Thank you for your response. Her more points to ponder..
Demeaning allies while cozying up to Authoritarians shows lack of foresight. Instigating trade wars shows lack of foresight. And constantly beating the drum to use the Justice Department to attack political opponents not only shows lack of foresight, but an irresponsible and dangerous shift away from the rule of law and toward a disturbingly comfortable acquaintanceship with Totalitarianism.
Yes, he did demean Kim. But it brought him to the table to get our prisoners back, the remains of fallen soldiers and the negotiating table to denuclearize his country. If he is polite to an adversary, that is not a problem as long as the adversary is not addecting our country negatively.
Is he using the DOJ. Obviously not because there has not been any mention of acts from the DOJ that would be problematic to the left.
While it is true Sec. Clinton was a deeply flawed candidate, you cannot hold up Donald Trump as the paragon of moral and political excellence. She. Clinton did not insult POWs, the disabled, Gold Star families, women, Latinos, Southerners, the press and Muslims.
Trump did not run as the paragon of moral and political excellence. And obviously people did want a man of substance and skills to make the country work again. His comments were sometimes unfortunate just as any public speaker would have wished they hadn't said something to be remembered by. Obama had is "corps - corpse" moment, The 57 states in the US , "We did not give money to Iran in the Iran deal," "I bowl like I am in the Special Olympics." Statements he would admit he would have liked to take back.
There is no 'irrational hatred for Trump'. Hatred of Trump is based on his boorish comportment, his cruel zero tolerance immigration policy, his eagerness and openness to obstruct justice, his scandalous appointees, his lies and his use of distractive wedge issues used to divide American from American and America from the world at large.
His "cruel, zero intolerance immigration" includes welcoming legal immigrants, some of his appointees were not the best. But look at the VIP's of Obama's FBI that are now fired or under investigation. I thought the appointing of Van Jones troubling. A self prophessed Communist! Yates, Lynch and even Hillary round out the decisions that were certainly less than stellar. It is a benefit that Obama had Eric Holder in his back pocket to stave off legal problems with his appointees.
Now tell me about dividing the country. He and Michelle racially divided this country so it it was reminiscent of the 60's. We still haven't recovered from that debacle.
You don't question any of Trump's accomplishments. Safely done. We are respected aropund the world, have let countries know that their lacking lf funding the UN was unacceptable, stopping the imbalance of trade and international intellectual property, building a strong military to be respected and feared throughut the world., improving VA medical care and so much more.
Dysfunctional??? Hardly. Look in the mirror and see what party that refers to.