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What does the future hold for Donald Trump? - threadbans in OP

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,770 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    They can't think about it and come to their senses because they've invested too much of themselves in Trump over the last few years that to actually analyse what it means to be a Trump fan in 2023 would be far too much for them. The loss of face is too catastrophic potentially. So instead they employ an elaborate series of coping mechanisms, which have been largely manufactured for them, up to and including a bizarre conspiracy belief that Biden has somehow cheated Trump out of the Presidency and orchestrated a massive attempt to use the DOJ against him.

    I've said it before, but it's worth repeating. I find it difficult to imagine anything sadder and more deluded than a Trump fan in 2023, after everything that has transpired.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,644 ✭✭✭swampgas


    It's a bit like the quote about how hard it is to get someone to understand something when their paycheck depends on them not doing so.

    In this case it seems a lot of the Trump/MAGA people have their sense of identity tied to a weird, cult-like set of views that often involve hatred of anything LGBT, anything "socialist", and especially a hatred of "clever" people, liberal intellectuals, who they feel sneer at them and call them "deplorables".

    They're not looking at the facts. They can't afford to. If Trump is wrong, they don't want to know, because they feel like Trump is a kindred spirit.

    They would rather burn the whole democratic system down, and replace it with dictator Trump, because they don't feel included in mainstream society and they don't feel that democracy supports them. There are always a few cranks that feel this way, what is concerning is just how many Americans are disillusioned to this level. Probably partly due to massive inequality and a very polarised society.



  • Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    You're wrong.

    I've already said that it would have been my preference had Trump not run, the same position I hold with Biden. Neither are optimum presidential candidates. I am therefore a fan of neither. But I can still recognise that there is a clear attempt to destroy Trump's electoral prospects in the lead-up to the next general election; to make it as difficult and damaging as possible. You don't need to like Trump to acknowledge this obvious reality. It wouldn't surprise me that at some stage in the future, details emerge that expose the nature of the orchestrated attempt -- in the same way that the conspiracy smears with Russian collusion turned out to be false. There is a history of false allegations, smears, and lies. If it wasn't Trump but some other benign character, I don't believe we would be seeing the same kind of attempt.

    Nor am I defending everything Trump has said or done. Nor am I saying Trump has done everything right and proper.

    I'm saying that Trump is being targeted in a way that no other presidential candidate would receive. Even some Democrat voices are saying this is the wrong approach to be taking with Trump.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,938 ✭✭✭eightieschewbaccy


    Only recently you were attacking the credibility of the woman he raped... He's facing consequences for his actions which you don't seem to like and let's be realistic, your politics very much so aligns with him....

    Saying "some democrats say" doesn't really mean a whole lot, a former president shouldn't be free from prosecution for his actions just cause he's running again. And the extent of what he did while on office in an effort to corrupt an election has no historical comparison, it's unprecedented. So consequences might dissuade future presidents from behaving as he has.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 36,711 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Trump has acted in a way that no other Presidential candidate has, and he has brought many of the investigations against him on himself through obstruction and wilfull defiance.

    The only way charges could be brought against Trump is if there was sufficient evidence against Trump to warrant those charges. There is clear and ample evidence of Trump breaking the law.

    He is not being targeted. He is being held to account in accordance with the law.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,876 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    "that there is a clear attempt to destroy Trump's electoral prospects in the lead-up to the next general election"


    Or.... And hold with me now...


    "He did a lot of illegal sh1t and is now facing the consequences".


    Consider the latter.

    Elect a clown... Expect a circus



  • Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    We heard the same arguments for 3-4 years about Russian collusion.

    That was also thrown around with impunity as if it were the complete and total truth, and anyone sceptical of the collusion conspiracy -- like me -- was called every name under the sun. I turned out to be right.

    I don't believe for one second that it's a coincidence that everything is being thrown at Trump just 1 year before the next election. That timing is way, way, way too convenient.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,938 ✭✭✭eightieschewbaccy


    These have been ongoing investigations since he left office... You'd be saying this whatever the timeframe was. He behaved criminally.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,042 ✭✭✭Hoop66


    "If it wasn't Trump but some other benign character, I don't believe we would be seeing the same kind of attempt."


    Would some other benign character have stolen classified documents? Would some other benign character have attempted to subvert the democratic process?

    If this "character" had done those things they could not be described as benign.

    Trump has been indicted for the alleged commission of crimes and is being held accountable via the same legal process that anyone else in the US would be. To paint this as a "clear attempt to destroy Trump's electoral prospects" is disingenuous at best.



  • Moderators, Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 17,289 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quin_Dub


    conspiracy smears with Russian collusion turned out to be false.

    No, no they didn't.

    Durham didn't find that at all. In fact Durham found NOTHING of consequence whatsoever.

    And the involvement of the Russians in the 2016 election is an absolute fact , as is the fact that Trumps campaign team were sharing information with Russian spies.

    Those are FACTS , not "false allegations".

    What "Democrat voices are saying this is the wrong approach"??



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,876 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    You were not right.

    Collusion was a word put forth by Trump, and it not, in and of itself, a crime.

    There was however coordination between trump's campaign and Russia, the details of which were set forth in detail in the Mueller Report.


    PS - there were also multiple charges of obstruction of justice set out by Mueller, which showed how hard Trump et Al fought the investigation. Why would he do that if there was no "there there"?

    ------


    As for the timing, do you suffer from memory loss?

    Throughout Trump's campaign and indeed before it, he carried out certain acts. When there were charges being contemplated, he went to court to seek a declaration that he was immune from prosecution, civil and criminal, and even went so far as to claim that he could not even be investigated, nevermind charged.

    Therefore, as a result of these *facts* and at his insistence, he wasn't.

    He is no longer president, and therefore he is now being charged.

    Facts are stubborn things.

    Post edited by everlast75 on

    Elect a clown... Expect a circus



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,770 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,474 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    There's clear and obvious evidence of crimes committed by Trump. What do you think the right approach would be, if this is the wrong one? Pretend like they never happened? What sort of precedence would that set? It would give everyone occupying the Presidency in the future a free reign to do whatever they want with no consequences.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,240 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    I dont need to provoke outraged responses.

    Half serious discussion ?

    Discussion: The action or process of talking about something in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas.

    The exchange of ideas should be welcomed, instead anyone who doesnt agree that Trump is the devil incarnate is labelled a conspiracy theorist, Trumpster drivel, or trolling.

    Not one poster has agreed with the ABC News poll I posted here last week that said 47% of Americans believed that the charges against Trump were politically motivated.

    These people are all conspiracy theorists are they ? Or hair brained poorly educated with brain rot or perhaps sectioned ?

    I have already said I dont want Trump to rerun for election, and I said he is unhinged, yet I'm accused of being a Trump supporter.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,042 ✭✭✭Hoop66


    Just because your main interaction with the thread is to come in with link dumps that - you hope - paint Trump in a positive light?

    Why on *earth* would people think someone who does that is a Trump supporter? Madness.



  • Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    It's not about "support".

    It's about taking a step back, putting partisan preferences to one side, and assessing the subject from a more objective standpoint.

    Saying something that doesn't align with your perspective of Trump doesn't make that person a "supporter" of Trump.

    It's a crazy type of "you're either with us or against us" mentality.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,665 ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    As I remember, you just posted the number and expected us to accept it unquestioned.

    You can post all the pro-Trump stuff you want but the constant low effort digs and the victim narrative aren't going to convince anyone.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,665 ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    As I remember, you just posted the number and expected us to accept it unquestioned.

    You can post all the pro-Trump stuff you want but the constant low effort digs and the victim narrative aren't going to convince anyone.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,938 ✭✭✭eightieschewbaccy


    So he should not be subject to prosecution cause he's running... That's what it amounts to and sets a dangerous precedence on what a president can get away with.



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  • Moderators, Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 17,289 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quin_Dub


    Whilst 47% may believe the charges are politically motivated - And let's be fair of course there's a political element , a Republican appointed AG wouldn't go after Trump no matter what he did so the fact that the charges are being brought under a Democrat administration isn't exactly a coincidence.

    Trump has absolutely done things worthy of charges being brought , however only Democrats would have the political will to level those charges.

    48% of people believe that it is correct that he should be charged , including 45% of Independents.

    90% of Democrats and 70% of Independents consider the charges to be serious.

    If you remove Republican voters from the mix , the rest of the country overwhelmingly support charges being brought.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Not one poster has agreed with the ABC News poll I posted here last week that said 47% of Americans believed that the charges against Trump were politically motivated.

    These people are all conspiracy theorists are they ? Or hair brained poorly educated with brain rot or perhaps sectioned ?

    40% of Americans believe in creationism

    Do you "agree with this poll?" lol

    Yes hare brained and poorly educated with brain rot is a reasonable conclusion for these alleged ~47% folks.

    This poll of yours doesn't evidence the prosecutions are politically motivated, nor does it demonstrate how you come to believe it is politically motivated. If this is your whole modus operandi for explaining why you think it is politically motivated all you're really saying is you have no idea, but other people are saying it, and you're just going along with a bandwagon.

    Can you or any of the 47% actually demonstrate how and why you think it is politically motivated, like really? Please demonstrate the length and breadth of this conspiracy theory - did the Democrats knock out John Eastman on a plane, incept his dreams for a feature length amount of time and plant the idea of a seditionist coup in his mind? When did the political motivation start and what does it take the form of?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,592 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    It's not about "support".

    It's about taking a step back, putting partisan preferences to one side, and assessing the subject from a more objective standpoint.

    Saying something that doesn't align with your perspective of Trump doesn't make that person a "supporter" of Trump.

    It's a crazy type of "you're either with us or against us" mentality.

    Given that he is running for the highest office in the US (Americans would say, in the world) and you believe he is unhinged, why are you defending him? Can you be proactive rather than reactive, give us a reasoned argument why we should even consider him an option for president?

    There is nothing partisan about my arguments, I don't care at all which party runs the US, if Trump had stood as a Democrat and behaved the way he has I would still be of the same opinion about him.

    I have asked before, when he was first elected, if there was anything, anything at all, to be said for him as a President, and got no replies.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,960 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    It also sets a precedent for people to declare they are running for president and be immune to prosecution, even if someone actually believed this was a conspiracy to bring it to its logical conclusion declaring a presidential run would mean you can’t be prosecuted.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,474 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    That's basically the question that I put above, which obviously has gone unanswered. If there's clear and obvious evidence of crimes committed, those crimes should be investigated and a prosecution should be laid if there's enough evidence. Which is what's happened here. Not charging Trump would simply set the precedent that a President is above the law and can do whatever they like.



  • Moderators, Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 17,289 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quin_Dub




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    OH **** ANGELS ARE REAL?

    This changes my whole world view.

    ....or maybe polls aren't substitutes for evidence of facts. :O



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,236 ✭✭✭mcmoustache


    You haven't explained how this is a political prosecution. You haven't addressed any of the crimes that are publicly known and were committed in plain sight (refusing to return classified documents for example). You have merely asserted claims that this is some kind of witch-hunt. Anyone can assert anything but backing it up with a little bit of reality is beyond many and that appears to be the case with you too.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,876 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    On what basis do you expect anyone to believe you put "partisan preferences to one side"?

    Your refusal to engage with facts pointed out to you which contradict your statements, and consistent whataboutery when it comes to Trump's actions clearly demonstrate that you are not, in fact, putting any such preferences aside.

    If you want to convince others of your credibility, please address the facts which counter your assertions.

    And quit with the pearl clutching.

    Elect a clown... Expect a circus



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,240 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    Thats entirely it.

    You can post all the Anti-Trump stuff you want but the constant low effort digs arent going to convince anyone.

    As I remember it the poll was scoffed at because the link I posted was reported by Fox News.

    Then when I outlined that it was an ABC News poll and ABC News leans left and it was owned by Disney the discussion went off on a tangent about Disney being Woke and the people who said Disney were woke were racists and very bad people indeed.



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