Do you Disagree with Trump on Form or Substance?

[Independent thinker]

Do you think the killing in Ukraine should be stopped?

What is Trump's position on Ukraine?

What do you think about Ukraine?

 

[pknopp]

What do you think about Ukraine?

It's none of my business. Now answer my question.

 

[Independent thinker]

It's none of my business. Now answer my question.

It's none of my business. Now answer my question.

What's none of your business? Why are you on a debate site if you don't have any opinions?

 

[pknopp]

What's none of your business? Why are you on a debate site if you don't have any opinions?

You can't even defend Trump but you expect me to?

 

[Cougarbear]

No I'm not. They might arrest more but they aren't going to stop it.

Oh brother! You will spin things to puff yourself up. Did you read the article? 132 people got through compared to Biden's thousands and millions.


I wasn't asked to defend Biden was I? Last word from Trump was he was going to take Ukraine's wealth to continue funding the war.

Again, another spin. Trump did not say he was going to keep the war going. To any rational sane person, he said AFTER THE WAR IS OVER, Ukraine will pay us back with their minerals we need.

Trump does something, then stops doing it, then threatens again and then who knows what.

That's because he is using negotiating skills you are ignorant about. He's not really a Republican either. He negotiates with his Art of the Deal skills. Not yours or anyone else's. But, he get results and that is what is important.

The deficit is going to rise with the new budget

Nope. You can't see the forest for the trees. just take the Ukraine War expenses. He ends the war and the expenses stop. Instead, we receive the minerals and whatever that give us back money. Then, there is the Gold Card program that will bring in trillions of dollars. You have no vision of the big picture, the forest...Instead, you live with this TDS insanity of doing things the same way over and over expecting different results.

 

[pknopp]

Nope. You can't see the forest for the trees. just take the Ukraine War expenses. He ends the war and the expenses stop. Instead, we receive the minerals and whatever that give us back money. Then, there is the Gold Card program that will bring in trillions of dollars. You have no vision of the big picture, the forest...Instead, you live with this TDS insanity of doing things the same way over and over expecting different results.

Your quoting is a mess. We have no clue how many are coming through illegally. None. No one is standing around counting them and if they were why didn't they stop them?

 

[MayorQuimby]

None. No one is standing around counting them and if they were why didn't they stop them?

I have always wondered what would happen if Americans just opened fire on Mexicans. Mexicans are foreign nationals, so killing them would only break Mexican laws but not American ones (I think). The only entity who would care is the Mexican government. But I am pretty sure they wouldn't give a crap, plenty more where that came from.

 

[pknopp]

I have always wondered what would happen if Americans just opened fire on Mexicans. Mexicans are foreign nationals, so killing them would only break Mexican laws but not American ones (I think). The only entity who would care is the Mexican government. But I am pretty sure they wouldn't give a crap, plenty more where that came from.

They are committing a misdemeanor. What would happen is you would go to prison.

 

[blackhawk]

Disagreeing with the other party is the default setting for most now on both sides it comes as natural to them as breathing.

 

[JGalt]

Because Trump won't actually address any of them.

Don't be an asshole. Trump is addressing every one of those things, plus at least a hundred others.

 

[Winston]

1. Do you think our borders should be closed to illegal immigration?
2. Do you think the killing in Ukraine should be stopped?
3. Do you think the killing in Gaza should be stopped?
4. Do you think the US should have reciprocal trade tariffs?
5. Do you think our budget deficits should be reduced?

If you answer yes to these questions, you should support President Trump. If you don't, why?

1. The border is already "closed" to illegal immigration. What part of "illegal" do you not understand? Your statement is like saying banks should be closed to bank robbers. More importantly, the United States should fulfill it's obligations under signed treaties and international law to asylum seekers.

2 and 3. Both stupid questions. Of course the killing should stop. Russia should stop killing, Israel should stop killing. But negotiating away territory to the Russians only rewards them for their bad behavior. Same holds true for Gaza and the West Bank. If Palestinians are not allowed to return home, if they are resettled, it is a violation of international law. Of course, it is what Israel wanted all along.

How can Trump claim victory when Russia gets territory they have coveted for years, and Israel gets territory they have coveted for years?

4. Tariffs are stupid. Whatever to hell happened to "free markets"? Now picking winners and losers is OK? Tariffs are a regressive tax that hits the middle class the hardest and benefits the wealthiest the most.

5. Can we discuss the difference between deficit and debt. Biden did reduce the deficit, by about a trillion dollars. Trump is slated to massively expand the deficit, all the markets are pricing that in, especially the bond market. And when you see the articles about how Biden massively expanded the debt, well with any deficit, that was a given. The biggest numbers thrown around by the right wing media is the projected debt as calculated by the CBO. It did expand dramatically, but what that same right wing media doesn't tell you, the expiration of the Trump tax cuts are priced in to that number, extending them only makes it worse.

 

[pknopp]

Disagreeing with the other party is the default setting for most now on both sides it comes as natural to them as breathing.

I agreed with Trump when he said he was going to simply cut off funding to Ukraine.

I disagreed with Trump when he said he wanted Ukraine's commodities to continue funding them.

Which position did you support? Both?

 

[MayorQuimby]

They are committing a misdemeanor. What would happen is you would go to prison.

What misdemeanor is that though.

 

[Rawley]

Because Trump won't actually address any of them.

Really? Then why is your party going so apeshit over Trump addressing each of them? (yes, it's your party)

 

[JGalt]

You trying to get dimocrap scum to commit?

To anything?

Good luck.

Remember hearing about those Imperial Japanese soldiers who hid out in the caves of Borneo after WW2 was over? The ones who kept on fighting, even though they lost the war? The ones who would rather fall on their own swords or put a bullet in their head, rather than accepting the fact that they lost?

 

[pknopp]

Really? Then why is your party going so apeshit over Trump addressing each of them? (yes, it's your party)

My party? Your brainwashed mind tells you this as it's all you've been led to believe and you followed blindly into the night.

 

[blackhawk]

I agreed with Trump when he said he was going to simply cut off funding to Ukraine.

I disagreed with Trump when he said he wanted Ukraine's commodities to continue funding them.

Which position did you support? Both?

I agree with Trumps position of wanting to work out a deal to end the war do you? Oddly though to a certain segment on the left wanting to do that makes him either a Putin lover or Putins puppet.

 

[pknopp]

I agree with Trumps position of wanting to work out a deal to end the war do you?

Continuing to fund the war is not how you end it.

Oddly though to a certain segment on the left wanting to do that makes him either a Putin lover or Putins puppet.

Take it up with them.

 

[Winston]

It's to let the economy reset so resources go to places where they actually create value.

Ideally, you are exactly right. The misallocation of resources is the biggest "drain" on our economy. It is not fraud, waste, or abuse. It is misallocation of resources, on an unprecedented scale. But Trump's actions, and his proposals, will only exasperate the problem.

Take tariffs for example. I have already seen it happen in the live lobster market. In anticipation of tariffs suppliers increased cost for live lobsters by 25%. Domestic suppliers quickly matched the Canadian increase. Classic rent seeking, and that will result in a misallocation of resources. Multiply that by a thousand of markets, and you can begin to realize what is coming down the pipe.

 

[blackhawk]

Continuing to fund the war is not how you end it.




Take it up with them.

I have taken it up with them interestingly when I inquire to them as how we should go about trying to end the war if they disagree with what Trump is proposing there is no response.