The Trump Presidency

[Hawk]

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/p...ational_anthem

Fueled by comments by President Donald J. Trump aimed at NFL players not standing for the national anthem, McCourty and at least 15 Patriots teammates took a knee during the anthem prior to playing the Texans Sunday. Many fans booed the players in response and called for them to “stand up.”

[thethe]

Just going to lead to another trump win in 2020.

[thethe]

And, said the report from Bombthrowers.com, one outfit, the Economist, used 58 percent more Democrats than Republicans in a recent poll on Trump's approval ratings.

"In every poll, Democrat respondents outnumbered Republicans by significant amounts. The Economist poll was the worst. Only 24 percent of respondents (360) were Republicans compared to 38 percent (570) Democrats – which means that 58 percent more Democrats were polled than Republicans, as shown in the %D/R column. On average, in these seven widely recognized national polls, only 29 percent (409 people) of the total 1,383 polled were Republicans, while 37 percent (518) were Democrats. Another way of saying it is that, on average, 29 percent more Democrats than Republicans were polled," wrote James Simpson, an economist, businessman and journalist.

Simpson called the practice "fraud."

But please...keep telling me how I need to seek professional help by imagining all this corruption.

[Krgrecw]

Trump added two more countries to his anti-Muslim travel ban. This Hitler wanna-Be has added the Muslim countries of North Korea and Venezuela to his travel ban. What a racist and a racist travel ban.

[nsacpi]

Trump added two more countries to his anti-Muslim travel ban. This Hitler wanna-Be has added the Muslim countries of North Korea and Venezuela to his travel ban. What a racist and a racist travel ban.

Sorry to interject a baseball related note, but I assume Venezuelan players will not have an issue renewing visas, work permits, etc. There seems to be a "bona fide relationship with a U.S. entity" provision that would appear to cover them.

Returning to politics, I think the exclusively Muslim nature of the initial list (accompanied by comments such as the one from Giuliani that Trump asked him to come up with a Muslim ban that would pass legal muster) made that initial ban highly problematic from a legal perspective. Subsequent versions, including this one, have resolved some of these problems.

[Runnin]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that for as idiotic as his NFL/NBA attacks have been this weekend, the 5 minutes he spent spewing that garbage did not affect relief efforts.

LOL thinking that Trump is in anyway involved in coordinating relief to Puerto Rico.

[The Chosen One]

Trump added two more countries to his anti-Muslim travel ban. This Hitler wanna-Be has added the Muslim countries of North Korea and Venezuela to his travel ban. What a racist and a racist travel ban.

Art College in Savannah has quite a few kids from Venezuela that attend here. Considering how much money that college has invested to the city and capital it's brought here, very dumb move.

North Korea I can understand, I suppose hes' now banning them to go to the U.N. since the U.N. is in New York?

[goldfly]

Just going to lead to another trump win in 2020.

Lol

[goldfly]

That orange piece of **** is just a pure piece of garbage human

Seriously, the bottom of the barrel of examples on how a human should be

[The Chosen One]

I want to know if all the people who were in an uproar at A&E over the Duck Dynasty dad getting suspended for "expressing his religious beliefs" are also the ones getting totally offended by NFL players kneeling or sitting down.

[Runnin]

Trump says to boycott the NFL. I'm guessing he didn't run that by John Kelly first.

[thethe]

Lol

I know it's hard for you to imagine because in your echo chamber you are fed false stories and polls. At some point you'll learn.

[thethe]

Trump says to boycott the NFL. I'm guessing he didn't run that by John Kelly first.

Trump is just saying what million's of Americans are already doing. The NFL should take this strong of a stance against domestic abuse but apparently this is more important.

[bravesnumberone]

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/p...ational_anthem

Fueled by comments by President Donald J. Trump aimed at NFL players not standing for the national anthem, McCourty and at least 15 Patriots teammates took a knee during the anthem prior to playing the Texans Sunday. Many fans booed the players in response and called for them to “stand up.”

Yep, but they probably stayed didn't they?

[bravesnumberone]

Trump is just saying what million's of Americans are already doing. The NFL should take this strong of a stance against domestic abuse but apparently this is more important.

Yes I agree. But domestic violence and brain damage haven't exactly provoked any "I'm not gonna watch anymore" from the snowflakes so bent about players expressing their first amendment freedoms. If anything, Trump believes the game is too sanitized and not as fun to watch anymore.

[57Brave]

Besides being a first class douche

this guy is a terrible politician

[57Brave]

Looking at the latest version of the travel ban conspicuous by their absence is Saudi Arabia
hmm
.....

pick one

https://www.google.com/search?q=saud...utf-8&oe=utf-8

[Jaw]

Are, for example, the NFL protesters disrespecting the flag or are they using that symbol as a flashpoint to bring attention to their ultimate ends? What else would you suggest they do?

Why not reinforce their right to protest, rather than attacking them? That seems like it would be the more orthodox lover-of-freedom's response.

Yep. I think Trump missed a huge opportunity here. He could have gained a lot of respect by saying something like, "I think they're knuckleheads, but they have the right to do it until their employers take it away."

[Jaw]

I support the NFL players protesting the anthem, absolutely. Trump should stay out of it or at least ask for a thoughtful discussion on it.

Both he and Obama have failed on race issues

Yep. But to be fair, both have had to deal with unprecedented racial bomb throwing from the media and SJWs during their presidencies. People were mad at Obama because his policies weren't racist enough. They're mad at Trump because leftist news and 57's twitter feed tell them he's a racist despite any evidence. The environment makes it difficult to be constructive.

[Jaw]

Because people equate white supremacism with David Duke, et al, because it helps them sleep better at night.

Because it's easier not to even consider what white supremacism means, and has meant, in practice.

Because it's apparently easier to speak up for your friends who own NFL franchises than to consider what it's like for the people who earn millions for those same folks, who have the audacity to recognize that they and those who look like them are one traffic stop away from being jail-bound *******.

White supremacism doesn't wear a sheet. It walks among us in polite society. Let's applaud the people who risk their livelihood to transmit this message, rather than condemning them.

So now it isn't enough to condemn real racists, we need to condemn society in general and whites in particular right?

Is there a certain threshold of white guilt we can express to be forgiven? I mean, growing up I was homeless for a while, then lived in a house with a dirt floor and multiple trailer parks, I was working 50 hour weeks in high school, and started working 100+ hours a week the same week that I graduated, but I'm sure none of that has anything to do with me getting out of poverty, right? It had to be the white supremacy that walks among us in polite society.

In the age of Obama, Holder, Ben Carson, Condi Rice, and numerous others that have reached heights beyond what a person of any color can expect, this trope is tired. And it's beneath you.