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Politics : The Donald Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (5356)	12/24/2015 9:37:12 PM
From: lizardK	3 Recommendations Recommended By bentway Heywood40 Ivan Inkling Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 73580

Food for thought: Trump winning means his supporters will lose, most of all By Travis Hale, contributor In one of the more peculiar defenses of what Republican president candidate Donald Trump is doing, Bill O'Reilly proclaimed recently that the impossibility in Trump being able to uphold even a portion of his many vacuous campaign promises matters little. Because, O'Reilly concluded, Trump is winning. Like Barack Obama before him, he is winning. Nothing beyond that should matter. Or does it? To his credit, Trump has keenly tapped into the genuine anger and overall dissatisfaction with the Washington establishment felt by millions of Americans. He has been riding that wave since launching his unorthodox campaign last summer, and like a calculating Andromeda Strain, seems to only grow stronger after each successive attempt by his rivals to bring him down. The anger felt for President Obama has thus far proven stronger than any misstatements or missteps made by Trump. He seems to be the one that they have been waiting for. But there is a genuine danger in continually making promises impossible to keep, or, as my dad would say, "letting his mouth write checks that his ass can't cash," on the campaign trail. What will become of those who feel betrayed and so angry now, if Trump isn't able to deliver on the many promises he has made once his true believers catapult him into the White House?It has been argued that what Trump is doing is brilliant — because, the argument goes, when negotiating, it is necessary to demand the stars and all the heavens when in fact a two-bedroom cottage on the edge of town is all one really needs. It's the nuance that's most important, his defenders say. But for his supporters, there is no nuance. They aren't jamming his campaign stops, shouting down protestors and cheering his constant barrage of insults with nuance on their mind. Despite Obama's best efforts, the next president will continue to be confined by a few things: a still-relevant Constitution, the legislative and judicial branches of government, and, in a worst-case scenario, a military presided over by competent, responsible men. These alone will prevent Trump from delivering much more than nuance to his legions of true believers. And they won't be happy with that. Where will they turn when the great and beautiful Trump wall isn't built? Who will they blame when President Trump isn't allowed to arbitrarily tax Ford Motor Co. 35 percent on every car it produces in Mexico? And what do you mean he alone can't impose the death penalty on all cop killers? Mass deporting millions of illegal immigrants would be a Herculean task, impossible to undertake and pay for. Mexico will not pay for a wall. And no one will be taking the oil and giving it to the wounded warriors as compensation for their sacrifice. But hey, remember that yuuuuge crowd in Mobile, Ala.? In 2008, candidate Obama promised the planet would be healed and the sea levels would slow their rise. His most ardent supporters have to be at least mildly disappointed that those things have not come to pass. But that disappointment is at least assuaged by the promises Obama was able to keep. I've yet to hear one viable promise that a President Trump would be able to deliver to his masses. And that should be a cause for concern. Donald Trump resides in a binary, zero-sum universe. There are only winners and losers; ones and zeroes; the spectacularly terrific and the disgusting disgraces. And win or lose, Trump will continue harbor that philosophy. He will always be the ultimate winner, meaning no one else can be. So when President Trump, constrained by law and governing authority, is reduced to nuance over "greatness that'll make your head spin," what will become of those that have so blindly believed in him? Where will they turn next?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (5356)	12/25/2015 11:45:40 AM
From: Fintas	3 Recommendations Recommended By GROUND ZERO™ MJ toccodolce Respond to of 73580

Yup. King Kong didn't apologize for taking down the bad dinosaurs or interlopers and KingDonaldKong isn't going to apologize for telling it like it is. 19 TRILLION IN DEBT MEDIA that is biased. HILLARY IS A PROVEN LIAR and her FOREIGN POLICY was a catastrophic. Unless some are dim and thing I.S.I.S spreading thru out the M/E is a good thing. We are NOT SAFE in the HOMELAND. We need to control the borders. We need to stop illegals from entering using the flaws in the system. BAGHDAD BOB AWARD GOES TO JULIA KAYAN SP? Who suggests the reason HS is now removing some beginning Jan had not a thing to do with TRUMP bringing it into focus.. UH HUH.. Until weeks ago no one had a clue just how bad the vetting process was. Give her a blue beret along with Kate Bauldwin to help you identify those who are biased and push the false narratives. When they recently asked a rep how many came in to the USA on this and that that didn't leave. THE RESPONSE was THEY HAD NO CLUE. THINK ABOUT THAT!!!!!!!! YUP H.S under THIS POTUS has a handle on it. NOT!!!! So not to worry about DONALD telling it like it is. WORRY about those who continue to LIE/DISTORT and do NOT tell it like it is. Fintas