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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump calling himself a "War time President" Hmmm....
Where have I heard that before?
"I view it -- in a sense as a wartime president," Trump said after announcing he was invoking the Defense Production Act, which was established in 1950 in response to production needs during the Korean War.
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Trump calling himself a "War time President" Hmmm.... (Original Post)
Bengus81
Mar 2020
OP
He is trying to ride the republican claim to not change leaders during a time of war.
WyattKansas
Mar 2020
#4
struggle4progress
(118,273 posts)1. "I'll turn this country into a bombed-out shell!"
Walleye
(31,002 posts)2. He's planning to bomb somebody
Chainfire
(17,526 posts)3. It is a good tact for Trump
It is a war that can't be lost.
No matter the outcome, he will call it a big win. If ten thousand Americans die, he will claim that he saved a million. If we enter a long recession, he will claim that his business acumen kept us out of a depression.
WyattKansas
(1,648 posts)4. He is trying to ride the republican claim to not change leaders during a time of war.
Anyone who doesn't believe that is fooling themselves.
Champp
(2,114 posts)5. But he's really a Republican Draft Dodger president
As all honest people know
kentuck
(111,076 posts)6. About time for his bone spurs to start acting up again.
Did somebody say "war"?