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Posted on 08/17/2026 9:11:15 AM PDT by balch3
What has happened to FR? People are advocating for President Trump's removal, making sarcastic remarks, Saying the TRump era is over. President Trump has righted the economy, ended Iran's nuclear weapons threat and is the greatest President since Reagan. He deserves better than this. He already has the RINOS in Congress against him, he needs his base fired up and ready to vote! THe RATS are highly motivated to steal this election. Have some courage and get behind out President!
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I suspect you were looking in a mirror when you wrote that.
Trump Deification Syndrome is 1000 times better than your anti-Trump crap.
“”But suppose the anti-Trump criticism goes beyond “gentle”? Then hit the Report Abuse button, and let the mods decide.””
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Why punish the mods? You’d be clicking that report button all day long, for hellsakes. Just call out and refute the trolls’ leftist BS.
I see a lot of people here in FR trying to discuss rational criticism of the president, and getting utterly and ignorantly flamed for it. So yeah, that’s not healthy for a site.
President Trump is not my first choice for president, but he is VASTLY preferrable to ANY national Democrat, and INFINITELY better than the leading national Democrats. Schumer would be a minor disaster as president, and he has no chance. AOC, Newsome, Kamala < shudder>, would be a trainwreck of Bidenesque proportions.
The Republic may not survive another Biden.
The worst response of utter nonsense here on FR over the past decade...
2001 was a very bad recruiting year...
This seems apropos to post here (watch the video at link):
MAGA NEWS 🇺🇲🗞️@MAGAlwr5
🚨 THIS is the speech that should terrify every American.
Senator Tim Sheehy just dropped the most brutal, unfiltered truth about Iran you’ll ever hear.
For 47 years the Iranian regime has been hunting us — vaporizing Marines, skinning Americans alive on camera, cutting our troops in half with EFPs, and celebrating every death.
They don’t care who you voted for.
They don’t care where you live.
They want every single one of us raped, burned, and cut into pieces.
This isn’t politics.
This is a death cult that has been at war with America since 1979… and we’ve been pretending otherwise.
Watch the full speech.
Every. Single. Second.
Then share it.
Because the regime that did this to our brothers is still standing.
Iran has never paid the real price.
It’s time they do.
https://x.com/MAGAlwr5/status/2089094627567526058?s=20
> How can you say that with a straight face? <
I enjoy a good conversation here. But not when it involves personal attacks of any kind. Such discussions are usually not fruitful.
My apologies. But I believe I’ll pass.
Nobody is above criticism. This is a free speech forum.
I disagree with a lot of people here on many topics. I don’t support them being banned. We’re not going to march in lock step like Democrats
This place has always been an echo chamber for conformity. This site worshipped GWB and Cheney like they were the second coming, its no different with Trump. Question narratives and point out short comings and get flamed. Don’t throw stones from the porch of your glass house.
“People are too lazy to stand up and fight”
It’s not that they are lazy, they are programmed. The education system has been a breeding ground for liberal thoughts and it was topped off with a steady supply of socialism and lies since the early 1950’s. Many of the adults now, and most of the kids, are nothing more than repeaters of what they are told through society outlets creataed by socialist rheteric. Even to the point of when it is in plain sight they are not seeing it. And they follow the bell like sheep. This is why common sense went out like the dinosaur probably closer to the dodo. And the kids can’t even read in way too many instances so they can self correct if they did see it.
wy69
I love Trump because I believe he genuinely loves America, stands up to the Left like no other, and he generally tells the truth. “MAGA” is from Trump’s heart.
But there’s more work to be done. Although I love Trump and the idea of “MAGA”, it appears that Trump thinks MAGA is achieved through gov’t. In business, Trump was used to being in charge (”The General”, as Melania admirably calls him) and growing his business to world class. But what Donald Trump doesn’t seem to understand is as President, his job is to SHRINK gov’t, not grow it.
But gov’t is essentially different from business. Business comes under the heading of “free pursuits”. It is the endeavors of legitimate and God-given “self-interest”. The Left has succeeded is merging “self-interest” with “greed” but these two terms are not the same. Everybody has God-given self-interest. It’s why you don’t pick rat poison at the grocery store for dinner tonight. Greed is corruption whereas self-interest is God given. Greed is basically taking what does not belong to you whereas self-interest is earning what belongs to you.
You always want to grow business. It’s a God-given and legitimate desire in the interests of yourself, your family, and your concerns. It’s free and competitive in the open market where eventually, without gov’t interference, the best quality and best prices win the consumers’ free choice. Nobody coerces the consumer to buy the product. Again, self-interest guides the consumer to the highest quality at the lowest price AKA VALUE. Business without gov’t interference is FREE ENTERPRISE AKA the Free Market Economy (I don’t like the Marists term “capitalism”). Nobody puts you in jail if you don’t buy a product.
What about gov’t? Read the Declaration of Independence for the purpose of gov’t. Gov’t is a necessary evil basically to protect a country from invasion of another country. Gov’t is coercive. If you don’t do what gov’t says, it might put you in jail. Gov’t has its OWN self-interest, and the bigger gov’t gets, the greedier and more corrupt it gets. The greatest political document of all time might very well be the U.S. Constitution which recognizes both the need and the peril of a national gov’t.
When did America become great? Basically in the 1800’s. Why did America become great? Was it because of gov’t? Hardly. Gov’t spending during the 1800’s averaged somewhere around 3% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The federal gov’t was an afterthought and generally was not thought about by the average citizen except in time of war.
And yet with individual freedom in full bloom and gov’t generally out of the picture, America emerged for the 1800’s into the 1900’s as the most free, wealthiest, healthiest, and powerful country in the world.
Individual FREEDOM NOT GOV’T is what made MAGA and what will again make MAGA. As I said, Trump has done a lot of good but there much still to do. If America is going to truly be great again, it must have BIG individual freedom and SMALL gov’t (except for military).
Who is going to put the Federal Gov’t back into its constitutional cage and cut the 80%+, $3+ trillion unconstitutional portion of the federal gov’t? (For instance, the federal gov’t has not been constitutionally authorized to meddle in healthcare. Gov’t healthcare needs to be abolished. On the other hand, social security although not constitutional, is an investment that so many Americans have made that to be just, it would have to be slowly ramped down if it were to be eliminated.
Whoever can take the heat from the Left like Trump and except for maybe social security, make the federal gov’t constitutional, will be making America great again. Who is that person? I don’t know if we’ll ever have such a parson and such a movement but that is what will be required for MAGA.
I made no personal attacks. Don’t blame me because you are unable to defend your statement. Trump has used the office of the president for his personal gain and glory at a level never seen before. Billions in profit fir him and his family. It is not TDS to speak the truth.
;^)
Amen!
“He has bungled the War...”
How?
wy69
But as Tuco said, if you're going to shoot, then shoot, don't talk.
Trump is gripped by the fantasy that he can make deals with people who are fundamentally not interested in a deal: Hamas, the IRGC, Putin, Xi, the Democrats.
Trump is also blinded by his business background so that he doesn't see that the wealth concentration in the US has resulted in most Americans being robbed blind by quasi monopolies in healthcare, food production and distribution, transportation, and housing. The job of every asset class in the US is now strip mining wealth: push wages down and extract more profit by restricting supply and providing ever worse quality and service at exorbitant interest rates.
Amen.
Far too often, I’m reminded of the Obots - for whom Dear Leader could do no wrong.
When DJT pursues conservative aims? Reducing the size of government. Lowering taxes. Respecting the rule of law and an orderly society. Going after fraud and insider double-dealing. I will, have, and will always support ANYONE who pursues those aims.
When DJT pursues things I’ve always considered leftist aims, sometimes downright socialism? Government stakes in private companies. Complaining oil or drug companies are “making too much money”. Lack of transparency. Lauding a maniac like Kim Jong Un or a loser like Putin? I will object.
If principles were easy, everybody would have them. It’s a free country, so others can do as they choose.
But me? No way in hell I’m going to outsource my “principles” to ANY politician. Govern like a conservative and I will support a politician for that limited use. Do otherwise? Darn right I’ll object. Loudly and consistently.
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