Excellent post. Thank you.
Excellent post. Thank you.
Hey LL, stop picking on the guy, he made some good points.
L L wrote:
You do provide a very lucid and articulate argument.
I would rate a D, or maybe a D+/C-, if we are including +/-.
Positives (IMO): Increased NASA budget, increased deportations, lit a fire under NATO allies re: spending, good attempts to shed bottom 10% of useless govt employees, improvement at VA department, general idea of "let's make government more efficient"
Cons (IMO): too much deportation of non-violent, long-term illegal aliens, pointless travel ban, kowtowing to Saudi Arabia, eroding of respect for office of the president, arrogance and hostility towards "mainstream" media, lack of transparency, incompetence on health care, lack of progress on tax reform and infrastructure improvements, removal of environmental regulations, ceding of significant military authority to the Pentagon
In short, the cons outweigh the pros enough to push my grade below "failing".
eric a blair wrote:
overall D. Trump has defiled the WH, diminished the US globally, hurt the economy, killed hundreds of innocents abroad, failed to sign any significant legislation, resorted to exec orders, discriminated on the basis of religion, encouraged violence at home, lied hundreds and hundreds of times, pushed allies aside, pulled enemies toward him,increased the divisions in the nation, and importantly, set a horrific example for American children.
But
he has caused a rethink on overregulation. Put a decent human being on SCOTUS. Started the talk about a much needed tax reform. Probably encouraged europe to spend more on defense. Worked as a negative example for parents.
and he hasn't tanked the economy or started a war yet.
I had actually put some time into thinking about this, and also came up with that grade--but not for exactly the same reasons (nice summary, though). I was actually going to go with a D+ (seriously), but then I found out more about the gutting of the EPA and had to ratchet it down a bit. This is based on the question being about the entire administration and not just DJT.
I could see the overall grade improving into the C range--or declining a bit more, I suppose--depending on further activity of the president and his staff/cabinet.
Full disclosure: I did not vote for Trump or Obama, and I never would have given BHO any flavor of A--not sure about a B, even. So maybe I'm a fairly tough grader.
You're a FVcking idiot! How dare you make that implication, what a left-wing nut job! Yeah, all of my right wing friends are into that...FVcking moron!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:
EPIC Flagpole wrote:Big ol' +1 right here.
Let's compare the two:
1) POTUS posts intentionally-bad, fairly humorous shopped video of himself performing with WWE from back in the day... orrr...
2) Celebrities and coastal elite culture warriors implying (Caesar play in NYC), openly discussing (Depp), and creating a very life-like severed, bloody head (Griffin) of the POTUS.
Yeah, Trump went way over the line here. HAHAHAHA!! A-holes.
Yes, the Right has been a bastion of peace and non-violence for decades.
Oh, wait.
http://wtop.com/dc/2017/06/sixth-noose-found-southeast/
Says the idiot who wouldn't agree anyways.
TroLLminator wrote:
Says 2 idiots that don't even bother to post evidence
itsbaddude wrote:No, they just google, find a nice headline on any of their trusted news and think it is true. They never wonder how come half the country does not believe them.
bettered the economy and saved hundreds of innocents abroad and did not discriminate and did not encourage violence at home and did not lie like Obama did hundreds and hundreds of timesyou get the dumbest post on this thread award...I mean WOW!!!!!!!!!!!
[quote]epic flagPOLE wrote:
bettered the economy and saved hundreds of innocents abroad and did not discriminate and did not encourage violence at home and did not lie like Obama did hundreds and hundreds of times
you get the dumbest post on this thread award...I mean WOW!!!!!!!!!!![quote]
What makes you think s/he mightn't have given Obama a similarly low grade?
I think the point of the grading is to get away from a knee-jerk our side/their side response and to actually look at (and *think* about) the administration as a whole. I liked how s/he included pluses as well as minuses--that shows some thought, rather than just a reflex.
Voter fraud in CA wrote:
The quickest way to lose an election in CA- propose to repeal the motor voter law. The dems pander to the illegals. If you can't see that, then you are a moran.
You know, you are really good at the fact-free post (under all of your handles).
Good job!
Obama never, ever encouraged violence. You right wing wackjob racists kept losing your shit because a black man ruled you.
Ha!!!!!! That makes it even better that Trump won and rules you! Did you and your boyfriend get any sleep last night, or are you still distraught over such a devastating loss in November? Ha!!!!!! Sucks to be you little guy as Trump owns your sorry liberal butt:):):):):)
GOP wack job wrote:
Obama never, ever encouraged violence. You right wing wackjob racists kept losing your shit because a black man ruled you.
Ya got me there, and I can admit it. Sorry, I guess I went overboard as Barack certainly did a lot of wrong and yes, he lied before to get elected and during because he could. No earmarks? He surely lied about that one, over 1000 times.
Left wack job wrote:
Ha!!!!!! That makes it even better that Trump won and rules you! Did you and your boyfriend get any sleep last night, or are you still distraught over such a devastating loss in November? Ha!!!!!! Sucks to be you little guy as Trump owns your sorry liberal butt:):):):):)
GOP wack job wrote:Obama never, ever encouraged violence. You right wing wackjob racists kept losing your shit because a black man ruled you.
I disagree. Obama encouraged BLM to kill cops. He defended them until things got out of control. Very bad actually. One of the worst things he did as a president.
GOP wack job wrote:
Obama never, ever encouraged violence. You right wing wackjob racists kept losing your shit because a black man ruled you.
You are making stuff up. First nobody knows how many illegals are in the US. Second on of the stated reasons the left wants sanctuary cities is to allow illegals to come forward and report crime without fear of deportation.You reasoning skills are pretty poor.
Grades1) Defeating Hillary: A+2) Tough guy: A+3) Defense: A+4) America First Foreign Policy: A+5) Removing excessive regulations: A+6) Body slam CNN: A+++7) Plain talk with no political speak: A+8) No lies (refreshing), he means what he says (no one like him on either side): A+9) Not a democrat punching bag: A++10) He is orange. This bothers me a little: B11) health care and tax cut, he is pushing hard. Congress needs to figure out how to repeal the current healthcare and pass a tax cut. He really only provides direction: C12) Wall (so far he is doing a great job, I really don't care who pays for it: A+13) Pissing off the leftists: A+++Overall: A-
itsbaddude wrote:
You are making stuff up. . .
I love that you started your post with this ^ immediately following your post that started like this:
itsbaddude wrote:
I disagree. Obama encouraged BLM to kill cops. . .
This is well beyond simply a good job. This is excellence personified. This is work of art. This is magnificent!
Good job!
:-)
You are racist fukks this is why you voted Trump. https://www.thenation.com/article/economic-anxiety-didnt-make-people-vote-trump-racism-did/
The media is collapsing and liberals are becoming less relevant every day. The Democratic party is coming apart at the seams. We are truly entering the next great American chapter.
Indapendint wrote:
The media is collapsing and liberals are becoming less relevant every day. The Democratic party is coming apart at the seams. We are truly entering the next great American chapter.
0/10
One of your better efforts.
Whether you think Trump has done some good or if you think he is has done only bad there is one thing everyone should agree upon
In a time of crisis, if he tells us we need to go to war and should enlist to fight, very few people would believe him. Few would trust him. Few would have confidence in his judgement. Other countries know this and that makes us vulnerable.
His antics and responses to things make him appear to most people (not die-hard fans of course) as having significant emotional problems. This makes us vulnerable to foreign countries. They see his lack of stability and his lack of leadership. He puts us in a weak position.
Like it or not, it's how things currently stand.
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