The past three days in US politics have been very difficult – and ugly.
President Donald Trump chose to exploit divisions inside the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives – generational and ideological – by attacking four new women members of Congress, denying their status as Americans and their legitimacy to serve in Congress. They are women of colour and, yes, they are from the far left of the Democratic Party. They have pushed hard against their leaders.
But Trump’s vicious, racist attacks on them have in fact solved the unity problem among the Democrats: they are today (re)united against Trump.
You can draw a straight line from Trump’s birther attacks on Obama, to his “Mexican rapists” attack when he announced his run for the presidency, to his Muslim immigration ban, to equivocating over Nazis marching in Charlottesville, to sending troops to the US-Mexico border, to shutting down the government, to declaring a national emergency, to what he is doing today.
And his attacks on these lawmakers is based on a lie: three of the congresswomen were born in America. One is an immigrant, now a citizen, and as American as any citizen – just like Trump’s wife.
So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2019
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Ever since he emerged as a candidate it was obvious that Trump was going to be a disaster.
Looking into his personal and business history, his flawed personality and alleged malignant narcissism, his obvious lack of a substantial education and adult vocabulary it was easy to see it wasn't going to end well.
Every single day he creates a clumsy distraction to keep the "perfect storm" of investigations from gathering him up .
Trump supporters regularly trot out their scripted rants & Ad Hominem attacks on anyone who dares to criticize their "Dear Leader".
This racist slur against 4 women of color and integrity is showing not just an emboldened arrogance & self-supremacy but definite desperation.
The careless attitude, childish & thin-skinned reactions to criticism and dangerous, unwise associations with other despots & Mafia-connected oligarchs show how very unbalanced & scary he's become.
The job of President is way over his head - he simply hasn't the intellectual bandwidth to cope with it's scholarly demands & level of perception.
And now this.
He's a racist with an unsavory connection to a pedophile.
And there's way, way more to come.
This saga is a movie-writer's dream.
I guess you saw it all on CNN too. I really wish Clinton would run again, she was fantastic. Instead voters will flock to a Democrat platform of:
1. Higher taxes
2. Open borders
3. Removal of private healthcare and free healthcare for illegal immigrants
4. No limits on abortion
5. More gun grabbing
Hard to see how your average working class Democrat can pass that up. I mean sure Trump has created jobs and has minority unemployment at lowest ever recorded rates, but he’s a racist you know.
Also, just to be clear, that unsavoury connection, are you talking about that Democrat fundraiser Epstein or someone else?
You imply those dot points are bad things 😀 no 3,4 and 5 I personally agree with 100%
Well neither of us are voting, but when they asked the Democrat candidates in the first debate to raise their hand if they want free health care for illegal immigrants, they may as well be asking them to raise their hand if they want Trump re-elected cause that just isn’t going work for them amongst US voters.
Oh yeah, I actually agree. Trump's divide and conquer stuff is working a treat. But what's the alternative? If democrats swing further to the right they'll lose a huge amount of their base. If they lie and say no to health care but then do it anyway they will lose a huge amount of their base. We all complain when politicians say one thing then do another, ie lie to get in.
The only people that like this fool are people who are as like minded. Trump and the 60 million other clowns that voted for him have taken the US from a global powerhouse to the laughing stock of the world.
Really? Looking at the strength of the US economy and military not sure who you would call a bigger global powerhouse?
Trudeau, Macron, Merkel, May... I wonder if they are laughing or just wishing they had his kind of approval numbers.
But yeah anyone with a different point of view to your approved ideology is a fool right? You’re smarter than them all.