Posted on 05/12/2023 1:41:56 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
In little over an hour, Donald Trump suggested the United States should default on its debts for the first time in history, injected doubt over the country’s commitment to defending Ukraine from Russia’s invasion, dangled pardons for most of the Capitol rioters convicted of crimes and refused to say he would abide by the results of the next presidential election.
The second-term vision Trump sketched out at a CNN town hall event Wednesday would represent a sharp departure from core American values that have been at the bedrock of the nation for decades: its creditworthiness, its credibility with international allies and its adherence to the rule of law at home.
Trump’s provocations were hardly shocking. His time in office was often defined by a the-rules-don’t-apply-to-me approach to governance and a lack of interest in upholding the post-World War II national security order, and at 76 he is not bound to change much.
But his performance nonetheless signaled an escalation of his bid to bend the government to his wishes as he runs again for the White House, only this time with a greater command of the Republican Party’s pressure points and a plan to demolish the federal bureaucracy.
The televised event crystallized that the version of Trump who could return to office in 2025 — vowing to be a vehicle of “retribution” — is likely to govern as he did in 2020. In that final year of his presidency, Trump cleared out people perceived as disloyal and promoted those who would fully indulge his instincts — things he did not always do during the first three years of his administration, when his establishmentarian advisers often talked him out of drastic policy changes.
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The Left’s obsession with Trump moves into an even higher gear.
100% lies...Core American values? Credibility? Rule of law? The Republican party defaced that BS for the past 40+ years. The only credibility they have is for being responsible for country killing open borders, 30+ trillion in debt, and endless wars where we won nothing but debt and death.
What a joke.
“...refused to say he would abide by the results of the next presidential election...”
LIARS!!!!!!!!!!
He said he would abide the election if it was a fair and honest election....
bfl
“...dangled pardons for most of the Capitol rioters convicted of crimes...”
LIARS!!!!!!!
He didn’t say anything about convicted rioters...Many of those locked away haven’t even been to court. They’ve just been locked away...
Why does it take 4 people to write a column
They are all in on men dressed up like girls, and prancing about like a dime store poofter.
Dumbasses!
“Trump suggested the United States should default on its debts”
That’s because he already knows we are moving to a new asset backed financial system and this one has to go bye bye first.
Would it have gone down better if President Trump said he wanted to fundamentally transform America?
-PJ
That’s what I’d like to know!
It takes four LIARS to write a nyt column.
FOUR.
Oh the humanity! It never seems to occur to the elite that shattering norms from a conservative perspective is exactly what's needed to save the country before it is completely flushed down the communist/socialist/world government sewer.
Trump’s first second-term goal needs to be firing every goddamned government employee hired by the Biden and Obama Administrations. He never did any of that during his first term, he never cleaned house. The results were disastrous.
The Democrats ended the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Without victory, and by reversing anything possibly good in them.
Uniparty wars are never endless. They just make it seem so. And yes, the goal is to weaken our armed forces and make us less safe.
How about shattering the norms between teachers, students, and parents?
Or shattering the norms between men's and women's sports competitions?
Or maybe shattering the norms of policing and the judicial system?
What about shattering the norms at the border? Or in the military?
But no, it's President Trump who is going to shatter the norms.
-PJ
Precisely, and well said.
Personally, I'd like to see at least half of all government employees fired, but unfortunately the Civil Service system and related laws and regs makes that nearly impossible if not fully impossible.
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