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He's had so many contradictory positions and has so clearly made up certain positions solely to manipulate voters that no one really knows how he'll govern.

by gdulli 10y ago

noobermin 10y ago
Didn't stop him from getting elected.
- gdulli 10y ago
  Right. I don't think Americans are upset because he's President so much as we're upset because we found out 60 million citizens of our country are people who in general would vote for an absolutely disgusting person who campaigned on transparent, trivially disproven lies and racist demagoguery.
  - CocaKoala 10y ago
    This is what really bums me out. I have a lot of issues with the rhetoric of Donald Trump, and of the Republican Party in general. This is not what I want to have our presidential elections be, and I feel now that the lesson is "Lying constantly, being rude and temperamental and petty, campaigning on vague and meaningless statements that nobody expects you to hold WORKS and can win you elections." What happens in 2020, when Donald Trump runs for re-election? Is he going to temper his rhetoric and run a more moderate campaign that isn't based on falsehoods and insults, or is he going to double down on what's been established to work? I feel like the state of political discourse in the country has been severely changed, and I definitely don't think it's for the better.
- gph 10y ago
  It might honestly come down to whether he wants to be elected to a second term. If he does he'll have to keep riding this populist wave somehow, and it'll either be through actual policy changes or somehow continuing to bullshit them with rhetoric. But if he doesn't care about getting a second term then all bets are off.
  - sharemywin 10y ago
    He'll pass the massive tax cuts for the rich. It's a common business practice to cut out the middle man. Why pay for a politician when it's cheaper to just buy an election. The middle class tax cuts? Not sure, their is a deficit to think of. not sure how that would get through congress.
    - komali2 10y ago
      It's a republican congress. They'll fall in line, or Trump will just Tweet "Representative John Doe doesn't support my TAX CUTS! SAD!" and end another career.
- bsder 10y ago
  I fear this lesson will now dominate an entire generation of politicians.

He's had so many contradictory positions and has so clearly made up certain positions solely to manipulate voters that no one really knows how he'll govern.

by gdulli 10y ago

He's had so many contradictory positions and has so clearly made up certain positions solely to manipulate voters that no one really knows how he'll govern.

noobermin 10y ago

Didn't stop him from getting elected.

gdulli 10y ago
Right. I don't think Americans are upset because he's President so much as we're upset because we found out 60 million citizens of our country are people who in general would vote for an absolutely disgusting person who campaigned on transparent, trivially disproven lies and racist demagoguery.
- CocaKoala 10y ago
  This is what really bums me out. I have a lot of issues with the rhetoric of Donald Trump, and of the Republican Party in general. This is not what I want to have our presidential elections be, and I feel now that the lesson is "Lying constantly, being rude and temperamental and petty, campaigning on vague and meaningless statements that nobody expects you to hold WORKS and can win you elections." What happens in 2020, when Donald Trump runs for re-election? Is he going to temper his rhetoric and run a more moderate campaign that isn't based on falsehoods and insults, or is he going to double down on what's been established to work? I feel like the state of political discourse in the country has been severely changed, and I definitely don't think it's for the better.
gph 10y ago
It might honestly come down to whether he wants to be elected to a second term. If he does he'll have to keep riding this populist wave somehow, and it'll either be through actual policy changes or somehow continuing to bullshit them with rhetoric. But if he doesn't care about getting a second term then all bets are off.
- sharemywin 10y ago
  He'll pass the massive tax cuts for the rich. It's a common business practice to cut out the middle man. Why pay for a politician when it's cheaper to just buy an election. The middle class tax cuts? Not sure, their is a deficit to think of. not sure how that would get through congress.
  - komali2 10y ago
    It's a republican congress. They'll fall in line, or Trump will just Tweet "Representative John Doe doesn't support my TAX CUTS! SAD!" and end another career.
bsder 10y ago
I fear this lesson will now dominate an entire generation of politicians.