Brackite wrote:Trump didn't really campaign on the notion of really reducing the size of government. He campaigned on having a deportation force, having a travel ban, and getting a huge border wall being built along the southern border. While Trump did campaign on having Mexico paying for the wall, he is now trying to get the American taxpayers to pay for the wall.
Actually he did run on reducing the size of government.
MeDotOrg wrote:Well, 'just about' leaves a little wiggle room I suppose. Better than William Henry Harrison, to be sure.
Heh. Ever since the election I've had this sort of fanciful expectation that the Trump administration would turn out to be a weird parallel of Napoleon's Hundred Days. While things have gone much worse for The Donald than I'd imagined, thus far he has yet to face his Wellington.
While Trump did campaign on having Mexico paying for the wall, he is now trying to get the American taxpayers to pay for the wall.
Do you want check, cash, or credit card?
Trump campaigned on bringing back American manufacturing and good paying American jobs rather than borrowing money to pay China and Mexico to make everything. Mark Levine and Ted Cruz may not agree. But they would never have won the white house. Jeb Bush would have never won. Mitt Romney and John McCain both proved that being a moderate, choosing your battles, compromising doesn't win either.
“There were mothers who took this [Rodney King LA riots] as an opportunity to take some milk, to take some bread, to take some shoes ... They are not crooks.”
This liberal would be about socializing . . . uh, umm. . . . Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.
We do not need a Huge Wall along our southern border. Individuals illegally crossing from Central America over the southern border has significantly decreased during the last several months. There is already a lot of fencing along the southern border. Also a Huge Border Wall would likely cause serious Environmental damage. Link
Mitt Romney and John McCain both proved that being a moderate, choosing your battles, compromising doesn't win either.
There was not any Republican who could have won back in 2008. And McCain's running mate was not a moderate. Maybe Jon Huntsman could have won in 2012. But we will really never know about that.
"And I've said it before, you want to know what Joseph Smith looked like in Nauvoo, just look at Trump." - Fence Sitter
I doubt that even Trump believes that the wall would accomplish its stated purpose. The real purposes of the wall proposal are to score points with the racial and cultural bigots and xenophobes who, unfortunately, constitute a significant portion of Trump's supporting base, and deflect media and public attention from the worst and most damaging of Trump's failures and policies.
No precept or claim is more likely to be false than one that can only be supported by invoking the claim of Divine authority for it--no matter who or what claims such authority.
“If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.”
― Harlan Ellison
Even Trump supports the First Amendment right of freedom of speech for himself and for all who happen to agree with him or support him.
No precept or claim is more likely to be false than one that can only be supported by invoking the claim of Divine authority for it--no matter who or what claims such authority.
“If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.”
― Harlan Ellison
Drumpf can call it the 'best 100 days ever' because he doesn't require himself to be accurate, or tell people what he really means. In terms of having several weekend getaways on taxpayer money, it's been an awesome 100 days for the Cheeto dictator. Other presidents were trying to accomplish stuff for the country and whatnot. What a waste.
When assessing below average intelligence, we have the following scale: