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BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 02:01 PM Jan 2021

What was the point of this presidency exactly in the grand scheme of things? [View all]

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 wasn’t necessary for Al Gore or John Kerry to ever become president, but Donald Trump had to? Huh? I mean, what?

I’m an agnostic, so I don’t 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.

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Same reason there are water moccasins. nt Phoenix61 Jan 2021 #1
The purpose of Trump's Presidency was to put the "others" back in their place. Dawson Leery Jan 2021 #2
The point is to continue white supremacy. The point is to tulipsandroses Jan 2021 #3
It wasn't useless to Putin. keithbvadu2 Jan 2021 #4
Federalist Society stacked judiciary. Kid Berwyn Jan 2021 #5
One More ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #19
Thank you, ProfessorGAC! Kid Berwyn Jan 2021 #20
Multiple strands and chains* of human desires and actions sanatanadharma Jan 2021 #6
I don't think it was ever supposed to happen. Denzil_DC Jan 2021 #7
To bring the white supremacists and their legacy to the surface. Biophilic Jan 2021 #8
Who know what evil lurks in the hearts of men? DFW Jan 2021 #9
Very successful for Putin. He was able to take down the US for little effort or cost. nt Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #10
3 things: Not Hillary, RW SCOTUS judges, fuck up governement aikoaiko Jan 2021 #11
I agree with that being the RepubliCon goal...... MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #21
Biden's first words as President should be... lame54 Jan 2021 #12
Big oil delaying meanful action on climate change for another four years. meadowlander Jan 2021 #13
Great post. I 100% agree. A total disaster to the nation. brush Jan 2021 #14
To remind us how bad it can get. Renew Deal Jan 2021 #15
What was the point of this presidency exactly in the grand scheme of things? Alacritous Crier Jan 2021 #16
Too soon to tell. KentuckyWoman Jan 2021 #17
To inflict the maximum amount of cruelty on those he hated or disagreed with. virgdem Jan 2021 #18
"The best argument against democracy is five minutes with the average voter." Aristus Jan 2021 #22
The point was to protect the interests of the uber capitalist class by building a coaltion among Yavin4 Jan 2021 #23
I suggest that we bring our own reasons for the orange maladministration Leith Jan 2021 #24
His brand and paying off his debt, both failed. sarcasmo Jan 2021 #25
Death, Debt, Destruction... czarjak Jan 2021 #26
There was no point. Mr.Bill Jan 2021 #27
Me! Me! Me! LeftInTX Jan 2021 #28
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