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Trump's First Real Test

InWalkedBud

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Up until now, Trump has been calling the shots. EOs, appointments, tariffs, the big beautiful bill… he’s been the instigator, obliging everyone else to react. He’s been able to control – or at least guide – the narrative. The current “coddle the aliens” rioting is the first real test of Trump 2.0, a test he failed miserably the first time around, when he looked the other way while blue jurisdictions allowed the mob to riot, maim, kill, burn & destroy to the tune of billions in economic damage.

Regardless of how he deals with it, he’ll be condemned as Literally Hitler™ - whether he posts something snarky on Truth Social, or sends in the Guard with water cannons. Since he’s going to get dumped on either way, my hope is that he goes all in & humiliates the mob. Give it to them, Mr. President – gooder and harder.
 
while blue jurisdictions allowed the mob to riot, maim, kill, burn & destroy to the tune of billions in economic damage.

The political left supports mobs destroying local businesses because they believe harming capitalists is always justified.
 
Up until now, Trump has been calling the shots. EOs, appointments, tariffs, the big beautiful bill… he’s been the instigator, obliging everyone else to react. He’s been able to control – or at least guide – the narrative. The current “coddle the aliens” rioting is the first real test of Trump 2.0, a test he failed miserably the first time around, when he looked the other way while blue jurisdictions allowed the mob to riot, maim, kill, burn & destroy to the tune of billions in economic damage.

Regardless of how he deals with it, he’ll be condemned as Literally Hitler™ - whether he posts something snarky on Truth Social, or sends in the Guard with water cannons. Since he’s going to get dumped on either way, my hope is that he goes all in & humiliates the mob. Give it to them, Mr. President – gooder and harder.

Trump doesn't have the leadership qualities to do much other than say snarky things online or send in the troops.

Good luck on your big beautiful federal government overreach defense, you must really hate state's rights - at least until next week or so.
 
Test?

Stupid MAGA bullshit.
 
The political left supports mobs destroying local businesses because they believe harming capitalists is always justified.
No they don't. They support protests. Anyone rioting and causing damage should and usually is arrested.
 
Trump doesn't have the leadership qualities to do much other than say snarky things online or send in the troops.

Good luck on your big beautiful federal government overreach defense, you must really hate state's rights - at least until next week or so.
Unfortunately, Trump has some very smart people behind him, people who know how to manipulate Trump for their own nefarious goals.
 
The political left supports mobs destroying local businesses because they believe harming capitalists is always justified.

As opposed to the political right, which just worships social murderers like Brian Thompson killing and stealing with no accountability, or J6ers beating cops with Blue Lives Matter Flags cause of some bullshit they made up in their own minds, or European colonizers murdering indigenous people in the Middle East.

Also, OF COURSE it's the "libertarian" who is crying more about the RESPONSE to the oppressive violence of the state, as opposed to the oppressive violence of the state itself.
 
Up until now, Trump has been calling the shots. EOs, appointments, tariffs, the big beautiful bill… he’s been the instigator, obliging everyone else to react. He’s been able to control – or at least guide – the narrative. The current “coddle the aliens” rioting is the first real test of Trump 2.0, a test he failed miserably the first time around, when he looked the other way while blue jurisdictions allowed the mob to riot, maim, kill, burn & destroy to the tune of billions in economic damage.

Regardless of how he deals with it, he’ll be condemned as Literally Hitler™ - whether he posts something snarky on Truth Social, or sends in the Guard with water cannons. Since he’s going to get dumped on either way, my hope is that he goes all in & humiliates the mob. Give it to them, Mr. President – gooder and harder.
Protests, often violent, have not been uncommon in US history. These are traditionally handled by local authorities. If it spins out of control there, then they may appeal to the president for federal support. That has been very rare.

In this situation, we went from a local issue to sending in the US Marines being deployed in no time flat- bypassing any consultation with the governor or local authorities. This was not necessary and only a deliberately provocative act by the president. If his goal was to restore order and law, that was pretty dumb.

But that is clearly not what he is interested in. He wants the fight. He wants the chaos. He wants the cruelty and bullying. That’s the point, not restoring order and de-escalating the situation. Because he knows he can score political points with his base with such red meat thrown at them. They eat that up and become even more rabid.

This thread is a good example of that.
 
I thought his first real test was ending the Ukraine war on Day 1.

Wait, no, his first real test was to sign those 200 deals that he already had in the bag, right?

Oh, oops, I forgot that his first real test was to reduce the debt by trillions of dollars!
 
Also, OF COURSE it's the "libertarian" who is crying more about the RESPONSE to the oppressive violence of the state, as opposed to the oppressive violence of the state itself.

That's correct. Looting private businesses and blocking highways is not a response to state violence.
 
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