JohnLocke
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Trump is a bastion of capitalism who will come down from the heavens on a chariot made of gold riding the righteous Messianic light of the unfettered free market, vaporising every left wing zealot below, restoring order and balance to this Earth and giving to our fragmented life a gravitas, a high seriousness, a divine significance, an emancipatory power that can unshackle us from the self limiting, deterministic and suffocating stranglehold that is Marxism, socialism and the left, allowing us to reach our fullest and truest potential and ambitions. — JohnLocke
On top of that, he's an outright immoral character who lied and cheated on his wife, and then claimed to Congress that he ALWAYS said the truth all the while admitting to hurting his wife. Really, a despicable man, and I think he should be in jail. — Agustino
I can't remember where I read it but this is a genuine phenomenon - something like 'status symbol creep': as status symbols of the rich become more widely acknowledged, what counts as a status symbols shifts in order to maintain that symbolism. And the shift in spending form the rich has moved from goods and tangibles to services, insurance, 'experiences' (holidays, etc) and education instead: things that are harder to 'see', but end up 'opportunity hoarding': it's no longer goods which are exclusive, but the means to accumulate them. Anyone can save up and buy a Prada bag. Good luck sending your kid to Harvard. — StreetlightX
Sure, it is a possibility, but a highly unlikely one given the context. He was not Hillary, so "We" cannot be Hillary. It must be a group that includes him. Granted that he worked for the FBI, AND they were working on a Trump investigation, the "we" most likely refers to the FBI. You are a lawyer. Do you deny that this is the most plausible explanation, especially given the animosity he displayed towards Trump coupled with his not so upstanding character? — Agustino
The Unwelcome Guest
The greatest danger Trump poses is he makes the unacceptable acceptable.
If we start to forgive the President for his transgressions, lies and insults then we only embolden him.
It is not normal to have a President who mocks the disabled, attacks the press as the enemies of the people, who refuses to release his tax returns, who is openly sexist, who apologises for white supremacists, who retweets far-right content, who smears allies, who praises dictators, who rips up international rules, who undermines an independent judiciary and who uses the White House to further his business interests.
Nor it is in the UK’s interest to have a President who has withdrawn from the Paris Climate Accord, ruptured the Iran nuclear deal, risked peace in the Middle East, undermined NATO and started a trade war that threatens British jobs and livelihoods.
And it is deeply depressing we have a President who has separated child migrants from their parents, withdrawn from the UN council on Human Rights, called migrants vermin and dismissed African states as “s**tholes".
We have a choice. We can fawn before such a man or we can confront him.
If we choose the former then we legitimise his behaviour.
If we fail to do the latter then we are abandoning the standards previously established for holders of that office. — Jason Beattie, The Mirror
At this point you can only consider pointing out that fact as tantamount to trolling... — Posty McPostface
In a last ditch effort to silence those who fail to see the wisdom of your tired criticisms, you decry the truth as trolling. Nope, Trump's victory was in fact huuuge, devestating to his opponents, and it will shape politics for generations. — Hanover
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