Trump 2nd term prediction thread
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Rococo
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1yr agoTrump winning is obviously a huge win for Putin on Ukraine.
I pretty much expect the status quo in terms of the U.S. position on I/P.
I do not expect to see more adults in the room this time around. Sure, Trump has the benefit of having done this exercise one time before. But he also has a demonstrated pattern of burning and diminishing anyone who signs up to be an adult in the room. I'm sure there will be a couple of adults who are reckless enough to give it a whirl, but fewer than last time.
The independence of the DOJ will he greatly diminished. Trump will do his best to persecute his perceived enemies.
Judicial nominations will be a disaster from my perspective.
The economy will roll however it rolls. The causal chain between the WH and the economy is usually overhyped, and the effects of WH policy on the economy, such as they are, often are not felt for months or years.
Deficit spending will not change. Trump likes to throw money around as much as the next guy.
Trump will be mostly a punch line to a joke in the international community if you care about such things.
Trump won't drag us into any active wars. But he won't keep us out of any active wars that otherwise would have occurred either.
The tone at the top of course will be juvenile and horrendous, probably worse than the first time around because he doesn't have to worry about consequences. Trump's enthusiasm for insulting people and being a social media troll isn't going away.
The grift will continue full steam ahead.
As his term progresses, age will exacerbate many of his worst qualities.
He will begin grooming someone in his family, presumably Don Jr., as his successor.
The Republican Party will continue to stagger down the road that Trump has paved.
WH attacks on the media will be relentless. Media balkanization will accelerate. Wide-scale acceptance of objective reality will continue to deteriorate....
tame_deuces
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1yr agoThe issue isn't his first term.
The issue is that the only fair way to judge Trump is to ignore his past words, past actions, administration, campaign staff, social media statements, executive orders and lies.
Anything he does must be judged as if the slate is completely clean and he he must be given the benefit of the doubt at any possible juncture. If you don't do this, you are a "leftie", "liberal", "marxist", "rhino", "enemy of the state", "suffer from TDS" or whatever the popular term is that day.
For example, when judging the cover from Der Spiegel, you aren't supposed to consider how he suggested people kill his political opponents during the campaign, how he encouraged his supporters to use violence during rallies, you aren't supposed to remember how he lied about fraud in the 2016 election, falsely accusing his political opponent of assassination, you aren't supposed to remember him violating the emoluments clause, mocking a disabled reporter from the pulpit, nor how his campaign staff kept getting caught lying to the FBI, how he undermined institutions, attacked press that reported on his lies and so forth.
You have to ignore all of that stuff, and the remaining litany of lies, whining and corruption he engaged in. If you don't, you are biased and can't be trusted....
d2_e4
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1yr agoLol no i don't have to answer any bad faith attack on my claims ever in general or in the specific in this case.
Anyway I understand you guys are fixated with me but this is the "what happens now that trump is president" thread.
Bad faith? I went back and forth on this with you in nothing but good faith for 2 days and was actually defending your claims if you recall. **** you, you ungrateful little prick....
