Current Events > Trump says "he was too nice in his first term".

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https://www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-npr/2024-04-30/saying-he-was-too-nice-in-his-first-term-trump-plots-an-aggressive-second-chance

Among other things. If elected again, Trump would gut the federal bureaucracy and remake it in his ideological view, using something called Schedule F to fire career nonpartisan civil servants. A similar purge and rebuilding of the Republican National Committee and several key state Republican Parties has taken place in recent years, with Trump's daughter-in-law Lara leading the RNC alongside former North Carolina GOP Chair Michael Whatley.
Trump said in the interview he would not hire anyone who believed Biden won the 2020 election, continuing to repeat false claims that voter fraud cost him the presidency but saw Republicans elected up and down the ballot in key states.

But Biden is" still worst" for not being progressive enough/ to progressive depending on who your talking to...bloody hell he's outright saying he will make the nation into a cult all about the" God Emperor" and Biden STILL is to close to losing to him.

And the people who refuse to vote Biden will continue to blame him rather than themselves.

dont believe the fucking hype.

news media is trying so fucking hard to sell trump

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Because dems are more concerned about civility and decorum than literally anything else.

Isnt he a rapist

_____Cait posted...

Isnt he a rapist

Yes. Based on his ties to Epstein and him being known to barge into the changing area of the Miss Teen USA pageants I tend to think he's something else as well.

Necronmon posted...

Trump said in the interview he would not hire anyone who believed Biden won the 2020 election,

:|

But both sides are the sameright?

No its almost like one side literally wants to be a dictator and destroy the country

Larry Hogan would never approve of such a plan....

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He's rich.

Should have included more of the article tbh:

He's promised mass deportationsof millions of migrants and suggested the United States would not defend foreign allies from aggression in certain circumstances. He's vowed to eviscerate the federal bureaucracyand staff those career civil service roles with political loyalists, use law enforcement to target foes and painted a dire picture of America's future if he does not return to the White House.

In two wide-ranging interviews with TIME Magazine published Tuesday, Trump expanded upon that vision for a second term, which would buck traditional conservative viewpoints about the role of government and expand the powers of the presidency that he would then wield against a wide range of groups in America.

Trump touched on a number of topics that are important factors to voters ahead of November, like abortion, crime and the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump also made eyebrow-raising comments about political violence, using the military against civilians and about the multiple criminal cases against him.

Abortion
"I won't have to commit to [federal abortion restrictions] because it'll never number one, it'll never happen," Trump said in the interview transcript. "Number two, it's about states' rights. You don't want to go back into the federal government."

Immigration
In campaign stump speeches, Trump has vowed to enact "the largest domestic deportation operation" in history and roll back virtually every Biden administration policy around the border. He continues to equate immigrants with crime, often mentioning murders and other grisly crimes committed by non-citizens as evidence that a crackdown is needed under his watch.

Political violence, law enforcement and criminal indictments
At several times over the last few years, Trump has suggested he would go after political opponents and seek to prosecute them, ranging from Biden to local district attorneys that do not align with his views on crime.

I'm still waiting for BM and the other anti Biden bros to come here and explain to us how Biden is the same as Trump.

He is being ultra clear about his intentions. He isn't hiding them, like at all.

And yet here we are in a dead heat

Despite how insane all this is:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/legal-experts-shameful-supreme-court-puts-us-one-vote-away-from-the-end-of-democracy/ar-AA1nRWLC

Legal experts: "Shameful" Supreme Court puts US one vote away from "the end of democracy"
Story by Charles R. Davis 1d

Andrew Weissmann, a former federal prosecutor who worked on special counsel Robert Muellers Russia investigation, believes the very fact that the Supreme Court took up the case is alarming. Appearing on MSNBC, he said the very fact Trumps legal arguments are being considered is a victory for the former president, likely delaying his election-interference trial until after November. But that the court is seriously considering his claim to immunity for all official acts taken as president signals that American democracy is in a terrible state.

Trumps claims could possibly be squared with the text of the Constitution or the history of the presidency, Weissmann said. And yet, there were justices who actually were taking this seriously. And it just was, frankly, shocking.

At least four of the courts conservative justices appear likely to side with Trump, Weissmann argued, suggesting it could hinge on Chief Justice John Roberts, putting the country one vote away from sort of the end of democracy as we know it, with checks and balances. The U.S. would not just have an imperial presidency, he continued, but a criminally immune king. What is so shocking is how close we are.

WingsOfGood posted...

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Time to gaslight Trump into thinking a buncha his allies believe Biden won so he won't hire them.

Look up Project 2025. It's a plan to turn America into a conservative Christian dictatorship

Euripides posted...

He is being ultra clear about his intentions. He isn't hiding them, like at all.

And yet here we are in a dead heat

It just shows that the Democratic Party doesn't actually see Trump as a threat. If I was Biden's handler, I'd be pressuring him to do things that would make people excited to vote for him, instead of doing the exact fucking opposite.

It's like they want Biden to lose.

CountCorvinus posted...

It just shows that the Democratic Party doesn't actually see Trump as a threat. If I was Biden's handler, I'd be pressuring him to do things that would make people excited to vote for him, instead of doing the exact fucking opposite.

It's like they want Biden to lose.

What various things would you have him do?
I personally would do UBI but curious what things you would have done.

CountCorvinus posted...

It just shows that the Democratic Party doesn't actually see Trump as a threat. If I was Biden's handler, I'd be pressuring him to do things that would make people excited to vote for him, instead of doing the exact fucking opposite.

It's like they want Biden to lose.

What are 3 things you think Biden could be doing to excite people? I assume Israel/Palestine stuff is a given for you.

loafy013 posted...

What are 3 things you think Biden could be doing to excite people? I assume Israel/Palestine stuff is a given for you.

It's Joe Biden, so I'm not expecting anything revolutionary like promising universal healthcare, free college, decriminalizing weed and expanding SCOTUS. It's just when 78% of your voter base wants a ceasefire to the genocide Biden is funding with our tax dollars, and he responds by calling those who protest antisemitic, it makes me question whether he actually wants to get reelected at all. And then he signs a bill banning TikTok, an app instrumental in many young peoples' activism?

Remember the reports of republicans being upset that they couldn't fundraise off Pelosi being speaker anymore? I think that the DNC feels the same way about Trump and are underestimating how much of a threat he actually is.

CountCorvinus posted...

decriminalizing weed

about that

looks like he has done it or it is nearly complete to go into effect in 6 months

news broke today

WingsOfGood posted...

Despite how insane all this is:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/legal-experts-shameful-supreme-court-puts-us-one-vote-away-from-the-end-of-democracy/ar-AA1nRWLC

The Justice Department's lawyers should absolutely have asked the question "if you rule the President has absolute immunity, what's to stop him from having all of you killed?".

CountCorvinus posted...

It's Joe Biden, so I'm not expecting anything revolutionary like promising universal healthcare, free college, decriminalizing weed and expanding SCOTUS. It's just when 78% of your voter base wants a ceasefire to the genocide Biden is funding with our tax dollars, and he responds by calling those who protest antisemitic, it makes me question whether he actually wants to get reelected at all. And then he signs a bill banning TikTok, an app instrumental in many young peoples' activism?

Remember the reports of republicans being upset that they couldn't fundraise off Pelosi being speaker anymore? I think that the DNC feels the same way about Trump and are underestimating how much of a threat he actually is.

So you think the only ways that Biden can get people excited for him is to stop sending money to Israel and to let people have their data harvested by China via TikTok.

ScazarMeltex posted...

The Justice Department's lawyers should absolutely have asked the question "if you rule the President has absolute immunity, what's to stop him from having all of you killed?".

I have a feeling the issue is the SCOTUS is kinda like, well, think of like Reddit mods or something similar to that.
You ask this question they will get upset and say you aren't taking this seriously and use that against you and they have so much power they can abuse it and do it in front of you and if you complain about it, it just gets worse.
Basically got to tip toe and play lip service to them.

"It'll never happen to me." say people in power.

"No one told me I was expendable!" say those same people once they're no longer necessary.

loafy013 posted...

So you think the only ways that Biden can get people excited for him is to stop sending money to Israel and to let people have their data harvested by China via TikTok.

I dunno why I bothered replying.

Umbreon posted...

"It'll never happen to me." say people in power.

"No one told me I was expendable!" say those same people once they're no longer necessary.

So true. Imagine if the SCOTUS voted for him to be the criminally immune Imperial King(words from lawyer in article above). Next thing he would do is strip them all of every power.

we might have two parties but the whole government is conservative

Trump's gonna win because he tells people what they want to hear

dems don't tell people what they want to hear, and then they do even less than they said once elected

how could we expect anything except another 2016

Persona posted...

we might have two parties but the whole government is conservative

Trump's gonna win because he tells people what they want to hear

dems don't tell people what they want to hear, and then they do even less than they said once elected

how could we expect anything except another 2016

Other than Bidens atrocious handling of everything Israel/Palestine related idk how you could possibly say he hasnt done anything worthwhile.

This is literal both sides rhetoric in action.

Umbreon posted...

"It'll never happen to me." say people in power.

"No one told me I was expendable!" say those same people once they're no longer necessary.

This is a "first they came for the X, but I did not speak out because I am not X, etc" thing. Or also, face eating leopards.

So if it's held that the president is above the law, that means Biden is also, thus he could enact things to make sure no R could ever be in power again.

Persona posted...

how could we expect anything except another 2016

I have no idea how anyone can expect Trump to have gained support from his 2020 loss after the last 4 years of shit.

I'm just worried about not enough people caring enough to vote and he wins through apathy.

If that was him nice God help us all if he wins again...

So if it's held that the president is above the law, that means Biden is also, thus he could enact things to make sure no R could ever be in power again.

If trump wins I think most Republicans want to make it so that they are all above the law.

Biden old tho, both sides same, me very samrt.

Shinobi120 posted...

Biden is doing exactly that right now.

Both Republicans & Democrats are corrupt, no matter who we elect. They're all bought & paid for by their wealthy elite billionaire donors, lobbyists, corporations & globalists. Voting doesn't work, & will never be work.

yeah sorry this doesnt deserve an actual response

actually not sorry at all this is a really bad post

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

yeah sorry this doesnt deserve an actual response

actually not sorry at all this is a really bad post

It's the truth, whatever you want to hear it or not.

Shinobi120 posted...

It's the truth, whatever you want to hear it or not.

i just realized you used the term globalist unironically

how the hell did you survive here this long

Shinobi120 posted...

Biden is doing exactly that right now.

How so?

Shinobi120 posted...

Dude, you need to learn to think for yourself

they said

while they parrot the dumbest takes they could find on Twitter

Shinobi120 posted...

It's the truth, whatever you want to hear it or not.

"It's true!! You gotta believe me!! as he spouts outright fucking lies. I always hope people like you are actually paid for this bullshit because if not...Holy Hell....

Shinobi120 posted...

"Unironically?" Dude, you need to learn to think for yourself. Quit believing what these corrupt, bourgeoisie, career politicians & what corporate, mainstream media/legacy media are telling you what to think.

I happen to be an Anarchist, mind you.

kay bud

Shinobi120 posted...

I happen to be an Anarchist, mind you.

Oh NM...Now it makes sense. You've chosen the absolutely most cowardly way to live life as a human.

Duly noted.

Just what I expect, typical responses from liberal/neoliberal voters. I don't know how any of you function & survive out here in the real world.