The American Politics Thread

Trump has summoned all the senate (like, all 100, I wonder how they'll fit in the oval office) to brief on North Korea. 

The T wrote: Trump has summoned all the senate (like, all 100, I wonder how they'll fit in the oval office) to brief on North Korea.  We are all going to die so soon...

don't tease me man...it will beat dying in a rest home drooling upon ones self and pissing themselves.  I am counting on being vaporized along with the rest of D.C (living here has many benefits and that is one main one)  and escaping the sad fate those in the sticks suffer straight out of a Cormac McCarthy novel.  f**k that...

that said....  perhaps not us.... they can't even fire off a missle at the moment.  But as I posted earlier.. than doesn't mean that Trump isn't in line to singlehandedly push NK into a corner which will likely kills tens.. hundreds of thosands.  Many will be Americans...   he is dangerous. His lack of knowledge or knowledge of world affairs or diplomacy.. compounded by the ideological war his 'alt-righti' have waged on the apolitcal professional State Department means we are treading on very dangerous ground here.  A conflagatation that didn't have to happen... and much like the Bush Light years... made possible by amateurs with no understanding of the area making decisions based on.... well we knew with Bush.. I don't think anyone knows with Trump.

ain't neither going to war with us over that place Teo. Trump wouldn't be rattling his sword if the Chinese didn't sign off on it. Right? Right???  haha

Besides... the adage of power today still stands. Yeah we don't want to go to war with either China or Russia.. more importantly though.. it is well understood by Putin and Li Keqiang that they really don't want to go to war with us.  Not here. and not over NK Teo. The fear there is both of a human tragedy and global economic disaster.  My fear is that we have been.. dulled by the relative 'ease' of our victories over the Iraqi military x2. Grown a bit too overconfident in our militaries (and technological) albility to 'kick ass' without great loss of life and especially over the effectiveness of air power.  Korea ain't Iraq.  Within hours notice (with next to nill in ground intelligence there to warn us) he could send over 1.2 million troops, armed to the teeth with conventional weapons in very inhospitable terrain (so no aseptic cute CNN 'video game' like camera footage will be coming of 1970's era tanks or trucks trying to outrun missiles on barren flat coverless terrain haha) could desend upon millions within an hour of the border.. and if they do.. if Trump pushes Kim Jung-un hard enough.. much less gets stupid and attacks him. precision weapons or not.. he'll go down swinging.. and it will be a bloodbath. Don't think he doesn't have chemical, biological weapons.. and will sit on them out of moral duty.

ehhh... Trump better know what he is doing in breaking 60 years of policy which Trump, geo-political expert he suddenly has become, suddenly decided doesn't work but kept relative peace on the peninsula.  The fear is of course.. he doesn't.. he hasn't given anyone. Domestic or foreign.. any clue to his competance. My fear.. true fear.. is all this is just a response to his domestic policy defeats and play to his tough talk and to 'kick ass' 

will never be happier to be wrong if I am about Trump on this one.

Eddy wrote: ^this is true it does swing back and forth. Usally not as fast as u imply tho.  2 things. 1. Usa latly has a habit of presidents going the full 8 years.    - I never said the next president would be in four years. 2. Usa has been liberal leaning for a while now. Bush junior was  a pathetic neocon centrist. Now the politics seem to have shifted rightside.    - The US is a conservative country with a strong liberal tradition.   There is no 'leaning'.   People vote for who they like best. I predict Usa Will be controlled by more rigid Republicans for like 20 years, then it will switch back, unless Trump really starts to just suk bigly and ends up like carter.    - Or Nixon.

SteveG wrote: Trumps accomplishments in the first 100 days:   1) Neil Gorsuch appointed to the Supreme Court.   2) That's all folks.

come on man.. we do pride ourselves on being fair and balanced here..

you are not giving Trump enough credit for his accomplishments


Trump's Accomplishments in the first 100 days
1) alienating important European allies
2) starting a trade war with Canada and threatening one with Mexico
3) doing the impossible and energizing and mobilizing the apathetic but much more numerous Democratic Party.

so see.. he has done a lot


then there is Congress 

1) McConnel Finished off with a bullet to the head the Senate (RIP 1789-2017) and gets Neil Gorsuch confirmed after ripping the heart of it out with Garland


quite a 100 days... can't wait what the next 100 brings...  war death ecomomic disaster...  whoo hooo

^Give them 3 extra years, the proportion of Trump voters who will have realized they made a horrible mistake will have risen to an unbelievable.... 10%. 

Gun Control: President Trump signed a bill nullifying an Obama-era rule aimed at blocking gun sales to people found to be mentally ill.

This makes sense.

We need more guns in schools and in bars and in stadiums. Other than that I think the NRA is doing a great job. 

timothy leary wrote: Gun Control: President Trump signed a bill nullifying an Obama-era rule aimed at blocking gun sales to people found to be mentally ill. This makes sense.

Yes, to Trump, it does make sense. Sad.

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