Perhaps you should move to China where the government enjoys unfettered power to do what they want whenever they want.
He has finally designated Antifa as a terrorist organization. While we might agree that may have come too late for our tastes, a president has many things on his plate. In this president's case that has been magnified many times over due to the resistance he has received from both political parties, and a savage press. All of whom he fought back against like no other president in our lifetime has.
As far as Fox news is concerned, while better than most, it has lost most of its luster since dad handed the reigns over to his sons. OAN is much better in my opinion.
While I may criticize the administration at times, I rarely criticize the president because the job is not an easy job. He has taken on the job and donates all of his income to charitable causes, so in essence is working for free for the American people and this country. While I sometimes wish he had godlike powers I am rooted in the reality that he is just a human like you or I. That he is going to make mistakes and he perhaps is not going to move on the same time frame we might wish he would move on.
I didn't respond because you were critical though, I responded because you were factually wrong with your criticism. He is, and has, not doing nothing, as you so wrongly stated. Arrests are carried out by others, not the president. Are you saying he should be out arresting people? If you took as much time to think about what you are saying, then perhaps you would see your own errors and others would not have to point them out to you.
so while you accuse me, and others, of seeing everything in black and white, I guess I can accuse you of thinking in totally unrealistic terms that no human could possibly satisfy your equally unrealistic time line to accomplished what you wanted accomplished before the event even occurs.
I guess what I am trying to say is you are a dreamer, who is quick to criticize, because that is the easy task, but then you also really have no answers, just your opinion. I accept that you can state your opinion, but if I disagree expect me to do so as well.
Of course I don’t expect him to go out and arrest people.
I expect someone to go out and arrest people.
Show me a single Antifa arrest. Just one—where they have been charged as being a member of a terrorist organization.
Hasn’t the FBI gang unit been tracking these people. If Hells Angels was declared a Terrorist unit, don’t you think that the FBI knows where they are?
You can declare ANYONE anything. It means nothing until there is an action taken.
My answers are easy:
1. Address the responsibilities of the governors and the states. I know its a fourth grade civics lesson, but it needs to be done. It should have been done during the lock downs.
2. Establish the red line. At what point does the Army move into a city?
3. What support is the Federal Government giving to the states (Hint: The national guard is not federalized...yet.)
4. What is Antifa. Who is Antifa. What are they doing and how do we know. Just saying they are bad is not good enough.
5. What is the Federal Government/DOJ doing to address the root cause of this stuff—bad cops. What is the DOJ expecting the states to do?
6. Demand the leaders of the states and factions involved in this to get on the streets.
7. Walk down the streets with Floyd’s brother. Any streets.
How is that for a list of actionable items the administration can take.
In that list are actionable items that define the rules, show that the administration is serious, and they are reaching out.
Do it without the typical bombast and self promotion. The “look at me” crap is not working with the average American anymore.
The tweets and photo ops are not working.
He stands to lose his base. People want action, not talk. That action does not need to be “jack boots” and it doesn’t need to be submissive.
As long as it comes across as “we hear you. We will work with you” it sends the message to all people. The next message needs to be, “we work in peace. Period.”
We know he loves “America.” Not all of America believes him. The media is going to filter everything. But giving them fodder about shooting looters is just ill advised.