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Mandate?? LOL


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Trump didn't eclipse 50% of the popular vote. Surpassed Harris by 2 million.

Won the battlegrounds, yes, but not a mandate to do “whatever the **** he wants” as Dbm offered.
This is such a fake thing.

No president has the ability to do whatever they want. They’re all constrained by the Constitution, by Congress, by statutory law, by case law.

They all claim a “mandate.” But it’s never a real thing. Reagan won 49 states in 1984. But he also had a Democratic majority in the House all 8 years. And that limited what he could get done.

Trump has a ~3 seat House majority. He’ll get TCJA extended, but almost certainly in a modified form. Anything beyond that is a crapshoot.
 
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The POS just removed secret service protection for Bolton. Even Biden who was often in Bolton's cross hairs allowed for his protection. Trump is such a petty man.
POS Biden refused SS protection for RFJ Jr and he was running for President. He only gave it to him after he was embarrassed by media reports.
 
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You support him doing this? WTF is wrong with you?

Stripping him of his security clearance...fine. I get it. No big deal.

Stripping him of his security detail...when he's been specifically threatened by Iran? You don't think that's going a bit too far to "burn the deep state to the ground"? Putting a former NatSec Adviser's life in danger?
Yes, that's wrong. Not giving Bolton SS security is just wrong.
 
Trump promised to burn the deep state to the ground. There is no bigger deep state actor than Bolton. Promises made. Promises kept.

dbm, Trump is wrong here. And I don't think Bolton is part of the deep state. He's his own person. I disagree with him a lot, but Bolton has never waivered in what he believes. He and Trump had a falling out, but that's no reason to take away his SS protection.
 
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This is such a fake thing.

No president has the ability to do whatever they want. They’re all constrained by the Constitution, by Congress, by statutory law, by case law.

They all claim a “mandate.” But it’s never a real thing. Reagan won 49 states in 1984. But he also had a Democratic majority in the House all 8 years. And that limited what he could get done.

Trump has a ~3 seat House majority. He’ll get TCJA extended, but almost certainly in a modified form. Anything beyond that is a crapshoot.
When no shit. He’s going to do whatever the f*** he wants within his authority as President. That should’ve been obvious.

In his first term there were things he wanted to do, like declassifying JFK, but was talked out of it. Not this time.
 
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dbm, Trump is wrong here. And I don't think Bolton is part of the deep state. He's his own person. I disagree with him a lot, but Bolton has never waivered in what he believes. He and Trump had a falling out, but that's no reason to take away his SS protection.
He could have at least gave him the SS detail that Biden gave Trump.... Up until the 2nd assassination attempt.
 
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I think he had mentioned about using the tariffs to replace Income Tax. I thought it was an interesting concept and was hoping someone would bring it up and discuss. I'd love to hear the thoughts but it is way above my pay grade.
I wouldn't think tariffs alone could do it, but I'd like to see a combination of them, a national sales tax, and a lower flat tax rate to take away the progressive tax code, which has all kinds of loopholes.
 
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This is such a fake thing.

No president has the ability to do whatever they want. They’re all constrained by the Constitution, by Congress, by statutory law, by case law.

They all claim a “mandate.” But it’s never a real thing. Reagan won 49 states in 1984. But he also had a Democratic majority in the House all 8 years. And that limited what he could get done.

Trump has a ~3 seat House majority. He’ll get TCJA extended, but almost certainly in a modified form. Anything beyond that is a crapshoot.
I think the "mandate" thing is based on the idea that if a Prez can get 50%+ of the vote, he can claim that America supports his agenda, and has more leverage in pushing it.

I'm not sure it's ever really been true. But it's not about authority, Constitutional or otherwise, it's about political capital.
 
anyone else feel it?
Yeah. It’s just so much better than the endless race baiting woke crap. Who knows how it’ll turn out but at least it’s fun. Trump is fun. I must have watched Hillary’s spontaneous laugh when trump announced the gulf of America a dozen times. It was the most genuine we’ve ever seen her and you could almost, almost, see what big bill saw in her at one time as she bust out laughing. If you haven’t seen the video it’s great.
 
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Yeah. It’s just so much better than the endless race baiting woke crap. Who knows how it’ll turn out but at least it’s fun. Trump is fun. I must have watched Hillary’s spontaneous laugh when trump announced the gulf of America a dozen times. It was the most genuine we’ve ever seen her and you could almost, almost, see what big bill saw in her at one time as she bust out laughing. If you haven’t seen the video it’s great.
You are one of the few people that will honestly answer this. I know you felt woke was overdone. Can Trump overdo it by going to far the other way?

I think there are some in this board who would embrace arresting transgender and/or homosexuals. They embrace the most violent from January 6 being given a voice in government. Seems for many on this board, the more shitty the response from Trump the better.
 
You are one of the few people that will honestly answer this. I know you felt woke was overdone. Can Trump overdo it by going to far the other way?

I think there are some in this board who would embrace arresting transgender and/or homosexuals. They embrace the most violent from January 6 being given a voice in government. Seems for many on this board, the more shitty the response from Trump the better.
I believe, right or wrong, the more we shine a light on race trannies etc the worse. So if Harris makes everything about race it incites a natural gag reflex on the right to push back. When the right goes the other way it invokes resentment on the left and keeps it in focus. Trump will probably go too far but I hope he lets it die out

Letting people live quietly without promotion serves people best. Want to be a tranny. Go for it. People. Most don’t care. Put it in my face I might react.

Workers captures us all. Parents captures all. Americans captures us all. And to the extent there is discrimination there are a million lawyers champing at the bit to represent them at no cost up front. My guess is next to car crashes discrim demands and petitions are the most prevalent of all
 
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You are one of the few people that will honestly answer this. I know you felt woke was overdone. Can Trump overdo it by going to far the other way?

I think there are some in this board who would embrace arresting transgender and/or homosexuals. They embrace the most violent from January 6 being given a voice in government. Seems for many on this board, the more shitty the response from Trump the better.
You're full of shit, as usual, but after 4 years of lies and insanity under Biden, sensible people have a right to let off a little steam.
 
You're full of shit, as usual, but after 4 years of lies and insanity under Biden, sensible people have a right to let off a little steam.
How so? This board is full of people that would back Trump no matter what. Could literally find Trump on top of their wife and still find a way to support it.
 
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How so? This board is full of people that would back Trump no matter what. Could literally find Trump on top of their wife and still find a way to support it.
Sure.....

And where is your post condemning Biden for pardoning, for 10 years, his family and fellow conspirators?
 
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