Donald Trump the Megathread part II - threadbans and mod warnings in OP

Probably the best thing they could do would be to replace the VP with a strong candidate. Would temper a lot of the concerns.

Coup 2: electric boogaloo

The law is not an independent entity. It relies upon people to uphold and enact it. If you load enough Trump loyalists into the correct positions, the law doesn't actually matter whatsoever.

The politicisation of the US judiciary and in particular of the manner of it's appointments are playing a huge role in using populism to shape court benches.

There are IIRC about 20 States that run judicial elections, that puts quite a lot of local/state judicial power into the hands of explicitly political judges, vote chasing judges.

Now those elected judges aren't federal, federal judges are lifetime appointees. Selected by a President and confirmed by the senate. An inherently political process that leads to fractious delays at times, particularly with Supreme Court but, with many other appointments affected.

The lack of effective means of censure, ethics and plain old decent morality of much of the American federal benches is plainly political and is now being gamed, and very effectively so by the US right, think tanks and political donors are focusing as much on judicial appointments as they are on the WH and Capitol hill.

The need for non-partisan judicial appointments committee, for effective oversight and discipline of federal judges is imperative. Judges esp SCOTUS cannot credibly police and discipline themselves.

The SCOTUS decision in US v Trump undermines both the separation of powers insofar as it grants POTUS a cloak of immunity and in doing so, it grants imprimatur to POTUS being above the law.

In a country founded on the principles of no man being above the law, and in direct opposition to tyranny? It should chill the blood of anyone who holds true to those founding principles.

TLDR; SCOTUS screwed the pooch in an effort to make the Christo-fascist's imperfect vessel a pseudo king.

sigh, i guess you missed his entire UK elections episode then. it's brilliant. #cockwomble

Well they would have to fall into one, some or all of the three C categories (Cretin, Crazy, Cúnt). Going by what you read online from his supporters across various platforms, it is hard to argue that it isn't the case.

If you can't tell the difference between the two, I genuinely can't help you.

Objectively yes he is better, hes not a rapist, convicted felon, accused paedophile, failed businessman, pathological liar, possible russian asset etc etc. Do i think Biden should be running? No absolutely not but he is and there is no question he would be better for the US as well as for the rest of the world as president than TFG

…oh theres no question, another biden admin would be far better for the average american, but that may not happen, its been a truly dreadful campaign for him, hes just too bloody old, but its disturbing to see the dems being completely unable to cultivate someone younger, theyve had the time, trump supporters have had enough, have had enough of being screwed over, particularly by the dems, they no longer care how bad trump is, cause theyve nothing to lose…..

and you for some reason think, the dems are more to blame for this than republicans or trump?

Im sure you can give a wealth of examples of how the dems have screwed the average joe under each of your topics there and how trump is the apparent answer.

I think 'particularly the dems' is wrong. The GQP have been the enemy of the middle classes since forever. Trouble is, the Democrats have missed the message where they needed to do even more for their 'typical constituents.' Like, Obamacare had potential, but was gutted by the insurers. Imagine if it had turned into 'medicare for all,' it would've been a seismic shift in favor of the average US worker who could, now, tell their boss to take their job and shove it and not lose healthcare. NAFTA (a GOP invention but fully embraced by all sides) was another disaster that the Democrats helped with.

And CFTrump having support says a lot about the education system in the US, which is run by unions who are big Democrat boosters, but not like the GQP has done it any favors, including freaks like Betsy DeVos running things. Project 2025 wants to abolish the education department entirely - more dumb voters who CFTrump favors.

the only way you can think of for trump to make things worse, is by striking China?

Nothing at all on in the US education, economy, debt, environment, federal agancies - EPA, FTC

For the rest of the world - trade, ukraine, being a counter balance to agressive regimes.

IMO Biden is more than just "not Trump". His track record is good, his only problem is not selling himself well enough. And Republicans spending 4 years screaming lies and bulls1t about him.
And now idiots are saying "I don't know, like, dude, Biden's old and stuff, erm, I think I'll vote for the guy who promises to destroy democracy in the US".

That is the dumbest, sh1ttiest, most idiotic reason to vote for fascism. If it happens it's because US voters are idiots and they deserve it. It's just a pity that decent people will have to suffer as well through no fault of their own.
You don't eat a plate of sh1t because you don't like what your partner is cooking, so why vote Trump because Biden is old? And what about Trump? Is he fcuking 20?
In the 1930s people had an excuse for voting for Hitler, they didn't know that he was going to burn down the planet and commit genocide.
The same with Trump 2016.
But voting for Trump now is like voting for Hitler in 1945. People know exactly what he is about.