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Does anyone else think Trump has a point?

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GracesGranMK2 Wed 16-Aug-17 09:03:18

I am really worried about the idea of re-writing history to suit either left or right and am thinking Trump may have a point.

I would not want Nazis or the KKK marching in my town (I would want the organisations banned, if it were in my country) but surely we have to be even handed if people are breaking the law.

lemongrove Tue 22-Aug-17 13:26:55

No, it isn't ( according to GNHQ) but will be hard to detect.

MaizieD Tue 22-Aug-17 13:22:33

Is posting under more than one username allowed, Oriel?

Which ones is illtellhim using (so I know which ones not to bother reading...)?

Oriel Tue 22-Aug-17 09:48:18

illtellhim I saw from your post on another thread that you post under three user names... is AmMaz one of them?

durhamjen Mon 21-Aug-17 14:13:47

Trump has been advertising for ethnic actors to go to his rallies and make them look diverse.

durhamjen Mon 21-Aug-17 14:09:18

Thanks. I can now try to stop being confused by this thread.
Thinking of trump is confusing enough.

illtellhim Mon 21-Aug-17 13:39:15

I'm so sorry durhamjen, I truly got the posts wrong, if theirs anything I can do to make this right please let me know.

To anyone who cares, it was oriel who got AmMaz post deleted.

My Mistake

durhamjen Mon 21-Aug-17 11:57:03

What? I never deleted AmMaz's post. Now I am even more confused.

illtellhim Mon 21-Aug-17 10:14:50

AmMaz, you've won, when someone deletes your post, in this case durhamjen, except it as a victory, they can't reply to your augment.

I hope you have time to read this before its deleted. smile

AmMaz Mon 21-Aug-17 09:53:26

durhamjen, no you wouldn't understand my last post because the relevant info (my original post) has been deleted!

durhamjen Sun 20-Aug-17 14:11:18

twitter.com/abigailedge/status/899009567010336768/photo/1

This is what today has brought us.

whitewave Sun 20-Aug-17 12:35:22

I wonder what next week will bring us.

whitewave Sun 20-Aug-17 12:24:24

That is so good.

durhamjen Sun 20-Aug-17 11:33:08

I'd love to see it copied elsewhere - particularly in the US where white supremacist marches take place. So much more effective than just marching against them.

AlieOxon Sun 20-Aug-17 09:42:41

Isn't it!

durhamjen Sun 20-Aug-17 09:33:45

This is a brilliant idea.

www.indy100.com/article/german-city-neo-nazis-wunsiede-bavaria-charlottesville-white-supremacist-7901721

lemongrove Sat 19-Aug-17 21:36:33

He is not actually 'being' impeached grin but have it your own way.

durhamjen Sat 19-Aug-17 21:28:31

You said there had been nothing on the news. It is in the news. From today.

lemongrove Sat 19-Aug-17 21:03:34

Not meaning to be pedantic durhamjen but the outcome is certainly not a done deal at the moment, far from it.
I have had a busy day, and when I saw your first post about this, thought I had missed something BIG on the news.

durhamjen Sat 19-Aug-17 20:58:22

cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-cohen-introduce-articles-impeachment-against-president

This is in the news, I think.

durhamjen Sat 19-Aug-17 20:21:37

So saying he will introduce articles of impeachment is just a suggestion, is it?
Trump only needs six republicans to go against him and he will be impeached - unless he does a runner like Nixon.

lemongrove Sat 19-Aug-17 19:52:50

I think he probably failed the moral test even before he became POTUS Eloethan tbh.
However reading durhamjen's assertion ( in the actual words used) it read 'have you seen that Trump is going to be impeached now' I naturally thought it was imminent, when if course, it isn't.Words matter.

Eloethan Sat 19-Aug-17 19:37:02

I'm not au fait with the American constitution but if the office of President explicitly or implictly stipulates that he or she demonstrate "moral leadership" then don't you think he might have failed in that respect lemongrove?

When you speak of "his enemies", there are plenty of those because he is reported to be the most unpopular President of the modern era.

lemongrove Sat 19-Aug-17 19:25:03

Yes, I read that, but it doesn't mean, as you stated, that Trump was going to be impeached.Just that his enemies will do what they can to suggest that he should be.

whitewave Sat 19-Aug-17 19:24:34

Yes that has been talked about in some seriousness ever since last weekends debacle.

Have you seen the CNN thing listing all the chaos since January - absolutely astounding!!

durhamjen Sat 19-Aug-17 19:19:45

"Today, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn), ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, announced that he will introduce articles of impeachment against the president, stating that Trump had “failed the presidential test of moral leadership.” "