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Swift could well have a big influence on Nov 5th. Lots of past history too.what do people think of Taylor Swifts latest album?
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Swift could well have a big influence on Nov 5th. Lots of past history too.what do people think of Taylor Swifts latest album?
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My 10 year old granddaughter loves it.what do people think of Taylor Swifts latest album?
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I asked the same in response to another previous poster. Like yourself, I've had no response.Out of interest could you name some actual things he has done. I am genuinely interested to learn what things he actually did right or is going to do right.
This was the BBC’s take on it …I asked the same in response to another previous poster. Like yourself, I've had no response.
It's unsurprisingly somewhat like that huge list of Brexit benefits that seem to mysteriously disappear when any query is made about actual concrete actions.
So... a mixed bag, and the promises that were actually delivered were likely to actually not be good for the majority of US citizens in the long term (I'm including tax cuts in that; as they generally help the wealthy far more, and simply take money out of the system that needs to be later covered at the point of use... likely costing the poorest more).This was the BBC’s take on it …
US election 2020: Has Trump delivered on his promises? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37982000
How about:? Obama, George HW Bush, maybe Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, JF Kennedy? Not a lot – for 2/3ds of a century . . . .It's along while since th U.S. had anyone who didn't come under that umbrella.
Do you mean you've been to one of his rallies?I disagree, I’ve watched him
That’s a fair discussion but again I think those who hate him are missing the bigger picture.You make an interesting point.
Society (mostly) regards material wealth as the principal measure of status and success. These perceptions are reinforced by the media in its reporting of news, film, TV, celebrity etc.
There are exceptions - those who take pleasure from contributing to the well being of others, for whom pursuit of the material seems shallow, who have reached a point in life's journey where health, relationships etc take priority. They are the minority.
But for many, continually challenged to afford the basics in life, it is easy to believe acquisition of the baubles will solve life's problems - cars, houses, clothes, jewellery etc. They also believe the perception by others of their status will be enhanced by the material.
Trump builds upon these aspirations - a vote for Trump will be an enabler of personal success. That it is ultimately shallow, may not deliver happiness, achieves its goals through denial of others, etc is not the point.
It is the philosophy of self interest in action - "make America great again" and "make me great". His popularity is no surprise - there is a clarity of intent many are very happy to endorse. That the ideology is simplistic and at its heart, unfair, is not a concern to his supporters.
Criticism will not change sentiment. His supporters need to be sold a better, more convincing, alternative future - one to which they will willingly switch support.
Enjoy your weekend.I think we should have an award for the most ignorant post on the forum each month. How about the Farage award with a dream prize - a weekend in a Clacton boarding house with a three in a bed romp with Nigel himself and Dicky Tice?
Reality ‘trumps’ your personal bias and desires.I do not consider a Putin apologist a cogent voice
Well said. You could--for all the world--be setting out events in Germany, from around 1928 - 1945. We really never do learn from history.My sensibilities aren't hurt, I find it fascinating, if rather worrying.
I was thinking about why I can't get my head around a society that thinks trump is 'presidential material' while I was fishing this evening - drizzle, quite a rough sea but very lovely.
It's really quite simple, I think.
Take a fundamentally consumerist society, where excess is evident at every turn - whether a result of excessive poverty or wealth - and where accumulation of wealth and/ or power is valued above all else; a society which sees itself in decline relative to other burgeoning super powers; mix that with a culture where truth is constantly dissolved in the face of 'alternative truths'; add in some scapegoats - immigrants, foreigners, communists etc - to tap in to deep-seated xenophobia or racism or whatever, in order to explain that decline. And so on (I was concentrating on the fish I wasn't catching, not sure where the misogyny, toxic masculinity, bullying etc comes in but it's there.) It's a kind of culture of illusion, a dream world invented to create profit and power. One that watches too much TV.
Now offer a figurehead, who appears to embody all that your culture has encouraged you to value and promises to do the same for you, to fix things, sort out your enemies, and to make you and yours 'great' again. It matters not that it's all based in so much nonsense, a fabrication, it gives you something to have faith in. With faith comes belief, and nothing's quite like belief for blinding us to reality.
I guess it's way more complex than that, but it looks like a culture and society that was waiting for trump to come along and continue the fantasies for people who can't see through them, and for the minority who, like him, can take advantage of them.
I don’t see it that way. How leadership is delivered is as important as what it delivers in my opinion. LThat’s a fair discussion but again I think those who hate him are missing the bigger picture.
How about we inverse your position by simply saying ‘we get the man we need, not the one we want’.
Trump is an awful messenger at times but he got very good results and for the people who needed it the most.
You can’t argue with results. People spend too much time focusing on the messenger.
Could you highlight some of those "very good results"? I remember a lot of scandals from his tenure, but fairly little in terms of good results.Trump is an awful messenger at times but he got very good results and for the people who needed it the most.
I disagree, I’ve watched him, he really does care about the people and America you only have to look at his policies. Tough luck for the rest of the world, including the uk. I think if he was a Narcissist he would be trying to please everyone for the kudos. But no, he knows what needs to be done for his Country and sod the rest of u
You are of course quite right.Unfortunately there are deeply held religious views (on all sides) that do not concur with you on that Terry.
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