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user-inactivated  ·  2715 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: President Donald Trump.

I have a few questions about the assertions.

    While I’m still unsure about Trump myself, we at least know politically he’s actually a New York Democrat in Republican clothing (this is why the Republican establishment rejected him).

This, and not, say, his abhorrent comments caught on tape and reported actions?

    You also need to consider Donald Trump just overthrew a group of political elites who have been ruling this country for decades. He just beat the political establishment singlehandedly.

Demagogues have pushed nations into actions the people've regretted before. Change is good, but what is the price you guys will have to pay for it? Sounds like millions of people have picked the wrong side of the Coke dilemma: they may have felt good for a bit now, but soon there will be a belly, loss of breath and physical incapability.

Is there a reason to laude Trump at any point? A hope for him a good president hangs on a thread so thin it might as well break, since it's made of nothing but wishful thinking. If there's any indication to what he's going to do, it's the stuff he's done so far. The question is: has he done enough good to outweigh the bad?