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Oh for sure Penna. I didn't mean to say all Christians do, just that there are large segments of the evangelical Christian base in America who do, as well as US evangelicals who don't.
Its just so hard to imagine because there's no precedent in US history... although many precedents in world history.
It's a really good interview if you completely ignore his ignorance on the rest of the World. How on Earth does he think America is different because they are so multi cultural?
Has he never left the States?
He's spent most of the last 2-3 decades working a demanding schedule in New York, it's likely he's not even been to many US states, let alone around the world.
That's great if true.
Am I totally wrong in saying that beneath all the brawn and big words Trump is actually pretty liberal and towards the centrum of politics as opposed to most Republicans, like the bible basher Cruz etc?
I am not sure that any other Republican candidate would have vowed to keep parts of Obamacare, be pro state funded pensions, show acceptance towards the LGBT community and be pro-choice when it comes to abortions (to a certain extent.)
It is really just his immigration policies that can be considered truly far-right, isn't it? His avid support for protectionism and #americafirst isn't really classic right-wing causes.
ps: my post is mostly a question, even though it lacks question marks. I've not really taken the effort to study Drumpfs policies.
I am not sure that any other Republican candidate would have vowed to keep parts of Obamacare, be pro state funded pensions, show acceptance towards the LGBT community and be pro-choice when it comes to abortions (to a certain extent.)
It is really just his immigration policies that can be considered truly far-right, isn't it? His avid support for protectionism and #americafirst isn't really classic right-wing causes.
ps: my post is mostly a question, even though it lacks question marks. I've not really taken the effort to study Drumpfs policies.
Didn't he do a movie on Iraq spending a lot of time in the Middle East?
He got voted into the presidency by saying that he was going to ban Muslims and build a wall along the Mexican border. He managed to get millions of voters to come out and vote just for those 2 reasons alone. People who could have voted against him were lazy and apathetic and did not go out an vote. Many thought that Trump did not stand a chance of being elected, so did not go an vote.
It really is surprising that post election, he has been "normal" as in not making gaffes and ridiculous comments. Also seems to have watered down on most of his comments. Wall has become a fence, deportation force seems to be wavering. Excepting the Bannon appointment ofc.
Exactly. It's not the only multicultural democracy let alone multicultural country.
He made a movie somewhere in the middle east yeah. But movie sets aren't great cultural gauges. They're usually enclosed, male dominated camps where everyone is usually busy doing something.
Why the feck are they posting a photo of them taking a selfie and not the selfie?
Wasn't that the meeting where they had MAGA hats laid out for everyone though? Would be nice if they all refused to wear them.
It's Pence, don't expect him to know how to work that Iphone...
"I thought C meant cookies."
"This toasting fork doesn't work..."
Look at the fecking state of them. A sea of white, middle aged faces. No wonder the baby boomer twats made a mess of posting a selfie.
They posted the selfie as well, but this one attracted extra ire from me due to the presence of the selfie stick.
That was a few days ago, probably taken them home to cherish.
Oh ok. For a second I had my hopes up
It's a shame the phone can't be replaced with one of them things from Men In Black, and then we could just tell them they lost.
I genuinely can't see any non-white people here.
I'm pretty sure all the women are in the front row as well.
Indeed. Not to mention that the ratio of men to women is about 10 to 1 although, hilariously, they've obviously tried to hide this by getting the handful of laydeez present to stand front and centre.
I can't see him in the photo but they do have among their number Steve King, a man who keeps a Confederate flag on his desk. "Probably just proud of his southern identity", I hear you say. Problem there is he's from Iowa. Hmm.
I do hope a concerned citizen pissed in the coffee pots.
Should the US implement a one child policy until as the trump says "we find out what the hell is going on".
He is a prick for sure.
Imagine the majority of Black and Latino athletes from high school to professional went on strike until every republican representative from school board to president went on record condemning the recent actions of racism, xenophobia and bigotry by trump supporters.
Reminds me of the Ryan selfie with the capitol hill interns. A sea of white faces.
I don't think using categories like 'liberal', 'conservative', 'isolationist', etc. are a reliable way to assess Trump - he doesn't seem to have any kind of coherent or consistent positions on the big issues.
However two things seem clear to me - he enjoys populist adulation, which leads him to say what the crowds want to hear and to make promises off-the-cuff and worry about the consequences later, and he seems in awe of power, especially of the 'tough guy' and military varieties (I doubt he has much of a clue about the concept of 'soft power').
I like how the guy on the right is shushing someone whilst the photo is taken.
I wasn't dodging, just averse to writing a long, tedious post explaining something that's clear cut. As an American you may not be fully aware how widely distributed your media is outside the US - particularly in the English speaking world.
USA TODAY is sold on Irish newsstands. The same holds for Time and Newsweek. The NYT and Washington Post are freely available online, as is The Los Angeles Times.
As for American television, I've got a full Sky package with over a hundred channels. Both CBS and NBC evening news programs have been broadcast for decades. The 24 hour news channels are there - CNN, FOX, and Bloomberg. Plus CNBC. Kodi was a significant addition to the list: it had all the American networks, although I haven't checked it recently.
American issues also get extensive coverage in the British and Irish media.
Factor in the ubiquity of American fictional TV. Minority quotas, the ideological rules governing the participation and depiction of black and female characters are visible there. The American cultural debate is naked and obvious. Quite similar ideological impositions are to be found in Irish and British television.
It's possible to form a clear, if limited, impression of the American zeitgeist without setting foot on US soil.
Hockey season just started up.
That may be a problem. The rosters look a lot like that GOP photo
I wonder if it would be legally enforceable? Would 5 years be considered a reasonable time period?
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