lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

I'm still hearing stuff about how Obama and Hillary Clinton screwed up, offered in defense of Donald Trump. Unless something happened while I was napping, neither of those two are President, so wh**ever those two did ( or didn't do ), bears no relevance to wh**ever issues Trump is facing. I'm sure the Donald would have preferred that Obama had fixed everything, so his most critical decisions would be between the cheeseburger and the burrito. Then again, if there were no stuff to fix, he'd have nothing to take credit for.

To an outside observer, it would appear that Trump beamed down to planet earth in 2015 to announce his candidacy for President, since the previous 70 years of his life has been ignored, well, ignored by his supporters anyway. I mean, the guy was a lifelong Democrat, until deciding to run for President. On that day, he morphed into the Republicans Republican, the conservatives conservative, all without going to Republican or conservative school to learn the ropes. That kinda makes sense though, since on the day of his announcement, he also became an expert on immigration policy, trade and trade policy, the law and the Constitution, foreign policy, governmental operations, military tactics and strategy, and pretty much an expert on everything. Forget the fact that during the preceding 70 years, his only experience in Government was the greasing of the appropriate palms to get stuff he wanted, just like the 1000's of other business type personnel.

I don't get how someone who never hobnobbed with normal folk, you know, average Americans, could become an expert on what those Americans wanted and needed, virtually overnight. No one will believe that Trump studied the issue, dozing off during briefings kinda belies the aptitude for study, and given that he makes up history as he goes along, certainly points to an allergy to books, papers and other media types. To be fair, when you're convinced that everything you do is brilliant and done better than anyone ever has in the whole history of the world, what need to study anything? Perfection is guaranteed just by being you!

Flynn lied, Manafort lied, Sessions lied, Kushner lied, Pence lied, many others lied, and Trump lies nearly on a daily basis, yet those who point out those lies are unpatriotic. Hell, Kushner was allowed to modify his security clearance application FIVE TIMES and STILL left out some stuff, and STILL gets a security clearance anyway. Why bother going through the motions anymore? Those who dare to say "WTF are you doing?" about some of the crazy stuff Trump has done, are RHINO's at best, t*****rs at worst. What I don't get is, some of the folks calling out anyone and everyone who questions the Donald.............are the same people who questioned Obama...............about everything. Are they saying it's only ok to question the President, when it's not THIER President?

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

You were right until the second sentence. You were back-assward from that point on.

rafterman Loc: South Florida

Crown Prince Obama did nothing about Syria; nothing about South Korea; agreed to a bad Paris environmental program; paid off Iran with billions as if he was being blackmailed; did nothing for b****s; set race relations back two generations. President Trump has done something positive with the intention of improving or eliminating all of the above in a constructive manner. I think it’s time President Trump forgets about blaming the incompetent Obama because most people understand how ineffectual Obama really was and that Trump inherited some bad stuff.
Obama said there is a new normal and that we should expect a 2% annual growth in GDP Trump removed regulations and changed the tax code which has led some pundits to predict that we’re headed toward a 3.5% while others even as far as 4% GDP. Obama was willing to settle for status quo, not seeing and projecting the greatness in the American people, while Trump is willing to push the envelope and sees the greatness in the American people and lays the groundwork for Americans to succeed.
Criticizing or questioning Obama was met with being labeled by Democrats as a N**i, F*****t, or misogynist, but mainly a r****t. Criticizing or questioning Trump, Democrats call you a hero.
Pundits said that Trump was unprepared for (and outfoxed by) Putin at Helsinki; but the pundits said the same thing when JFK had a summit with Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna after the disaster of the U.S. led Bay of Pigs https://www.history.com/news/kennedy-krushchev-vienna-summit-meeting-1961 in 1961. Khrushchev said, “thought that anyone who was so young and inexperienced as to get into the amess [i.e., the Bay of Pigs] could be taken,”. Yet, the young JFK stared down Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cuban-missile-crisis. As a vigorous supporter of Trump, I disagree with him bringing Putin to the Whitehouse before the November e******n cycle. On the other hand, I believe in keeping your friends close, but your enemy’s closer. So, after the e******n cycle, bring him on. Make sure the never-Trumper’s, the RHINO’s, and the looney leaning Democrats (and their two affirmed Socialist as well as Pocahontas) muster at the gates of the Whitehouse in protest of the visit. Like JFK, Trump will stare in the eye of the (supposed) Tiger.
Lastly, Trump saw the light and changed from being a lifelong Democrat because he saw that it was the party of intentions rather than outcomes and substance, no conscience, no debate, no original ideas, open borders, accept no criticism and speak only from prescribed talking points – and always think they know what is best for everyone else and tell you aren’t good enough. So, he did the only thing he could; he joined the party of ideas, who debate their ideas openly (and often disagree) within themselves; closed borders; never have scripted talking points and in fact you’d think they were always at war with one another; and believe in small government, strong military and lower taxes – and how you get there is via the path best for everyone.