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re: What are TRUMP's 5 biggest mistakes so far as President?

Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:15 pm to
Posted by OchoDedos
Republic of Texas
Member since Oct 2014
39537 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:15 pm to
quote:

1. Trying too hard
2. Caring too much
3.



...just because you think it, doesnt mean you can say it
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
154903 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:17 pm to
Not vetoing Omnibus
Using twitter to bash foes
Not getting DACA resolved, yet
I'll add not ending chain migration but I know he cant do that but still.
Stepping into it with the Charlottesville thing even though sane people knew what he meant - poor choice of words at the wrong time
Posted by therick711
South
Member since Jan 2008
26099 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:17 pm to
Here are a few more to consider.

Signing the CRs should be put up there. That took the wind out of a lot of sails.

Starting the legislative agenda with obamacare/not selling an obamacare repeal directly to the American people letting the congress off of the hook.

Not firing Comey immediately.
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
154903 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:17 pm to
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This thread will prove how blindly obsessive people are on here with him. he can do no wrong. Its about the culture war vs. liberals and supporting him regardless of performance more than about what he's actual doing.


More prog dumbassery.
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
126648 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:18 pm to
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Trump's supporters take what he says seriously, but not literally.


You literally got embarrassed in one of the Amazon threads and never came back, b/c you were so blindly loyal to what Trump said about Amazon.
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
101978 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:18 pm to
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Firing Comey - not a mistake. Firing Mueller would be a huge mistake IMO.

Tariffs - nothing has happened on this yet. Premature statement.

Twitter - I'd cede it's likely that it hurts him more than it helps him, but I don't think it can be proven

Endorsing Moore - definitely a mistake, but not even in the top 20 IMO

Health care rollout - would be on my list, but at #9 or so
This post was edited on 4/5/18 at 1:19 pm
Posted by SoulGlo
Shinin' Through
Member since Dec 2011
17248 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:18 pm to
Top 5

1 Jeff
2 Beauregard
3 Sessions
4 III
5 not firing enough career leftist bureaucrats
This post was edited on 4/5/18 at 1:20 pm
Posted by Tigerdev
Member since Feb 2013
12287 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:18 pm to
1. Appointing Jeff Sessions
2. Flynn appointment against the advice of outbound administration
Posted by Loserman
Member since Sep 2007
23057 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:19 pm to
Biggest mistake was not firing James Comey on day 1.

Everything else pales in comparison
This post was edited on 4/5/18 at 1:20 pm
Posted by HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
Member since Feb 2017
12458 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:19 pm to
1. Constantly feeling the need to shove things in his "enemy's faces. Example. Why the frick did he have an announcement about adding a citizenship question to the census in 2020? Just do that shite

2. Not hammering down on sanctuary cities sooner and harder

3. Attempting any sort of negotiations with Shumer and Pelosi after they made it clear that negotiation means giving them everything they want and getting nothing that you want

4. The leakers, people should be in prison by now

5. Not putting McCain in his place hard the way Obama did in 2009.

Posted by BlackPawnMartyr
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2010
16170 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:20 pm to
You copied that off an NPR segment this week.
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
101978 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:20 pm to
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For me it would be not more aggressively ferreting out the leakers. His administration is being undermined consistently. It's disgusting politics.




That's a good one. This and not doing a better point of railing against the fact that he can't get anybody approved due to unprecedented DNC stalling.

Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
101978 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:21 pm to
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You copied that off an NPR segment this week.




I didn't but I'd like to have heard it. I like NPR a lot despite their bias.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
119977 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:21 pm to
I’m struggling to stick with 5, so I’m upping it to 10:

1) The Budget
2) John Bolton
3) Jeff Sessions
4) Tarrifs on China
5) Steve Bannon
6) Saying there were some “good people” on tiki torch night.
7) Michael Flynn
8) Not firing James Comey as his first act in office.
9) Endorsing Roy Moore
10) Tweeting a Watergate level accusation toward Obama.
Posted by Quaker
Member since Mar 2018
304 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:22 pm to
1. Appointing sessions
2. Not continuing to pound term limits for congress
3. Getting rid of Bannon
4. Taking his foot off destroying the GOPe
5. Not withdrawing federal funds from states with sanctuary cities.
Posted by Sentrius
Fort Rozz
Member since Jun 2011
64757 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:25 pm to
This is the most important one.

Trump completely fricked up and botched the Comey firing as that was a complete clown show of a debacle that enabled Rosenstein to cuck out and appoint Mueller.

And that happened by meeting the russians the next day, revealing sensitive intel to them, saying that after firing comey the pressure was off of him, and then sit down for an interview with NBC saying that he fired Comey because of Russia and completely contradict his own staff and AG saying that it was because of how he handled the Hillary investigation and threaten Comey with tapes.

Not excusing Rosenstein here but It's no wonder he cucked out and appointed Mueller. The way Trump handled firing Comey was a stunningly and embarrassingly bad case of political, legal and professional malpractice.

When you fire someone, you do it as nicely and quietly as possible and stay on message as much as you can.

I think that whole episode scared Trump straight as he hasn't sat down for an interview with a network that's not Fox and he has consistently avoided contact with the Russians outside of normal diplomatic meetings.
Posted by TheBoo
South to Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
5407 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:25 pm to
I'm believing more and more that everything has a reason behind it, even what looks to be wrong, whether it's tweetering, leaking, mouthing off, etc..


Do work, MAGA
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
116821 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:26 pm to
Instead of 5 I would just lump all of them into the general category of 'appointments that could have been better.'
He has fired a lot of people rightly. But that means they shouldn't have been hired in the first place.

I think the reason is that he is not from govt. So, he doesn't have a ton of people on his 'when I'm president' list like a career politician would have.

Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
119977 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:27 pm to
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3. Getting rid of Bannon


That’s one of his best acts he ever did. You can bet your arse that it was Bannon’s suggestion that Trump say there were “good people” marching with Neo-Nazis screaming “Blood and Soil” and also the reason he endorsed Roy Moore. Bannon should be as far from the White House as humanly possible.
Posted by Sentrius
Fort Rozz
Member since Jun 2011
64757 posts
Posted on 4/5/18 at 1:27 pm to
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Firing Comey


Again see my earlier post.

Comey needed to be fired and it should've happened on inauguration day or at least the day after. Trump did the right thing firing him.

What the problem was that Trump completely fricked it up and made a clown show of it that helped Mueller get appointed.
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