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Gail's avatar

Did I say I loved Trump? No, I didn’t. Matter of fact, if both parties imploded and a “ We The People” party of sanity , minus the ideological purity requisite loyalties formed, I’d be ecstatic. The requirements would be putting Americans first, loyalty to country and each other, the Constitution, and abolishing several agencencies, auditing and purging the rest,term limits, no perqs or qualified immunity for politicians, bureaucrats , forced retirement, no lobbying, NGOs,no more insane interventions, the ability to fire federal employees, no unions within the federal government, a flat tax, abolishing the UN or at the very least, withdrawing from it altogether. We need a representative government, not an “ Us vs Them”.

Trump is not the answer. Biden is not the answer. And Trump has been sabotaged, but it has been from every facet and he stoked much of it with his lousy judgment in appointments, rhetoric, ad hominem attacks and lack of impulse control. The stupid tweets, nicknames and instead of draining the Swamp, expanding it.

Regardless, his personality isn’t a criminal offense. He hasn’t committed any crimes, but he has been the victim of crimes committed by an increasingly corrupt, weaponized , terrifying entity that is a leviathan of authoritarian terror. It’s long been toxic and corrupt, but now there is no way to fight back

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Kaan Ustun's avatar

Hi Gail...Again, I agree with most of your views and assessment...BOTH PARTIES are corrupt to varying degrees, IMO...Putting ALL AMERICANS FIRST, agreed...Helping the most in difficulties while having a PROGRESSIVE TAX CODE (Richer people can afford to pay more & no more Tax Breaks for Stadiums, Oil Companies, etc) BUT again...One question...HOW DO YOU KNOW that Trump hasn't committed any crimes ? Were you present at the WH for his presidency ? Were you the meetings ? Who do you believe ? And Why ? Why believe one newspaper/website/podcast over another ? What are your sources ? Would love to know so I can understand your thought process...Best !

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Confucius cypress's avatar

Well for 6 years they investigated him. They spent nearly 100 million dollars investigating him and couldn't indict him on one thing Kaan . It is also fact now that they actively tried to remove him from office(Russia gate). So while the diehard trump haters hold on to hope from the mar a Lago raid, the smart money is on betting on the fact this is again........purely political to try and spin the mid terms. I mean why else the timing? He's had these docs for 18 months.

I hope this helps and if trump wins the nomination, I look forward to your vote in 2024.

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Kaan Ustun's avatar

Thank You Confucius Cypress, it does help...BUT my question remains the same...How do you know that 100 Million Dollars was spent investigating him ? How do you know "as a fact" that they (who is THEY) tried to remove him from office ? Also, isn't everything in politics by definition political ? I mean, while Trump was in office, didn't he want to go after his enemies, draining the swamp, kicking out immigrants, separating the children from their parents (or is that also a Media fabrication, if so, how do you know that it is, were you at the borer to witness it for yourself?), and as for the 18 months, why didn't he give them earlier to avoid this "political stunt" as you say ? Also, thank you for asking for my vote, but I look forward to yours for BIDEN/WARREN/BERNIE/POLIS/BUTTIGIEG/ HARRIS/CASTRO/O'ROURKE/AOC 2024 !

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Confucius cypress's avatar

Lol. I really thought you were seriously on the fence. This is a lot of so since you are a taibbi.substack please re read his last 10 pieces. Also I refer you to Sasha stones substack "how joe biden lost my vote". If you're serious.

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Skeptical Faith's avatar

Are you serious?! Trump and his associates have been investigated to death. If anything, I now believe that Trump is the most HONEST President we’ve had in my life.

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Kaan Ustun's avatar

Thank you for clarifying that point...(Sarcasm added) But again, NONE OF US were there to be a part of the investigations and read the documents, or have you ? Also, THE MOST HONEST...Great use of hyperbole but I would have gone with "THE GREATEST BESTEST MIGHTIEST HONESTEST MANNESTEST" President in ANYONE's LIFETIME EVER ! I mean why stop in just this lifetime...Also, again, how do you know ? As Michael Cohen famously once asked about polling in 2016, "Who says ?" You ? Fox News ? Newsmax ? OANN ? Ben Shapiro ? Ann Coulter ? The GOP ? His Sons ? His Daughter ? His workers at MAL ? The Contractors ? Please let me know your sources for your thoughts, SERIOUSLY...And what are your thoughts on Clinton ? Obama ? Biden ? And why ? Again, none of us were there so...Just wondering...

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