A fellow authoritarian is set to lose power. Don is trying to prevent it.

[Mashmont]

Please don't avoid the question.

Should I assume you equate positions D's favor with communism? Does being in favor of enhanced gun control, a position a majority of Americans hold, make them communists?

Yes or no?

I did answer. The Democrat leaders enacting gun laws are Communists awaiting the opportunity. The rank-and-file Democrats voting with them are not smart enough to see the end game.

 

[Mashmont]

"you can't have guns, you just can't"

Yep, there are times you can't.

 

[pknopp]

Yep, there are times you can't.

But you can in context to the quote.

 

[struth]

What an odd thing to say. Is it your opinion we "leftwingers" need to be taught a lesson and have our 1st A rights taken away?

Yes you all need to be taught a lesson, because it’s clear you didn’t pay attention to your history and civics lessons in school

Maybe you aren’t capable of learning…that’s possible

 

[struth]

But you can in context to the quote.

Yes, if you want to end up dead…that was the context of the quote

Is that what you want to happen to people? Die?

 

[struth]

But you can in context to the quote.

You also can't where posted. Like a restaurant.

The context of the quote was some one dying…you can’t arm yourself with a gun and commit crimes…that’s a quick way to die

I agree with your second point a business is free to ban guns from their business.

 

[pknopp]

Yes, if you want to end up dead…that was the context of the quote

Is that what you want to happen to people? Die?

If you exercise your 2nd amendment right, only do so if you want to end up dead.

LOL. Actually quite sad.

 

[pknopp]

The context of the quote was some one dying…you can’t arm yourself with a gun and commit crimes…that’s a quick way to die

I agree with your second point a business is free to ban guns from their business.

Nobody was committing a crime. Twist yourself into a pretzel.

 

[Papageorgio]

Trump affirms ‘total endorsement’ of Orbán ahead of Hungary election​

The Trump administration is doubling down on its endorsement of Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán in next month’s Hungarian elections, even as Orbán’s deal-blocking in Brussels has been labeled “unacceptable” by EU peers.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday reiterated his “complete and total endorsement” of Orbán in the Hungarian elections. And U.S. Vice President JD Vance is reportedly due to fly to Budapest in April in support of the prime minister.

The EU’s longest-serving leader, facing an election in less than a month that he is forecast to lose, has long been a thorn in the side of Brussels. In the latest stand-off against his European counterparts, Orbán held hostage a €90 billion loan to Ukraine this week over an oil dispute.

Trump affirms ‘total endorsement’ of Orbán ahead of Hungary election

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is reportedly due to visit Budapest in April in support of the Prime Minister Orbán.

www.politico.eu

AI Overview

Analyses from political observers, scholars, and news reports, particularly in early 2025 and 2026, suggest that Donald Trump has adopted strategies similar to those used by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to consolidate power and transform a democracy into an "illiberal state."

Observers identify several key areas where Trump has emulated the "Orban playbook" in his second term (starting January 2025):

• Judicial and Institutional Control: Similar to Orbán's 2010 overhaul of the Hungarian judiciary, Trump has aimed to reshape the U.S. judiciary and federal law enforcement. This includes appointing loyalists to key positions and using the Department of Justice to investigate political rivals.
• Media Control and Attacks: Orbán consolidated control over Hungarian media by fostering a loyal media apparatus, a tactic mirrored by Trump’s attacks on traditional media as "enemies of the people" and by fostering a pro-Trump media ecosystem.
• Targeting Universities and Civil Society: Following the Hungarian model, where the Central European University was forced out, the Trump administration has taken aim at American universities and academic freedom.
• Immigration and National Identity: Both leaders use nationalist rhetoric to demonize immigrants and outsiders to build popular support.
• Emergency Powers and Centralization: Trump has sought to use legalistic means and emergency powers to bypass checks and balances, similar to how Orban utilized "national consultations" and legislative changes to centralize power.

It is antithetical to our collective experience as Americans and all that our country stands for (or stood for until trumpery) to have a US president endorse an overtly authoritarian figure for office. The incongruity is as disorienting as the parallels between trump and Orban are obvious. But that doesn't make them easier to reckon with.

Just the other day trump invoked emergency powers to subvert congressional oversight in the sale of arms to countries in the ME.

Trump invokes emergency powers with $23 billion in Gulf arms sales as Iran war wages on: WSJ report​

Trump invokes emergency powers with $23 billion in Gulf arms sales as Iran war wages on: WSJ report

The U.S. approved roughly $23 billion in weapons sales to three Gulf nations, moving to bolster their defenses as the Middle East war continued to escalate.

www.cnbc.com

For some of the deals, the American government invoked the emergency clause of U.S. arms control law, a mechanism that allows the executive branch to proceed without the standard 30-day congressional review period, according to the report.

Like Orban, trump has sought to normalize anti-democratic actions and sideline Congress. Enabled by subservient R's who blocked the passage of two War Powers resolutions that would prevent Don from making unilateral decisions on the war he started with Iran. Just as his base has enabled him with their continuing support despite repeated lawlessness and violations of the Constitution.

It appears the people of Hungary have had enough. POLITICO Poll of Polls — Hungarian polls, trends and election news for Hungary

In the US, polls indicate the same. The question being, is the damage done too extensive to fully recover from?

Wow the distortion and lies from the far left nuts just keeps coming.

This is the biggest stretch I have seen in awhile. Sad how lies and distortions has taken over people.

 

[struth]

If you exercise your 2nd amendment right, only do so if you want to end up dead.

LOL. Actually quite sad.

You don’t have a second amendment right to obstruct justice and interfere with a law enforcement operation

If you do, and are armed, you might die

I think it’s a good suggestion not to arm yourself if you want to engage in that behavior. Obviously you disagree…and that’s fine…frankly that’s a little Darwinism happening in real life, and I welcome it

 

[berg80]

The Democrat leaders enacting gun laws are Communists awaiting the opportunity.

Thanks. I just wanted to make sure my suspicion that I'm wasting my time conversing with a delusional crank is correct. And it is. Have a good day.

 

[berg80]

Wow the distortion and lies from the far left nuts just keeps coming.

This is the biggest stretch I have seen in awhile. Sad how lies and distortions has taken over people.

You have the opportunity to not be vague. What specifically do you think is a distortion?

 

[j-mac]

Should I assume you equate positions D's favor with communism?

Absolutely! In fact you Dems are so in love with it, that you aren't even ashamed when it's clearly pointed out to you.

Does being in favor of enhanced gun control, a position a majority of Americans hold, make them communists?

Yes or no?

I would say yes, because let's face it, most American's don't have a clue what the hell you're talking about when you say "enhanced" gun control...They don't know that means that you want their gun's taken from them...

In fact, if I didn't know better, I'd say that you cynical pukes are behind some of these mass shootings, just so you can make your call for a gun free society. Sick shit really....cheering the death so you can disarm a population.

 

[j-mac]

Thanks. I just wanted to make sure my suspicion that I'm wasting my time conversing with a delusional crank is correct. And it is. Have a good day.

Good, we'd be happy if you shut the **** up perminately......

 

[j-mac]

But you can in context to the quote.

You also can't where posted. Like a restaurant.

Well, they'd have to know you have it first.

 

[Anathema]

In the US, polls indicate the same. The question being, is the damage done too extensive to fully recover from?

Of course they do. The vast majority of American voters are braindead sheep who have no understand what this country is or what it was intended to be. Authoritarianism is the only hope to save this country from itself, and most Americans neither understand nor accept that.

 

[22lcidw]

"you can't have guns, you just can't"

Most Deplorables know what would happen if they did not have weapons. Look at the craziness you create within your areas and even in outlying areas with mass shootings as an example.

 

[j-mac]

If you exercise your 2nd amendment right, only do so if you want to end up dead.

LOL. Actually quite sad.

That is utter bullshit...I exercise my 2a rights every friking day, and never have a problem....

Why are you so scared of a tool?

 

[Papageorgio]

Every point is spin and rhetoric to demonize the administration, every president puts in their judicial appointees that favor their party, not one president has not.

The media is overwhelmingly left and that is pretty obvious and the fact you can quite media that is far left shows it’s a lie.

No one cares about legal immigration, it is illegal immigration that is a problem, they do not respect our laws, our legal immigrants, our culture and our people, those are who the issue is with.

I could keep going on each point however like you said why waste time with a delusional crank like yourself. I’ll stick with the Constitution and not a bunch of far left nuts that keep getting everything wrong.

 

[pknopp]

Well, they'd have to know you have it first.

Sure.