What would it take?

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I voted for Hillary. First time I've voted D in a presidential election in my life. I'm particularly troubled that Steve Bannon is being permitted in the room for National Security Council discussions, and the Joint Chiefs are not. I don't understand that at all and it concerns me greatly. That concern is so great that it overshadows all other concerns by a mile.

I agree. This is a guy who admires Lenin and quite frankly is pattern his tactics after him.

Steve Bannon, Trump’s Top Guy, Told Me He Was ‘a Leninist’ - The Daily Beast

When you hear comments like "the media should keep its mouth shut" is when you know the threat is real. People wanted to talk about how Obama was some secret agent muslim terrorist sent to tear down America, but here we actually have a guy on the national security trying to do just that.

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I'm a free trade guy, but I get economic protectionism in an era of increasing automation. Automation is going to continue, and as long as it does we're going to have oodles and oodles of people out of work. My first inclination as a free trader is to say well those folks need to train themselves for other jobs. Not that simple, the automation is going to be too vast. We need something for those people to do. I'm at least ready to keep an open mind that his protectionist strategies might help create better paying jobs for the middle class.

I agree with free trade in principle, but the problem with that is it's going to just further expedite the manufacturing jobs to outside the country. We agree totally with the automation thing, and it's a huge reason why a basic income has being discussed in Congress.

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Sadly I think the divide in our country is growing or has grown beyond where the original topic is answerable with anything but either punch's reply or my equal and opposite reply that so far there is very little to make me think I am going to turn my support away from DT.

I know a guy, he and his wife are a good to great couple and they can talk about most things as far as I know. He likes trump she hates trump. A quote from him "if two people who know each are considerate of one another know each to be smart sane people - can't talk about trump, what hope is there for the country." Her response. "Probably none". Sadly that resonates through this thread.

I can easily talk about Trump and I will point out the good things he does when he does them. However, must Trump supporters have their heads buried in the sand and refuse to acknowledge the shitty moves or justify them with bullshit excuses. Take for instance some of his cabinet choices.

James Mattis- Great choice
Betsy DeVos- Insane choice
Nikki Haley- great choice
Ben Carson- good choice but wrong area. Should be health service or surgeon general, not an area he has no experience.
Tillerson- awful choice with too many ties to Russia affairs

This is being unbiased. If you can't see why some of the cabinet choices are bad (or decisions) then there isn't much help. It's why people continue to treat politics like their favorite sports team. No matter how dumb the decisions the team makes, you will continue waving that flag supporting them week after week.