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Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 12:28 PM Apr 2020

Electing Trump was our nation's Chernobyl, now we have to deal with the aftermath and clean up.

Trump not only failed at every single test that was presented to him

Trump had the answers to the test handed to him ... and he still failed.


The Military Knew Years Ago That a Coronavirus Was Coming

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https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/covid-military-shortage-pandemic/

If we are stupid enough to reelect him then we deserve to fail as a nation

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Electing Trump was our nation's Chernobyl, now we have to deal with the aftermath and clean up. (Original Post) Snake Plissken Apr 2020 OP
One correction. Trump was not elected. onecaliberal Apr 2020 #1
One big difference with Chernobyl is that 1/2 of the Soviet people didn't do it on purpose. RockRaven Apr 2020 #2
nature will DonCoquixote Apr 2020 #4
He has been... Newest Reality Apr 2020 #3
Trump has done nothing... stillcool Apr 2020 #5
This is an even more appropriate analogy than you might think! Towlie Apr 2020 #6

RockRaven

(14,897 posts)
2. One big difference with Chernobyl is that 1/2 of the Soviet people didn't do it on purpose.
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 12:32 PM
Apr 2020

Trump is toxic in the extreme. But he's a manifestation of a deeper problem which won't be fixed by him being gone.

I've got no fucking idea how we are going to fix that deeper problem in any reasonable time period.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
3. He has been...
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 12:34 PM
Apr 2020

He has been and is a criminal. His connections and history indicate that and Russian mobs are also included in the mix.

It is bad enough that he has made the USA mob territory to conquer and control, but to reelect General Trump is the most dangerous thing Americans could EVER do. It would be a collective insanity.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
5. Trump has done nothing...
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 01:40 PM
Apr 2020

by himself. Every elected Republican has paved the way, and cheered him on. He would be gone in a heartbeat, if they were not satisfied with his performance. Trump doesn't know enough about government to be able to surgically remove parts of government that the GOP views as problematic for their handlers. And, yeah...we didn't elect him. If people are allowed to vote, and those votes are counted, the GOP loses, and everyone knows it.

Towlie

(5,318 posts)
6. This is an even more appropriate analogy than you might think!
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 02:04 PM
Apr 2020

When a reactor gets dangerously hot, control rods are inserted to slow the reaction and stop the temperature from increasing.

Trump's plan to reopen businesses and allow gatherings is analogous to responding to the leveling off of temperature by pulling the control rods back out.

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