The Trump Presidency

Runnin said:
I suspect a certain type does, but I've yet to meet one.
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Here's one you might know. I know his type.

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On a related note; it will never cease to amaze me the extent to which Abe went out of his way to stick his nose up the President’s ass.
 
Hawk said:
On a related note; it will never cease to amaze me the extent to which Abe went out of his way to stick his nose up the President’s ass.
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Public displays of cowtowing is indeed an art form over here and apparently carries no negative connotation.
 
11/11/18

I hope this is sufficient advance notice for the city of DC to sort out their street repair budget.
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/24/opinion/sunday/donald-trump-evangelicals-president.html?

Finally, why in the world wouldn’t evangelicals get behind and support a man who not only is in line with most of their agenda but also has delivered time and time again? The victories are numerous: the courts, pro-life policies, the coming Embassy in Jerusalem and religious liberty issues, just to name a few. He easily wins the unofficial label of “most evangelical-friendly United States president ever.”

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Does Mr. Trump have moral failings? Yes. Critics will suggest a hypocrisy coming from evangelical leaders who are quick to denounce the ethical failings of others who don’t have an “R” next to their name. But the goal of evangelicals has always been winning the larger battle over control of the culture, not to get mired in the moral failings of each and every candidate. For evangelicals, voting in the macro is the moral thing to do, even if the candidate is morally flawed. Evangelicals have tried the “moral” candidate before.

Jimmy Carter was once the evangelical candidate. How did that work out in the macro? George W. Bush was the evangelical candidate in 2000: He pushed traditional conservative policies, but he doesn’t come close to Mr. Trump’s courageous blunt strokes in defense of evangelicals.

Evangelicals have found their man. It may seem mystifying to outsiders, but for someone like me, with a front-row seat to an inside view, it makes perfect sense. Maybe they’re taking their cue from Billy Graham, embracing presidents with moral failings rather than rejecting them.
 
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Hawk said:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/24/opinion/sunday/donald-trump-evangelicals-president.html?

Finally, why in the world wouldn’t evangelicals get behind and support a man who not only is in line with most of their agenda but also has delivered time and time again? The victories are numerous: the courts, pro-life policies, the coming Embassy in Jerusalem and religious liberty issues, just to name a few. He easily wins the unofficial label of “most evangelical-friendly United States president ever.”

[...]

Does Mr. Trump have moral failings? Yes. Critics will suggest a hypocrisy coming from evangelical leaders who are quick to denounce the ethical failings of others who don’t have an “R” next to their name. But the goal of evangelicals has always been winning the larger battle over control of the culture, not to get mired in the moral failings of each and every candidate. For evangelicals, voting in the macro is the moral thing to do, even if the candidate is morally flawed. Evangelicals have tried the “moral” candidate before.

Jimmy Carter was once the evangelical candidate. How did that work out in the macro? George W. Bush was the evangelical candidate in 2000: He pushed traditional conservative policies, but he doesn’t come close to Mr. Trump’s courageous blunt strokes in defense of evangelicals.

Evangelicals have found their man. It may seem mystifying to outsiders, but for someone like me, with a front-row seat to an inside view, it makes perfect sense. Maybe they’re taking their cue from Billy Graham, embracing presidents with moral failings rather than rejecting them.
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We're all morally flawed, so the hypocritical stance would be rejecting someone because of that. His policies are a welcome change and I don't know any evangelicals who have been disappointed in a meaningful way by them. His character and behavior leaves plenty to be desired. I can't think of any other president who would be a more surprising champion for evangelical voters. It feels strange for me to agree so often with his policy positions and still be so lukewarm on him as President.
 
Jaw said:
We're all morally flawed, so the hypocritical stance would be rejecting someone because of that. His policies are a welcome change and I don't know any evangelicals who have been disappointed in a meaningful way by them. His character and behavior leaves plenty to be desired. I can't think of any other president who would be a more surprising champion for evangelical voters. It feels strange for me to agree so often with his policy positions and still be so lukewarm on him as President.
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http://time.com/4258270/donald-trump-king-david/
 
Brian Klaas
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Brian Klaas Retweeted Zachary Cohen

The president’s chief adviser, a general,

has allowed the president’s unqualified daughter (who lacks permanent security clearance)

to brief a key ally on diplomatic decisions involving the risk of nuclear war.

This snapshot belongs in an authoritarian banana republic.
 
Trump now on Janeane Pirro’s show:

“There is no collusion. No phone calls — I had no phone calls,

no meetings, nothing.”

“I don’t want to sound braggadocios. I was a far better candidate.

She was not a good candidate. She went to the wrong states.” He then lists states he won.

I sure do hope we get out of this
 
As ever, the deep problem is the policy preferences of so-called Evangelicals (read: not all Christians), not the individual morality of their agent du jour. But I suppose we shouldn’t expect better from a nation founded, in no small part, by holier-than-thou elitist utopian hyper-exclusive hypocrisy-riddled Puritans who fully internalised the vengefulness of the Old Testament but couldn’t seem to wrap their hearts around the grace of the New.
 
jpx7 said:
As ever, the deep problem is the policy preferences of so-called Evangelicals (read: not all Christians), not the individual morality of their agent du jour. But I suppose we shouldn’t expect better from a nation founded, in no small part, by holier-than-thou elitist utopian hyper-exclusive hypocrisy-riddled Puritans who fully internalised the vengefulness of the Old Testament but couldn’t seem to wrap their hearts around the grace of the New.
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I dunno. Seems to me that at least politically the parts of the country where the Puritans were most numerous and culturally dominant are not the ones where these policy preferences are strong.
 
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