COMMUNITY United States Politics Thread: Trump's Second Term

XiJingSlim said:
All this DEI stuff is low hanging fruit for his base so Trump can deliver something for his base while they are distracted while he and rest of oligarchs get rich.

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

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Ive said it before on here that there's a quote in the movie Rosewood that mirrors that. When the sherrif told another white man "The only thing keeping me from treating your poor ass like them is you being white"
 
@Freeman and the Canadian homies im hearing Trump ain’t really trying to get into no Tariffs squabble but needs yall leaders to come out and publicly bend the knee to make him look good

Yall better not do that shit lol
 
TheNightKing said:
Look, was Trump directly responsible? Probably not. To someone’s earlier point, the chaos he brought could have indirectly contributed, but there’s no way to prove that.

Bottom line though, if Biden can be blamed for things totally outside of his control and people run with it, including people on this board, then Trump can too.

Had Trump come in saying he was going to focus on the FAA and safety, he’d have a leg to stand on and could even claim he just hasn’t had the time to do what’s needed to prevent this. But he didn’t, so this could have occurred at any point in the future and he would catch blame.
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My whole point been that MFS not keeping the same energy
 
Old Man Cain said:
So you understand management is what I got from your post and thank you. Trump's name wouldn't even have heat on it if he didn't fire the guy who's job it was to take heat for airplane crashes. If he has a FAA chief in place this would be a FAA issue and they would have to be hook for what happened since he don't he's getting the bullshit.

If you don't have a middle manager to take the L the L transfers to who's in charge this is not rocket science. Did Trump hire the staff no, did Trump hire the ATC no, did fly the plane no, did Trump fly the helicopter no. Did Trump fire those who are responsible yes did he replace them before this happened no. Who is at fault then since



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Saying he takes the blame by default due to his status is diff than the argument that he directly has something to do with one guy working a position meant for two.
 
Old Man Cain said:
So you understand management is what I got from your post and thank you. Trump's name wouldn't even have heat on it if he didn't fire the guy who's job it was to take heat for airplane crashes. If he has a FAA chief in place this would be a FAA issue and they would have to be hook for what happened since he don't he's getting the bullshit.

If you don't have a middle manager to take the L the L transfers to who's in charge this is not rocket science. Did Trump hire the staff no, did Trump hire the ATC no, did fly the plane no, did Trump fly the helicopter no. Did Trump fire those who are responsible yes did he replace them before this happened no. Who is at fault then since



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Absolutely right. Once he takes that oath, he’s responsible whether he hired the people directly, fired people directly, etc.

And this is a lot different than people blaming Biden for inflation let’s say. The FAA and the military and all of their employees report into Trump directly as federal government agencies.
 
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TheNightKing said:
Don’t two sides dick riding, pause.

You know those who back Trump are on a different level. You didn’t catch anybody with a shirt on depicting a muscle bound Biden riding a Harley with an eagle on his shoulder, lol.
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I see a cult on both sides my guy not that I think everyone that picks a side is part of it
 
The problem with the "both sides" shit is it leaves an constant out for who is to blame. As long people keep going "well both sides are bad. They're both a cult" then neither will actually ever be accountable. And you also gotta have enough common sense to know when to read the room and know when that shit just doesn't make any sense to bring up or make a comparison on.

And when you're constantly both siding shit...then you also will never actually have a genuine discussion because your built in default is to never properly assign blame. It's an easy way to never actually have an opinion to stand on because you can always say "Well the other side would do that too" even when it's blatantly false. Especially when you're dealing with things that have blatantly racist overtones to them. That shit just comes off as condescending when you're speaking to the group most likely to be affected negatively.
 
Anyhoo....... Tarrifs start tomorrow depending on what's getting an exemption of course. If I was you I would go get some groceries and fill up on some gas while the prices are where they are now. Mexico gets us our oil and agriculture, Canada electricity, minerals, timber and oil as well. China everything else.
 
BlackRain said:
The problem with the "both sides" shit is it leaves an constant out for who is to blame. As long people keep going "well both sides are bad. They're both a cult" then neither will actually ever be accountable. And you also gotta have enough common sense to know when to read the room and know when that shit just doesn't make any sense to bring up or make a comparison on.

And when you're constantly both siding shit...then you also will never actually have a genuine discussion because your built in default is to never properly assign blame. It's an easy way to never actually have an opinion to stand on because you can always say "Well the other side would do that too" even when it's blatantly false. Especially when you're dealing with things that have blatantly racist overtones to them. That shit just comes off as condescending when you're speaking to the group most likely to be affected negatively.
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It's funny u say this bc the reason I both sides shit is bc neither side ever holds their side accountable. I see too often ppl being outraged at something under the other side then turn around n make excuses when it's their side.

Do u really think anyone is having a genuine conversation when it comes to politics?
 
BlackRain said:
The problem with the "both sides" shit is it leaves an constant out for who is to blame. As long people keep going "well both sides are bad. They're both a cult" then neither will actually ever be accountable. And you also gotta have enough common sense to know when to read the room and know when that shit just doesn't make any sense to bring up or make a comparison on.

And when you're constantly both siding shit...then you also will never actually have a genuine discussion because your built in default is to never properly assign blame. It's an easy way to never actually have an opinion to stand on because you can always say "Well the other side would do that too" even when it's blatantly false. Especially when you're dealing with things that have blatantly racist overtones to them. That shit just comes off as condescending when you're speaking to the group most likely to be affected negatively.
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At this point, it’s cowardly, disingenuous and just intellectually laziness to STILL be whining this “both sides” shit

If you can’t see the difference in how Democrats govern and how Republicans govern you just don’t want to. Because it goes against your what you believed was true.

So add cognitive dissonance to that list also
 
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