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Your first sentence was a good observation. Dragging the specific example of Trump in polarizes the comment. Trump has already been President for over a year an
by ams6110 8y ago
Your first sentence was a good observation. Dragging the specific example of Trump in polarizes the comment. Trump has already been President for over a year and the country has by no stretch seen changes that I could "not imagine."
The biggest lasting impact a president can have is appointment of judges. Congress pretty much has to do the rest, and they even have to approve the judicial appointments.
- LargeWu 8y ago> Trump has already been President for over a year and the country has by no stretch seen changes that I could "not imagine." It typically doesn't happen overnight; rather, your rights erode over time, usually in the name of national security. That said, even in his short tenure, I believe Trump has done much to erode the norms of functioning democracy. Just a few examples: threatening political opponents with jail, threatening journalists, and at a very minimum having the appearance of basing foreign policy on how it affects his personal business empire.
- krapp 8y ago>Trump has already been President for over a year and the country has by no stretch seen changes that I could "not imagine." Well... I for one couldn't imagine a primary channel for communicating American policy being a personal Twitter account.