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Trump is a con man. He is a poor man's idea of a rich man, a weak man's idea of a strong man and a stupid man's idea of a smart man.
The people in this thread defending Trump... do you really, truly, after years and years of tens of thousands of documented lies and dozens of failed lawsuits really still believe a single word this man says?
Can you really be that gullible? Or do you know he's a liar and he's just making stuff up left and right, but you just choose to go along with the lies?
Which one is it? I have a very hard time believing people can be so naive for so many years.
originally posted by: yuppa
originally posted by: AngryCymraeg
a reply to: nugget1
Christopher Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - appointed by Trump - said that the election was fair and there were no widespread irregularities of the kind that Trump was ranting wildly about.
Trump fired him.
Trumps admin appointed him not trump personally. and we all know there were moles in trumps admin.
originally posted by: Stopstealingmycountry
originally posted by: yuppa
originally posted by: AngryCymraeg
a reply to: nugget1
Christopher Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - appointed by Trump - said that the election was fair and there were no widespread irregularities of the kind that Trump was ranting wildly about.
Trump fired him.
Trumps admin appointed him not trump personally. and we all know there were moles in trumps admin.
Who appointed his admin?
If I were to hire a group of individuals to help me run a company, and they repeatedly hired bad actors then whose fault is it? Well we could easily pass the blame onto the person that hired the bad actor. Yet at a certain point of continuing to hire bad actors then maybe me the owner is to blame.
That is how that works. Every single corporation operates in exactly that manner.
Secretaries of the 15 Cabinet agencies, deputy secretaries, undersecretaries, and assistant secretaries, and general counsels of those agencies: Over 350 positions
Justices of the Supreme Court: 9 positions (Supreme Court justices serve for life subject to death, retirement, resignation or impeachment.)
Certain jobs in the independent, non-regulatory executive branch agencies, like NASA and the National Science Foundation: Over 120 positions
Director positions in the regulatory agencies, like the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Aviation Administration: Over 130 positions
U.S. Attorneys and U.S. Marshals: About 200 positions
Ambassadors to foreign nations: Over 150 positions
Presidential appointments to part-time positions, like the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: Over 160 positions
“He is an impeccably qualified individual, and I know that he will again serve his country as a fierce guardian of the law and model of integrity once the Senate confirms him to lead the FBI.”
originally posted by: nugget1
a reply to: frogs453
This is the type of leader you want to see again in charge?
After three years under Biden, yes.
originally posted by: Stopstealingmycountry
a reply to: nugget1
He is only to blame for that and lately I have come to realize that. He came out the door swinging and name calling and all sorts of things that would in every situation in life put a target on your back. He gets no sympathy from me. And just because they blocked his choices. For the most part they did not btw, why would someone pick others not qualified for the job?
Blocked by congress and/or senate:
Andrew Puzder Labor 2016
Ronny Jackson Veterans Affairs 2018
Patrick M. Shanahan Defense 2019
John Ratcliffe National Intelligence
Chad Wolf Homeland Security 2021
[en.wikipedia.org...]
Senate Democrats block two Trump Cabinet picks by boycotting vote
[www.usatoday.com...]
US Senate blocks confirmation of Trump Fed nominee Shelton
[www.aljazeera.com...]
It just seems sad to me that the system is set up where your only choices are questionable establishment members that have to be approved by the corrupt establishment.
Perhaps Trump hoped for a little loyalty and cooperation and fired them when worked against him? Obviously he couldn't separate all the wheat from the chaff since there's very little wheat left in the political ranks. To have a more effective administration he'd have had to do a much wider sweep, Twitter style; we all know that's impossible at this point.
During the last year or so I saw Trump trying to play politician and make deals with the devils/career politicians. He has neither the clout nor the political mindset to ever win at such games.
The last thing I wanted to see was a country under Biden's rule, but I'm not sure Trump could have pulled off a successful second term. There were too many sharks in the water, and Trump was already hemorrhaging badly from all the negative press.
Way to put your head in the sand. It is that kind of think that is not helpful when it come to problem solving.
originally posted by: AngryCymraeg
a reply to: Saloon
Trump??? Donald Trump??? Innocent?????
I'm sorry, I just paused to laugh hysterically. He's disgustingly corrupt, he always has been. His father taught him well. There are tradespeople in New York who turn and spit at the mention of his name, because he stiffed them on paying for work they did for him. The man refuses to see anything wrong in stiffing other people (as that way he keeps his money) and refuses to admit that he's ever wrong. Remember the Central Park Five? He took out adverts in the papers urging that they get the death penalty. When DNA evidence proved them guilty did he admit that he was wrong? Are you kidding me - of course not!
He has the morals of a depraved alley cat, married three times, cheated on all of them, accused of rape and molestation multiple times, he's on tape admitting what part of a woman he likes to grab, he sleeps with and pays off porn stars.
We know he fiddles his taxes, the man has paid little if any taxes on multiple years thanks to fraudulent accounting practices.
He used his presidency to try and get as money out of as many people as possible, whilst wilfully failing to understand the limitations of the legal powers at his disposal. He is a malignant narcissist who refused to believe that he could possibly have lost the 2020 election and who then broke the law again and again to try and change the result. And then there was the documents fiasco. It's got to the point where his lawyers are probably breaking down and crying every time he opens his big fat lying mouth and digs the hole he's in deeper and deeper.
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Wow. That was cathartic.