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kentuck

(111,089 posts)
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:28 PM Feb 2017

Is Trump becoming "normalized"?

Are we over-looking more and more insane comments and Tweets?

Are we over-looking the lies about separating his business from the White House?

Are we over-looking the continued attacks upon our institutions, the latest being our judicial system?

Are we continuing to over-look the way he is wiping his ass on our Constitution?

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radical noodle

(8,000 posts)
1. A little bit I think
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:33 PM
Feb 2017

It's become routine that he's doing all these things. We hear little about the Russia connection anymore. The press is still on him but he does so much that it's no longer surprising, just routine... he's baffling us with a constant stream of bullshit so nothing sticks very long. Just onto the next thing.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
3. So, chaos reigns on the domestic front as the Baltic states
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:34 PM
Feb 2017

remain vigilant with regards to Russia...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/putin-trump-estonia_us_5897905de4b09bd304bbd1dd?

I posted earlier - long read - but most valuable information out of Estonia..

As Putin Looms And Trump Withdraws, Estonia Is Training Civilians To Fight

Civilians are volunteering in droves to fight Russia’s little green men, should they cross the border.

Be well all!

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,181 posts)
4. It's more like the Trump Trot.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:35 PM
Feb 2017

He's overwhelming us with so much crazy, erratic behavior that we just feel like throwing our hands up in the air and giving up.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,181 posts)
13. I don't even know if it's supposed to be intentional. It might be unintentional.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:50 PM
Feb 2017

Regardless of intent, its effect is that it just leaves us dazed and confused.

Blanks

(4,835 posts)
6. I don't think so...
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:38 PM
Feb 2017

He's treated more normal than I prefer, but I think if we oppose every thing that he does, we look like we are obstructionists.

The dems were fairly quick to confirm the generals that he picked, so we can argue that we cooperated with them, but at the same time, they fought DeVos and Sessions because they were objectionable.

I think it'll actually be easier to make him appear not 'normalized' now that he has these cabinet members that can be dogged every step of the way.

He hasn't gotten anything accomplished yet. That's not normal.

Blanks

(4,835 posts)
15. I think they've done a pretty good job...
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:53 PM
Feb 2017

We're in the minority, so we can't stop the confirmations anyway, but it may be better in the long run if they fight and then are able to point out what they were fighting against.

They can be obstructionists on the Supreme Court nom, but I think they need to keep their hand on the pulse of the country to see if it damages us in 2018. It sucks, but we have to be smart about this. In the end they have to do the work of the American people, and its easy to get pissed and lose sight of that.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
16. Far more than it should be. We can repair the damage Trump is doing.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 05:45 PM
Feb 2017

America was great before he started screwing things up beyond belief.



What happened to staying out of business ?


underpants

(182,789 posts)
12. I think he's becoming a JOKE
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:47 PM
Feb 2017

In a lot of people's eyes. Yes his supporters will stay with him but eventually the deluge with drown them in reality.

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