Donald Trump For President

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Originally Posted by exitspeed

What I'm very tired of though are two things:

1. The hatefulness and anger coming from everyone who doesn't agree with Trump (in this thread and the country). It's nasty and unproductive. You don't have to agree with everything he says or does, God knows I sure the fuck don't. But to be so vile against anyone who disagrees with you politically is just awful.

2. Holding Tump to a different standard than we held other presidents. I get Obama isn't the President anymore, but he still WAS the president. He LIED. On countless occasions. Whether they were intentional or not is not relevant. And if you weren't calling out Obama at the time that you shouldn't have so much angst about Trump.

So we shouldn't hold Trump to the standard that Trump held Obama to?

Remember him saying the POTUS wasn't a citizen? That he's a Kenyan Muslim & therefore not worthy of our trust?

Remember him saying he'd never take a day off or golf in office?

Remember him calling the electoral college a disaster for American democracy?

Remember when he called for people to march on Washington?

Remember when he said "Are you allowed to impeach a president for gross incompetence?" during Obama's second term in office?

Remember when he said "It’s Thursday. How many people have lost their healthcare today?" and then worked to take healthcare from millions of Americans (but failed because he doesn't know the art of the deal)?

Remember when he said, "Barack Obama has a record low 39% Gallup approval rating. Why so high?" but has struggled to ever break that number?

Remember when he said, "ATTN: @HillaryClinton - Why did five of your staffers need FBI IMMUNITY?!" but multiple of his staffers have been arrested, had offices raided, etc.?

How about when he said, "Why is @BarackObama spending millions to try and hide his records? He is the least transparent President--ever--and he ran on transparency," yet has offered even less transparency?

I was not a huge fan of Obama. In hindsight I'm even less a fan of Obama.

But next to Trump, yeah, he was something. If nothing else he gave folks hope, misplaced or not, he gave people something to believe in. A mixed race dude from an immigrant father & a single mom raised largely by his grandparents was elected President of the US. He preached inclusion & betterment for all (whether he practiced that, eh not so much). He was replaced by a fossil of a bygone era, a racist, misogynist who preaches hate, flails wildly at all triggers & engenders scandal with his every move.

We aren't holding Trump to a different standard than previous presidents.

We hold Trump to the same standard we've held every other president too.

He is just incompetent in this position.

inb4 liberal tears comment.