Trump a Unique threat to American Democracy

[kaz]

At least withHillary we have some idea of how she will perform in office. Standing in the shadow of Bill, Hillary will serve as the extension of his popular and successful presidency. Trump, OTOH has proven to be an impetuous, ignorant megalomaniac, full of vindictiveness. Do we want such a tyrant to be our president.
Are right wing White males so desperate for a return to universal White male hegemony that they would sacrifice the principles of Democracy for ALL?

I fear the answer to my question, if posed to White Americans, would all too often be a resounding , "yes."
Trump is has declared that he and he alone can fix all of America's problems. His messianic declarations have had a hypnotic Rasputin like effect on his supporters to the extent that visions of Hitler are invoked.

Perhaps Trump's equivocal conquest of the GOP marks the nadir of American conservatism and ushers in a new populist regime. One that aims to " make america White again at any cost,to include armed force.

Oh please.... it will just be the extension of the Clinton corruption. She makes Nixon look honest.

Leon Panetta former CIA director and Secretary of Defense states Donald Trump is the biggest threat to National Security this nation has ever seen. In this video he remarks on Trump wanting to disengage from NATO, and his recent encouragement of a foreign adversary, Russia, to do a cyber attack on the United States.



And as far as Trump's insistence that Generals will listen to him on what he wants to do, in some cases breaking international law and becoming war criminals--this 4 star general had a lot to say about that.

The problem is Trump never said he wants to "disengage" from NATO, you people need to stop lying

I think there is a general consensus that trump is not a fan of NATO and has threatened that as president he just might not participate
unless the members take over some of the costs heaped upon the US taxpayers to defend them.

Nope--not in the world we live in today. We have to have our allies, and we have to have NATO. The security of this nation TRUMP'S everything. And this country is not going to elect an emotionally unstable male drama queen for Commander & Chief. You could not have found a more incompetent, unqualified candidate if you searched for it.

Anyone that is supporting or voting for Donald Trump is no PATRIOT of this country they're simply spoon fed Reich wing political hacks. Their hate of Hillary Clinton is more important to them than the security of this nation.

But we will elect an amoral, lying political establishment hack owned by Wall Street. Thanks for playing

 

[oreo]

Oh please.... it will just be the extension of the Clinton corruption. She makes Nixon look honest.

Leon Panetta former CIA director and Secretary of Defense states Donald Trump is the biggest threat to National Security this nation has ever seen. In this video he remarks on Trump wanting to disengage from NATO, and his recent encouragement of a foreign adversary, Russia, to do a cyber attack on the United States.



And as far as Trump's insistence that Generals will listen to him on what he wants to do, in some cases breaking international law and becoming war criminals--this 4 star general had a lot to say about that.

The problem is Trump never said he wants to "disengage" from NATO, you people need to stop lying

I think there is a general consensus that trump is not a fan of NATO and has threatened that as president he just might not participate
unless the members take over some of the costs heaped upon the US taxpayers to defend them.

Nope--not in the world we live in today. We have to have our allies, and we have to have NATO. The security of this nation TRUMP'S everything. And this country is not going to elect an emotionally unstable male drama queen for Commander & Chief. You could not have found a more incompetent, unqualified candidate if you searched for it.

Anyone that is supporting or voting for Donald Trump is no PATRIOT of this country they're simply spoon fed Reich wing political hacks. Their hate of Hillary Clinton is more important to them than the security of this nation.

But we will elect an amoral, lying political establishment hack owned by Wall Street. Thanks for playing

You're spoon fed Reich wing partisan rhetoric attacks--are not going to put a Chimpanzee in the Oval Office. You have nominated a manchild with no honor, no respect, no dignity, and the only loyalty he has ever shown is to himself & Russia. He is the most incompetent, unqualified, most dangerous threat to National Security this nation has ever witnessed.

This is who you're promoting for Commander & Chief of this country.

 

[kaz]

Leon Panetta former CIA director and Secretary of Defense states Donald Trump is the biggest threat to National Security this nation has ever seen. In this video he remarks on Trump wanting to disengage from NATO, and his recent encouragement of a foreign adversary, Russia, to do a cyber attack on the United States.



And as far as Trump's insistence that Generals will listen to him on what he wants to do, in some cases breaking international law and becoming war criminals--this 4 star general had a lot to say about that.

The problem is Trump never said he wants to "disengage" from NATO, you people need to stop lying

I think there is a general consensus that trump is not a fan of NATO and has threatened that as president he just might not participate
unless the members take over some of the costs heaped upon the US taxpayers to defend them.

Nope--not in the world we live in today. We have to have our allies, and we have to have NATO. The security of this nation TRUMP'S everything. And this country is not going to elect an emotionally unstable male drama queen for Commander & Chief. You could not have found a more incompetent, unqualified candidate if you searched for it.

Anyone that is supporting or voting for Donald Trump is no PATRIOT of this country they're simply spoon fed Reich wing political hacks. Their hate of Hillary Clinton is more important to them than the security of this nation.

But we will elect an amoral, lying political establishment hack owned by Wall Street. Thanks for playing

You're spoon fed Reich wing partisan attacks--are not going to put a Chimpanzee in the Oval Office. A man with no honor, no respect, no dignity, and the only loyalty he has ever shown is to himself & Russia.

This is who you're promoting for Commander & Chief of this country.

I'm not a Trump supporter, asshole. You spend enough time on the site you have to have seen all the anti-Trump threads I started.

That doesn't mean I support lying about the guy like you do and it definitely doesn't mean the lying psychopath Hillary is any better, she's not.

This just in, Kaz endorses ...

 

[oreo]

The problem is Trump never said he wants to "disengage" from NATO, you people need to stop lying

I think there is a general consensus that trump is not a fan of NATO and has threatened that as president he just might not participate
unless the members take over some of the costs heaped upon the US taxpayers to defend them.

Nope--not in the world we live in today. We have to have our allies, and we have to have NATO. The security of this nation TRUMP'S everything. And this country is not going to elect an emotionally unstable male drama queen for Commander & Chief. You could not have found a more incompetent, unqualified candidate if you searched for it.

Anyone that is supporting or voting for Donald Trump is no PATRIOT of this country they're simply spoon fed Reich wing political hacks. Their hate of Hillary Clinton is more important to them than the security of this nation.

But we will elect an amoral, lying political establishment hack owned by Wall Street. Thanks for playing

You're spoon fed Reich wing partisan attacks--are not going to put a Chimpanzee in the Oval Office. A man with no honor, no respect, no dignity, and the only loyalty he has ever shown is to himself & Russia.

This is who you're promoting for Commander & Chief of this country.

I'm not a Trump supporter, asshole. You spend enough time on the site you have to have seen all the anti-Trump threads I started.

That doesn't mean I support lying about the guy like you do and it definitely doesn't mean the lying psychopath Hillary is any better, she's not.

This just in, Kaz endorses ...

Bullshit you're not a Trump supporter, and you can't watch someone's mouth MOVE--with words coming of their mouths and then later call it a lie. It's right in front of your freaking face.

 

[paulitician]

It's actually the opposite. Those making these accusations, are the real threat.

 

[kaz]

I think there is a general consensus that trump is not a fan of NATO and has threatened that as president he just might not participate
unless the members take over some of the costs heaped upon the US taxpayers to defend them.

Nope--not in the world we live in today. We have to have our allies, and we have to have NATO. The security of this nation TRUMP'S everything. And this country is not going to elect an emotionally unstable male drama queen for Commander & Chief. You could not have found a more incompetent, unqualified candidate if you searched for it.

Anyone that is supporting or voting for Donald Trump is no PATRIOT of this country they're simply spoon fed Reich wing political hacks. Their hate of Hillary Clinton is more important to them than the security of this nation.

But we will elect an amoral, lying political establishment hack owned by Wall Street. Thanks for playing

You're spoon fed Reich wing partisan attacks--are not going to put a Chimpanzee in the Oval Office. A man with no honor, no respect, no dignity, and the only loyalty he has ever shown is to himself & Russia.

This is who you're promoting for Commander & Chief of this country.

I'm not a Trump supporter, asshole. You spend enough time on the site you have to have seen all the anti-Trump threads I started.

That doesn't mean I support lying about the guy like you do and it definitely doesn't mean the lying psychopath Hillary is any better, she's not.

This just in, Kaz endorses ...

Bullshit you're not a Trump supporter, and you can't watch someone's mouth MOVE--with words coming of their mouths and then later call it a lie. It's right in front of your freaking face.

If you're a Democrat, you lie about your candidate and you lie about their opponents. It's what you do.

As for Trump, I criticize him for what he is, not for the ridiculous crap and outright lies that you do.

It's funny as hell watching Democrats melt down though as you're collectively starting to realize how badly you fucked up anointing Hillary. She was the only one running ads for the month and a half before the conventions. And she lost ground. You should be afraid.

I just wish the Republicans didn't suck so bad at picking candidates too

 

[Votto]

Very good article--about Donald Trump and why we should all take notice. I doubt too many Reich wingers aka Trump supporters will like it, much less have the reading comprehension skills or the patience to get through it--but it's all true. Donald Trump is a threat to our Democracy as we know it.

"DONALD J. TRUMP, until now a Republican problem, this week became a challenge the nation must confront and overcome. The real estate tycoon is uniquely unqualified to serve as president, in experience and temperament. He is mounting a campaign of snarl and sneer, not substance. To the extent he has views, they are wrong in their diagnosis of America’s problems and dangerous in their proposed solutions. Mr. Trump’s politics of denigration and division could strain the bonds that have held a diverse nation together. His contempt for constitutional norms might reveal the nation’s two-century-old experiment in checks and balances to be more fragile than we knew.

Any one of these characteristics would be disqualifying; together, they make Mr. Trump a peril. We recognize that this is not the usual moment to make such a statement. In an ordinary election year, we would acknowledge the Republican nominee, move on to the Democratic convention and spend the following months, like other voters, evaluating
the candidates’ performance in debates, on the stump and in position papers. This year we will follow the campaign as always, offering honest views on all the candidates. But we cannot salute the Republican nominee or pretend that we might endorse him this fall. A Trump presidency would be dangerous for the nation and the world.

Why are we so sure? Start with experience. It has been 64 years since a major party nominated anyone for president who did not have electoral experience. That experiment turned out pretty well — but Mr. Trump, to put it mildly, is no Dwight David Eisenhower. Leading the Allied campaign to liberate Europe from the Nazis required strategic and political skills of the first order, and Eisenhower — though he liked to emphasize his common touch as he faced the intellectual Democrat Adlai Stevenson — was shrewd, diligent, humble and thoughtful.

In contrast, there is nothing on Mr. Trump’s résumé to suggest he could function successfully in Washington. He was staked in the family business by a well-to-do father and has pursued a career marked by some real estate successes, some failures and repeated episodes of saving his own hide while harming people who trusted him. Given his continuing refusal to release his tax returns, breaking with a long bipartisan tradition, it is only reasonable to assume there are aspects of his record even more discreditable than what we know.

The lack of experience might be overcome if Mr. Trump saw it as a handicap worth overcoming. But he displays no curiosity, reads no books and appears to believe he needs no advice. In fact, what makes Mr. Trump so unusual is his combination of extreme neediness and unbridled arrogance. He is desperate for affirmation but contemptuous of other views. He also is contemptuous of fact. Throughout the campaign, he has unspooled one lie after another — that Muslims in New Jersey celebrated after 9/11, that his tax-cut plan would not worsen the deficit, that he opposed the Iraq War before it started — and when confronted with contrary evidence, he simply repeats the lie. It is impossible to know whether he convinces himself of his own untruths or knows that he is wrong and does not care. It is also difficult to know which trait would be more frightening in a commander in chief.

Given his ignorance, it is perhaps not surprising that Mr. Trump offers no coherence when it comes to policy. In years past, he supported immigration reform, gun control and legal abortion; as candidate, he became a hard-line opponent of all three. Even in the course of the campaign, he has flip-flopped on issues such as whether Muslims should be banned from entering the United States and whether women who have abortions should be punished . Worse than the flip-flops is the absence of any substance in his agenda. Existing trade deals are “stupid,” but Mr. Trump does not say how they could be improved. The Islamic State must be destroyed, but the candidate offers no strategy for doing so. Eleven million undocumented immigrants must be deported, but Mr. Trump does not tell us how he would accomplish this legally or practically.

What the candidate does offer is a series of prejudices and gut feelings, most of them erroneous. Allies are taking advantage of the United States. Immigrants are committing crimes and stealing jobs. Muslims hate America. In fact, Japan and South Korea are major contributors to an alliance that has preserved a peace of enormous benefit to Americans. Immigrants commit fewer crimes than native-born Americans and take jobs that no one else will. Muslims are the primary victims of Islamist terrorism, and Muslim Americans, including thousands who have served in the military, are as patriotic as anyone else.

The Trump litany of victimization has resonated with many Americans whose economic prospects have stagnated. They deserve a serious champion, and the challenges of inequality and slow wage growth deserve a serious response. But Mr. Trump has nothing positive to offer, only scapegoats and dark conspiracy theories. He launched his campaign by accusing Mexico of sending rapists across the border, and similar hatefulness has surfaced numerous times in the year since.

In a dangerous world, Mr. Trump speaks blithely of abandoning NATO, encouraging more nations to obtain nuclear weapons and cozying up to dictators who in fact wish the United States nothing but harm. For eight years, Republicans have criticized President Obama for “apologizing” for America and for weakening alliances. Now they put forward a candidate who mimics the vilest propaganda of authoritarian adversaries about how terrible the United States is and how unfit it is to lecture others. He has made clear that he would drop allies without a second thought. The consequences to global security could be disastrous.

Most alarming is Mr. Trump’s contempt for the Constitution and the unwritten democratic norms upon which our system depends. He doesn’t know what is in the nation’s founding document. When asked by a member of Congress about Article I, which enumerates congressional powers, the candidate responded, “I am going to abide by the Constitution whether it’s number 1, number 2, number 12, number 9.” The charter has seven articles.

Worse, he doesn’t seem to care about its limitations on executive power. He has threatened that those who criticize him will suffer when he is president. He has vowed to torture suspected terrorists and bomb their innocent relatives, no matter the illegality of either act. He has vowed to constrict the independent press. He went after a judge whose rulings angered him, exacerbating his contempt for the independence of the judiciary by insisting that the judge should be disqualified because of his Mexican heritage. Mr. Trump has encouraged and celebrated violence at his rallies. The U.S. democratic system is strong and has proved resilient when it has been tested before. We have faith in it. But to elect Mr. Trump would be to knowingly subject it to threat."
Donald Trump is a unique threat to American democracy

Dims fix primary.

Trump wants to secure the border and have the US government stop representing noncitizens

Conclusion: Trump is a threat to democracy

Yup.. and there ya have it. These folks make no sense whatsoever.

The way they spend our tax dollars, they can't afford to.

 

[oreo]

It's actually the opposite. Those making these accusations, are the real threat.

And another "lil" Einstein comment coming from the Reich wing--LOL

 

[Votto]

Nope--not in the world we live in today. We have to have our allies, and we have to have NATO. The security of this nation TRUMP'S everything. And this country is not going to elect an emotionally unstable male drama queen for Commander & Chief. You could not have found a more incompetent, unqualified candidate if you searched for it.

Anyone that is supporting or voting for Donald Trump is no PATRIOT of this country they're simply spoon fed Reich wing political hacks. Their hate of Hillary Clinton is more important to them than the security of this nation.

But we will elect an amoral, lying political establishment hack owned by Wall Street. Thanks for playing

You're spoon fed Reich wing partisan attacks--are not going to put a Chimpanzee in the Oval Office. A man with no honor, no respect, no dignity, and the only loyalty he has ever shown is to himself & Russia.

This is who you're promoting for Commander & Chief of this country.

I'm not a Trump supporter, asshole. You spend enough time on the site you have to have seen all the anti-Trump threads I started.

That doesn't mean I support lying about the guy like you do and it definitely doesn't mean the lying psychopath Hillary is any better, she's not.

This just in, Kaz endorses ...

Bullshit you're not a Trump supporter, and you can't watch someone's mouth MOVE--with words coming of their mouths and then later call it a lie. It's right in front of your freaking face.

If you're a Democrat, you lie about your candidate and you lie about their opponents. It's what you do.

As for Trump, I criticize him for what he is, not for the ridiculous crap and outright lies that you do.

It's funny as hell watching Democrats melt down though as you're collectively starting to realize how badly you fucked up anointing Hillary. She was the only one running ads for the month and a half before the conventions. And she lost ground. You should be afraid.

I just wish the Republicans didn't suck so bad at picking candidates too

Ted Cruz would have been blowing Hillary away at this point.

 

[kaz]

But we will elect an amoral, lying political establishment hack owned by Wall Street. Thanks for playing

You're spoon fed Reich wing partisan attacks--are not going to put a Chimpanzee in the Oval Office. A man with no honor, no respect, no dignity, and the only loyalty he has ever shown is to himself & Russia.

This is who you're promoting for Commander & Chief of this country.

I'm not a Trump supporter, asshole. You spend enough time on the site you have to have seen all the anti-Trump threads I started.

That doesn't mean I support lying about the guy like you do and it definitely doesn't mean the lying psychopath Hillary is any better, she's not.

This just in, Kaz endorses ...

Bullshit you're not a Trump supporter, and you can't watch someone's mouth MOVE--with words coming of their mouths and then later call it a lie. It's right in front of your freaking face.

If you're a Democrat, you lie about your candidate and you lie about their opponents. It's what you do.

As for Trump, I criticize him for what he is, not for the ridiculous crap and outright lies that you do.

It's funny as hell watching Democrats melt down though as you're collectively starting to realize how badly you fucked up anointing Hillary. She was the only one running ads for the month and a half before the conventions. And she lost ground. You should be afraid.

I just wish the Republicans didn't suck so bad at picking candidates too

Ted Cruz would have been blowing Hillary away at this point.

Yes, once he stopped saying the stupid shit like about "carpet bombing" he was becoming more and more the first "Reagan" candidate we've seen in a long time.

Sad the Republicans decided to go with Sideshow Don instead

 

[paulitician]

It's actually the opposite. Those making these accusations, are the real threat.

And another "lil" Einstein comment coming from the Reich wing--LOL

Trump hasn't targeted opposition with IRS attacks, imprisoned Citizens for making films about him, given guns to brutal drug cartels who kill American Border Patrol Agents, and so on. Your boy Hussein and Clinton have done that. So i don't see Trump being any worse. He'll be fine.

 

[kaz]

It's actually the opposite. Those making these accusations, are the real threat.

And another "lil" Einstein comment coming from the Reich wing--LOL

Trump hasn't targeted opposition with IRS attacks, imprisoned Citizens for making films about him, given guns to brutal drug cartels who kill American Border Patrol Agents, and so on. Your boy Hussein and Clinton have done that. So i don't see Trump being any worse. He'll be fine.

Other than your last sentence I agree with you. Trump is no worse than Hillary. However, rather than He'll be fine, I'd say we're screwed either way

 

[Fang]

So Trump wins the election against the wishes of the GOP establishment simply because he is the people's choice, while Hillary and the DNC collude to steal the election, and Trump is the threat to democracy? Anyone that believes the shit is a communist pig and needs to have their head examined. I'm not even going to waste to on this article.

 

[oreo]

It's actually the opposite. Those making these accusations, are the real threat.

And another "lil" Einstein comment coming from the Reich wing--LOL

Trump hasn't targeted opposition with IRS attacks, imprisoned Citizens for making films about him, given guns to brutal drug cartels who kill American Border Patrol Agents, and so on. Your boy Hussein and Clinton have done that. So i don't see Trump being any worse. He'll be fine.

The problem the Trumpkins have with TRUMP is you really don't know what he's going to do--LOL. He has changed his party status so many times he doesn't know what he is. His flip-flops are daily--sometimes 3 or 4 times a day.

Here's just a few of them
Here Are All of Donald Trump's Flip-Flops on Big Issues

This is no longer the party of Lincoln or Reagan--solid steady fiscal conservatism--it's now the (anything Trump wants to be that day) Trump party.

 

[mamooth]

Trump hasn't targeted opposition with IRS attacks, imprisoned Citizens for making films about him, given guns to brutal drug cartels who kill American Border Patrol Agents, and so on. Your boy Hussein and Clinton have done that.

Stalinism 101 -- "Manufacture phony crimes to pin on your political opponents, so you can justify sending them to the gulag."

Scratch a libertarian, find a Stalinist.

That's why Trump and his minions are so dangerous. They're all Stalinists at heart, as their "LOCK HER UP" chants showed. It is the duty of every loyal American to reject such raging authoritarianism and statism.

 

[oreo]

Trump hasn't targeted opposition with IRS attacks, imprisoned Citizens for making films about him, given guns to brutal drug cartels who kill American Border Patrol Agents, and so on. Your boy Hussein and Clinton have done that.

Stalinism 101 -- "Manufacture phony crimes to pin on your political opponents, so you can justify sending them to the gulag."

Scratch a libertarian, find a Stalinist.

That's why Trump and his minions are so dangerous. They're all Stalinists at heart, as their "LOCK HER UP" chants showed. It is the duty of every loyal American to reject such raging authoritarianism and statism.

And then there's Trump and the Reich wing.

 

[JQPublic1]

At least withHillary we have some idea of how she will perform in office. Standing in the shadow of Bill, Hillary will serve as the extension of his popular and successful presidency. Trump, OTOH has proven to be an impetuous, ignorant megalomaniac, full of vindictiveness. Do we want such a tyrant to be our president.
Are right wing White males so desperate for a return to universal White male hegemony that they would sacrifice the principles of Democracy for ALL?

I fear the answer to my question, if posed to White Americans, would all too often be a resounding , "yes."
Trump is has declared that he and he alone can fix all of America's problems. His messianic declarations have had a hypnotic Rasputin like effect on his supporters to the extent that visions of Hitler are invoked.

Perhaps Trump's equivocal conquest of the GOP marks the nadir of American conservatism and ushers in a new populist regime. One that aims to " make america White again at any cost,to include armed force.

Oh please.... it will just be the extension of the Clinton corruption. She makes Nixon look honest.

Leon Panetta former CIA director and Secretary of Defense states Donald Trump is the biggest threat to National Security this nation has ever seen. In this video he remarks on Trump wanting to disengage from NATO, and his recent encouragement of a foreign adversary, Russia, to do a cyber attack on the United States.



And as far as Trump's insistence that Generals will listen to him on what he wants to do, in some cases breaking international law and becoming war criminals--this 4 star general had a lot to say about that.

The problem is Trump never said he wants to "disengage" from NATO, you people need to stop lying

I think there is a general consensus that trump is not a fan of NATO and has threatened that as president he just might not participate
unless the members take over some of the costs heaped upon the US taxpayers to defend them.

Trump said he wants to hold other Nato members to the financial commitments they are not honoring. Explain how that is anti-Nato

IS that exactly what he said? Ok, I'll take your word for that. But is making threats to pull out of NATO a pro-NATO gesture? what kind of signal does that send to our European allies? Trump's ol' buddy Putin would be the only one thrilled by such news.

 

[paulitician]

It's actually the opposite. Those making these accusations, are the real threat.

And another "lil" Einstein comment coming from the Reich wing--LOL

Trump hasn't targeted opposition with IRS attacks, imprisoned Citizens for making films about him, given guns to brutal drug cartels who kill American Border Patrol Agents, and so on. Your boy Hussein and Clinton have done that. So i don't see Trump being any worse. He'll be fine.

Other than your last sentence I agree with you. Trump is no worse than Hillary. However, rather than He'll be fine, I'd say we're screwed either way

I hear that a lot, but i think Trump will stand up for Americans. He's the Anti-Globalist Candidate. Clinton's a NWO Globalist Puppet. I have to support Trump.

 

[Claudette]

Very good article--about Donald Trump and why we should all take notice. I doubt too many Reich wingers aka Trump supporters will like it, much less have the reading comprehension skills or the patience to get through it--but it's all true. Donald Trump is a threat to our Democracy as we know it.

"DONALD J. TRUMP, until now a Republican problem, this week became a challenge the nation must confront and overcome. The real estate tycoon is uniquely unqualified to serve as president, in experience and temperament. He is mounting a campaign of snarl and sneer, not substance. To the extent he has views, they are wrong in their diagnosis of America’s problems and dangerous in their proposed solutions. Mr. Trump’s politics of denigration and division could strain the bonds that have held a diverse nation together. His contempt for constitutional norms might reveal the nation’s two-century-old experiment in checks and balances to be more fragile than we knew.

Any one of these characteristics would be disqualifying; together, they make Mr. Trump a peril. We recognize that this is not the usual moment to make such a statement. In an ordinary election year, we would acknowledge the Republican nominee, move on to the Democratic convention and spend the following months, like other voters, evaluating
the candidates’ performance in debates, on the stump and in position papers. This year we will follow the campaign as always, offering honest views on all the candidates. But we cannot salute the Republican nominee or pretend that we might endorse him this fall. A Trump presidency would be dangerous for the nation and the world.

Why are we so sure? Start with experience. It has been 64 years since a major party nominated anyone for president who did not have electoral experience. That experiment turned out pretty well — but Mr. Trump, to put it mildly, is no Dwight David Eisenhower. Leading the Allied campaign to liberate Europe from the Nazis required strategic and political skills of the first order, and Eisenhower — though he liked to emphasize his common touch as he faced the intellectual Democrat Adlai Stevenson — was shrewd, diligent, humble and thoughtful.

In contrast, there is nothing on Mr. Trump’s résumé to suggest he could function successfully in Washington. He was staked in the family business by a well-to-do father and has pursued a career marked by some real estate successes, some failures and repeated episodes of saving his own hide while harming people who trusted him. Given his continuing refusal to release his tax returns, breaking with a long bipartisan tradition, it is only reasonable to assume there are aspects of his record even more discreditable than what we know.

The lack of experience might be overcome if Mr. Trump saw it as a handicap worth overcoming. But he displays no curiosity, reads no books and appears to believe he needs no advice. In fact, what makes Mr. Trump so unusual is his combination of extreme neediness and unbridled arrogance. He is desperate for affirmation but contemptuous of other views. He also is contemptuous of fact. Throughout the campaign, he has unspooled one lie after another — that Muslims in New Jersey celebrated after 9/11, that his tax-cut plan would not worsen the deficit, that he opposed the Iraq War before it started — and when confronted with contrary evidence, he simply repeats the lie. It is impossible to know whether he convinces himself of his own untruths or knows that he is wrong and does not care. It is also difficult to know which trait would be more frightening in a commander in chief.

Given his ignorance, it is perhaps not surprising that Mr. Trump offers no coherence when it comes to policy. In years past, he supported immigration reform, gun control and legal abortion; as candidate, he became a hard-line opponent of all three. Even in the course of the campaign, he has flip-flopped on issues such as whether Muslims should be banned from entering the United States and whether women who have abortions should be punished . Worse than the flip-flops is the absence of any substance in his agenda. Existing trade deals are “stupid,” but Mr. Trump does not say how they could be improved. The Islamic State must be destroyed, but the candidate offers no strategy for doing so. Eleven million undocumented immigrants must be deported, but Mr. Trump does not tell us how he would accomplish this legally or practically.

What the candidate does offer is a series of prejudices and gut feelings, most of them erroneous. Allies are taking advantage of the United States. Immigrants are committing crimes and stealing jobs. Muslims hate America. In fact, Japan and South Korea are major contributors to an alliance that has preserved a peace of enormous benefit to Americans. Immigrants commit fewer crimes than native-born Americans and take jobs that no one else will. Muslims are the primary victims of Islamist terrorism, and Muslim Americans, including thousands who have served in the military, are as patriotic as anyone else.

The Trump litany of victimization has resonated with many Americans whose economic prospects have stagnated. They deserve a serious champion, and the challenges of inequality and slow wage growth deserve a serious response. But Mr. Trump has nothing positive to offer, only scapegoats and dark conspiracy theories. He launched his campaign by accusing Mexico of sending rapists across the border, and similar hatefulness has surfaced numerous times in the year since.

In a dangerous world, Mr. Trump speaks blithely of abandoning NATO, encouraging more nations to obtain nuclear weapons and cozying up to dictators who in fact wish the United States nothing but harm. For eight years, Republicans have criticized President Obama for “apologizing” for America and for weakening alliances. Now they put forward a candidate who mimics the vilest propaganda of authoritarian adversaries about how terrible the United States is and how unfit it is to lecture others. He has made clear that he would drop allies without a second thought. The consequences to global security could be disastrous.

Most alarming is Mr. Trump’s contempt for the Constitution and the unwritten democratic norms upon which our system depends. He doesn’t know what is in the nation’s founding document. When asked by a member of Congress about Article I, which enumerates congressional powers, the candidate responded, “I am going to abide by the Constitution whether it’s number 1, number 2, number 12, number 9.” The charter has seven articles.

Worse, he doesn’t seem to care about its limitations on executive power. He has threatened that those who criticize him will suffer when he is president. He has vowed to torture suspected terrorists and bomb their innocent relatives, no matter the illegality of either act. He has vowed to constrict the independent press. He went after a judge whose rulings angered him, exacerbating his contempt for the independence of the judiciary by insisting that the judge should be disqualified because of his Mexican heritage. Mr. Trump has encouraged and celebrated violence at his rallies. The U.S. democratic system is strong and has proved resilient when it has been tested before. We have faith in it. But to elect Mr. Trump would be to knowingly subject it to threat."
Donald Trump is a unique threat to American democracy

Since we are a Republic your Op is a load of horseshit.

 

[paulitician]

Trump hasn't targeted opposition with IRS attacks, imprisoned Citizens for making films about him, given guns to brutal drug cartels who kill American Border Patrol Agents, and so on. Your boy Hussein and Clinton have done that.

Stalinism 101 -- "Manufacture phony crimes to pin on your political opponents, so you can justify sending them to the gulag."

Scratch a libertarian, find a Stalinist.

That's why Trump and his minions are so dangerous. They're all Stalinists at heart, as their "LOCK HER UP" chants showed. It is the duty of every loyal American to reject such raging authoritarianism and statism.

Trump is not a 'Stalinist.' The Democratic Party is the Communist Party. And she should be locked up. So should her rapist husband.