All I see is someone who finally wants to shut down the war machine. I have waited since the Bush administration for someone to do that. Obama ran on bringing our troops home, and actually expanded foreign military involvement.
If Trump is the only one who has the balls to put an end to the American World Police, then so be it.
I don’t know how or why democrats decided to be pro-war, but they’ll have to fight the rest of us to keep it up. That money and those soldiers would be much better utilized locally, and with a much lower chance of dying for someone else’s cause.
There are a lot of good responses to you here. @FatCrab raised mercenary use of U.S. forces - I am not familiar with that story but I believe Trump advisor Erik Prince did in fact offer mercenary support to the Wagner group.
Trump at one point mooted invading Venezuela. Members of the GOP (and reportedly Trump himself) are currently floating the idea of bombing Mexico. And let’s not forget, Trump has famously threatened to use the military against American citizens.
So unless you want to leave the impression that you are just a right wing troll on a drive by, which would not be healthy for your long-term prospects here, perhaps you’d care to expound on the nuance of your argument?
Dumb? I thought so too, then I reread their comment and looked at their post history. Not by a long shot, they know exactly what they’re doing. From their first comment posted 8 hours ago: “I’m a moderate that a lot of people confuse for a conservative.”
It’s textbook conservative propaganda: pose as a “moderate” with a “fair and balanced” opinion, paint the Rs as misunderstood, and poison the well with a straw man argument. I mean, really, the idea of trying to “shut down the war machine” has nothing to do at all with people’s fears of what another Trump presidency would bring. That’s a straw man argument. It’s absolute horse shit.
In other words, just more bad faith acting from a minority party that relies on deception to make it look like they have more than 35% support nationwide. Next they’ll say “Why are all crimes committed by black people? Just asking questions.”
It’s textbook conservative propaganda: pose as a “moderate” with a “fair and balanced” opinion, paint the Rs as misunderstood, and poison the well with a straw man argument.
Ah, the Tim Pool strat.
Downvote away, but your last sentence is exactly what you’re making an accusation of, bad faith and strawman.
Dumb? I thought so too, then I reread their comment and looked at their post history. Not by a long shot, they know exactly what they’re doing.
So I took a peek based on this comment and you are surely correct.
My GP is booking 2 months in advance these days, and my only alternatives are doctors with such heavy foreign accents I can barely understand them. It’s only going to get worse with mass immigration.
Yeesh.
There are some comments on some threads that really call into question the lack of a downvote button.
When a comment is so wrongheaded, so topsy-turvy logically and morally, it is actively harmful to discourse; not being able to deemphasize it leads to a generally worsened conversation.
All I see is someone making weak excuses to put a fascist back in the White House.
If Trump is the only one who has the balls to put an end to the American World Police, then so be it.
You have got to be shitting me. He had his chance; he was in office for four years. Get the fuck outta here, man.
Sucking up to Putin and Kim Jong Il isn’t anti-war. It is just picking the other side of the war machine.
If he disbands NATO, he’s automatically the goat
They are listening, and they’re eating it up.
Conservatives don’t want democracy. They want a dictator they agree with. They want what he’s selling. They are greedy, selfish, bigots who want to see others suffer and die to appease their twisted, hateful worldview.
People are listening, you’re watching too much corporate news - they are angling him as legitimate to “make a race” and get ratings. These cynical fucks aspire to be the announcers of the hunger games one day so they can wear the glitter makeup and be the center of attention.
Trump’s base is a dwindling 25% of those who vote, he already lost last time and his indictments should add up to something. The problem with our gerrymandered kleptocracy is that the federal elections come down to Shirley in Ohio/Pennsylvania. Shirley did the right thing last time around but she’s back at the prom now and everyone wants to dance with her - how will she vote? Suburban moms in the Midwest, mostly non-college educated, hold the fate of the future in their live, laugh, love scripting hands…
So when you say “people aren’t facing up to” the people of not here are Shirley and her friends. I don’t know if she’s convinced that trump is a viable candidate after Jan 6, the stacking indictments, Biden’s moderate centrist progresses, and the Florida nutjobs as a mock trial of what would come from a gop win in '24, but keep the pressure on until the election regardless.
OP, your problem is that you’re thinking rationally- his devoted minions don’t. They’ve been terrified into believing that they want- no…. NEED these things that only trump can provide. He’s the heroin to their junkie. Only, junkies are smarter than your average trump worshipper.
“Look man, I lost my house with that really smart, the market is only going up, interest only loan with the balloon payment. Then, the Libs elected a black President. I suffered. The WRONG people are suffering. And Trump will make sure the RIGHT people will suffer. I’m on that side. The leopards won’t eat MY face again.”
