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What is your biggest concern or critique with Trump thus far?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Sweet Lou 4 2, Feb 28, 2017.

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What's your biggest concern/complaint/critique with the Trump admin?

  1. Attacks on the media

    9 vote(s)
    32.1%
  2. Lying by Trump and his henchmen to American people

    21 vote(s)
    75.0%
  3. Anti-immigrant and fostering anti-minority stance

    15 vote(s)
    53.6%
  4. Budget plan falls short of deficit reduction / securing entitlement.

    6 vote(s)
    21.4%
  5. Poor choice of appointments

    10 vote(s)
    35.7%
  6. Neopotism

    6 vote(s)
    21.4%
  7. Not having a solution for health care

    11 vote(s)
    39.3%
  8. Attacks on the courts

    11 vote(s)
    39.3%
  9. Ordering attack on Yemen that yielded nothing and cost SEAL's life

    5 vote(s)
    17.9%
  10. Too many conflicts of interest / profiting off presdency

    12 vote(s)
    42.9%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. Sweet Lou 4 2

    Sweet Lou 4 2 Member

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    Curious what everyone thinks about Trump so far...
     
  2. RocketsLegend

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    Honestly I have 0 complaints. I actually tried to think of one and couldn't
     
  3. Space Ghost

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    You ask for the biggest concern but yet you allow the poll to be multiple selections. How Trump-like of you.
     
  4. dobro1229

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    Immigration is what I picked, but its a bit more complex than that.

    Back when the Republicans lost in 08, they did a health check where an independent consultant analyzed why they lost, and the key element that Republicans took to heart was Immigration being key. Meaning, as long as the US continues to have large amounts of immigration, it will continue to hurt you year over year in elections.

    The solution by many republicans was to try and diversify their outreach. However, Donald Trump and some other Republicans saw it differently. Their solution is to create a system that expels immigrants from the country coming from South of the Border, and from the middle east by vilifying them. They can't do anything about African Americans, but they can implement voter ID laws that are STRATEGICALLY designed to turn away minority voters on election day, and boy did they work in states like North Carolina and Michigan.

    Yeah... so Immigration is my pick because its Trump & the Republican Party's play for power long term with malice in their hearts. We already have a large amount of data showing a major rise in hate crimes. This is bad guys... no two ways around it. (also bad for our economy & expensive to deport & ban)

    Now.. not all Republicans are down for this strategy, and I commend the ones that would have rather diversify their outreach. But you guys have to speak out and condemn this evil spirited campaign more. Its truly disgusting, and will be another major stain on our countries troubled history with race.
     
  5. mick fry

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    Not following up on his word, throw Hillary in jail already!!
     
  6. leroy

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    All the above + SteakGate
     
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  7. fchowd0311

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    My largest concern is that Trump just doesn't have the cognitive abilities to hold the highest office in the land. His staff leaks like a sieve and the leaks ain't pretty. He is incapable of reading nuanced memos over a page long and predominantly watches cable news for his nuanced breifings. He looks to Twitter to gauge whether people like him or not. It's ****ed. It's insane that level of indivudal is in charge of the most powerful fighting force in human history.
     
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  8. Astrodome

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    Definitely the ketchup on a steak thing.
     
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  9. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy
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    He's too good -- he'll have the nation's problems wrapped up by the end of the year.
     
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  10. pirc1

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    This, what will he do next year when everything in the world is solved by him this year.
     
  11. Andre0087

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    LOL..."Trolling 101"
     
  12. Brando2101

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    Let's never hang out.
     
  13. Cold Hard

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    My main concern with the Trump administration is Steve Bannon. It is clear that he is the ideological brains of the entire operation, and possibly even the puppeteer. I'm also suspicious about what, if any, influence Robert Mercer has over the direction of the administration, despite not being part of the admin himself. Mercer is the influential "Big Data" money behind Bannon, Kellyanne and others. See this Guardian article from a few days ago: https://www.theguardian.com/politic...-media-steve-bannon-donald-trump-nigel-farage

    My main concern about Trump himself is his temperament. More specifically, his ego (one of the biggest I have ever seen), his narcissism, him being very thin-skinned.

    Policy positions matter. But competence and temperament matter far more. That is why a lot of people would feel far more comfortable with Pence at the helm (even many of those that disagree with his policies), and why some people are starting to miss George W. Bush.
     
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    His concern with cable news is distracting, a waste of time, and diverting attention from important issues. He should ignore them so they could just die in obscurity instead of legitimizing them.
     
  15. durvasa

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    I just selected one -- the lying. This administration's efforts to construct alternate realities goes way beyond the usual political spin. To me, that's far and away the most disturbing thing.
     
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  16. B-Bob

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    In terms of a chief concern, "none of the above."

    I'm worried that so many of his main traits -- wanting to be worshipped, wanting to crush any dissenting voices, wanting absolute power, wanting military strength -- point is one alarming direction: a major war that we do not need or want. Imagine a U.S. under full marshall law for years, and I think that is an image that Trump (and mainly Bannon) would really love.
     
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  17. No Worries

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    Other concerns not polled
    • Trump gets his intel brief from Fox & Friends morning show
    • Trump's lack of attention span will not allow him to sit through his real, daily intel brief
    • Trump's inability to accept responsibility for all that he does
    • Trump fleeing from his job to do unnecessary campaign stops
    • Trump not standing against the Congressional Republicans and not standing up for his campaign platform
     
  18. TheRealist137

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    and that's your problem right there. Thinking is not your strong suit.
     
  19. ima_drummer2k

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    Honestly, all of my concerns can really just be summed up by saying that he is totally unqualified to be POTUS. Bush, Clinton, Bush and Obama have all done things I've disagreed with. But they had all actually governed people before becoming President.

    It doesn't help that in addition to his total lack of experience, Trump is also a complete imbecile.
     
  20. BleedRocketsRed

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    Agreed on this one too.

    Eats it well done with ketchup like a child.

    This honestly made me question whether he is human or alien.

    Regardless of political affiliation, you must NEVER burn good meat to the point it tastes like a tire. Waste of perfectly good meat. Disgusting.
     
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