The Trump Presidency - Part 2
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Would have been better going with the Wizard of Oz.
colleague told me of a microbiologist who doesn't believe in evolution.
not even the compromise nonsense position of "micro-evolution happens, but species ae god's creation"... just, no evolution.
Fetterman & Oz were opponents in Pennsylvania.
Yeah I'm sure Ozzy will promise you that, John.
And then laugh and do the opposite. Brilliant.
For it to be broken she'd first have to get one
She free to say it, and we're free to call her brain free idiot
Well that seems pointless if he’s going to stick to his (repeated) plan to cut the Dept of Ed
Truly the Reality TV administration. It's wild how far the US has fallen.
Jesus Christ
The US news cycle really feels like I'm reading the Onion.
Both sides have worked out the cover story
He'll be a strong and well-funded opponent in 2028, provided he can stop slurring his speech.
Also a likely target for Republican conversion at least - unless thats what you meant.
I don't think he's going there, just because of the precedent of Krysten Sinema.
Leaving the party didn't work out for her at all. She was in a decently strong position as a centre-right senator who had unexpectedly won a purple state. But voting against every single party priority tanked her in the primary polls, and after leaving the party, polls showed that she had abandoned her base and not gained a new one. She didn't even bother to contest the election. I don't think Fetterman gets enough MAGA votes to win a GOP primary, unless he makes a much, much, much bigger shift than these small nudges.
I think there's a strong lane in 2028 for a right-wing Democrat. Democratic primary voters often prioritise electability over all else. The current discourse about Kamala's defeat wants to create a party that can do conservative culture war well enough to neutralise their edge there, and to (correctly, IMO) reverse their 8 years of hysterical Trump focus. This idea could spread through the media, and to the primary voters. A 7 foot guy wearing shorts and a hoodie, taking lefty criticism by supporting a third of Trump's agenda, and speaking with the tiniest bluntest vocabulary ever (nevermind that he's a rich Harvard grad from the suburbs) would match the image of what these people think the party needs. Money is waiting and on tap coutesy his very good relationship with AIPAC. He does need to stop slurring and speak more complete sentences, though...
Of course, the alternative is that he does pull a Sinema and doesn't bother with being a senator - just moves into consulting.
She never had one to begin with.
That's because she didn't write it.
And she certainly doesn't understand it, considering the rest of her answer.
I was hoping for Bessent or Rowan.
Linda McMahon? 
He'll be asking the Jim France to head up the Transport department next for his great work with NASCAR
He'll be asking the Jim France to head up the Transport department next for his great work with NASCARTrump set to nominate the late Chris Benoit as Head of the Administration of Children & Families.
I was going to suggest the corpse of Jeffrey Epstein.
Both worthy candidates.
I would like that if it meant he has to step away from NASCAR. He has been a disaster, and I hope 23XI and Front Row Motorsports kicks his ass in court.Linda McMahon?
Probably returning the favour after they let him make appearances in some wwe shows back in the day.
Trump playing 4D chess to make sure that within 4 years, US becomes unattractive even for immigrants from poor countries, thus fighting the immigration problem he always talks about.
Couldn't wait to until he got home apparently.
Someone like Fetterman should be roundly rejected by absolutely everyone. Any Republican saying something like "Fetterman is actually starting to make some sense" is completely missing the point.
I know this is expecting way too much.
I know this is expecting way too much.
Fetterman is basically the new Sinema - someone who marches to their own drummer irrespective of party orthodoxy. What will be interesting is whether he is pushed into also becoming an Independent, or whether the Dem party themselves change from being a corporate establishment party, back to one that can effectively sell their message to a middle class who are increasingly tired of the status quo.
This seems to suggest that he is principled, which I think is extremely generous.
Principled and "he supports policies he actually believes are the correct ones" are generally synonymous. Unless of course you're saying he supports something he doesn't actually believe in.
I would definitely imagine this is the case. Seems to me that the candidate he ran as and the person he now presents himself to be are two different people.
Some of it may have to do with his medical condition. He suffered a stroke at least once, and has been subsequently diagnosed with clinical depression, which was more recently characterized was "severe depression". That of course has little to do with the policies he supports, but it may explain his 'zero fecks given' behavior since getting into office. He is basically attempting to be a US Senator while having a serious mental illness and brain disorder.
Any evidence of this ?
Evidence of people not knowing they are the same thing?
There are dozens of clips in the anti-maga channels, it's the same people who think China pays the tariffs