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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat was the point of this presidency exactly in the grand scheme of things?
Seriously, why was it necessary for Donald Trump to have become POTUS and deny this country its first female commander-in-chief? To prove that electing insane, unqualified people as president is a horrible idea? To prove that the electoral college is garbage and needs to be done away with permanently? To show how morally bankrupt the Republican Party has finally become after several decades of a slow rot? What?
It wasnt necessary for Al Gore or John Kerry to ever become president, but Donald Trump had to? Huh? I mean, what?
Im an agnostic, so I dont completely abandon the notion that there could be a reason for why life functions the way it does, but the reason we all had to sit through four (and thankfully only four) years of this horrible presidency? Yeah, I got nothing.
Most useless presidency ever. Just a total waste of fucking time from beginning to end.
Phoenix61
(17,009 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)tulipsandroses
(5,124 posts)continue to maintain power at all cost. Corporations want to continue on their path of doing whatever they want for profit. Somehow they thought they could control trump.
keithbvadu2
(36,869 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,939 posts)Tax cuts and more welfare for the wealthy.
You know, more fascism, just a lot less friendly.
ProfessorGAC
(65,134 posts)A broken government to those people who think that moron Norquist was on to something!
Kid Berwyn
(14,939 posts)Grover should be ashamed what hes done for bathtubs and to his miserable life.
sanatanadharma
(3,714 posts)What occurred is simply the result of countless peoples' actions, born of their desires; all risen-up from the depths of Ego.
The warp of better and worse wants are woven with the woof of endless actions and their results, not always wanted.
But for the abdication of voting by some, the entire pattern of time's tapestry is changed. Due 'bigly' to the lying of the one, the many acted rashly, their colorless desires whitewashing the brilliance of other possibilities.
* Desires bind like leg chains
Denzil_DC
(7,250 posts)Trump was like a deer in the headlights when he finally realized what he'd committed himself to after his meeting with Obama. He'd have preferred to have been a sore loser against Clinton and made much hay as a media mogul.
Once he was elected, an agenda had to be cobbled together around him. That worked out well.
Biophilic
(3,686 posts)I can remember, prior to trump, when people were saying that there was no more racism. That we had, as a nation, grown beyond racism. I remember arguing with friends and saying it wasn't true. But everyone (especially those of us who were white) wanted to believe it was true. It wasn't then and it's WAY obvious now, that racism is deep in our bones, even if we don't want it. We have to acknowledge racism and its legacy in order to destroy and banish it. It's not a 1 generation thing. This seems to be the next step. It's now really hard for at least half of the nation to deny. By the way, those people I argued with before, they were all liberals. So am I and I hear racist thoughts in my head all the time. I simply acknowledge them and banish them. I was taught them when I was very, very young. If I didn't see them, I would be more likely to act from them. So I look for those thoughts so that I can step around them and behave better. We can't get rid of something we don't acknowledge and address.
DFW
(54,428 posts)The Vlado knows.
Irish_Dem
(47,226 posts)aikoaiko
(34,183 posts)In the eyes of his fanboys, he was a successful president.
MyOwnPeace
(16,937 posts)and they had to be SICK when they saw that BunkerBoy was kicking A$$ in the debates and was going to be their nominee.
And IQ45 - his reasons were simple - EGO and $$$$$$$$$ (although I still believe he did not THINK he would win (yeah, I know, him - "thinking" - HA!) and was shocked when he did. From that point on it was all for the $$$$$$ and playing "king."
A shameful disgrace to ever happened to our country. In the "Hall of Presidents" there should be this (*) beside his name - just like Shoeless Joe Jackson, Mark McGuire, Barry Bonds, and Roger Clemens.
*NOT WORTHY
lame54
(35,313 posts)meadowlander
(4,399 posts)Pretty much the last four years when meaningful action could be taken.
brush
(53,815 posts)Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)And to remind us that we have to fight for freedom and democracy.
Alacritous Crier
(3,816 posts)KentuckyWoman
(6,690 posts)I'm hoping it proves to be shining a light on white supremacy and privilege so it can be beat out of our institutions once and for all.
Oh sure you'll still have extremist groups and individuals, but getting it out of our schools, government, justice system, etc to a point everyone is treated with the same respect and benefit of the doubt as little old white ladies is long overdue.
virgdem
(2,126 posts)Aristus
(66,436 posts)I'm not sure I agree with that. Especially after four years of Trumpism.
The best argument against democracy is five minutes with the below-average voter.
Yavin4
(35,445 posts)White trash by appealing to their false belief in White supremacy. And judging by the tax cuts and appointments of federal judges, it was successful.
Leith
(7,813 posts)I will not pass up any opportunity to remind rethugs of their horrendous and horrific lapse in judgment.
- They keep sending worse and worse rethug guys into the White House.
- Proof that they value empty rhetoric over intelligence.
- They are more interested in smears and insults over working together to get shit done.
In short, proof that when they whine about government not working, they go to any lengths to prove it.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)czarjak
(11,287 posts)(For everyone else) The Real Mission Accomplished
Mr.Bill
(24,312 posts)There can't be one when the leader has the attention span of a two year old child.