President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

You make Debbie Downer look like Mister Rogers.

 

Ok.

 

We are a long way removed from 1953 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower said, “There must be balanced budgets before we are again on a safe and sound system in our economy.” We are even a long way removed from 2013 when Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) warned that debt “will weigh down our country like an anchor,” and from 2016 when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R.-Ky.) said that “this level of national debt is dangerous and unacceptable.”

In 2009, with the country in the midst of its worst recession in decades (unemployment rate: 8.3 percent ), all but three Republicans in Congress voted against President Barack Obama’s much-needed $787 billion stimulus package. Now, with a healthy economy (unemployment rate: 4.1 percent), a majority of House and Senate Republicans voted for a $560 billion spending package. Republicans are turning economic logic on its head. Periods of economic expansion should be used to balance the budget. Then, when a downturn hits, that’s the time for stimulatory spending increases and tax cuts. Running stratospheric deficits now leaves us defenseless to fight a future recession. ...

Forget the fantasy of 4 percent economic growth. The only way out is to either increase revenue or restrain entitlement spending. Ryan has made entitlement reform a centerpiece of his career, but there is no chance of Congress taking badly needed action, because Trump, the self-styled “king of debt,” couldn’t care less. ...

Trump is leading Republicans to fiscal, intellectual and moral perdition. There is no longer a conservative party in this country. There is only a cult of Trump.

Opinion | Republicans are making a mockery of their reputations

 

She understands. She’s just spinning. It’s just hard to spin for an indefensible president.

 

This is worrisome.

He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis. Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse.

 

Likely? Come on. It is clear he is motivated entirely on preserving his reign.

You really are the king of overstatement.

 

I see a lot of people finger-wagging at people for saying these types of things. But I haven’t actually seen the preponderance of these opinions that should be inspiring these reactions.

 

They weren't that tough. Take a look at how many Russians are actually competing.

(I know it's more complicated than that, but the situation is worth pointing out.)

 

Disagree.

In the nationalized elections, one can't win a GOP nomination without speaking the language of talk radio.


It's why Trump won the GOP nominee. It's why Trey Gowdy said he's leaving Congress. It's why the GOP struggles to govern.

It's not all Republicans. It's not most Republicans. But it's a large enough subset of so-called conservatives to dominate the party.

 

Interesting to see Ike on the thread.

Makes a pretty stark historical point.

American culture has moved steadily left for decades.

American politics have moved steadily right.