America - The Official Thread
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Nope.
Blatherskite - noun; (2) nonsense, blather
Obscurantism:
"Obscurantist" is therefore (a) one who practices obscurantism or (b) the product of one who practices obscurantism.
Protip: If you don't understand a thing, it's probably best to not suggest someone else doesn't understand the thing.
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Don't know why you made 'rie' bold. Any other spelling is flagged as incorrect...
Anywho... for lolz...
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Don't tell me you're becoming a grammar Nazi lol. /s I'm kidding! Sarcasm! Damn auto-correct lol.
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I ROFLed when I read about Zelensky being called the Trump's Monica Lewinsky. 
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I'm a bit confused about Guiliani's role - is he an official White House employee or a private employee of Trump?
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Yyyyyes? I think he's the de facto replacement for Michael Cohen (assuming the didn't do whatever they do in parallel) or he's the White House mascot, running through corridors in nothing but his not-so-tighty-whities and dark blue and grey argyle calf socks, also occasionally taking a break to feed the ducks that nobody else has seen.
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Maybe it's bit like the relationship of Dominic Cummings to Boris Johnson?
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I really think in Trump's mind, he thinks everybody is his employee. He does not separate private matters with business at all.
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I doubt that...
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Trump still Trumpin'
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Oversight is the new Treason.
Also, with the monumental pile of evidence that Trump is a walking disgrace to the office of the President (not to mention an increasingly large liability to our national security) why the hell are the Republicans still defending him? (I mean this only of well-intentioned Republicans. Mitch McConnell is a disingenuous and self serving power fiend) Can't they see how much easier they would have it without him dragging them through controversy after controversy? Haven't they seen how many people he's converted to life-long anti-GOP voters? I don't get it. What does he give them? He has a solid base...but it's realistically not more than 30% of the general electorate, and probably shrinking. He has been shockingly ineffective in even pursuing conservative objectives, other than boiler plate judicial appointments and tax cuts, but any Republican could do that - and probably do it more efficiently to boot. The only thing I can realistically surmise is that they are fearful for one reason or another. Fearful of reprisal, fearful of hard reelections, fearful of being the first one to speak? It could be shame. To turn on Trump now is to tacitly acknowledge that he's been the way he is since the beginning. To acknowledge that is to also acknowledge that you have, for three years, given consent to that behavior. You have consented to let sit a maniac in the oval office, one who has relentlessly betrayed the oath of office under your watch. That's a tough pill to swallow. You don't want to know that. The amount of shame is unbearable. I think this is where Lindsey Graham is now.
The tide needs to start moving against this poisonous man, before he fully consumes the GOP.
Also, with the monumental pile of evidence that Trump is a walking disgrace to the office of the President (not to mention an increasingly large liability to our national security) why the hell are the Republicans still defending him? (I mean this only of well-intentioned Republicans. Mitch McConnell is a disingenuous and self serving power fiend) Can't they see how much easier they would have it without him dragging them through controversy after controversy? Haven't they seen how many people he's converted to life-long anti-GOP voters? I don't get it. What does he give them? He has a solid base...but it's realistically not more than 30% of the general electorate, and probably shrinking. He has been shockingly ineffective in even pursuing conservative objectives, other than boiler plate judicial appointments and tax cuts, but any Republican could do that - and probably do it more efficiently to boot. The only thing I can realistically surmise is that they are fearful for one reason or another. Fearful of reprisal, fearful of hard reelections, fearful of being the first one to speak? It could be shame. To turn on Trump now is to tacitly acknowledge that he's been the way he is since the beginning. To acknowledge that is to also acknowledge that you have, for three years, given consent to that behavior. You have consented to let sit a maniac in the oval office, one who has relentlessly betrayed the oath of office under your watch. That's a tough pill to swallow. You don't want to know that. The amount of shame is unbearable. I think this is where Lindsey Graham is now.
The tide needs to start moving against this poisonous man, before he fully consumes the GOP.
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You mean BS story after BS story? Just accept defeat. America is nowhere near as bad as it's made it out to be. I'm honestly tired of it and the new damn "Democratic Socialist" party.
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In all honesty, that tweet alone ought to be enough to impeach him. WTF?!
You're right! But it's Trump who characterized it as in a desperate economic, political & military state. That's why he wanted to "Make America Great Again". Instead, he has made it - or at least his presidency - the laughing stock of the world. He's the last thing in this world from a "stable genius". I've come to the conclusion that if it looks like a ****ing moron, walks like a ****ing moron & talks & tweets like a ****ing moron ... it's a ****ing moron.
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Can you really not see that there's something seriously wrong with Trump? There's a long history of comments that attack his perceived opponents in words that a pre-adolescent kid would use ... a long history of comments that are completely incoherent. I've been around a long time, I've never witnessed any major political figure behave in this way. There's something wrong with him.
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America is shockingly close to being bad though. A war with Iran is looming, the tariffs are hurting jobs, and the Constitution is being violated more now than it probably ever was under Obama. Our allies no longer trust us, we're going all-in on Isreal, and we're more in bed with Saudi Arabia now than rationally makes sense.
Honestly, we are not winning a war with Iran. Our military is depleted and most Americans are sick of war since it's been going on continuously since 2001. Not to mention a war with Iran would lead to a direct attack on Isreal, which would then open up in a World War III scenario. I can't see it turning nuclear, but I can see it being really ugly. Nevermind gas prices will take a massive leap, which will in turn bankrupt the auto industry that went all-in with SUVs and is more or less ignoring electric.
The tariffs are catching up to us and its quickly making this more expensive and costing jobs. Trump doesn't seem to understand this either, despite being a self-proclaimed businessman. Due to this, we are teetering pretty close to a recession. Add in a war, and that's almost a given.
Whether Trump is guilty of conspiracy or whatever with Ukraine and whether or not he is guilty of election tampering is neither here nor there for me. While I believe he's guilty, in the grand scheme of things those are pretty minor compared to what Trump is doing to stability in the world and with the US economy.
I wish both the Democrats and Republicans would wake up and see this. Trump is dangerous because he clearly has no idea what he's doing and won't listen to anyone. And as much as I don't like Pence, he's at least a politician and can presumably act like one.
And no, Democratic Socialism isn't the answer. Putting someone in charge who doesn't act like a child and spends all their time on Twitter is though.
