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By Binoy Kampmark, published 13/12/2019The Donald has been casually venal in office, outsourced its functions for personal gain and treated his position as a theatrical extension of a social media presidency.
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Donald Trump has revealed the real tyrants: the Democrats, who cannot abide anyone but themselves in power.
Posted by ttbn, Friday, 13 December 2019 8:13:33 AM
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The author is wrong in claiming "utterly devoid of charisma...might have been describing Donald Trump in 2015"
Trump, in fact, has a great deal of charisma. This explains why Trump, a mere property billionaire (hundreds of US billionaires being richer) has been a high profile TV personality, supermodel marrying, success story, for decades. To many Americans Trump is the anti-establishment, unpredictable, equivalent of Ned Kelly or Robin Hood. Trump is brilliant at creating a catchy public persona. Checkout this Youtube supporting my points http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FLo14GMYos Posted by plantagenet, Friday, 13 December 2019 10:45:31 AM
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Trump's election was a massive protest vote of biblical proportions!
The fact that he may have the morals of an alleycat, doesn't make him unfit for office. Many powerful men have used their position and wealth to satisfy an enormous sex drive? What should render him unfit is his perceived links with Putin and the way he seems to have abused the trappings of office. And seemingly refused to provide lawfully required documentation. Be on his dealings with foreign dignities or his tax file. It's easy for some pro-Trump activists to waffle on about the lack of evidence when that same evidence witnesses and witness statements are, I believe, selectively withheld? Alan B. Posted by Alan B., Friday, 13 December 2019 11:17:47 AM
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biggest misuse of power in America's history. That is the democrats, lying liberal media, feminist, professors, Hollywood deviants corrupt Comey and fbi. Chickens are coming home to roost. Lovely to watch.
Also great to see the deviant undemocratic elite smashed in today's UK election. The people have spoken like in the US and the media, Marxist and deviants hate it. Get over it. btw how are power prices going in the US and record low unemployment. Don't the deviants hate Trump showing how corrupt and incompetent his predecessors were. 2020 looking good! Posted by runner, Friday, 13 December 2019 2:49:11 PM
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Alan, you are at it again “What should render him unfit is his perceived links with Putin and the way he seems to have abused the trappings of office.”
Perceived, no evidence, no proof, just more rumours. The Mueller report failed to find anything despite the best efforts of the authors corrupt and highly biased results. Also, Law Professor John Turley has noted, following the release of the just published IG investigation, that “Despite this shockingly damning report, much of the media is reporting only that Horowitz did not find it unreasonable to start the investigation, and ignoring a litany of false representations and falsifications of evidence to keep the secret investigation going. Nothing was found to support any of those allegations, and special counsel Robert Mueller also confirmed there was no support for collusion and conspiracy allegations repeated continuously for two years by many experts and members of Congress.” And more, “ Particularly damning in Horowitz’s report was the revelation that the FBI kept the “Russia investigation” going well after countervailing and exculpatory evidence clearly showed that, in the unforgettable words of one senior FBI official, Peter Strzok, there was “no there there.” “FBI investigators kept running through STOP signs in hot pursuit of a needed, but ever elusive, credible predicate. Page 186 of the Horowitz report calls attention to one of the most obvious STOP signs FBI sleuths should have heeded; namely, the fact that the FBI learned in January 2017 that the primary sub-source for Christopher Steele’s “dossier” disavowed it as misstated and exaggerated — basically rumor and speculation. No problem: the FBI investigation continued.” Use facts Alan, otherwise you just sound stupid. Posted by Galen, Saturday, 14 December 2019 12:36:42 AM
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'The President's job is a management job."'
This is why Jame's Burnham's 1945 book' The Managerial Revolution' and his description of today's Managerial Elites rings true. His later book from 1949, 'The Machiavellians', is even more accurate. He predicted the uniting of the working people and the Entrepeunerial Class to elect a leader who would undo the Managerial Elites. The Elites and their spruikers are managers. Trump isn't a manager: he's a leader. His leadership display is trumping the managers and they have no alternative. Have any of you seen Bloomberg speaking? Boring is a mild description. Posted by imajulianutter, Saturday, 14 December 2019 7:38:17 AM
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In my personal opinion it smacks of very poor taste indeed when those who benefit the most from the Public Purse, attack the ones who manage to fill the coffers !
Posted by individual, Saturday, 14 December 2019 8:36:58 AM
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Trump was elected the establishment and ted because the voters had had an absolute gutful of bogus applicants interested only in the wielding of power and the same old, same old.
His election and that of Morrison and Johnson, more of a protest vote from folk forever taken for granted by a mendacious and diabolically disingenuous establishment! And a protest vote by the eternally disgruntled, lied to, and sure to grow from here along with the carefully cultivated and destructive division by partisan, do nothing real, blame-shifting, treacherous, Benedict Arnold, politicians. Whose real legacy will remain how far they've sold their alleged constituents down the river!? Consequently, I don't believe Trump will be very much harmed by the machiavellian mechanisations of conflicted democrats? The democrats would be better served by a new deal and authenticity! As would labor here and in the old dart! And not there yet on either example or count! Alan B. Posted by Alan B., Saturday, 14 December 2019 9:27:49 AM
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Contrary to one poster's aggressive assertions, one doesn't need proven facts to express a cogent persuasive opinion. Anyone who demands otherwise is actually, very stupid!
Galen: Better the world should believe you are a fool than open your mouth to remove all doubt. Y'all have a nice day now y'hear. Alan B. Posted by Alan B., Saturday, 14 December 2019 9:41:25 AM
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Alan, you have again proved my case in point.
Counter my facts with yours if you have any or do the right thing and admit you have no clue. A classic case of put up or shut up. No gold star for you! Posted by Galen, Saturday, 14 December 2019 10:15:45 AM
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Hi Galan
Your summations of the shortcomings of Mueller and Horowitz were very accurate. However you did miss one important point with Inspector General, Horowitz. It was claimed he said there was no bias, particularly by Comey (Liar: Numero Uno.) Horowitz later clarified that claim when he said he found no documentary evidence of bias, which in my opinion would be nigh on impossible to obtain, and that when he questioned FBI operatives about bias, ALL denied any bias. Well they would say that wouldn't they. Horowitz was not looking at criminality and had no power to lay charges. The other DOJ investigation, by Barr and Durham, is the much wider official DOJ investigation of the origins of the Russian 'interference' and is a criminal investigation. Charges can and are likely to be laid after its completion. I expect that to be presented much closer to the next Congressional and Presidential elections. It will expose an horrendous conspiracy. The result will be mass sackings and arrests. It serves, them right. Them? All the managerial elites in the deep state of the MS media, the State and Federal bureaucracy, state and federal education departments and institutions, universities etc, and politics, It will include Mueller, Horowitz and anyone else identified in downplaying the roles played by the deep state idiots. Posted by imajulianutter, Saturday, 14 December 2019 12:52:30 PM
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A President stonewalling congress the way this one has, may have n case to answer? However, if he has, then the evidence should be garner along with witness statements, and the chips allowed to fall where they may.
A trump friendly will ensure the Jury is loaded with friends who will find him, innocent, regardless of however compelling the evidence, witness statements. And any whistleblowers will find their positions untenable their accounts frozen etc. This man is Teflon coated and we may have t wait until he dies before he and his also temporary ilk will ever be held to account. America has the finest democracy money can buy. However, A benign dictatorship would likely be less corrupt? I'll bet the founding fathers would turn in their graves if they could see the "land of the free" now!? Alan B. Posted by Alan B., Sunday, 15 December 2019 10:56:19 AM
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Interesting isn't it, that all lefties haste trump, I wonder why.
Could it be they are terrified at what he is likely to expose? Posted by Hasbeen, Sunday, 15 December 2019 11:12:05 AM
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the founding fathers would turn in their graves if they could see the "land of the free" now!?
Alan B, yeah, the Lefties have a lot to answer for ! I would not be at all surprised if the Impeachment movement will back-peddle once they realise that they're actually exposing their own hate mentality ! Posted by individual, Sunday, 15 December 2019 4:20:43 PM
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If one wishes to lose friends in this world, speak up for Trump.
And that advise from one that doesn't vote, doesn't read newspapers, has no television and no radio. Only a radiohead. I've been treated as a creep, and feel like a weirdo... http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk But I remember the revelations clearly, Obama is homosexual, Michelle a tranvestite and their children adopted. The Clintons are pedophiles. So who are the creeps? Dan Posted by diver dan, Monday, 16 December 2019 7:34:47 PM
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He has no need for money but the Left cannot but see venality, the coin of the left. He has been a breath of fresh air which destroyed the "stitch up" that would have cemented the "endarkenment" of the transition from Obama to the evil Clinton.
Posted by McCackie, Saturday, 28 December 2019 5:06:21 AM
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