Trump makes some extremely good points. Stuff I would gladly rally behind. I don't trust him enough to carry them through though, and the way he's filling his cabinet positions isn't helping.
Trump has executed a lot of successful plans in his life. I think, for that reason alone, he should be given the benefit of the doubt.
It didn't get worse, it got exposed more than it used to be. Race relations have never been "good", they just got shoved under the carpet. There are still plenty of racist groups kicking around, healthy as ever.
Race relations didn't get worse? I disagree with that and so do many polls in which both blacks and whites participated.
BLM isn't what it started out to be, or at least public perception isn't what it once was. BLM still does good work, but they've become overrun with people doing messed up shit in their name. A good analog would be Occupy Wall Street. It started out as a peaceful protest, but by the time it worked it's way across the country the whole thing was overshadowed by those that took it as an opportunity to get violent.
I can't agree with you that the BLM is or was ever anything good. One of their earliest, most publicized causes was when they sided with Michael Brown despite the facts. Right away they started the "Hands up don't shoot" BS despite evidence there was a struggle with the cop, despite the fact that Brown stole from a store earlier that same day, and despite his rap sheet. To them it was a black guy being shot by a white cop which helps their agenda. The facts are secondary to them.
Their mission, IMO, is not for equality. Did they mention anything about the four, racist, black adults that tortured the mentally handicapped white kid? Hell no. That wouldn't side with their racist agenda. Did the BLM ever denounce the Ferguson lootings after all of the racial hatred and tension caused by the BLM? Hell no.
This is true, but don't forget how many Republicans were also vehemently against him during the primaries. Just because they changed their tunes after he won, doesn't change the fact that a lot of people on both sides just don't like him.
In my opinion that's because both Democrats and Republicans alike are scared of Trump. They don't want an outsider breaking into their career politician clique. Trump is a rich, powerful man that doesn't need politics to make him wealthy, successful, or to make him somebody with a voice. I think they fear he could expose corruption, stop them from getting under the table handouts in exchange for permits, preferential treatment, etc.
Many of you are making this sound like it's the left upset that the right won. It's not. People are upset because the thinnest skinned president any of us have seen, is about to take his Twitter account into the White House.
Thin skin on Twitter is different than in the real world. Would he have become successful if he was so thin skinned? I don't think so.
Personally I don't think it's good for one party to have control all the time. Both sides should have a say in our direction. If you're excited because conservatives are in charge then great...but to be excited to think our next president could go on a 3:00am Twitter rant??? No thanks.
I agree, but you can't get anything done in the government unless one party has majority power. And the Democrats have held the seat of the President for 8 years so it's time for a Republican to have a chance.
What really irks me about the missus...is her saying in '09 how for the first time she's proud of her country...then after this election how we suddenly have no hope...
Exactly. She's scum like her husband. They have long preached acceptance and equality, but they have done nothing to make that happen. And when Trump came around acceptance and equality went out the window for them.
I think the reason Trump was/is so disliked among sitting politicans is the real threat he poses to their political lives. Here they have a guy, no sitting political experience to speak of, touting of term limits for Congress, "draining the swamp" & so on. And he beat out 10+ established politicians in a party he didn't even belong to. Biggest thing, he listened to us. He rode that wave all the way to the White House. Now we have to watch & pray that he remembers what he heard.
Bingo! "thumbsup"
