in my lifetime.
Plus all the peace talks and stuff. We would have been pretty much out of the mid east if the military leaders weren't ACTIVELY lying and undermining him every step of the way.
He did alright with the situation he had. Frankly it's amazing how good he did all things considered.
Do I wish he had done more? Absolutely. And he did stuff I don't care for. But he had everything going against him. His own party was stabbing him in the back every chance they got and the deep state pulled out all the stops trying to end him.
Can you even imagine how screwed the Biden presidency would be if the agencies and media acted like they did for Trump? He would have been impeached the first month.
Trump's big mistake was that he thought the Republicans had his back and trusted their advice. That's over now. If he becomes president again he's not going to trust them at all and just put his people in instead of going with establishment picks. And he would take a chainsaw to the various agencies. Whatever faith he had in whatever institutions is gone now. Time to tear down and rebuild.