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Yes, he made a tweet, as pointed out by Jester, but it's hardly the same thing and hardly as respectful as the statement others in the White House wanted to release that supposedly actually gave praise of McCain's life and service. They did the work for him. The only job he had then was to just swallow his pride for just a moment and let it be and he couldn't even do that much. |
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08-27-2018, 05:11 PM | #22 |
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It's true. Trump can be a jerk quite a bit.
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Well, credit to him I guess, somewhat, as it seems he bent to pressure and spoke up. Hardly really says much about the man himself, but I suppose it's something. At least something more than just a tweeted condolence.
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08-27-2018, 07:26 PM | #24 |
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Interesting. We never heard anything about it, nor was our flag at work lowered. Even had a customer comment on it, which I found odd at the time, but now I wonder...
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From what I heard, Flag Code only requires the day of the death and the following day. Thus, Monday would have been back to full staff, unless the decision was made to go half staff until internment.
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I see. Verterans groups or whatnot supposedly wanted it to remain lowered and got on him about it, so at least they relented and have chosen to leave it lowered for longer.
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08-28-2018, 01:04 PM | #28 | |
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But if he weren't, he would not be the petty, immature 5-yr-old in a man's body we've all come to know. Jealousy is his trademark.
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08-28-2018, 01:14 PM | #29 | |
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That said, I wish he'd pull his head of his ass on education and the environment and his FAKE devotion to the church. The rest? Sounds good.
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08-28-2018, 01:24 PM | #30 |
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I think we have different opinions on "good", but I'll leave that one alone for now. Especially with what I've been hearing on the news lately about his so-called "fair" trade agreements. Or the fact that the market bubble may be about to burst because of it, among other reasons. Or how so many allies are now sort of sliding away like the US is that weird guy who sits next to you on the bus and starts mumbling crazy s**t.
I think the two go hand in hand. If he is emotionally bankrupt, how can we trust his moral or ethical compass? His business practices have always been shady- and that is really just an extention of how he views and interacts with others. As objects there to please HIM. He's a narcissist.
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08-28-2018, 01:46 PM | #32 |
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Ever the optimist, eh? No, I don't think he's the Antichrist or anything quite so Biblically catastrophic, but to run this country's progress from the last 50 years to a grinding halt, or even backward? Yes, I fully believe he's capable- and well on the way- do doing exactly that. His "new" trade agreement won't do us a darn bit of good if the other nations involved simply- don't want to trade with us anymore. It might look good on paper, but there would have to be actual trade for it to benefit antone, and sadly, he seems determined to make us the schoolyard pariah.
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The realist, I would imagine. We're over halfway into the second year of his presidency and nothing bad has happened, only the contrary. When exactly does the catastrophe strike? Is it year 3? All the way in 4? What date, so I can write it down and remember to come back and tell you, "You were wrong"?
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It's already happening though. Tried to repeal ACA, only failed because McCain (bless the man!) cast a decisive vote against it. The market wobbles every time he makes a new announcement regarding foriegn policy. It did again yesterday when he announced his trade agreement plan. And don't even get me started on all the left/right polarization since he started his campaign. You can say it started with Obama, but when has this country EVER been this divided save during the Civil War or Civil Rights movement? He's toxic to everything this country actually stands for.
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When you strip away the personality and Twitter, Trump's really not that much more divisive than George W Bush or Clinton or Obama. We'll survive. The USA won't be well-liked outside our borders, but when were we ever this century?
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But that's kind of the culture we're in now. If everything is a 10, nothing can ever be a 1.
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Is it ALL him? No, but as you said, he likes to stir the pot and poke bears- both of which are behaviors unbecoming and unworthy of someone sitting in the highest office in the country. It's dangerous and intentionally provocative to friend and foe alike. And I think his s**t-stirring is a big part of why it has gotten so bad. He has a talent for knowing exactly which buttons to push for the biggest reactions, and he wants to be the center of attention at all times. Like the ultimate troll....
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08-28-2018, 03:51 PM | #38 |
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That's a big component of him. But like a smart troll... and one that still gets results.
I've been saying since the beginning I thought for sure that when he announced he was running he was just trolling the nation hard and that he had zero intention of winning. But then he did.
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I think the plan was to lose and then write a book about how badly rigged the system is. Maybe finagle another reality show out of it.
I'm fairly certain none of this was supposed to happen.
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08-28-2018, 04:56 PM | #40 |
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Well he'll get another shot at it next time and probably have an even better book than he would have before with additional chapters about rigged things.
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