In Sunday’s interview with Kristen Welker, Trump went with his classic playbook of vague answers and conspiracy theories.
It’s not just Trump. It’s the entire GOP. Since at least the early ‘90s the ‘Pubs have been purely an opposition party that trades on ignorance and hate.
this isn’t entirely true. their policy plans are the real “quiet part”- their policies are “drive income inequality” and “get rich” and “maintain power” at the expense of the poors.
The quiet part is they want power for power sake.
Income inequality and getting rich are side benefits.
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
I venture it’s at the expense of everyone else.
You just described capitalism
in real, authentic, and unmoderated capitalism, none of these companies and rich fucks would get bail outs, 'quantitative easing" or the Plunge Protection Team wouldn’t step in when their investments were plummeting. most of them probably wouldn’t actually exist today. “Live by the sword, die by the sword”, after all.
Not that I’m saying capitalism is a good thing… I’m just saying that what we have now is… even worse, in some respects.
They have nothing to advocate for because they got everything they wanted a long time ago with the dismantling of the public trust and all the tax cuts. Killing Roe was a lark they only did for PR value but hey they got that too.
I wish people would realize that US politics isn’t a marketplace of ideas. It’s not about competing philosophies. There are some dug in motherfuckers who live only to consolidate their own power and wealth further and further.
It’s impossible to win a debate with an opponent who doesn’t even put forth an argument. Something something you just get dirty wrestling a pig and the pig enjoys the romp.
In a word: we can take our country and future from these assholes, or let them keep it. They don’t share.
“I’ll fix it all, okay? I’ll fix it. Trust me”
“I’m the only person who can fix all of America’s problems, and if you ask me how, you’re a traitor.”
Thing is, his lil followers don’t care. They never cared. They only care that he’ll hurt the people they don’t like. “Owning the libs” Is more important to them than actual governance.
They’re fine gett getting fucked over as long as libs are getting fucked over too. The phrase “they would eat shit as long as a liberal has to smell their breath” comes to mind.
I didn’t watch, but this was taped, meaning they could add context retrospectively.
Trump repeatedly lied that Democrats advocate for post-birth abortion and abortions up to “five, six, seven, eight, nine months."
Did the host say “that is a lie?” Or did they at least put up text that said “This is false, post-birth abortion already has a clearer definition of ‘murder’ which is not a Democratic party platform.”
Trump’s policies are basically:
- Become President to stay out of prison.
- Use the power of the presidency to take revenge against anyone he doesn’t like - including arresting political rivals for the “crime” of opposing him politically.
- Use the presidency to enrich himself - again.
And that’s about it. Any other issue, he’s flexible on depending on what will give him the most power/money. Trump would become a full blown socialist if he thought that was the key to getting more money and power. (Of course, it’s not so he won’t.)
What a shocker that the Grooming Old Perverts’ #1 choice for potus has no real policy plans.
Look, in two weeks he’s going to have the greatest policy plans you’ve ever seen. Many people tell him they’re the greatest policy plans that have ever been thought of. They say “Sir you have a great mind for policy.”
Is he going to double it up with Infrastructure Week?
I have no plans yet, can you believe that?! My team, you know I have the best team, my team will eventually have a strategy. But right now we’re focusing on the bogus inditements and we’ll eventually refocus our attention
Nixon would have marveled over his use of “secret” plans.
It’s an outrage 100 different ways, but one of those is: this is an amazing job that a person could do SO much with. Policy is intensely interesting and massively important. There’s a huge variety of issues and so much to learn and fix.
For someone to seriously propose themselves for the job without having the decency to know what they even want to do with it… it’s just insulting.
To the surprise of no one. Almost every one knows that their policies, if revealed would be unpalatable to the people that have yet to realize they’re illegitimate as a party.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Donald Trump appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, ostensibly to discuss his platform for the 2024 campaign — but ultimately responding to interviewer Kristen Welker’s questions with his trademark blend of self-aggrandizement and conspiracy theory.
The interview underscored a vagueness on substantive policy which allows Trump’s supporters and potential voters to read what they want into his statements and feel like he represents their interests, while also letting him double down on election-denying conspiracy theories.
However, when speaking at an event for the political arm of Concerned Women for America, a right-wing, anti-LGBTQ, anti-abortion activist group, Trump did say that he supported exceptions to an abortion ban for rape, incest, and the life of the mother.
In contrast to fellow Republicans who have advocated invading Mexico to control the illicit trade in fentanyl, Trump was yet again vague, saying only that “something has to be done, and it has to be done fairly quickly.” That last part is true — drug overdose deaths have skyrocketed since 2014, with fentanyl or other synthetic opioid overdoses making up the bulk of those deaths, according to data from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse.
When Welker asked whether he would pardon insurrectionists who have been investigated and in some cases imprisoned for their participation in the Capitol breach on January 6, 2021, Trump said he “certainly might” pardon insurrectionists “if I think it’s appropriate.” But footage from Trump’s speech at the conservative Pray Vote Stand summit Friday shows him telling the audience, “The moment I win the election I will appoint a special task force to rapidly review the cases of every political prisoner who’s been unjustly persecuted by the Biden administration” and pledging to “study the situation very quickly, and sign their pardons or commutations on day one,” CNN reported.
An appearance on a mainstream show might seem on the surface to be a good-faith effort to discuss his plans for a future presidency, but he unsurprisingly used it as a platform to air grievances and deliver little of substance.
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