Could positive actions by Trump outweigh negatives

The success/failure of presidential terms really isn't an outweigh situation...it's an aggregate of everything that happens/he does in office. I think if he does some good (which admittedly is difficult if impossible to find atm) a majority will give him kudos for that. (And clearly if you are right leaning his contribution to the supreme court is a major boon regardless what else happens (and he may get a couple more before the end of his term)). But just because he does good doesn't erase the bad (and visa versa) 

BaldJean wrote: SteveG wrote: BaldJean wrote: Trump and positive actions - that's what those who speak Latin call a contradictio in adiecto Or what in English is known as an oxymoron. no, it is not. you miss a big difference between an oxymoron (which actually is Greek meaning "sharp-blunt") and a contradicitio in adiecto. an oxymoron is a rhetorical device of combining two opposites and thereby creating a completely new meaning. examples are "bittersweet", "open secret", "love-hate" or "deafening silence". these phrases, although being apparent contradictions, are nevertheless meaningful and generally understood. but "Trump and positive actions" does not fall into this category; it is merely a contradiction. for more information see this article by a retired professor of English: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-contradiction-in-terms-and-oxymoron some people give "pretty ugly" as an example for an oxymoron. it is however not because the meaning of "pretty" in this example is not "pleasing to the eye" but "quite"

Thanks jean. I'm hip to what an oxymoron really means but any descriptive with moron in it just goes good with Trump. My favorite oxymorons are 'small crowd' and 'woke up dead'.

Easy Money wrote: Catcher10 wrote: SteveG wrote: Could any positive actions by Trump (such as disarming N. Korea) outweigh his negatives (such as race baiting?) What is race baiting? Stating that within a gathering of nazis and white supremacists that there were "some good people", would be a good example.

^ Bravo! In a world where facts have become secondary and low lives in power are the norm, it's good to see that Nazi's are still scum.

I don't worry about Nazi's, they will never be in power again. But they will always be around, when did they stop being scum??

Catcher10 wrote: I don't worry about Nazi's, they will never be in power again. But they will always be around, when did they stop being scum??

They stopped being scum when someone said that some of them were good people. Now who could that be?

SteveG wrote: Catcher10 wrote: I don't worry about Nazi's, they will never be in power again. But they will always be around, when did they stop being scum?? They stopped being scum when someone said that some of them were good people. Now who could that be?

^ Frightened, deeply misled sh*theads.   Or Nazis.

Trump may not be a Nazi but he flirts with being a Nazi-sympathizer.   Of course he has no integrity, so we can't really call him anything.   He is a floater with nationalistic, xenophobic tendencies.

rushfan4 wrote: BaldJean wrote: SteveG wrote: BaldJean wrote: Trump and positive actions - that's what those who speak Latin call a contradictio in adiecto Or what in English is known as an oxymoron. no, it is not. you miss a big difference between an oxymoron (which actually is Greek meaning "sharp-blunt") and a contradicitio in adiecto. an oxymoron is a rhetorical device of combining two opposites and thereby creating a completely new meaning. examples are "bittersweet", "open secret", "love-hate" or "deafening silence". these phrases, although being apparent contradictions, are nevertheless meaningful and generally understood. but "Trump and positive actions" does not fall into this category; it is merely a contradiction. for more information see this article by a retired professor of English: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-contradiction-in-terms-and-oxymoron some people give "pretty ugly" as an example for an oxymoron. it is however not because the meaning of "pretty" in this example is not "pleasing to the eye" but "quite" To quote Megadeth, "military intelligence. two words combined that don't make sense."

I thought that was George Carlin :)

If we don't go to war, it'll be major, but he's only added MORE..
And that 1.5 trillion to the 1% - robbing Peter, Paul, AND Mary to pay people like Donald and Hillary..

Obama was almost a Republican, Clinton was right-winged when it came to the important stuff (not the stock Democrat votes), we need someone with the last name of Roosevelt... America needs a "New Deal"... However, I can't see anyone being worse than W/Cheney

^ Long ago the Jews learned a hard lesson about white supremacists, being understanding, complacent, optimistic or open minded does not end well.