thoughts of his policies so far?

We're kind of doing that here: http://ironcentral.org/community/topic/58901-inauguration-of-the-45th-potus/

I don't like him and I want him removed.

It's been a freak show, that's for sure. Politics have never been so rocky between Republicans and Democrats. People boycotting, the AG being fired, etc. I think even if his policies were good and helpful, that he is doing way too much too soon. Which may not be bad usually, but I don't think he is fully thinking his decisions through and thinking of the repercussions of his actions. Personally, I don't think he gives a shit. Lol.

I don't like him and I want him removed.

It's been a freak show, that's for sure. Politics have never been so rocky between Republicans and Democrats. People boycotting, the AG being fired, etc. I think even if his policies were good and helpful, that he is doing way too much too soon. Which may not be bad usually, but I don't think he is fully thinking his decisions through and thinking of the repercussions of his actions. Personally, I don't think he gives a shit. Lol.

Those.

 

I'd say more, but I'm trying to not think about it too much because I'll barf.

Please do though, because as I said in the other thread, our left-leaning members have been awfully quiet. I'd love to hear your perspective.

Please do though, because as I said in the other thread, our left-leaning members have been awfully quiet. I'd love to hear your perspective.

Part of why I'm staying quiet is that I don't care to get flamed. I do not look in the thread you are referring to at all. Also, I amtrying to limit how much I focus on him because he makes me feel unwell - no joke.

 

I am disgusted at my president's disregard for the constitution, his lack of dignity, and his international cronyism - we won't take refugees from certain Islamic states, but will from others and the ones we continue to take are from states that do business with the Trump company. Loading his cabinet with a bunch of white, Christian billionaires who have little to no experience in the field in which they are supposed to specialize is very frightening. Continuing to get into twitter fights with celebrities, or with anyone at all, is so terribly undignified and inappropriate. I don't have time for more writing, but those are just a few of my thoughts.

 

I'll check back later with more when I have more time, however I will not post in this thread again if I get flamed.

I can understand why the Americans would be upset over trump, but I can't see why people in England are holding rally's over him, he has no rule over our policies or anything else and with the fuss whether he has a state visit, he should be allowed the respect a leader of another country deserves.

I can understand why the Americans would be upset over trump, but I can't see why people in England are holding rally's over him, he has no rule over our policies or anything else and with the fuss whether he has a state visit, he should be allowed the respect a leader of another country deserves.

He has made hateful, misogynistic statements about women, racist statements, anti-Muslim statements, nationalistic statements implying that the rest of the world owes the USA. America is arguably the most powerful nation and the leader of the free world and he is arguably the most powerful man in the world. Furthermore, if he, like every republican president in the last 30 or so years, screws up the US economy, the world economy will feel it.

 

If I were not American I would be very worried about how his prejudices and policies will impact my country. I am do not want to bring in Godwin's Law, but the rest of the world has experienced what happens when a would-be tyrant gains power.

Apart from rash actions, it is mostly what was said and promised thusfar.

 

I will enjoy his SCOTUS guy being firstly roasted severly in Senate and, when he eventually gets in anyway, roast the POTUS for all the literal Constitution swipes he is doing. Atleast if the SCOTUS fellow has the same spine as the acting-AG had >_>

 

I can understand why the Americans would be upset over trump, but I can't see why people in England are holding rally's over him, he has no rule over our policies or anything else and with the fuss whether he has a state visit, he should be allowed the respect a leader of another country deserves.

He has made hateful, misogynistic statements about women, racist statements, anti-Muslim statements, nationalistic statements implying that the rest of the world owes the USA. America is arguably the most powerful nation and the leader of the free world and he is arguably the most powerful man in the world. Furthermore, if he, like every republican president in the last 30 or so years, screws up the US economy, the world economy will feel it.

If I were not American I would be very worried about how his prejudices and policies will impact my country. I am do not want to bring in Godwin's Law, but the rest of the world has experienced what happens when a would-be tyrant gains power.

There have been many tyrants and the world has survived, I can only imagine that our world will survive after Trump has had his four years

Apart from rash actions, it is mostly what was said and promised thusfar.

 

I will enjoy his SCOTUS guy being firstly roasted severly in Senate and, when he eventually gets in anyway, roast the POTUS for all the literal Constitution swipes he is doing. Atleast if the SCOTUS fellow has the same spine as the acting-AG had >_>

I think a republican senate means marshmallow roasts and singing kumbya around the campfire for anyone Trump puts forth, particularly because I think the party chose his candidate. 49 year old in a lifelong power position is quite remarkable.

I'm not a Democrat. I voted Clinton because they supported my country when genocide was happening (After it boiled down). Considering I died almost 5 times before age 5 before finally making it over here I'd say his policies are horse shit. Men like Donald Trump didn't care about the 20,000 women who were raped in camps or the 100,000+ lives lost. There are still mortar casings in the ground you can dig up back home.

 

There's a story my grandmother likes to tell, about how she freaked out when she saw me walk into the room with a grenade cupped between my hands. Even though she laughs now, I never found it funny that a toddler could be holding a grenade.

I can understand why the Americans would be upset over trump, but I can't see why people in England are holding rally's over him, he has no rule over our policies or anything else and with the fuss whether he has a state visit, he should be allowed the respect a leader of another country deserves.

Are you referring to the women's marches on Jan. 21? I believe there were marches around the world because the de facto leader of the free world thinks he has the right to grab any woman he pleases by the vagina. He thinks it is okay to diminish women to creatures to be rated on a scale of one to ten, valued for their sex appeal. He bragged about a failed attempt to seduce a married woman while he was married and then scolded others about morality when it suited him. He used his position as the "boss" on his tv show to suggest it would be a "pretty picture" to have his subordinate on her knees in front of him. He supports forcing victims of rape to bear their rapist's offspring. He thinks it is okay to dismiss a respected newswoman by vulgarly implying she was menstruating when she asked him fair and valid questions that he didn't like during a debate. He thinks it is okay to call a woman a "fat pig," in order to dismiss and devalue her.

 

You might be shocked by how many women you know that have been sexually assaulted. Every woman with whom I have discussed sexual assault has acknowledged being the victim of at least one instance of sex assault. I am not exaggerating, every single woman I've talked with about it has stated it has happened to them! I am defining sexual assault as being touched against your will, having someone threaten to do sexual things to you whether you want them to or not, exposing genitals to someone inappropriately. Personally, I have been groped on subways and busses. I have had more than one man expose himself to me over the years. I've been followed down the street by men suggesting I do lewd things to them. Every woman I've ever discussed this with has similar or worse stories. The women's marches around the world were because the president of my beloved USA advocates this kind of treatment of women, and we object. Men and women joined those marches. I strongly suspect the protesters outside the U.S. we're not just telling Trump his values and behaviors are unacceptable, but also making an effort to communicate the message to their own leaders. I like to think that we were unified.

 

Idk if outside the U.S. there were other groups lending their support. The rally I attended had speakers such as Rosie Perez, Whoopie Goldberg, Cynthia Nixon, and your countrywoman, Dame Helen Mirren (who declared herself a New Yorker for the day), as well as quite a few others who expressed concern about Trump's plans towards immigrants and various minorities. When someone with his power takes action we are all affected, all over the world.

no clinton no complaints

no clinton no complaints

why are you inactive

 

 

no clinton no complaints

 

 

why are you inactive

good question

I am still waiting to see how things pan out before I form a firm judgement of our President. I did the same thing when Obama took office. While leading up to the 2008 election, I had some bad predictions (the majority of which unfortunately became true) about what would occur during Obama's Presidency. But once he was inaugurated, I did my best to ignore preconceived notions and give him a fair chance. I thought, 'well who knows, maybe he will be able to do some good for our country'. It wasn't until 1-1.5 years into his Presidency when I realized his actions were going to be detrimental to our country's well being.

 

So to all those who can't stand Trump, my best advice to you is wait a year and see how his policies begin to play out.

 

 

 

 

I am still waiting to see how things pan out before I form a firm judgement of our President. I did the same thing when Obama took office. While leading up to the 2008 election, I had some bad predictions (the majority of which unfortunately became true) about what would occur during Obama's Presidency. But once he was inaugurated, I did my best to ignore preconceived notions and give him a fair chance. I thought, 'well who knows, maybe he will be able to do some good for our country'. It wasn't until 1-1.5 years into his Presidency when I realized his actions were going to be detrimental to our country's well being.

 

So to all those who can't stand Trump, my best advice to you is wait a year and see how his policies begin to play out.

boi Obama got into office and killed every last damn terrorist Bush couldn't "find"

I've been following politics since I was a kid in military school, when Richard Nixon ran for his second term. The past two weeks have been the best, and most satisfying, two weeks in my entire political memory. It took Ronald Reagan his entire first four years to correct the disastrous Jimmy Carter Presidency, and it was much harder because he had a Democrat controlled Congress. It brings me great pleasure to witness the systematic dismantling of the entire career of President Barack Obama.

 

I understand, and respect, the rant about Donald Trump and how much, and why, he is hated... but this has been beat to death on every form of media for over a year. Everybody knows, and not enough believed it was important enough to remain on the same path. The hate campaign lost, and nothing will change that. Donald Trump was not running for "Most Admired Man in America"... he ran on correcting things. Strange how many are surprised that he is doing exactly what he said he would do.

 

Trump is a brilliant political strategist. He is 3 steps ahead of everyone that opposes him. He knows what he's doing, and knows exactly what will happen. As hundreds of idiots gathered at airports to protest a few people that got caught up in a changing immigration policy... no one bothers to even understand why he's doing it... to them, it's all about getting out there and protesting it. So soon they forget that he said he would destroy ISIS... and if you are going to start destroying terrorists, the first thing you do is make sure they can't get in to retaliate. In a month everyone will understand why we can't let people from those countries in the USA.

 

My greatest hope is that the Democrats follow through with their threat to filibuster the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch. Republicans now have the political capital to invoke the nuclear option to easily place him on the court. This way it's already in place for the court vacancies to follow... when it really counts. Please do this!

boi Obama got into office and killed every last damn terrorist Bush couldn't "find"

 

I can understand why the Americans would be upset over trump, but I can't see why people in England are holding rally's over him, he has no rule over our policies or anything else and with the fuss whether he has a state visit, he should be allowed the respect a leader of another country deserves.

Are you referring to the women's marches on Jan. 21? I believe there were marches around the world because the de facto leader of the free world thinks he has the right to grab any woman he pleases by the vagina. He thinks it is okay to diminish women to creatures to be rated on a scale of one to ten, valued for their sex appeal. He bragged about a failed attempt to seduce a married woman while he was married and then scolded others about morality when it suited him. He used his position as the "boss" on his tv show to suggest it would be a "pretty picture" to have his subordinate on her knees in front of him. He supports forcing victims of rape to bear their rapist's offspring. He thinks it is okay to dismiss a respected newswoman by vulgarly implying she was menstruating when she asked him fair and valid questions that he didn't like during a debate. He thinks it is okay to call a woman a "fat pig," in order to dismiss and devalue her.

You might be shocked by how many women you know that have been sexually assaulted. Every woman with whom I have discussed sexual assault has acknowledged being the victim of at least one instance of sex assault. I am not exaggerating, every single woman I've talked with about it has stated it has happened to them! I am defining sexual assault as being touched against your will, having someone threaten to do sexual things to you whether you want them to or not, exposing genitals to someone inappropriately. Personally, I have been groped on subways and busses. I have had more than one man expose himself to me over the years. I've been followed down the street by men suggesting I do lewd things to them. Every woman I've ever discussed this with has similar or worse stories. The women's marches around the world were because the president of my beloved USA advocates this kind of treatment of women, and we object. Men and women joined those marches. I strongly suspect the protesters outside the U.S. we're not just telling Trump his values and behaviors are unacceptable, but also making an effort to communicate the message to their own leaders. I like to think that we were unified.

Idk if outside the U.S. there were other groups lending their support. The rally I attended had speakers such as Rosie Perez, Whoopie Goldberg, Cynthia Nixon, and your countrywoman, Dame Helen Mirren (who declared herself a New Yorker for the day), as well as quite a few others who expressed concern about Trump's plans towards immigrants and various minorities. When someone with his power takes action we are all affected, all over the world.

I actually know one who is very close to me who was abused when she was younger and it took a few years for her to tell me about it, anyway this isn't what I meant at all, I was actually talking about the marches that occurred because somebody wanted to stop people from certain countrys coming through their borders, I would have thought it would have been more prudent on worrying who was coming through their own borders, Isis have been getting in everybody's countrys and causing chaos, France, Italy and Germany, I'm hoping its because of Britains immigration policy that we haven't been more attacked, luckily we have been dealing with terrorists since the 70s

Wow. Just found this piece of gem on BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38836649

 

Vacuous doesn't even begin to describe this.

I'm not a Democrat. I voted Clinton because they supported my country when genocide was happening (After it boiled down). Considering I died almost 5 times before age 5 before finally making it over here I'd say his policies are horse shit. Men like Donald Trump didn't care about the 20,000 women who were raped in camps or the 100,000+ lives lost. There are still mortar casings in the ground you can dig up back home.

 

There's a story my grandmother likes to tell, about how she freaked out when she saw me walk into the room with a grenade cupped between my hands. Even though she laughs now, I never found it funny that a toddler could be holding a grenade.

Where you from?

 

 

 

Please do though, because as I said in the other thread, our left-leaning members have been awfully quiet. I'd love to hear your perspective.

Part of why I'm staying quiet is that I don't care to get flamed. I do not look in the thread you are referring to at all. Also, I amtrying to limit how much I focus on him because he makes me feel unwell - no joke.

 

I am disgusted at my president's disregard for the constitution, his lack of dignity, and his international cronyism - we won't take refugees from certain Islamic states, but will from others and the ones we continue to take are from states that do business with the Trump company. Loading his cabinet with a bunch of white, Christian billionaires who have little to no experience in the field in which they are supposed to specialize is very frightening. Continuing to get into twitter fights with celebrities, or with anyone at all, is so terribly undignified and inappropriate. I don't have time for more writing, but those are just a few of my thoughts.

 

I'll check back later with more when I have more time, however I will not post in this thread again if I get flamed.

 

Pretty much this. He'll also probably ruin the global economy again and start trade wars that we would arguably win, but not without a cost. Screwing people over for personal profit, out of discrimination or just to stroke his own ego is how this man has made his entire career. I see no reason his presidency would be any different. 

Wow. Just found this piece of gem on BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38836649

 

Vacuous doesn't even begin to describe this.

There's a world hijab day? The fuck?

 

 

So soon they forget that he said he would destroy ISIS... and if you are going to start destroying terrorists, the first thing you do is make sure they can't get in to retaliate. In a month everyone will understand why we can't let people from those countries in the USA.

Funny, because as soon as a terrorist is from a country that Trump so happens to do business in, it's all fine and dandy. But better to hush away those pesky refugees for which the US is partly responsible, because problems that can't reach us don't exist. Instead Europe gets do deal with the mess the US created, again....