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Trump's vow to only be dictator on 'day one' follows growing worry over his authoritarian rhetoric
By JILL COLVIN and BILL BARROW TUSCALOOSA, Ala©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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wallace
The national debt increased by $8.6 trillion over two terms. Trump $7 trillion over one term.
Under President Obama, the national debt grew the most in dollar terms ($8.6 trillion) and was fifth by percentage at 74%. Obama fought the Great Recession with an $831 billion economic stimulus package and added $858 billion through tax cuts. Even though the fiscal year 2009 budget was set by President Bush, Obama added to it with the Economic Stimulus Act in 2009.
The economy was in a bad state when Obama became president. The financial crisis of 2008 was not his doing.
bass4funk
So you’re finally acknowledging what Holder said.
”If” is right.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/11/bill-barr-donald-trump-classified-documents-indictment/70310878007/
Not just me, I know liberals want to believe what they want but…
bass4funk
From 2010-2015 the Administration's significant shortcoming was its inability to control government spending and reduce the burdensome national debt inherited from the Bush era. While acknowledging the mess inherited is common for US presidents, Obama's approach didn't involve tackling the crises directly. Rather than addressing the pressing issues, he opted to downplay the significance of the debt by accumulating more and funding Democratic Party priorities. That’s just the tip of the iceberg
lincolnman
Yes, you were wrong...thanks for admitting it..
Barr: 'If even half of it is true, then he's toast'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/11/bill-barr-donald-trump-classified-documents-indictment/70310878007/
Sure, keep telling yourself that...won't help though...he's beyond toast, just embers...
TaiwanIsNotChina
And what pray tell was the devastating act that happened in this timeperiod?
bass4funk
Wrong.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eric-holder-trump-indictment-classified-docs_n_6486fb42e4b04ee51a95b8a1
Won’t need it, won’t happen.
lincolnman
Brings up Eric Holder who hasn't been around since 2016 then says "not recently".....ROFLX2....
He'll need a drill alright - that's the only way he us getting out of his cell....ROFL...
bass4funk
From 2010-2015 was the catalyst that brought the demise of the Republic
Not recently, not telling myself anything
No, seal the border and drill.
lincolnman
Keep trying to convince yourself of that - even Barr and Turley think he will....
Maybe they heard "You need an ID to buy bread"...
Garthgoyle
It takes more than 4 years to take a nation into such a bad shape.
bass4funk
Not obliged to.
He won’t be going to jail, even Eric Holder laughed at that notion.
No, they heard what Trump said, seal the border and drill, drill, drill.
lincolnman
The Repubs that actually win elections...or maybe Senators Dr Oz and Herschel Walker are keeping a real low profile...
Facing 91 charges? He'll be in jail at least until 2028...
"I'll be a Dictator on Day #1"....and dictators around the world applaud their fellow tyrant...
jeffy
Aly Rustom Today 08:37 am JST
Alex Jones predicted on Tucker Carlson that Biden will be taken out before the election and so that he can be replaced with a candidate who stands a better chance of winning and is eligible for two terms. It is not clear that Trump will be in the race either with the legal troubles he is going through. Some also are concerned by the fact that Trump is also only eligible for a single term when two terms will be necessary to course correct the country. So perhaps in a year it will be Gavin Newsom vs. Vivek Ramaswamy for the win. Who knows? But what we all know is that 2024 will be yet another year of highly polarized drama.
1glenn
I will vote for him only when "Hell freezes over."
bass4funk
The establishment should be, I agree.
Trump 2024
Thanks to the failed policies of the Democrats and this administration in particular. We are definitely in bad shape.
virusrex
The moment this question needs to be asked rational people should clearly understand there is something terribly wrong. Imagine a similar question being necessary when you are choosing a mechanic, doctor, lawyer...
bass4funk
You can tell the left are really desperate trying to push this issue.
Biden will leave soon.
Garthgoyle
In 2016 you had two choose between two villains. First forward to 2024, you've got two similar choices once again, villain or villain.
That third world country keeps falling from the inside out.
lincolnman
"I'll be a dictator on Day #1"...
“If I happen to be president and I see somebody who’s doing well and beating me very badly, I say, ‘Go down and indict them,'"
Last December, he mused about circumventing the Constitution, arguing that the election fraud he alleges "allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
Trump's own words...and even though he rarely follows through and does what he promises, we can't have someone this anti-democratic, this filled with hate, this unbalanced anywhere near our levers of government power...
If we do, it means 250 years of democracy and freedom down the drain...
Aly Rustom
While I agree with posters above, I feel that Biden has shot himself in the foot with his abysmal handling of the Gaza crisis. His veto of a ceasefire has incensed a lot of people and I don't think he understands just how much he has damaged himself by cozying up to the Israeli PM. For me personally, I don't believe that he has a chance in hell this time around of beating Trump. If the dems really want to stop Trump they need to run someone else against him. Otherwise, I think a Trump Biden rematch will see Trump come out as heavyweight champ.
Moonraker
If he gets in democracy is finished, because, by his own assertions for years, it is all rigged anyway, so it must have been rigged for him and nobody can ever really accept his legitimacy. Given that he will be illegitimate in the eyes of even his own party, which also claimed the system is rigged repeatedly, then he will have to reign by force and coercion to compensate. Of course, the fascists and moneyed elite won't mind.
Sven Asai
For solving one or a very few problems there, he probably might need some minutes overtime work on that exceptional one day. LOL
TaiwanIsNotChina
It's like when the genie gives you three wishes: you just keep wishing for more wishes until the whole presidency is a dictatorship.
ArtistAtLarge
Threats from within? Yes, he is the that threat.
Gene Hennigh
Be afraid, very afraid. Trump and his hypnotized minions will strip Democracy bare. The very mean-spiritedness of the sect is an indication of things that shouldn't come. I'd vote for Fred Flintstone before I would Trump.