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But the administration has not earned the benefit of the doubt. The outrage is more directed at what Trump has promised to do (eliminate the EPA, or make drasti
by burkaman 10y ago
But the administration has not earned the benefit of the doubt. The outrage is more directed at what Trump has promised to do (eliminate the EPA, or make drastic cuts, or halt its climate change activities), than what he has actually done so far. He has not earned the trust or respect for anyone to reasonably say "this is routine, I'm sure he won't do anything stupid".
You can't always stay silent until after something outrageous has happened. Some things are easier to prevent than to undo.
- RangerScience 10y agoI am feeling the opposite. For awhile, I figured - This is kinda routine. Democrat, republican - action, counter - and then that "this week at the fed" floated around Facebook and it read like dire predictions of the future. My expectation is increasingly "it is routine that he will do something stupid."
- burkaman 10y agoWell, sure, but in many cases you don't have to guess. The whole "take him seriously but not literally" was stupid, of course you should take him literally. Most of his actions so far have been the first steps of doing exactly what he said he would do, and they should be treated that way, even if in a vacuum they don't seem that bad.
- vacri 10y agoAnd so this is how he gets to be so destructive, with the bar set so very low. Obama was a statesman, so people measured him against a high bar and often found him lacking. Trump is a buffoon (but who does know how to 'sell' amazingly well), and people are measuring him against a buffoon's bar.