It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
originally posted by: fiverx313
i just can't get enough of this deep fantasy some of y'all have where trump is some kind of savior of america, trying to do good.
did he seem like such a good-hearted guy, concerned with justice, when he was running fake university scams to take money from poor people? or when he was refusing to pay his contractors? or when he was cheating on his first wife? or his second wife? or his third wife?
yea and jesus said to them, grab them by the pussy. when you're famous you can do whatever you want.
Q: You've also supported a host of other liberal policies, you've also donated to several Democratic candidates, Hillary Clinton included, Nancy Pelosi. You explained away those donations saying you did that to get business related favors. And you said recently, quote, when you give, they do whatever the hell you want them to do.
TRUMP: You better believe it... I will tell you that our system is broken. I gave to many people. Before this, before two months ago, I was a businessman. I give to everybody. When they call, I give. And you know what? When I need something from them, two years later, three years later, I call them. They are there for me. And that's a broken system.
Q: So what did you get from Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi?
TRUMP: I'll tell you what. With Hillary Clinton, I said, be at my wedding and she came to my wedding. You know why? She had no choice! Because I gave.
originally posted by: yuppa
he learned all that from bill clinton by the way.
originally posted by: fiverx313
originally posted by: yuppa
he learned all that from bill clinton by the way.
that is incredibly relevant, because there was definitely a huge fantasy cult following of clinton that suggested he would fix everything wrong with america and put every corrupt politician in jail.
oh wait
originally posted by: WeRpeons
a reply to: Dfairlite
The American voter can purge or drain the swamp. Problem is, they keep voting career politicians in office year after year or they're so party blind they''re afraid to give opposing party candidates or 3rd party candidates a chance. It's not like Trump has any authority to kick these representatives out of office!
originally posted by: matafuchs
a reply to: enlightenedservant
The best people to fix something are those who know exactly how it works AND were above it. Another politician comes in and is looking to make connections and money. He already has both.
originally posted by: paraphi
a reply to: Dfairlite
My point is that firing a few people here and there does not break the cycle. If Trump wants to break the cycle then he needs to kill the money-driven lobbyists and fantastic costs of actually being a politician. If he does not do that then you can fire as many people as you like, but it will have sod all difference.
originally posted by: Justoneman
a reply to: jimmyx
I think if you follow the money hole we are in and digging you will see the plan. The plan all along was bankrupt the USA and give the money away to barbaric people who hate other peoples freedoms. Funding wars on purpose. By taking our assets and corrupting our morals they can cripple our ability to stop world leaders from tyranny. We could think of it as the return for their investment of our money.
We can't be beat on a battlefield when the chips are down. In a way we are like Sampson and therefore our enemies are sending us Delilah. Our System empowers it's citizens and thus empowers our military so they go after the citizens.
ETA
Go after them to be theirtools.
Then victims if history repeats itself?
originally posted by: Dfairlite
a reply to: enlightenedservant
It takes someone who truly understands how it works to fix it.
originally posted by: Dfairlite
a reply to: enlightenedservant
It takes someone who truly understands how it works to fix it.
Why can we stagger the terms into different sections so we don't lose all at one time but have some that will entering a second term while the others leave.
originally posted by: jjkenobi
Trump is the closest thing we've had to a middle of the road President in my lifetime.
The real problem is how can you negotiate with and meet someone in the middle who refuses to step anywhere remotely near the middle? I'm talking about Schumer and Pelosi and most of the elected Democrat officials.