Will Trump Destroy the Presidency?

[georgephillip]

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazin...l-donald-trump-destroy-the-presidency/537921/

"Donald trump is testing the institution of the presidency unlike any of his 43 predecessors.

"We have never had a president so ill-informed about the nature of his office, so openly mendacious, so self-destructive, or so brazen in his abusive attacks on the courts, the press, Congress (including members of his own party), and even senior officials within his own administration.

"Trump is a Frankenstein’s monster of past presidents’ worst attributes: Andrew Jackson’s rage; Millard Fillmore’s bigotry; James Buchanan’s incompetence and spite; Theodore Roosevelt’s self-aggrandizement; Richard Nixon’s paranoia, insecurity, and indifference to law; and Bill Clinton’s lack of self-control and reflexive dishonesty."

So, anyone critical of Dick's tricks or Bill's blarney should condemn Trump's treason?

 

[Boltlady]

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazin...l-donald-trump-destroy-the-presidency/537921/

"Donald trump is testing the institution of the presidency unlike any of his 43 predecessors.

"We have never had a president so ill-informed about the nature of his office, so openly mendacious, so self-destructive, or so brazen in his abusive attacks on the courts, the press, Congress (including members of his own party), and even senior officials within his own administration.

"Trump is a Frankenstein’s monster of past presidents’ worst attributes: Andrew Jackson’s rage; Millard Fillmore’s bigotry; James Buchanan’s incompetence and spite; Theodore Roosevelt’s self-aggrandizement; Richard Nixon’s paranoia, insecurity, and indifference to law; and Bill Clinton’s lack of self-control and reflexive dishonesty."

So, anyone critical of Dick's tricks or Bill's blarney should condemn Trump's treason?

Trump may in fact be destroying the presidency for people who want to be able to get filthy rich from the largesse of the lobbyists. He's managing to close some of those doors (which seriously needed closing).

 

[georgephillip]

Trump may in fact be destroying the presidency for people who want to be able to get filthy rich from the largesse of the lobbyists. He's managing to close some of those doors (which seriously needed closing).

Why did Trump fill his Cabinet with billionaires who became filthy rich from the largesse of lobbyists?

Trump himself is a classic crony capitalist who learned at his father's knee how to bribe government for favorable treatment.
https://news.vice.com/story/trumps-transition-looks-an-awful-lot-like-the-start-of-crony-capitalism

 

[as seen on tv]

if Obama created the conditions to elect trump (he defeated "the most qualified candidate in our lifetimes), then shouldn't Obama get the credit for destroying the presidency?

 

[georgephillip]

if Obama created the conditions to elect trump (he defeated "the most qualified candidate in our lifetimes), then shouldn't Obama get the credit for destroying the presidency?

Corporate presidents like Obama, Bush, and Clinton, et al., who openly supported unearned financial benefits that were higher than what competitive markets produced, provided the classical crony-capitalist, Trump, with the tools to cut out the political middle man.

 

[JuliefromOhio]

Not if we get him out of office before his term ends. Trump will be seen as an aberration and a criminal to boot.

 

[JuliefromOhio]

if Obama created the conditions to elect trump (he defeated "the most qualified candidate in our lifetimes), then shouldn't Obama get the credit for destroying the presidency?

Obama will get credit for destroying Trump, not the presidency. Remember, Obama and every Republican primary opponent stated that Trump was UNFIT to serve. Every day they're proved right.

 

[JuliefromOhio]

Trump may in fact be destroying the presidency for people who want to be able to get filthy rich from the largesse of the lobbyists. He's managing to close some of those doors (which seriously needed closing).

LOL. Which doors would that be?

 

[Boltlady]

Why did Trump fill his Cabinet with billionaires who became filthy rich from the largesse of lobbyists?

Trump himself is a classic crony capitalist who learned at his father's knee how to bribe government for favorable treatment.
https://news.vice.com/story/trumps-transition-looks-an-awful-lot-like-the-start-of-crony-capitalism

Trump has filled his cabinet with people who don't need to get rich from the job. They're there because they know how to get there and they have the kinds of brains that should be 'picked'.

 

[Boltlady]

LOL. Which doors would that be?

The doors are closing that will allow the public servants to only serve themselves.

 

[Drumcollie]

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazin...l-donald-trump-destroy-the-presidency/537921/

"Donald trump is testing the institution of the presidency unlike any of his 43 predecessors.

"We have never had a president so ill-informed about the nature of his office, so openly mendacious, so self-destructive, or so brazen in his abusive attacks on the courts, the press, Congress (including members of his own party), and even senior officials within his own administration.

"Trump is a Frankenstein’s monster of past presidents’ worst attributes: Andrew Jackson’s rage; Millard Fillmore’s bigotry; James Buchanan’s incompetence and spite; Theodore Roosevelt’s self-aggrandizement; Richard Nixon’s paranoia, insecurity, and indifference to law; and Bill Clinton’s lack of self-control and reflexive dishonesty."

So, anyone critical of Dick's tricks or Bill's blarney should condemn Trump's treason?

Brilliant conversation... Let's do a "Will Trump destroy the Presidency?" top 10 list.

10. What is the "nature" of his office? fact: Obama did not understand the austere complexities of his office

09. How is Donald testing the institution?

08. Trump is like Frankenstein ? Is Trump a liberal?
Frankenstein: An Allegory of Liberal Parenting Essay ...
https://www.cram.com/essay/frankenstein-an-allegory-of-liberal

07. Trump is like Fillmore? who said: Through his career, Fillmore declared slavery as an evil. And that is bigotry?

06. He is like James Buchanan the democratic? Now you think Trump is a democratic?

05. Bill Clintons lack of self control...You mean Bill clintloin's raping women?

04.

. So, anyone critical of Dick's tricks or Bill's blarney should condemn Trump's treason?

First off were you asking a question? Two: What treason are you asking about?

03. Are you really quoting from the Atlantic or are these your own mistakes?

02. Funny that the supporter of " janus faced" fake news calls Trump mendacious

01.

"Donald trump is testing the institution of the presidency unlike any of his 43 predecessors.

Funny because Trump had 44 predecessors and Trump is capitalized in proper English.

 

[JuliefromOhio]

The doors are closing that will allow the public servants to only serve themselves.

Which doors?

 

[Drumcollie]

Not if we get him out of office before his term ends. Trump will be seen as an aberration and a criminal to boot.

Like BLM...Nice!

 

[JuliefromOhio]

Trump has filled his cabinet with people who don't need to get rich from the job. They're there because they know how to get there and they have the kinds of brains that should be 'picked'.

Trump is making money off his presidency....which is against the emoluments clause.
Tell us how he is NOT doing that.

 

[Drumcollie]

Why did Trump fill his Cabinet with billionaires who became filthy rich from the largesse of lobbyists?

Trump himself is a classic crony capitalist who learned at his father's knee how to bribe government for favorable treatment.
https://news.vice.com/story/trumps-transition-looks-an-awful-lot-like-the-start-of-crony-capitalism

Is Obama wealthier now than before he was President?


It’s fair to say the Obamas’ net worth has increased significantly during the time Barack Obama has been President, but fixing a specific

dollar amount to that increase is difficult: net worth figures for politicians are typically derived from analyzing financial disclosure forms, a method which leaves room for a good deal of interpretation.

Certainly the dollar figures displayed in the above graphic were not just pulled out of thin air: CNN/Money did peg Barack Obama’s net worth at $1.3 million in 2007, and some sources (such as this Associated Press article) stated his net worth in mid-2012 to be around $11.8 million.

Other sources vary widely regarding the latter figure, however. In mid-2012 Forbes estimated the Obamas’ net worth to be $5.7 million (down slightly from the previous year), OpenSecrets.org put the figure somewhere in the broad range of “$1,566,014 to $7,764,999,” and other sources listed similarly broad range estimates such as “somewhere between $2.6 million and nearly $8.3 million.”

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/networth.asp

Obama got wealthier as President.

 

[marvin martian]

Which doors?

Repeating your question because you don't like the answer is a sign of idiocy.

 

[Boltlady]

Trump is making money off his presidency....which is against the emoluments clause.
Tell us how he is NOT doing that.

Where does that 'information' come from? He doesn't even collect a salary for being prez. I rarely ask for a link but I think one would be good in this case.

Thank you.

 

[georgephillip]

Trump has filled his cabinet with people who don't need to get rich from the job. They're there because they know how to get there and they have the kinds of brains that should be 'picked'.

Your blind partisanship is showing.
If you objected to the Clinton Crime Family's crony capitalism, you should be even more indignant about Trump's venture into "public service."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blog...opulist-now/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.9e9a3002462d

"Donald Trump has named Steve Mnuchin — a Goldman Sachs alum and hedge fund manager — to be his secretary of the treasury, in keeping with his repeated promise to take on Wall Street and the powers-that-be on behalf of the little guy.

"So can we stop pretending that Trump’s campaign 'populism' was anything other than just one more con?"

 

[georgephillip]

Brilliant conversation... Let's do a "Will Trump destroy the Presidency?" top 10 list.

10. What is the "nature" of his office? fact: Obama did not understand the austere complexities of his office

Define "austere complexity".
How does it differ from bland complexities?
Who has the greater understanding of the presidency, Obama or Trump?
Which one WHINED about "fake news."?

 

[georgephillip]

09. How is Donald testing the institution?

Ask Tony, then read the link if still confused.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazin...l-donald-trump-destroy-the-presidency/537921/

"Trump, in short, is wielding a Soprano touch on American institutions. 'I’m [Unwelcome language removed] King Midas in reverse here,' Tony Soprano once told his therapist. 'Everything I touch turns to shit.'"