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Donald Trump says a lot of things on which he doesn't follow through.

by mtgx 10y ago

CamperBob2 10y ago
Throughout history, it's really surprising how many of the great conspiracies and atrocities have been telegraphed clearly -- if not published openly -- by their perpetrators, far in advance of the actual deeds. No one who read Mein Kampf could have expressed surprise at Hitler's subsequent actions, for instance, and the same is true for other documents up to and including the neoconservatives' PNAC Manifesto. So don't say you weren't warned if Trump actually does follow through on some of this stuff. There's no real downside to taking him at his word.
mikeyouse 10y ago
I'm sure that's reassuring to those who he's promised to kill.. It wasn't a one-off comment though, he reiterated his Snowden beliefs a few months ago: “When you just asked the question about Snowden, I will tell you right from the beginning, I said he was a spy and we should get him back,” Trump said. “And if Russia respected our country, they would have sent him back immediately, but he was a spy. It didn't take me a long time to figure that one out.” Trump thinks he's a Russian spy who should be hanged for treason.
- o0-0o 10y ago
  You think he's not a spy?
  - CameronBanga 10y ago
    Serious question. Why do you think he is one? What that he's done is in anyway consistent with the work of a spy?
    - anonbanker 10y ago
      If you look up Snowden's history, you'll see that before he was working for Booz Allen Hamilton, he was a CIA asset. He was literally a spy before going into the private sector. So, if you're a CIA asset, and then you leak NSA data from the private sector, are you still a CIA asset, or are you a defector and "former spy"?
curt15 10y ago
His opinion on Snowden is entirely consistent with his authoritarian tendencies though.
mwfunk 10y ago
I must confess that I don't follow this line of reasoning. You're saying that even though Trump said he wants to execute Snowden, Snowden should come back to a Trump-led US anyway because Trump doesn't follow through on a lot of the things he says? Does this really sound like a compelling argument to you?

Donald Trump says a lot of things on which he doesn't follow through.

by mtgx 10y ago

Donald Trump says a lot of things on which he doesn't follow through.

Throughout history, it's really surprising how many of the great conspiracies and atrocities have been telegraphed clearly -- if not published openly -- by their perpetrators, far in advance of the actual deeds. No one who read Mein Kampf could have expressed surprise at Hitler's subsequent actions, for instance, and the same is true for other documents up to and including the neoconservatives' PNAC Manifesto. So don't say you weren't warned if Trump actually does follow through on some of this stuff. There's no real downside to taking him at his word.

mikeyouse 10y ago

I'm sure that's reassuring to those who he's promised to kill.. It wasn't a one-off comment though, he reiterated his Snowden beliefs a few months ago: “When you just asked the question about Snowden, I will tell you right from the beginning, I said he was a spy and we should get him back,” Trump said. “And if Russia respected our country, they would have sent him back immediately, but he was a spy. It didn't take me a long time to figure that one out.” Trump thinks he's a Russian spy who should be hanged for treason.

o0-0o 10y ago
You think he's not a spy?
- CameronBanga 10y ago
  Serious question. Why do you think he is one? What that he's done is in anyway consistent with the work of a spy?
  - anonbanker 10y ago
    If you look up Snowden's history, you'll see that before he was working for Booz Allen Hamilton, he was a CIA asset. He was literally a spy before going into the private sector. So, if you're a CIA asset, and then you leak NSA data from the private sector, are you still a CIA asset, or are you a defector and "former spy"?

curt15 10y ago

His opinion on Snowden is entirely consistent with his authoritarian tendencies though.

mwfunk 10y ago

I must confess that I don't follow this line of reasoning. You're saying that even though Trump said he wants to execute Snowden, Snowden should come back to a Trump-led US anyway because Trump doesn't follow through on a lot of the things he says? Does this really sound like a compelling argument to you?