My Score Card On Trump

[Robo]

I like Trump's tearing down America's overregulation, covertly and illegally legislated and instituted by 8 years of Obama's unelected bureaucrats. I think that alone has done more for the economy than anything else. The corporate tax decrease was also long overdue.


I like his first supreme court pick, his latest one not so much. I can appreciate the seating of constitutionalist textualist, literalist on the most powerful court.


How anybody can not like the lowest unemployment rates for blacks and Latin Americans ever is beyond me. The flimsey argument that Obama set the stage for that is preposterous in my opinion.


I appreciate his foreign policy. The dressing down of the NATO Europeans for their intentional failure to pay a fair share of NATO dues tickles me pink. It's been way too long coming. I like the fact that he wants to negotiate with everybody even Russia and North Korea and always is looking for the best or a better deal for the United States. He's right about our leverage being our advantage. They need us more than we need them policy.


I'm a newly converted fan of his wall on our southern border.


I have some issues with Trump, his narcissistic personality, (but I do like his total disregard for political correctness.)


I question his, what I see as overkill, with military spending.


I oppose his signing a bloated, outrageous, ungodly, debt riddled federal budget.

[Common]

Trumps a raging success end of conversation

[DGUtley]

I like his two SCOTUS picks over what HRC wouldn't done. We can now continue to argue within the confines of the structure set by our founders and leave same for our grandchildren.
I like that he's taken the government's jackboot off of the neck of business.
I wish he'd cut spending. I want a Balanced Budget Amendment. Leaving this for our grandchildren or great grandchildren is an unconscionable disgrace.
I like the corporate tax cuts, but we didn't need the personal tax cuts. It's nice, just not good for the economy.
I like that he cut the apron strings of our military against ISIS.
I dislike the way he acts a lot. I wish he'd act more presidential.
I like that he pushes back against the media, but maybe there's a happy medium? (probably not)
I wish he'd stop the name-calling of our politicians (yes, they probably deserve it and it is funny, but it is un-presidential)
I like that he's tough in illegal immigration.

[Tahuyaman]

...I oppose his signing a bloated, outrageous, ungodly, debt riddled federal budget.

I was surprised and very disappointed when he supported and signed that spending deal. I count that as breaking a campaign promise. I'm sure there was some long term strategy there, but it was still disappointing.

[IMPress Polly]

I dislike the "zero tolerance" border policy.
I dislike our recent withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council.
I dislike the over-generalized trade war Trump has put us in.
I dislike both of his Supreme Court nominations.
I dislike Trump's repeatedly-stated ambition to terminate our support for the Kurdish fighters in Syria within the year because a certain other country that controls the current Syrian regime wants us to.
I dislike the completely ridiculous travel/Muslim ban.
I dislike the ongoing efforts manifestly to dismantle the EU (e.g. official calls from Trump for a "hard Brexit", for France to leave the EU, obsessive attacks on the government of Germany, etc.) because a certain other regime helped him become president (just saying).
I dislike his abolition of Obama-era limits on coal plant and automobile pollution and withdrawing us from the Paris Accord on climate change.
I dislike Trump's reinstatement of the drug war.
I dislike his withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and pullback from our diplomatic rapprochement with Cuba.
I dislike the ongoing dismantling of the Affordable Care Act that's raising health insurance premiums beyond the increases that would otherwise be incurred.
I dislike the latest unnecessary tax giveaway to corporate America and the impact it's unsurprisingly having on the budget situation.
I dislike the still-further increased rate of military spending.
I dislike Trump's successful censorship of NFL players calling attention to police shootings and his calls for the censorship of the press in general.
I dislike everything about Trump's personal background (born into wealth, beauty pageants, real estate dealings, general con artistry (e.g. Trump University), curious connections to the Mob, what we unsurprisingly learned from that infamous Access Hollywood recording, etc.) and belligerent personality ad nauseum.

That's what comes to mind off the top of my head. I can think of nothing in particular about the current administration that I like. I hate Trump and everything he stands for.

I don't think Trump is an idiot like many other leftists do. I think he is a malign actor who is, and was always, controlled by a certain foreign government and using his presidential authority to act in the interests of that hostile foreign power by undermining our relationships with the rest of the Western world, the progressive Kurdish fighters in Syria, and beyond.

[Tahuyaman]

I find TDD fairly amusing.

[DGUtley]

I disliked the breastfeeding broo-haa-haa. It made no sense to me.
I dislike him publicly shaming judges and the courts. It's terrible and it undermines the credibility of our judicial system, which is very important.
I dislike when he goes up AF1's steps before his wife. As a gentlemen, he should let his wife go first.
I like the roll back of the administrative state.
I like the roll back of Obamacare, I still think it is unconstitutional regardless of what the Roberts' court said.

[Mister D]

It amazes me that there are still people who seriously suggest that Trump is controlled by Moscow.

[Ethereal]

It amazes me that there are still people who seriously suggest that Trump is controlled by Moscow.
Trump has been far more belligerent and confrontational towards Russia than Obama ever was. Not that I approve of that, but if Trump is an agent of Moscow, then Obama must have been their little whore.

[Mister D]

Trump has been far more belligerent and confrontational towards Russia than Obama ever was. Not that I approve of that, but if Trump is an agent of Moscow, then Obama must have been their little whore.
Agreed. I guess they're emotionally attached to the idea that he's not our legitimate President. It doesn't really matter how crazy and stupid it sounds at this point.

[MisterVeritis]

I dislike when he goes up AF1's steps before his wife. As a gentlemen, he should let his wife go first.

"RUSH: So President Trump and the first lady, Melania, just boarded Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews en route to where we live to screw things up for about three or four days. I say that affectionately and jokingly. But I got an email from somebody. “Rush, I just saw the president do the rudest thing. It’s raining, and he got on board the plane before Melania. How rude is that?” You know, that’s an excellent question, and let me tell you why it happened. In official Washington protocol, no one goes through a doorway before the president. No one."

https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2017/04/06/nobody-goes-through-a-doorway-before-the-president/

[Robo]

I dislike the "zero tolerance" border policy.
I dislike our recent withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council.
I dislike the over-generalized trade war Trump has put us in.
I dislike both of his Supreme Court nominations.
I dislike Trump's repeatedly-stated ambition to terminate our support for the Kurdish fighters in Syria within the year because a certain other country that controls the current Syrian regime wants us to.
I dislike the completely ridiculous travel/Muslim ban.
I dislike the ongoing efforts manifestly to dismantle the EU (e.g. official calls from Trump for a "hard Brexit", for France to leave the EU, obsessive attacks on the government of Germany, etc.) because a certain other regime helped him become president (just saying).
I dislike his abolition of Obama-era limits on coal plant and automobile pollution and withdrawing us from the Paris Accord on climate change.
I dislike Trump's reinstatement of the drug war.
I dislike his withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and pullback from our diplomatic rapprochement with Cuba.
I dislike the ongoing dismantling of the Affordable Care Act that's raising health insurance premiums beyond the increases that would otherwise be incurred.
I dislike the latest unnecessary tax giveaway to corporate America and the impact it's unsurprisingly having on the budget situation.
I dislike the still-further increased rate of military spending.
I dislike Trump's successful censorship of NFL players calling attention to police shootings and his calls for the censorship of the press in general.
I dislike everything about Trump's personal background (born into wealth, beauty pageants, real estate dealings, general con artistry (e.g. Trump University), curious connections to the Mob, what we unsurprisingly learned from that infamous Access Hollywood recording, etc.) and belligerent personality ad nauseum.

That's what comes to mind off the top of my head. I can think of nothing in particular about the current administration that I like. I hate Trump and everything he stands for.

I don't think Trump is an idiot like many other leftists do. I think he is a malign actor who is, and was always, controlled by a certain foreign government and using his presidential authority to act in the interests of that hostile foreign power by undermining our relationships with the rest of the Western world, the progressive Kurdish fighters in Syria, and beyond.

You forgot his wife and family. We'll put you down as a maybe on Trump, OK?

[Robo]

I dislike him publicly shaming judges and the courts. It's terrible and it undermines the credibility of our judicial system, which is very important.

The Justice System has undermined itself. They tried and are still trying to frame him and you expect respect and civility from him? I think he needs to fire the majority of the Obama stacked Justice Department starting with Rosenstein.

[Robo]

It amazes me that there are still people who seriously suggest that Trump is controlled by Moscow.

Democrats will promote and proliferate any and every lie.

[donttread]

I like Trump's tearing down America's overregulation, covertly and illegally legislated and instituted by 8 years of Obama's unelected bureaucrats. I think that alone has done more for the economy than anything else. The corporate tax decrease was also long overdue.


I like his first supreme court pick, his latest one not so much. I can appreciate the seating of constitutionalist textualist, literalist on the most powerful court.


How anybody can not like the lowest unemployment rates for blacks and Latin Americans ever is beyond me. The flimsey argument that Obama set the stage for that is preposterous in my opinion.


I appreciate his foreign policy. The dressing down of the NATO Europeans for their intentional failure to pay a fair share of NATO dues tickles me pink. It's been way too long coming. I like the fact that he wants to negotiate with everybody even Russia and North Korea and always is looking for the best or a better deal for the United States. He's right about our leverage being our advantage. They need us more than we need them policy.


I'm a newly converted fan of his wall on our southern border.


I have some issues with Trump, his narcissistic personality, (but I do like his total disregard for political correctness.)


I question his, what I see as overkill, with military spending.


I oppose his signing a bloated, outrageous, ungodly, debt riddled federal budget.


I like some of what he has done and dislike some. But warm deficit and debt continue to remain huge issues regardless of who we put in the whitehouse

[IMPress Polly]

You forgot his wife and family. We'll put you down as a maybe on Trump, OK?
Fair enough: I can't really think of a particular Trump that I've got a lot of respect left for either; especially Donald Trump Jr., whom I've actually come to despise even more than his father.

I've also thought of something else I dislike about the president: I dislike the decision to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.


Mister D wrote:
It amazes me that there are still people who seriously suggest that Trump is controlled by Moscow.

I don't exactly see what's "amazing" about that. There is actually some circumstantial evidence that the relationship may go back potentially all the way to 1987! (http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/trump-putin-russia-collusion.html)

What really persuades me though isn't the famous dossier (which yes I find wholly believable) or the circumstantial evidence to which I have just alluded or anything that's come out of Robert Mueller's investigation to date. It's the evidence of Trump's behavior as president that convinces me beyond doubt that he's a tool owned by Moscow.

Far more than just his border policies, Trump has also brought us into a trade war, primarily with U.S. allies, and not least of which the European Union. He's also supported Brexit when the vote happened, just yesterday argued forcefully that British Prime Minister Theresa May had not pursued a full and sufficiently aggressive form of Brexit that would adequate isolate the UK from the EU, that France should withdraw from the EU, and has just been touring Europe touting NATO as a kind of protection racket wherein Europe either pays their protection money or else we just won't be responsible for what happens. He has also pledged to withdraw our support from the Kurdish fighters in Syria (a cause particularly important to me, as a strong ideological ally of their's) by the end of the year so that the Russian-controlled regime of Bashir Al Assad, together with the also-Russian-controlled regime of Erdogan in Turkey, can destroy them as a reward for their (mostly complete) defeat of the Islamic State! He has also withdrawn us from major international bodies and agreements ranging from the Paris Accord on climate change to the UN Human Rights Council and beyond. He is clearly pursuing an isolationist policy on a wide range of fronts. And it's in that context that I have to question the motives behind his proposals to let Russia rejoin the G7, his government's curious attempts to lift sanctions on the Russian state, and much more. Why is a hostile foreign government that illegally intervened in our last presidential election curiously the one major and consistent exception to Trump's zeal for American, and indeed Western, isolation? You see what I'm getting at? He ACTS like a foreign agent! THAT is what persuades me more than anything else that he, in fact, is one.

And thanks to these ongoing investigations (to say nothing of the fact of who one of campaign managers was!), we have a steadily growing body of evidence to show plentiful motives and opportunities for this kind of corruption to have happened. And it could go all the way back to his first forays into American politics. As far as I'm concerned, that Trump is first and foremost working in the service of Moscow is not an opinion, but a self-evident fact at this point.

Yesterday the American president was forced to hide out in the British countryside for his meeting with the British prime minister because over in London, hundreds of thousands of protesters were jamming the streets to denounce the meeting's occurrence at all in no uncertain terms. Will he meet with a comparable reception when he visits Russia to meet with Vladimir Putin in private in a couple days? Of course not. That contrast concentrates much. That our current government is more hated in London than in Moscow tells you what you need to know about the nature and status of our international relationships.

[Peter1469]

Ivanka could be our first female President. How will the hard left handle that?

[MMC]

I give Trump a B+. He has kept a lot of promises.


I like how he treats the Lame Stream Media.....needs to treat them even worse than he does.


I like how he is able to trick the Democrats and their Cult following, making them look like mopes. Needs to make them look worse and show them why they are failures and victims waiting to happen. I like how he don't accept their PC game.


I like how he is filling up the Courts with Originalists. I am good with his SCOTUS picks even though I preferred another with this last pick.


I like how he is building the military back up. Recognizing just how weak BO the Peep caused the military to be. Recognizing we still need more to get things back on track.


I like that he got the tax cuts and the economy has improved off them and the de-regulation. Along with all the good news that has come with it. Lowest unemployment for Blacks, Latinos, and Women.


I like that he has saved the US major money by pulling out of the Paris Accord. Saved us money with dropping out of TPP.


I like he took money away from the UN, and the Palestinians. I like the way he is treating the Euros. China. Canada and Mexico. Although he needs to up the pressure on Mexico. A Whole lot more. I like that he moved the Embassy to Jerusalem.


I don't like or agree with him on raising the age of firearms to 21. I don't like nor agree with him on giving the Dreamers a pathway to Citizenship. I don't like or agree with him on Keeping Sessions as AG. I don't like that he hasn't declassified the Page FISA warrant. Or that he hasn't sent Rosenstein out to pasture. Or that he hasn't taken a harder stance on the FBI and the IC.


I don't like that he is giving Mattis what he wants by keeping our people in Syria. Or in Irag and playing to the Shia. I don't like the way he is allowing Mattis to play with Afghanistan. Nor any nation building with that shithole.


Oh, and I do like that he has erased damn near all of BO the Peeps Legacy. Causing the Demos and the leftness to go into sheer madness.

[MisterVeritis]

Ivanka could be our first female President. How will the hard left handle that?
She is a leftist. I am sure the left would embrace her.

[Admiral Ackbar]

I dislike the "zero tolerance" border policy.
I dislike our recent withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council.
I dislike the over-generalized trade war Trump has put us in.
I dislike both of his Supreme Court nominations.
I dislike Trump's repeatedly-stated ambition to terminate our support for the Kurdish fighters in Syria within the year because a certain other country that controls the current Syrian regime wants us to.
I dislike the completely ridiculous travel/Muslim ban.
I dislike the ongoing efforts manifestly to dismantle the EU (e.g. official calls from Trump for a "hard Brexit", for France to leave the EU, obsessive attacks on the government of Germany, etc.) because a certain other regime helped him become president (just saying).
I dislike his abolition of Obama-era limits on coal plant and automobile pollution and withdrawing us from the Paris Accord on climate change.
I dislike Trump's reinstatement of the drug war.
I dislike his withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and pullback from our diplomatic rapprochement with Cuba.
I dislike the ongoing dismantling of the Affordable Care Act that's raising health insurance premiums beyond the increases that would otherwise be incurred.
I dislike the latest unnecessary tax giveaway to corporate America and the impact it's unsurprisingly having on the budget situation.
I dislike the still-further increased rate of military spending.
I dislike Trump's successful censorship of NFL players calling attention to police shootings and his calls for the censorship of the press in general.
I dislike everything about Trump's personal background (born into wealth, beauty pageants, real estate dealings, general con artistry (e.g. Trump University), curious connections to the Mob, what we unsurprisingly learned from that infamous Access Hollywood recording, etc.) and belligerent personality ad nauseum.

That's what comes to mind off the top of my head. I can think of nothing in particular about the current administration that I like. I hate Trump and everything he stands for.

I don't think Trump is an idiot like many other leftists do. I think he is a malign actor who is, and was always, controlled by a certain foreign government and using his presidential authority to act in the interests of that hostile foreign power by undermining our relationships with the rest of the Western world, the progressive Kurdish fighters in Syria, and beyond.

That's it! I am now 100% convinced Trump will go down as greatest President of last 100 years if he accomplishes everything you note!

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[donttread]

It amazes me how debt and deficit aren't even part of the conversation anymore

[MMC]

It amazes me how debt and deficit aren't even part of the conversation anymore

Even more amazing is how the Budget Hawks keep deliberately forgetting about the Money Trump has saved. How much would we be putting out with the Paris Accord and TPP? He even is paying less for the Embassy in Jerusalem.

Seems they never talk about that nor the fact for every one regulation created. 2 are removed from the books.

[Captdon]

Polly, how about Barron? Is he okay with you?

[Jeb!]

Even more amazing is how the Budget Hawks keep deliberately forgetting about the Money Trump has saved. How much would we be putting out with the Paris Accord and TPP? He even is paying less for the Embassy in Jerusalem.

Seems they never talk about that nor the fact for every one regulation created. 2 are removed from the books.
I have the same concerns as them, but Congress doesn't have the votes right now to make any meaningful cuts to the budget. Can anyone imagine John McCain or Lindsey Graham voting for military cuts? Susan Collins voting for social security cuts? Republicans need to gain more seats for that to happen.

[Peter1469]

She is a leftist. I am sure the left would embrace her.

Yes she is left. But TDS will strike.

[donttread]

Even more amazing is how the Budget Hawks keep deliberately forgetting about the Money Trump has saved. How much would we be putting out with the Paris Accord and TPP? He even is paying less for the Embassy in Jerusalem.

Seems they never talk about that nor the fact for every one regulation created. 2 are removed from the books.


Saved? Aren't we heading for record debt every day? That doesn't come from "savings"

[Mini Me]

I find TDD fairly amusing.

Has your Mommy seen the ridiculous posts you make? Or do you hide them from her?

[Mini Me]

It amazes me that there are still people who seriously suggest that Trump is controlled by Moscow.

My guess is - late some night when the walls start closing in for real.


I can just imagine the breaking news that “the pResident is missing. No one’s seen him... last person to see him was So & So several hours ago... and Melania’s nowhere to be found now either. No trace of Barron...

And a little later some rumors start circulating of possible sightings in The Crimea or some such. It’d be some unremarkable airplane that no one associates with him. WON’T be Air Force One. They’ll be sneaking out of the country under cover of darkness to avoid detection and apprehension. He’ll lean on his good pal Putin to shelter them in exile.

[Tahuyaman]

Has your Mommy seen the ridiculous posts you make? Or do you hide them from her? Are you really that freaking stupid.

[Ethereal]

Are you really that freaking stupid.

How ironic...

[Tahuyaman]

How ironic...

How predictable. You need new material.

[Ethereal]

How predictable. You need new material.
:rofl:

[Tahuyaman]

:rofl:Take my advice. Search the internet and find new material. You’re embarrassing yourself.

[Ethereal]

Take my advice. Search the internet and find new material. You’re embarrassing yourself.
:rofl:

[Mini Me]

Take my advice. Search the internet and find new material. You’re embarrassing yourself.

This, from the guy who seldom posts anything but trolling and flaming!Hilarious!

[MMC]

I have the same concerns as them, but Congress doesn't have the votes right now to make any meaningful cuts to the budget. Can anyone imagine John McCain or Lindsey Graham voting for military cuts? Susan Collins voting for social security cuts? Republicans need to gain more seats for that to happen.


Well I agree with those 2 on any military cuts Right now. Our Navy needs to replace some old ships. Our Iowa Class Subs. Frigates. Destroyers etc. Which doesn't even count Planes for the carriers.

Then there is our Air Force. Falling apart and Bombers to Fighters needing to be upgraded.


Then the Marines and Army. From artillery to tanks. Helicopters and Marine Fighter Jets.


I am for having the Euros pay protection. Others too.

[MMC]

Saved? Aren't we heading for record debt every day? That doesn't come from "savings"
So you are saying we would be paying less if we were in the Paris Accord and TPP?

[Tahuyaman]

This, from the guy who seldom posts anything but trolling and flaming!Hilarious!




Hilarious.......

[Captdon]

It amazes me how debt and deficit aren't even part of the conversation anymore

Sure it is. A trillion dollar deficit in a strong economy is a disgrace. Trump is as guilty as anyone else.