43% isn't half, even if Spanky says it is

an unsuccessful deflection from having to deal with Spanky lying about the protests. Hint - they happened.

ok, if only 43% then it's fine

That's kinda the definition of "half". Half the voters are upper kind of people, the other half are lower.

And to answer this, to what end? pretend to be a supporter of a horrific person, a man so devoid of character that despite repeated challenges here no one can offer a single noble trait, a man described by those who worked closely with him as a moron, a racist, a collection of terrible traits. A man whose campaign rallies had him call for his supporters to 'beat the crap out of him'. Pretend to be a supporter of such a man and see if you get shunned? Pretend to be suckered by the most obvious lies and see if you get mocked? really?

I'll pass.

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/20...er-feud-latest
Yet another one from the classy president.

No, it can't be real. Seriously.

I’ll make it simple for you. Trump is a twat. But just a twat. He’s not Satan, he’s not Hitler, he’s not Daenerys. And he’s better than Hillary. He’s been President for 2.5 years and nothing too bad has happened. It’s a bit crazy that he became President but their economy is doing great. Somehow though, this is enough to send people like you utterly mental. There’s actual dictators out there you know.

Still, there are way worse people in the world who don't get such extreme reactions. For exampl,e where you could socially get away with being an Erdogan supporter, you can't with being a Trump supporter. That's weird.

Mesut Özil begs to differ.

Anyway, that's pretty lousy reasoning from yourself and Loz...what makes you think Reids doesn't also get animated about Erdogan, Bolsonaro etc?

We are in a thread about Trump, pretty much the most infamous man on the planet, whose visage saturates the media; of course we are going to talk about him more than Duterte, for example.

Open a thread on c*nts of the world if you want a bit of balance, this one is just about America's c*nt.

Are you happy to go with this then? The ends justify the means. The twat in question is riding a good economy he lucked into (and is in serious danger of crashing right about now), so all things being equal, you could put a tub of lard in at president and would have got the same results.

Shouldn't we expect a bit more from the leader of the free world, than just any random presence to fill the role?

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And somehow criticizing him is enough to send 'people like you' mental. Thank you for making it simple, I'm not too bright, but I am smart enough to realise I don't know shit so I pay attention to people who know more than I do, when historians talk of how much Stalin used the phrase 'Enemy of the people' I pay attention, when political authors document the parallels between the current US president and actual dictatorships I pay attention, and when people who survived the rise of Hitler in Nazi Germany say they are reminded of Nazi Germany, then I pay attention.

Indulging your normal whataboutery for a moment. Of course there are actual dictators, and the US president fawns over them and praises them and amidst declarations of love, wants to be one of them. But he's not, not yet.

The establishment of an autocratic regime is not heralded by a collective tut, and a resigned 'Tch, well that's us going to be a dictatorship soon!'

The claim of illegality requires solid proof.

An additional point is, the clear majority of the population doesn't serve in the military, let alone see action. Those who think it's important should swallow their own medicine and volunteer if they weren't drafted in the first place. Otherwise they just come across as hypocrits.

Really? Seeing whataboutery is now ok, wasn't Obama much more into fawning over dictators in China and Iran?

As Loz said, Trump is not perfect. In fact he's a monstrous twat with narcissim issues that will not be forgotten for generations to come. But so were many presidents before him. If you just think of all the elbowing and backstabbing you need to do to even get into a position where you can be considered suitable for the job, this should be clear. Let's just get real and stop the fearmongering.

Err, no. Are you sure you know what fawning means?

Care to give any examples of Obama fawning over either?

I await your answer of "but what about Hillary".

Trump will be gone after the next elections - unless of course the country again doesn't manage to come up with a single credible candidate. But then they get what they deserve.

No, no examples whatsoever. Only fake news.

I suspected as much.

Good.

But they di... oh, never mind.

Strange logic!

I was never a politician so by your logic if I criticise a politician then I am a hypocrite?