re: Is TRUMP the GREATEST Human Being in your lifetime?

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He’s not the greatest human being of the last 10 minutes ... still better than HRC (marginally).

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Better than HRC marginally?? I hope you're joking but I doubt it.

Who's the idiot now?

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Thus far, his governance is FAR better than I expected, and thus FAR better than HRC, though it IS littered with Trumpist behavior and a handful of truly awful poliicies and thus far from optimal.

From a “human” perspective, however, both are atrocious examples of our species ... albeit for different reasons. Since everyone here AGREES on her defects, there is no need to go into them in detail.

Among other things, HE is narcissistic in the extreme, has exactly ZERO business ethics, and demonstrates the marital fidelity of a boar hog. From a political perspective, I also believe that he is inherently dishonest. I do not believe that he has any ideological substance whatsoever, and that he will say or do absolutely ANYTHING necessary for his own self-aggrandizement.

For sixty years or so, that meant demonstrating northeast liberal views ... so that is what he did. More recently, that meant feigning populist, center-Right, protectionist views ... so that is what he did. Again, it is my view that he is a chameleon with no underlying values whatsoever ... outside money and his own self-importance.

From a realpolitik perspective, one can certainly ask whether this really matters. If we get the policies and the SCOTUS we want, do we really care about the “why?” From a political perspective, I probably agree ... though I would still prefer a politician who actually MEANT it. But this thread is about personal traits. From that perspective, YES, I find him almost as offensive as I find HRC.

You asked a question. I answered it. Countdown to some dimwit saying “melt” is 3 ... 2 ... 1...