Seconded.
Yeah, this time tomorrow he’s going to be the President, whether I like it or not. I might try to find a “My President is Zaphod Beeblebrox” bumper sticker for my car, but that’s a joke, son.
But am I going to give him a ‘honeymoon’ period? Hell, no. I’m gonna keep on calling my Congresscritters over everything that seems worth calling them about, for instance. I’m gonna make sure they know I oppose most of his Cabinet nominees and most of the GOP policy proposals from the get-go.
Yes, I have never been one to say - even of those who lived in the White House and disgusted or appalled me - “He’s not my President.” We only have one President at a time, and although I yearn for the day when Trump won’t be the incumbent, as long as he is, he will be my President, however much it sticks in my craw.
I’m not only 100% with the protesters, I’m protesting with them. That has nothing to do with “validity” of the results – come on, he was put into power by Putin and the Republican Lie Machine, how valid can that really be? It doesn’t matter how valid it is – now.
I heard that Fox has a “news” show that they call Outnumbered. They adopted that name before the election results, yes?
I’m still not sure what “giving him a chance” means. I believe he won the presidency in a democratic election and I believe he has the authority to fulfill the responsibilities of that office for the next 4 years. Do I expect his policies to benefit this country? No, but what does that matter?
Do I believe he is a “legitimate” president? Depends on the definition of legitimate. I believe his campaign was filled with propaganda and false promises, but every campaign has this to some degree, Trump just took it to a ridiculous extreme. If people believe the lies and choose to vote for him, that’s part of the flawed democratic system we have.
Is “giving him a chance” a mindset of fairness? Like when Trump does something good or beneficial I acknowledge it and recognize it? Yes, sure. I have publicly agreed with one policy idea of his, import tariffs on goods produced overseas. I’m not holding my breath waiting for that to actually happen though, I expect it’s just more propaganda. I also have him a chance when he claimed during his acceptance speech that he favored infrastructure improvement projects. Sounds good to me! Then it turns out all he actually wants to do is incentivize private companies who work on govt projects. I struggle to see how that will help increase the infrastructure projects. I suppose it will allow the companies to lower their bids a bit? Not what I was hoping for. So I gave him a chance and was let down. How many more do I keep giving him?
I’m not sure how long his “chance” should go on. In today’s news, Trump has named 29 nominees for approval… out of 690 slots to be filled by appointment.
I expect nothing in the way of statesmanship or good judgment from Trump, so I won’t be disappointed. What I’m hoping is that a sufficient number of people will work together to keep Trump from actually doing anything too insane.
I’d like to give the Trump a chance
And tell him jokes and stuff
Then pull his pants down to his shoes
And chase him through the rough
I’d tie him up with bonds and straps
And check his pants for change
Then leave him out at Moose Grin Hall
With our cousin who’s deranged
Stolen and modified from Michael O’Donahue
Are you referring to the Republican House, or the Republican Senate?
Would you like a pony, too?
Sure.
Can we hope that even Republican stalwarts who have legitimately made it to a Senate or Congressional seat aren’t all marching morons? I think so. There’s party solidarity, and there’s… something between lunacy and treason. I hope that the rest of government can tell the difference.
Trump has had decades of chances. Seventy year old men don’t tend to undergo major personality changes, outside of neurological problems. A snarkier response is he’s entitled to as many chances from the left as the right gave Obama.
…and has already received more than his share.
I hear an awful lot of footsteps.
I think it’s interesting that people take “not MY President!” so literally. I think very few people mean it that way (birthers in Obama’s case, Russians-hacked-the-voting-machines theorists in Trump’s.)
It’s figurative most of the time, right? Meaning something like “I’m ashamed of and disavow him as my elected leader.” Possibly with some seasoning like “unqualified,” “illegitimate,” and so on.
A mother who says “You’re not my son!” is not speaking literally. She means something else. Talking to her about sperm, eggs, and uteruses (uteri?) is missing the point.
I’m perfectly comfortable saying that in many ways I don’t consider Trump my president, while admitting that he is OUR president. He won the election fair and square on a basic level (probably), but he did so in a way I consider very undemocratic, probably with the help of a hostile foreign power, and has shown stunnning incompetence even before taking the job.
You can disagree with me, but don’t try to tell me that “not my president” is factually wrong. That’s like using a biology textbook to prove my teenage niece is not a pig - you missed the point.
Based on the 29, maybe it would be better if he doesn’t fill the rest. Let the underlings do the work and hopefully he won’t notice.
What does this question even mean? I’m just gonna keep living my life, the same as I would regardless of who gets elected president.
Fill the positions with goldendoodles. He’ll approve, because “gold”. The dems will approve, because they won’t be doing harm, and the public will approve, because, well, doodles!
Maybe a slightly more radioactive life, but living life nonetheless.
It means that he should never be criticized. Never, ever. If you criticize anything he does, you are “failing to give him a chance.”
“Will you give Donald Trump a chance?” differs not at all, for me, from the question “will you give Charles Manson a chance? Come on, he deserves a chance! Why won’t you give him a chance???” I’ll tell you why: he is what he is and what he is, is not good.
And no President is, or ever should be, immune from criticism.
God doesn’t exist. And if He did, your position means that God ordained the Holocaust. In other words, the God you’re submitting to is a fucking asshole.
There are enough assholes with temporal power, like Trump. We don’t need to make some up. Will I give him a chance? If he ever decides to do anything laudable, I will laud it. I’m fairly certain that on balance, he will make the world a worse place.
Are you “not in the US” by being in DC?