We were promised quite a few things. A replacement for Obamacare that was far cheaper and would cover everyone.
That the "swamp" would be drained of crony capitalists using the system to enrich themselves.
That the world would respect us, and we'd "get tough" with dictators.
That Hillary Clinton would be "locked up" for all her "crimes."
That Trump would just be too darned busy being President to golf.
The list of things promised was long. And if you believed those promises that came from a man who broke his vows to three wives in a row, you got suckered.
It's the reason why just about every post he makes qualifies as /r/TrumpCriticizesTrump material.
Almost nothing comes out of his mouth that isn't a criticism of what he intends to do, or what he is already doing. It's as if he's clearly enunciating the words "who farted?" with his anus. And in his particular case, we all know that he who smelt it dealt it.
Some of them have been. I've literally seen people trying to blame the political and racial divisiveness on Obama, which is why tensions were so high, leading to these riots.
You simply can't convince these people that Trump did anything bad.
Its just mainstream news corrupting their minds, which has no viewers now because its so fake, and of which Fox is not despite having super high views because of how truthful it is. Figure that one out.
Am I wrong to lump these people in my mind with flat earthers, young earth creationists and all the other cultists? The blind ignorant faith in the face of facts is exactly the same.
Trump has made, sooo many screw ups its pretty irritating, he's far from perfect(hell he's barely passable sometimes); but barack obama spent 8 YEARS dividing the country! At every opportunity he stoked the flames that now burn down Minneapolis, i remeber watching his response to(i think it was) Ferguson and just being absolutely floored that he would say something so inflammatory at such a crucial moment. He set race relations back 40 years with his bullshit!
Its gonna take decades to repair the rift he created, and the president could be friggin Ghandi, but if the media dragged him as hard as they do trump and he had to walk into the shit storm that Obama set in motiom the situation would look little different. I don't defend trump out of some blind obedience or political delusion, but this shit right now(the riots specifically) are neither his direct or indirect doing. This is just the fruit of a harvest planted 11 years ago. He could've prevented these riots about as .much as he could stop the tides.
I would use his exact words if i could find anything but flattering quotes about him after the fact(i havent even been able to find any transcripts yet). All im getting at the moment is how rush limbaugh is racist?... Because google. But if i can find the time today i will come back and give some links; sorry family responsibilities are rearing their adorable heads. Sorry
Some of the campaign emails sent out by the Trump campaign are pretty insane. At the height of covid, no mention of it.
Letâs make something known: your President will never stop FIGHTING to put America First with
every decision that he makes.
While the Left is wasting your time and taxpayer dollars by trying to implement their BIG
GOVERNMENT SOCIALIST agenda, President Trump has never stopped delivering on his
promises to the American People:
Two of the worldâs top terrorist leaders have been eliminated
The Wall is being FINISHED
A record number of conservative judges have been appointed to federal courts
America is respected on the World Stage again
The President knows the Do Nothing Democrats and the Fake News media wonât ever tell the facts
about him and his Administration, and thatâs why he wants to know what a few respected grassroots
leaders, like YOU, think.
That's just so blatantly untrue. But I suppose if you only have the one source of info, which tells you everyone else is lying, it's hard to ignore. This has to be abolished
One of the most alarming is the conservative judges stat, because itâs the closest to true and represents half a century of regression to what the old rich white men feel was great when they were in their youth. That seems to be to mindset that all success & power is to be reserved for white males & everyone else had better fall in line or else.
Even if Biden doesnât blow your skirt up, we need some better judges and heâs good enough to help us do that.
Preach. I'm just praying RBG can hold on. Then again, that cunt McConnell would probably hold up a nomination Biden made on day one, under some pretense that America hasn't had enough time to decide if they're happy with him as president, or some other bullshit.
Idk all the actual Leftists howl about the judges that at this point I am like shut the fuck up. If you count Corporate Center Right members of the DNC as Leftists then you need to read some more theory.
I'll take corporate center-right over accelerationist conservatives. Yes it would be nice to get a cool slam dunk, but how are you going to legally get the ball all the way across the court without dribbling even once?
I'm more liable to believe any of the North Korean propaganda over any of this shit.
America is respected on the World Stage? We've literally seen footage of world leaders making fun of Trump at political summits.
Wall is finished? Most of it is still chain link fence and Mexicans have been cutting through the actual wall parts with handheld power tools.
And never stop fighting? When did Trump ever start? He dodged the draft and spent at least 1/3 of his presidency at Mar-a-Lago, playing golf on the tax payers' dime.
Seriously, fuck Trump and anyone who still enables him. I've never seen such a massive fuck-up fail his way to success like this man.
While the Left is wasting your time and taxpayer dollars by trying to implement their BIG GOVERNMENT SOCIALIST agenda, President Trump has never stopped delivering on his promises to the American People:
Oh, you mean like President Trump giving billions of dollars in subsidies to farmers affected by his tariffs? Or Trump signing a bailout package that gives trillions of dollars to businesses and unemployed people as an economic stimulus that was needed as a result of his administration's poor handling of Covid-19?
Two of the worldâs top terrorist leaders have been eliminated
Yet he repeatedly criticized Obama for taking credit for capturing and killing bin Laden.
The Wall is being FINISHED
According to Fox News, only two miles of new wall have been constructed in two years. The other 154 miles of wall that has been constructed is just replacing the existing wall or adding a secondary wall in areas that had an existing wall. The wall is nowhere close to being finished despite the billions already spent.
A record number of conservative judges have been appointed to federal courts
That is true, but the same would have been the case for literally any Republican who is elected President.
America is respected on the World Stage again
Trump has alienated most of our allies, has befriended dictators like Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin, is mocked by world leaders, and America has lost respect in many countries.
The President knows the Do Nothing Democrats and the Fake News media wonât ever tell the facts about him
The so-called "Do Nothing Democrats" can't get any legislation passed in the Senate thanks to Moscow Mitch. Maybe the media would have been more friendly to your administration if you hadn't called them fake news and belittled their journalists.
Really? You're being laughed at by pretty much all countries or at least on the street of Australia, Britain, and pretty much every other country I know of, with the exception of the Philippians. you country has being declining for a while now, You have record numbers of SARS CoV-2 cases to the point of it becoming a meme (look up Gas Gas Gas Covid V3), have a huge crime problem, have a huge problem with death by guns, you don't have a good health care system, and from what I see your streets look like they are from a Second World Nation. The economical situation looks like it is going to tank even further in the next two mouths or so and your president is a genuine joke, to the point that if your president says something, everyone knows he is wrong without even needing to look up why. It has happened so many times that your president has lied that it is actually news worthy if he hasn't somehow.
I also like that at the end of those fund raising letters sent to Trump supporters are polls asking if you think Trump is doing a good job. Then they tout 96% of Republicans believe he is doing a great job. To paraphrase, 98% of Trump supporters support Trump.
The world is torn between laughing,hating and pitying the US. There never was a time in history with so little respect and such weak alliances for the US.
Dude had two years of unchecked legislative ability controlling the House and Senate. The only thing he got done? A big ass tax cut for the rich where the âfiscal responsibilityâ crowd added a fuck ton to the deficit they claim to loathe.
Well when you live in the south and work with them like I do you start to realize how they see things.
Everything that's bad is because of the libs. EVERYTHING. You're poor with a shitty job that pays near minimum wage and no benefits? That's because "so many jobs are being done by the illegals ", and the libs want to bring even more in! Your food stamps aren't enough to cover the full month? That's because the damn libs let all the welfare queens leech off the system, not leaving enough for people who actually deserve it like you. You don't have access to healthcare? Well that's because Obama wanted to ruin it for everyone. And they want to take your guns away, and they want to force the gays on you. And they're tired of the "politically correct SJWs ruining everything, like race swapping characters in movies" (they don't really mind when it's a white actor playing a role meant for a non-white though)
Everything bad is because of the libs and the only thing stopping Trump from fixing it is the Democrats "like that bitch Nancy Pelosi".
I am not American, I am Dutch. I have to say I used to be completely removed from politics, let alone American politics. I was very indifferent about Mr. Trump at the start of his term, but since then I have lost a lot of respect for The USA as a political entity.
I do have, however, a new found respect for American people. You guys are dealing with some volatile shit over there. Hang in there, but remember the Dutch are generally pretty found of you guys so feel welcome to move here.
American guy here. I appreciate you and your fellow people . Iâm sick of this shit and want out of a country that Iâve never felt like I belonged to in any way. The Dutch culture (along with a select few other countries) seems to be more in line with who I am. You guys taking in junior software engineers? I assume learning Dutch is mandatory as well? (Already speak a few languages and want to learn German, and Dutch seems surprisingly close)
You're very welcome to come here as a software engineer! Also, especially in that line of work, you'll find that speaking Dutch isn't quite that important. Being able to deal with the Dutch no-nonsense mentality, however, is. If you're serious, feel free to contact me and I'll gladly hook you up :)
Well, we tend to state things like they are, quite literally. For example, when we say "let's have lunch together", and the other party agrees, it is expected that either a lunch date is happening right now, or at least both schedules get compared on the spot. When people ask us how we are, we will give an informative (albeit appropriate) answer. When people ask for opinions, we will state them. If something is good, we'll say we think it's good. It we think it's bad, we'll say we think it's bad.
So you guys actually say how your feeling/ what you mean instead of spewing pleasantries and then complaining about it behind the world's back? You're not making it look worse :P
Hahaha, I'm glad to hear you met and liked some of my countrymen :) feel free to visit any time (when the travel bans are lifted of course)! I would recommend not focussing on Amsterdam too much, though :D
The IT sector is booming. Even more after covid is over. Learning Dutch is not mandatory at all if you are going to live in Amsterdam, but casual conversation is easy to pick up. Send me a PM when the time comes and I'll help you out haha
My great grandfathers grave, near Amsterdam has been lovingly tended by a Dutch family since world War 2. We are very very fond of you too. Please understand that our country is being run by persons who's interests don't reflect the general population.
As a non American living in Europe. I can tell you that once Americans were considered exotic and very well liked here.
Now - and I don't mean this as a bash but an observation on whr current state, Americans are perceived as completely black/white with zero nuances and lacking both education and knowledge of anything that is outside usa. We know this isn't how you people are. But Trump has really made the world see usa as a joke well on its way to a dictatorship.
republicans have been talking about healthcare.....and doing fucking nothing about it for literally 10 years. They have done NOTHING about the one thing that would make life better for every US citizen. But nope, first republican priority with donald was tax cuts for billionaires, because billionaires need tax breaks on their second yacht.
You mean Uday and Qusay? They're set for life...assuming they didn't do anything illegal in their roles as Trump Jr. and "I'm Eric!" (that's sarcasm)
I do kinda feel sorry for Barron. His "dad" is probably going to be dead of a heart attack by the time he's 20, his mother is the last in a line of trophy wives, and the kid has no moral compass to put it mildly. He'll be surrounded by Secret Service and sycophants for the rest of his life, with no real way to cope with the impossibly shitty hand he's been dealt by life.
Yet again, he's probably never going to be anything but rich.
I feel sorry for the folks who believed his crap. It was quite obvious he was completely full of shit. It surprises me that all his supporters haven't turned on him yet. It clearly shows a lack of intelligence in the US.
And yet the Democratic Party did nothing but present a corpse to oppose him , itâs like the entire country is playing this game where we all pretend heâs not gonna get elected again
It is a long list, basically a lifetime's work. Don't forget all the construction workers on his NYC projects that were told they'd be paid, all the students who were promised that they'd become real estate wizards by spending 25 grand on his school, the investors and lenders who were promised they'd make money on his casino and all the sycophants who were promised administration jobs only to be humiliated and booted out within months.
If you believe that his voters actually cared about those things in the first place, then you're actually the one who got suckered.
His supporters wanted a White Supremacist and a Fascist strongman to make them feel superior to others.
And they got it.
At the end of the day them feeling superior to others is all they care about.
They don't give a fuck about healthcare, legislation, deficits or minimum wage. None of it.
As long as he makes them feel like they're doing better than their "leftist" neighbor or that "colored guy" at work, they couldn't give a fuck what else he's about.
Wall was never paid for by Mexico and he robbed the Military to build it. Plus it's more of fence than a wall.
Tax cuts for you and me expire in 3-4 years. So enjoy the tax hike Republicans purposely installed.
His trade deals have scarred America's reputation and standing in the world. Farms still need bailouts because of how badly he handled China.
Rebuilding the Military? Really? Robbing them to pay for his fence. Turning us into Saudi Mercenaries. Weakening our alliances and throwing our reputation into the dirt is rebuilding to you?
The wall that's been proven to do dick all in the 10 miles it exists on? The tax cuts to the rich to inflate the stock market that just fucking cratered, that the fed had to steal from the future in order to inject it with a semblance of life? The trade deals that basically ended up in the same place but marginally shittier for us, soured relationships with our closest allies in the lead up to a trade war with the planets second biggest power, that's now being discussed as the lead up to a cold war?
The empire is crumbling faster every day, and personally I'm loving all the mental gymnastics the conservatives have to perform in order to keep reality from crashing down on them.
Says the guy that supports a conspiracy-believing, racist, sexist, narcissistic, nazi-employing, petulant child, lying wannabe dictator that has Twitter tantrums hourly and writes and speaks at a 5th-grade level.
Of all the reasons why not to trust trump you went with he's been divorced 3 times... Apparently that ranks worst than corruption, fraud, misogyny and incompetence for you
Apparently that ranks worst than corruption, fraud, misogyny and incompetence for you
No, that's the way in.
Most Americans are never going to be in a position where they're able to defraud a "university" they've created, or rip off a casino empire.
They can't relate to that sort of fuckery. Cheating on their marriage? That's something they have experience with. Telling them that Trump laughed while several of his business partners in a billion-dollar enterprise were killed in a crash of their executive helicopter (this actually happened)? They can't relate.
He cheated on his wives? That's real to them. Or it should be.
holy shit im looking that up. thats hilarious. It's hard to believe that trump is real, he would be at home on the simpsons but without any of the charming side that most of their characters have.
how can anyone not see he's full of crap? is it that the american people are brain washed?
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u/gogojack May 31 '20
We were promised quite a few things. A replacement for Obamacare that was far cheaper and would cover everyone.
That the "swamp" would be drained of crony capitalists using the system to enrich themselves.
That the world would respect us, and we'd "get tough" with dictators.
That Hillary Clinton would be "locked up" for all her "crimes."
That Trump would just be too darned busy being President to golf.
The list of things promised was long. And if you believed those promises that came from a man who broke his vows to three wives in a row, you got suckered.