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

To: i-node who wrote (197325)	3/28/2021 3:04:19 PM
From: bentway	4 Recommendations Recommended By combjelly Mannie rdkflorida2 Terry Maloney Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362521

>>Biden hires Manchin's wife. That's corruption, plain and simple. <<

To: i-node who wrote (197325)	3/28/2021 3:13:54 PM
From: Lane3	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362521

>> Trump already had done that. You keep making this claim, but you seem unable to back it up. The 'that' in question was reference to Trump's banana republic. A quick look via Google presents loads of pairings with Trump. The earliest one I spotted was 2/2/2017. That's just after the inauguration, for heaven's sake. ------------------------- The U.S. and the New “BR Index” A close-up examination of whether the US is becoming a banana republic. By Jean-Francois Boittin, February 2, 2017 Soon after the November 8 election, a number of well-intentioned historians raised the issue of the rise of fascism in the 1930s in Europe. They have asked whether the same scenario could unfold in the United States, a country that its politicians like to describe as a “shining city on a hill” or a “beacon of democracy.”... .... On the road to a banana republic? But instead of comparing to 1930s Germany, let us measure what we know about the new Trump political system against a rigorously constructed BRI, or banana republic Index. The country will be ranked across a series of indisputable metrics from 0 (liberal democracy at its most boring, say Switzerland) to 5 ( the ideal banana republic, Gabon – with apologies to the many other countries which deserve to be named as well.) We will thus measure how the United States fares under the current administration.... ------------------------------- Here's a reference from May with an on-point headline: ----------------------------- From a Shining City on a Hill to a Banana Republic The essential step to restoring faith in American democracy is authorizing an independent investigation into the president’s ties to the government of Russia. By Reuben Brigety \| May 11, 2017, 5:24 PM ---------------------------------- Sorry, but you're a bit late to the banana republic accusation party. Trump got there first.