Trump would find that if HE were "moderately respectful", he'd have a lot more people (like myself) supporting him.......
I didn't like George W. Bush as president, but I supported him through his 8 years. He acted "respectful".
Trump is in many ways thinned skinned, impulsive, quick to anger and to seek revenge. Not good traits. I voted for his policies, not his personality. Because Hillary presented an equally bad choice due to her personal issues (e.g. lying, deceitful, untrustworthy, etc.).
I think that as Salena Zito (a journalist for the Wash Times) said. conservatives don't take Trump literally but they take him seriously (regarding his policies). Libs take him literally, but not seriously. I think this is an excellent observation. Conservatives overlooked all of his personal failings and elected him anyway.
So, we should take Trump's statements about nuclear arms buildup as "serious"????? I thought many conservatives rolled their eyes when he said this?
When Trump said deport 11 million illegals, libs took him literally, conservatives too him serious. Conservatives did not believe he would deport 11 million. But they knew he would stop or dramatically slow (you can't completely stop) illegal immigration across our southern border and with our broken visa system.
When Trump said that many Mexicans that comes across the border are drug dealers and rapists, libs took him literally believing that he meant all Mexicans fell into that category. Conservatives took him seriously and believed he would stop the flow of drugs and criminals into the country.
As for the nukes, we desperately need to upgrade our nuclear fleet. It is old and antiquated including the scientists involved in the program. Our nuclear fleet has been a great deterrent to war. Our entire foreign policy of detente (which changed under Reagan), was predicated on our nuclear capability.
Even Putin understand's Trump's comments:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/23/world/europe/vladimir-putin-russia-press-conference.html?_r=0
Tiger has made it known he is not a liberal. fyiI suspect Tiger is at least moderately liberal, but he has the grace to play golf with Trump today, although to be fair, Tiger does not generally involved himself in politics, which is smart for someone in his position. Why tick off half your potential customers of your courses and your accessories.
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/23/donald-trump-is-playing-golf-with-tiger-woods-today/
But that's like saying adding more guns to a gun fight will help establish a cease fire. Secondly, don't come out and say "hey world, we are going to build up our nuclear arsenal". If he wanted Putin to know, he could have just texted him since they are big buddies......
Tiger has made it known he is not a liberal. fyi
I have found your opinion to be pretty whacked so it doesn't mean a whole lot to me.But when he does speak on politics it is generally slightly left of center, imo.
I have found your opinion to be pretty whacked so it doesn't mean a whole lot to me.
On some subjects, he is aware of a larger impact and in that aspect might be a little left of center. But he has made it clear in the past his position on taxes, the economy, the military and what type of politician he prefers from an idealogy pov. And that is a conservative. Not right wing by any means though. And he is smart and doesn't let politics affect his professional life and has been friends and golfed with Clinton, both Bush's, Obama and Trump. Good for him.
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Talking to you has to be the most worthless thing in the world. I'm glad I don't do it often.