These orders he's signed... are they somehow different from the ones Obama signed to institute, for example, Obamacare? Is Trump using magic ink, or magic paper, or some other ugely invincible force?

Trump isn't going to effect lasting change. He will put his mark on his tenure, same as everyone who went before him, same as anyone who went after him.

While you are busy sneering at anyone who is critical of Trump, you seem to have stopped paying attention to the fact that he isn't as all powerful as you seem to think he is.

So far, he's done nothing other than generate noise himself. The public will eventually grow tired of that.

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If everyone you know agrees with you consistently, they are either not listening, or not capable of critical thought.

No, I can't imagine what was holding them back...

communist as well?

I can hardly wait for the Academy Awards this year.

So is Trump a dictator or not? Would you make up your mind?

The US is not structured for dictatorship, and couldn't practically be overtaken by fascists. We have checks and balances, as you just saw. A judge can hold back the implementation of some parts executive orders.

Executive Orders do not provide long lasting changes. The passing of congressional legislation, constitutional amendments, and Supreme Court justice appoints are what bring lasting change.

He just finished Week 1 with no cabinet. With a cabinet, his firepower increases exponentially.

Common sense and guts are not in short supply in Israel - US and EU not doing so well on either score.

You must be one of them which reads only the last page of a book

Do you even read what you post, or do you just assume any headline you like means "I WIN!"?

The stay was a partial stay. It didn't stop the entire order. That was clear from the start. From the article you just posted, Another article here. The legal challenges are just starting, I think.

So no, Trump is not above the law.

I didn't support Trump - I think he's a liar and bereft of honour. Having said all that I do believe he cares much more deeply about his country and the welfare of his citzens than Angela Merkel and will serve them better.

I'm astonished he's been able to survive Russian prostitute pee gate , get started on the wall and move on extreme vetting within one week. You really think that's just noise ??

I never said he was. I'm not the one who thinks he's Hitler here

We'll see what happens. In the meantime, there's no need to be a sore loser.

Where on earth do you get the idea that I think Trump is a dictator? I don't doubt in the least that he would prefer to be a dictator, I suspect that if nothing were to stand in his way he would become a dictator, but as you point out... there is that whole checks and balances thing.

Until now, Trump has been ruler of Trumpville, he's only had to concern himself with cheques and balances.

All he had to do to finish the first week was keep breathing. Even with a cabinet, his "firepower" remains limited by the checks and balances.

He is "just" a president. Time will tell.

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If everyone you know agrees with you consistently, they are either not listening, or not capable of critical thought.

Maybe I confused with some of the more hysterical ones, maybe. Just maybe.

Indeed he is filling the Govt. with family and cronies, replacing the swamp with the quagmire

And in doing so, you responded with precisely the kind of hysteria which you claim to eschew.

Bravo. If you can't respond to the question, change the subject.

You mean the young’uns like the 70 year old Trump or his Cabinet who average 62?

It seems DB is correct and you pull your sentences from where the sun does not shine

FTFY.

Sorry what were you saying about reading books?

Why did you not mention that they are already starting to back down after this court ruling?

From your link

"Sore Loser" you mean the man who said "my inauguration crowd was the biggest ever" in the face of all the evidence showing the opposite?
Or the man who said I lost the popular vote because 3 million illegals voted for Hillary; also in the face of all the evidence showing the opposite?

Trump and DHS do not seem to be backing down, rather doubling down.

The court order was for those affected by how ICE went hung-ho in implementing the executive order. Contrary to the hystericals, the objective of the Executive Order is NOT to bar Muslims from entering the country. It is to implement an accountable process for vetting those who will be coming in.

Once there is a reliable way of vetting, and those coming in are trackable, the process will be re-opened.

Hypocritically, the Europeans who are criticising the US now will likely ask for use of the same vetting process the US develops. :roll eyes: That kind of spinelessness is how European leaders have always behaved. I'd like to see Trump kick Juncker's ass.

Petition to withdraw the offer of a State Visit to Trump has reached 350,000.

"Calls are being made to cancel a proposed state visit to the UK by President Trump after he issued an executive order clamping down on immigration to the US."

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38788388

Say Trump doesn't want to meet Prince Charles. I'm not surprised given his stance on climate change. Would love to know what Prince Philip has been saying about Trump.