Not the person you replied to, but the leader of a country is a symbol for the country.
It’s very hard to support a country that is constantly attacking you in a global stage. Trump et al is demolishing foreign relations right now and destabilizing the US in general. Things may very well never be the same
People were willing to accept a return to business as usual after President Trump’s first term. His reelection is not only a signal that the US cannot be relied upon to elect competent leaders, but that checks and balances cannot be relied upon to prevent the damage. There is no stability in governance.
The leader of the executive can destroy commitments and policies of not just the prior administration, but policies of longstanding precedent.
With the Supreme Court backing of the ability to unilaterally fire government workers, the government will no longer be a stable place to work. It will be harder to recruit experts in the future.
Don’t feel the need to add much. His second election demonstrated that anyone fooling themselves into thinking 2016 was somehow a fluke was way off the mark. And in many ways that’s what’s most frustrating about it. The problem isn’t that Trump being president makes no sense, the problem is that it makes so much sense.
I understand all of this and my previous comment was far too vague. I guess I thought you’d infer what I meant but I can see now that was a long shot.
What I was trying to get across is that there has been a tug-o-war between oligarchy and democracy for almost two decades in the USA. So, when Trump either dies (he has a 33% chance of doing so while in office) or leaves office the pull toward democracy will ensue.
A lot of back and forth happening right now in our ‘flawed democracy’.
I have hope in the overwhelming will of the people. All is, certainly, not lost.
Not the person you replied to, but the leader of a country is a symbol for the country.
It’s very hard to support a country that is constantly attacking you in a global stage. Trump et al is demolishing foreign relations right now and destabilizing the US in general. Things may very well never be the same
They will be when he is out of the picture which will be soon.
That is not true at all.
People were willing to accept a return to business as usual after President Trump’s first term. His reelection is not only a signal that the US cannot be relied upon to elect competent leaders, but that checks and balances cannot be relied upon to prevent the damage. There is no stability in governance.
The leader of the executive can destroy commitments and policies of not just the prior administration, but policies of longstanding precedent.
With the Supreme Court backing of the ability to unilaterally fire government workers, the government will no longer be a stable place to work. It will be harder to recruit experts in the future.
Don’t feel the need to add much. His second election demonstrated that anyone fooling themselves into thinking 2016 was somehow a fluke was way off the mark. And in many ways that’s what’s most frustrating about it. The problem isn’t that Trump being president makes no sense, the problem is that it makes so much sense.
I understand all of this and my previous comment was far too vague. I guess I thought you’d infer what I meant but I can see now that was a long shot.
What I was trying to get across is that there has been a tug-o-war between oligarchy and democracy for almost two decades in the USA. So, when Trump either dies (he has a 33% chance of doing so while in office) or leaves office the pull toward democracy will ensue.
A lot of back and forth happening right now in our ‘flawed democracy’.
I have hope in the overwhelming will of the people. All is, certainly, not lost.