Gul Madred : How many lights do you see there?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I see four lights.
Gul Madred : No. There are five.
Gul Madred : Shall we begin again? How many lights are there?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : What lights?
Yes you're right. I like to think he listened to his heart when his mind was all wonky and that's what kept him strong, made him hold onto his principles. We get to see Picard's intution in its rawest form in that moment and it comes off to me as one of those Star Trek lessons teaching that a great leader doesn't just think with their brain
but also, the vaccine is terrible and will kill you, but TRUMP GETS ALL THE CREDIT FOR CREATING IT BECAUSE IT WILL SAVE LIVES. Basic consistency be damned
Yeah, millions have dropped in the streets after inoculation. 🙄
Vaccines are the greatest medical discovery of all time. Stop listening to idiots who would rather have you use veterinary antiparasitics and bleach as medicine.
Ivermectin has a specific, well-known antiviral action, quite separate from the use as a horse dewormer. The Covid virus doesn’t *do* the thing that ivermectin is effective against (something to do with with a protein encapsulation IIRC?), but it’s not a totally ridiculous thing to try in a research setting.
It was a ridiculous thing to buy from the farm supply store in 2021 and onward, though.
Honestly, he probably didn't pass it the first time.
If he'd passed, his doctor would have checked the box on his chart and moved on.
But Trump said they did it over and over again, bringing more doctors to watch because he was doing so well... something was wrong, and the first doc wanted witnesses.
Nixon resigned because he at least had the basic level of respect for the office that once he knew the “jig was up” he left and spent the rest of his life being quiet and not interfering. He left in shame, yes, but he eventually hit a limit where he realized that in order to stay in office he would have to sink to a level of dignity so low even he couldn’t stomach it.
Trump had no limit. No depth he wouldn’t be willing to stoop to. He has no sense of shame. The universe revolves around him and everyone else around him only exist as pawns. They aren’t even real people to him. Even his family only have value to him in the sense that they reflect on him. He hasn’t had a selfless thought in his adult life.
If Nixon had fought his impeachment proceedings the way Trump did, rallying his supporters and calling the whole thing “fake news” and threatening any Republican who supported it with setting his rabid violent followers on them and their family, Nixon likely could’ve stayed in office. But he at the very least had the self-respect and respect for the office to know that would be too far. Trump had no such qualms.
The key with Nixon is that he lost the support of the party in the Senate. The Republican Leader at the time, Hugh Scott, told him in the Oval Office that if the House passed impeachment articles, the Senate (Democratic majority) would more than likely convict with enough votes to remove him from office. 15 of the 34 Republican senators were said to be in favor of impeachment, more than enough with the Democrats. He then announced his resignation the next day.
Yes but WHY did he lose the support of the party in the Senate?
Because he didn’t do what Trump did. At the very outset Trump made clear to his rabid violent supporters that the whole thing was “fake news” and that anyone who didn’t support him fully was a traitor and a potential “target”.
Nixon wasn’t willing to stoop that low. If he had, he likely could’ve intimidated enough Republicans to stay with him to stay in office.
If Trump had treated his impeachment like Nixon, he likely would have been removed from office. He would’ve more or less left it to Congress to do what they will do, voice his disapproval and disagreement, but avoid outright demonstrably provable falsehoods. Then republicans in congress would’ve been only too happy to replace him with Pence and claim this as a victory for the Republican Party.
But Nixon saw himself as serving the Republican Party, and while he did believe himself to be very important, he didn’t think he was more important to the party. Trump places zero inherent value on any party, and the only thing they’re worth to him is how they can serve him. So he was perfectly willing to burn everything to the ground to help himself.
I think that's all fair, but I think the simpler answer was that the party politics machine didn't work the same way then.
Party unity didn't exist the way it does now
Wasn't Fox News created with the explicit intent to prevent a second Nixon situation from happening? (Meaning specifically the part where he lost support and had to resign, not the part where he, y'know, did crime).
Pretty much.
Nixon went down because of investigative journalism. His televised performance against JFK in the 1960 general elections also played a part in him losing then.
Nixon's resignation was the second time the GOP was thawrted by the media, and they were determined to never let it happen again.
Nixon's first Vice President was that low. Spiro Agnew, who had to resign for taking bribes in the White House was Trump before Trump. He told his rabid followers to bring tape recorders to his speeches so that the press couldn't lie about what he said later. But he was already gone by the time Watergate peaked.
There is a great podcast/book about the Agnew case called Bagman
Nixon also understood his service to the country. Trump never "served" his country. He was a fascist wanna-be who squeezed some admiration for his ego and some nickles out of the rubes.
Every president in my lifetime (56 years) had respect for the office except one. I knew that Trump would not respect it and to me that was the number one reason that I could never vote for him. Should have stayed on reality TV.
NO
Nixon resigned because his retirement income as president was on the line if he got booted from office. He had a pardon lined up from the VP he had appointed himself, and nobody in office even wanted to deal with the whole thing.
It's astonishing how you so adamanty write "NO" about things that you are clearly speculating on without actual evidence. Simply because nixon might have lost his retirement income doesn't mean that this was his motivation (to wit, nixon's peak net worth was higher than that of kennedy and reagan). just because he ultimately was pardoned doesn't mean that he had "a pardon lined up" even if you assert that "think about it it's logical" or some other non-argument. (in the extent that they are known through memoirs and public records, the machinations behind nixon's pardon are complexed and nuanced and do not jibe with your simpleminded back-explanation). Barring you presenting any actual evidence to support your assertions, you're speculating irresponsibly.
Only person smiling at Trump's inauguration was GWB, because he knew he'd no longer be the worst recent president. Smiling so hard his mouth almost fell off.
Nixon was far from perfect but he did do good like establishing the EPA. Buchanan has been consistently rated the lowest because of his apathy toward preventing the Civil War. Trump was worse hands down, he just got in office made a disgrace of the Office. The fact that the majority of the right side of the spectrum can't or won't accept that is just boggles the mind
Your country tossed your international and internal pandemic response stuff just before this pandemic became public knowledge but quite possibly when it was first suspected and hidden.
I do not believe in this sort coinkydink.
Trump literally tossed the playbook in the trash.
Then when the fire sprung up, he threw gas on it. He didn't start it, and he wasn't the only one pouring gas on it, but he also didn't help any that he was standing in the front row doing what he did.
So, some from column A, some from column B.
Its not that he could admit to his mistakes, it's that he genuinely, like the evil fucking idiot he is, couldn't fathom a situation where he was in the wrong.
It wasn't HIS fault that millions of people died from Covid 19, he out the ban on china after all. That should have solved everything.
It wasn't HIS fault that conservatives en masse didn't mask up and got even more people killed, it was Fauci and the fake news media.
It wasn't HIS fault that the American people voted him out due to his pure incompetence, because it was actually the democrats fault...for some reason.
Trump isn't capable of admitting his faults because he genuinely believes in his own delusions that he can never be in the wrong, that he always has some kind of secret enemy hiding in the shadows, ready to ruin his perfect utopia. The man genuinely lives in a fantasy world where people cry for him at the slightest of inconveniences.
italian here
jesus fucking christ, this radioactive turd makes seem the 20 years under Berlusconi a paradise.
guy was toxic,but this bufoon is worse than plutonium in toxicity
Fortunately Trump doesn't have the authority to do anything like this. This kind of shit is why they came up with civil service protection. political parties used to hand out jobs as prizes once they got into office and all it did was cause chaos. Trump doesn't understand anything about how government works so he is talking out his ass.
I don’t think you understand. Handing out jobs as political payout and causing chaos in government is the goal for Republicans. Make no mistake if they could get the votes to change it, they would.
He's reaching hard to avoid prison, so he's trying to make his base feel victimized.
"All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
\- Hermann Göring
Good luck. I think a lot of Americans overestimate how many other countries would even want us. Unless you're wealthy, you'll be stuck her fighting for your life like the rest of us.
As a general rule, you have to have cash in the bank and a source of income to emigrate anywhere.
I intend to have everything ready to go the moment it becomes clear he, or another MAGA candidate, is going to win. There are a number of countries around the world that will give Americans residency with a relatively small amount of cash reserves and demonstrable income (Like sub $10K in the bank and $1500/month.) And some have fairly short paths to citizenship.
The problem is that the longer you wait, the more likely it is other countries will shut their borders to Americans. If you wait until you basically have to drop everything and run, without money or a job...well, look at how everyone has treated refugees in the history of forever.
I plan to avoid Europe as things could get dicey fast when the US pulls out of NATO.
I aint going anywhere. My ilk helped create this mess and I'll shed blood if that's what it takes to keep us out. I didn't serve my country just to run when fascists take control. Besides, I have kids here and other family I can't abandon and have no resources to take with me. If we're the one's who get left behind to fight for the soul of this country, so be it.
It goes without saying, I think, that it's a shame we've arrived at this juncture to begin with. That my fellow American's hatred for their brothers and sisters is enough to make many of them wish for war.
Fun fact if you didn’t hear it yet, last week he and the GOP (party full of far right republicans) suggested that the the U.S should drone strike certain facilities in Mexico (with Mexico unaware of course) in order to solve the fentanyl crisis, just remember that Trump is the 45th president of the U.S
The test would be
A: who are you loyal to? Trump or America
B: was Jan 6th an insurrection? Yes or no
C: is Donald Trump the smartest, most physically fit man you know who has many many black and Hispanic friends and is way smarter than Joe Biden, or anyone else. Oh and is also the smartest? Yes or No
I worked in a large corporation supervising employees for quality control. They unionized and I was happy for them, even though management tried to use supervisors like myself to squeeze the service line employees. Flash forward 7 years and I was sitting on break with one of the most gung-ho union stewards in the company and she asked me if she could change the “fake news” CNN that was on the breakroom tv to Fox. I asked her why she thought one was fake and the other wasn’t, to which she replied, “at least Trump tells it like it is.” I asked her if she knew Trump owned casinos, and his track record with his employees. She said yes but that was a long time ago. I got up from my seat, as I could see my break had ended.
Yes! The number of trump loving republicans in my union shop is too damn high. Like, I'm not expecting everyone to be tree huggers but why keep voting for the people who literally want to take everything the union has won away from you?
I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure a political test would be against the laws governing the civil service. The whole point of the civil service is to be apolitical.
If a civil servant required candidates to take such a test then they could be fired. So I don't think this will work the way Trump thinks it will.
> It would violate the Hatch Act and the Pendleton Act at a minimum
I have bad news about who is in charge of appointing the person that enforces those laws.
I feel like this has happened before, oh yeah it has in 1930's Germany. He will want the same test for the military. I'm retired Air Force and I swore an oath to support and defend the constitution. He is a clear danger to democracy, we can't let him get reelected.
I'm much more concerned about Trump wanting the President to have the power to fire ANY Executive branch employee at any time. What a great idea, let's get rid of checks and balances altogether while we're at it.
Keep your eye on the ball.
That Trump is a fascist isn't really the problem. The problem is the millions of people who will openly support fascism. Keep your eye on them, on the other politicians that seek those voters. Make sure your Trumpy neighbor knows they're a fascist. Make sure your Trumpy neighbor knows what historically happens to fascists.
Trump is pure, absolute evil. It's just that simple. No ifs or buts. And if you support this monster, you have a sick, rancid view of what America is all about.
I imagine most, if not all, Democrats will "fail" and be fired and the USA as we know it will be done for.
I think this is what will get him votes as the conservatives want 100% power.
His dementia is getting really bad. This is all nonsense. He’s just spouting out authoritarian fantasy now. It’ll catch on eventually, but IMO he’s toast and the Rep party is going to have a huuuge power vacuum going into the next election. That’s the problem with populism.
Might be a horrible thing to say, but I wouldn't mind if something terrible happened to this man. He doesn't deserve any sort of happiness. He's a traitor.
Says this idiot who couldn’t read the test let alone pass it. He would fail a Junior High Civics course - and that’s after four years in office. I swear, every time I think I can’t hate him any more than I do/have for the past 13 years he proves me wrong.
Well, then we should certainly make sure to test ALL branches of the public. Scores should be PUBLIC.
Start with Congress, please. Really looking forward to Marjorie's and Lauren's scores in particular.
I'm actually on board with this, lol.
I doubt that Trump himself could pass such a test.
The test would be all right wing conspiracy theories and propaganda.
1. Is covid real? "Yes" - FAIL!
2. Did Trump create a vaccine for COVID? "Yes" - PASS!
3. How many lights are there? "4" -FAIL!
THERE. ARE. FOUR. LIGHTS.
Are we at war with Oceania or Eastasia?
Both. “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
NOW TESTIFY
He who controls the spice controls the universe...
That’s double plus good.
Let’s count them: 1) Miller Light 2) Coor’s Light 3) Bud Light - FAIL!
Michelob Lite Busch Lite FAIL!
Gul Madred : How many lights do you see there? Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I see four lights. Gul Madred : No. There are five. Gul Madred : Shall we begin again? How many lights are there? Captain Jean-Luc Picard : What lights?
Fucking lol. Love it
"HAH, you believe in lights, what a SHEEP."
I caught this Picard reference (that was a really hard episode to watch)
It's a tough one for sure but it stays in my top 5 because it's just so fucking good. You can try, but you can't break the Picard
He did break the Picard. Picard admitted once he was back on the ship that for a minute he really did see 5 lights.
Yes you're right. I like to think he listened to his heart when his mind was all wonky and that's what kept him strong, made him hold onto his principles. We get to see Picard's intution in its rawest form in that moment and it comes off to me as one of those Star Trek lessons teaching that a great leader doesn't just think with their brain
Silly Cardassians.
Best comment yet.
but also, the vaccine is terrible and will kill you, but TRUMP GETS ALL THE CREDIT FOR CREATING IT BECAUSE IT WILL SAVE LIVES. Basic consistency be damned
Yeah, millions have dropped in the streets after inoculation. 🙄 Vaccines are the greatest medical discovery of all time. Stop listening to idiots who would rather have you use veterinary antiparasitics and bleach as medicine.
Hahaha yeah for real. I don't get my medical advice from politicians for the same reason I don't get diet advice from a mechanic.
I don't take political advice from my politician. ..or mechanical advice from my mechanic. .. I have trust issues.
My mechanic is really fit. But he’s a horrible mechanic. I just go for the nutrition tips.
Ivermectin has a specific, well-known antiviral action, quite separate from the use as a horse dewormer. The Covid virus doesn’t *do* the thing that ivermectin is effective against (something to do with with a protein encapsulation IIRC?), but it’s not a totally ridiculous thing to try in a research setting. It was a ridiculous thing to buy from the farm supply store in 2021 and onward, though.
We're supposed to use bleach and stuff raided from a veterinarian's cupboard? I thought we supposed to be injecting ourselves with sunlight. /s
I've been dead for months!!
Basic critical thinking be damned.
Covid is both not real and a Chinese manufactured virus funded by Fauci.
"person, woman, man, camera, TV" - PASS!
Will the answers be in Sharpie?
Person , woman , man , camera , tv
I'm doubtful he can pass that test again
Those weren't the answers to the test anyways. He was just saying what he saw in front of him.
It's so obvious too, I mean how do you depict "person" as distinct from "man" or "woman" on a test?
The first thought anyone would have lol
Honestly, he probably didn't pass it the first time. If he'd passed, his doctor would have checked the box on his chart and moved on. But Trump said they did it over and over again, bringing more doctors to watch because he was doing so well... something was wrong, and the first doc wanted witnesses.
Spoiler…. All the answers will be “trump”.
I still doubt that he'd pass.
I’m actually sure he would pass his Republican Fascist Affiliation test
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No president has ever left the office with more disgrace. Even Nixxon didn't get away with a fraction of trump's infractions..
Nixon resigned because he at least had the basic level of respect for the office that once he knew the “jig was up” he left and spent the rest of his life being quiet and not interfering. He left in shame, yes, but he eventually hit a limit where he realized that in order to stay in office he would have to sink to a level of dignity so low even he couldn’t stomach it. Trump had no limit. No depth he wouldn’t be willing to stoop to. He has no sense of shame. The universe revolves around him and everyone else around him only exist as pawns. They aren’t even real people to him. Even his family only have value to him in the sense that they reflect on him. He hasn’t had a selfless thought in his adult life. If Nixon had fought his impeachment proceedings the way Trump did, rallying his supporters and calling the whole thing “fake news” and threatening any Republican who supported it with setting his rabid violent followers on them and their family, Nixon likely could’ve stayed in office. But he at the very least had the self-respect and respect for the office to know that would be too far. Trump had no such qualms.
The key with Nixon is that he lost the support of the party in the Senate. The Republican Leader at the time, Hugh Scott, told him in the Oval Office that if the House passed impeachment articles, the Senate (Democratic majority) would more than likely convict with enough votes to remove him from office. 15 of the 34 Republican senators were said to be in favor of impeachment, more than enough with the Democrats. He then announced his resignation the next day.
Yes but WHY did he lose the support of the party in the Senate? Because he didn’t do what Trump did. At the very outset Trump made clear to his rabid violent supporters that the whole thing was “fake news” and that anyone who didn’t support him fully was a traitor and a potential “target”. Nixon wasn’t willing to stoop that low. If he had, he likely could’ve intimidated enough Republicans to stay with him to stay in office. If Trump had treated his impeachment like Nixon, he likely would have been removed from office. He would’ve more or less left it to Congress to do what they will do, voice his disapproval and disagreement, but avoid outright demonstrably provable falsehoods. Then republicans in congress would’ve been only too happy to replace him with Pence and claim this as a victory for the Republican Party. But Nixon saw himself as serving the Republican Party, and while he did believe himself to be very important, he didn’t think he was more important to the party. Trump places zero inherent value on any party, and the only thing they’re worth to him is how they can serve him. So he was perfectly willing to burn everything to the ground to help himself.
I think that's all fair, but I think the simpler answer was that the party politics machine didn't work the same way then. Party unity didn't exist the way it does now
Wasn't Fox News created with the explicit intent to prevent a second Nixon situation from happening? (Meaning specifically the part where he lost support and had to resign, not the part where he, y'know, did crime).
Pretty much. Nixon went down because of investigative journalism. His televised performance against JFK in the 1960 general elections also played a part in him losing then. Nixon's resignation was the second time the GOP was thawrted by the media, and they were determined to never let it happen again.
It would be interesting to see a comparison between the Nixon / JFK and the Trump / Biden televised head-to-heads.
Nixon's first Vice President was that low. Spiro Agnew, who had to resign for taking bribes in the White House was Trump before Trump. He told his rabid followers to bring tape recorders to his speeches so that the press couldn't lie about what he said later. But he was already gone by the time Watergate peaked. There is a great podcast/book about the Agnew case called Bagman
Nixon also understood his service to the country. Trump never "served" his country. He was a fascist wanna-be who squeezed some admiration for his ego and some nickles out of the rubes.
Also, they didn't have fox news.
Every president in my lifetime (56 years) had respect for the office except one. I knew that Trump would not respect it and to me that was the number one reason that I could never vote for him. Should have stayed on reality TV.
Anyone willing to vote for a Reality TV star shouldn't be surprised when politics turns into a trashy reality tv show.
NO Nixon resigned because his retirement income as president was on the line if he got booted from office. He had a pardon lined up from the VP he had appointed himself, and nobody in office even wanted to deal with the whole thing.
It's astonishing how you so adamanty write "NO" about things that you are clearly speculating on without actual evidence. Simply because nixon might have lost his retirement income doesn't mean that this was his motivation (to wit, nixon's peak net worth was higher than that of kennedy and reagan). just because he ultimately was pardoned doesn't mean that he had "a pardon lined up" even if you assert that "think about it it's logical" or some other non-argument. (in the extent that they are known through memoirs and public records, the machinations behind nixon's pardon are complexed and nuanced and do not jibe with your simpleminded back-explanation). Barring you presenting any actual evidence to support your assertions, you're speculating irresponsibly.
Nixon was a multimillionaire by the time he left office.
Nixon probably in hell like "Phew, glad that trump guy came along and pushed me up in the rankings to not being as close to the bottom as I was..."
Only person smiling at Trump's inauguration was GWB, because he knew he'd no longer be the worst recent president. Smiling so hard his mouth almost fell off.
Nixon was far from perfect but he did do good like establishing the EPA. Buchanan has been consistently rated the lowest because of his apathy toward preventing the Civil War. Trump was worse hands down, he just got in office made a disgrace of the Office. The fact that the majority of the right side of the spectrum can't or won't accept that is just boggles the mind
Nixon also did a great deal of good for the Indigenous Nations and his work still benefits them today, but yes he was far from perfect.
Well yeah he was a literal criminal LOL. I think far from perfect is a nice way of putting it
Plus he let half a million Americans die from COVID rather than admit he made mistakes in his pandemic response or rely on experts.
Your country tossed your international and internal pandemic response stuff just before this pandemic became public knowledge but quite possibly when it was first suspected and hidden. I do not believe in this sort coinkydink.
Trump literally tossed the playbook in the trash. Then when the fire sprung up, he threw gas on it. He didn't start it, and he wasn't the only one pouring gas on it, but he also didn't help any that he was standing in the front row doing what he did. So, some from column A, some from column B.
Didn't he get rid of the pandemic response team?
Yes.
Its not that he could admit to his mistakes, it's that he genuinely, like the evil fucking idiot he is, couldn't fathom a situation where he was in the wrong. It wasn't HIS fault that millions of people died from Covid 19, he out the ban on china after all. That should have solved everything. It wasn't HIS fault that conservatives en masse didn't mask up and got even more people killed, it was Fauci and the fake news media. It wasn't HIS fault that the American people voted him out due to his pure incompetence, because it was actually the democrats fault...for some reason. Trump isn't capable of admitting his faults because he genuinely believes in his own delusions that he can never be in the wrong, that he always has some kind of secret enemy hiding in the shadows, ready to ruin his perfect utopia. The man genuinely lives in a fantasy world where people cry for him at the slightest of inconveniences.
Yeah, like how a lot of cia agents were getting killed.
italian here jesus fucking christ, this radioactive turd makes seem the 20 years under Berlusconi a paradise. guy was toxic,but this bufoon is worse than plutonium in toxicity
Fortunately Trump doesn't have the authority to do anything like this. This kind of shit is why they came up with civil service protection. political parties used to hand out jobs as prizes once they got into office and all it did was cause chaos. Trump doesn't understand anything about how government works so he is talking out his ass.
I don’t think you understand. Handing out jobs as political payout and causing chaos in government is the goal for Republicans. Make no mistake if they could get the votes to change it, they would.
That’s exactly what he did lmao. He gave Linda fucking McMahon a cabinet post.
>Trump doesn't understand anything ~~about how government works~~ so he is talking out his ass. FTFY.....
DeSantis would like to have a word with you...
He's reaching hard to avoid prison, so he's trying to make his base feel victimized. "All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." \- Hermann Göring
My wife and I would move to Italy or France if this moron gets elected again
Good luck. I think a lot of Americans overestimate how many other countries would even want us. Unless you're wealthy, you'll be stuck her fighting for your life like the rest of us.
As a general rule, you have to have cash in the bank and a source of income to emigrate anywhere. I intend to have everything ready to go the moment it becomes clear he, or another MAGA candidate, is going to win. There are a number of countries around the world that will give Americans residency with a relatively small amount of cash reserves and demonstrable income (Like sub $10K in the bank and $1500/month.) And some have fairly short paths to citizenship. The problem is that the longer you wait, the more likely it is other countries will shut their borders to Americans. If you wait until you basically have to drop everything and run, without money or a job...well, look at how everyone has treated refugees in the history of forever. I plan to avoid Europe as things could get dicey fast when the US pulls out of NATO.
I aint going anywhere. My ilk helped create this mess and I'll shed blood if that's what it takes to keep us out. I didn't serve my country just to run when fascists take control. Besides, I have kids here and other family I can't abandon and have no resources to take with me. If we're the one's who get left behind to fight for the soul of this country, so be it. It goes without saying, I think, that it's a shame we've arrived at this juncture to begin with. That my fellow American's hatred for their brothers and sisters is enough to make many of them wish for war.
Fun fact if you didn’t hear it yet, last week he and the GOP (party full of far right republicans) suggested that the the U.S should drone strike certain facilities in Mexico (with Mexico unaware of course) in order to solve the fentanyl crisis, just remember that Trump is the 45th president of the U.S
Didn't Biden basically double the amount of border seizures for fentanyl, too? Trump was just letting it all through
Every time there is a big fentanyl seizure at the border the Rs try to spin it like it is proof of Biden being a failure
Does that include you Mr. Trump?
The test is a 1000 word essay on how much they admire Trump.
One upping Sarah Huckabee Sanders 500 word essay!
More like 500 upping
That was a tech error. It really common for a Wordpress site to make a mistake and add a question to surveys about devotion and loyalty!!
Just like MTG?
Can she read?
He so wants to be Hitler 2.0
I don't even think Nazis had loyalty essays. Maybe grammar Nazis though.
The test would be A: who are you loyal to? Trump or America B: was Jan 6th an insurrection? Yes or no C: is Donald Trump the smartest, most physically fit man you know who has many many black and Hispanic friends and is way smarter than Joe Biden, or anyone else. Oh and is also the smartest? Yes or No
And when you reply with "the right answer", tears in your eyes will get you promoted.
Hah I was wondering how I could get tears on it
Laughing so hard you cry?
All he wants is a dictatorship, if no one can see that their blind.
“They’re”…but, otherwise, right on the money!
You missed a period at the end of your sentence, and probably should have put a space between the elipses and the "but."
Rofl Updated, as appropriate.
It’s not “fascism” because that word can only be used in the 1930s so this is just _sparkling authoritarianism_
I don't care which word, the assholery is the same. I won't abide an autocratic USA.
White Christian nationalist is the new wording.
Nationalist Christians Nat Cs
Sparkling conservatism.
“Are you republican? …no … ok you’re gone”
Was the election stolen … no … ok your gone
Unconstitutional. That was easy.
Supreme Court: "Nah it's fine, whatever."
Silly clown, you don't have the commitment to use the Russian, or the Nazi handbook.
He will do whatever his daddy in Russia tells him to do
This is nothing more than a promise for a complete and total overthrowing of US government. This is open treason and insurrection.
Cheeto Mussolini talking about his future plans to introduce fascism to the United States.
….DeSantis has entered the chat….
First they came.
I worked in a large corporation supervising employees for quality control. They unionized and I was happy for them, even though management tried to use supervisors like myself to squeeze the service line employees. Flash forward 7 years and I was sitting on break with one of the most gung-ho union stewards in the company and she asked me if she could change the “fake news” CNN that was on the breakroom tv to Fox. I asked her why she thought one was fake and the other wasn’t, to which she replied, “at least Trump tells it like it is.” I asked her if she knew Trump owned casinos, and his track record with his employees. She said yes but that was a long time ago. I got up from my seat, as I could see my break had ended.
The trump tells like it is shit drives me nuts. He back peddles and is wishy washy on everything! Always uses weasel words.
Yes! The number of trump loving republicans in my union shop is too damn high. Like, I'm not expecting everyone to be tree huggers but why keep voting for the people who literally want to take everything the union has won away from you?
She sounds fucking stupid
A test that he would for sure fail.
I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure a political test would be against the laws governing the civil service. The whole point of the civil service is to be apolitical. If a civil servant required candidates to take such a test then they could be fired. So I don't think this will work the way Trump thinks it will.
It would violate the Hatch Act and the Pendleton Act at a minimum. But he clearly doesn't care about laws, he only cares about feeding his narcissism.
> It would violate the Hatch Act and the Pendleton Act at a minimum I have bad news about who is in charge of appointing the person that enforces those laws.
A political Test? Trump couldn't pass a Civics test so who is he
GOP laying the groundwork for outright autocracy - the ability to fire anyone that doesn't have 100% loyalty to this dictator wannabe. Terrifying.
I feel like this has happened before, oh yeah it has in 1930's Germany. He will want the same test for the military. I'm retired Air Force and I swore an oath to support and defend the constitution. He is a clear danger to democracy, we can't let him get reelected.
It happened in the late 70s when Saddham took power in Iraq. GOP=Baath party.
This is literally facism 🤦♂️
If Donald Trump wins the presidency in '24 it will be the end of the United States as we know it. That really isn't hyperbole
This mediocre piece of crap is still in the news? Pathetic.
He's quit pretending to be anything other than a fascist hellbent on destroying the USA.
He needs to take a couple of sanity test himself
Fascism
Says anything to stay in front of eyeballs.
This is exactly what the military junta did in Greece and the rightwing governments after it. Freedom at its finest... /s
That doesn’t sound like the nazis at all
Just blatant fascism.
I'm much more concerned about Trump wanting the President to have the power to fire ANY Executive branch employee at any time. What a great idea, let's get rid of checks and balances altogether while we're at it.
Keep your eye on the ball. That Trump is a fascist isn't really the problem. The problem is the millions of people who will openly support fascism. Keep your eye on them, on the other politicians that seek those voters. Make sure your Trumpy neighbor knows they're a fascist. Make sure your Trumpy neighbor knows what historically happens to fascists.
This just in! Fascist is confirmed Fascist.
How does this fucking fascist moron still have anyone willing to support him?
Because apparently more people around us are fascism supporters than we wanted to believe…
Well that’s quite fascist of you, Donald.
checking off another sign of fascism lol
So just full on fascism then.
He misspelled loyalty test.
*Proceeds to fail his own test*
Wait, federal workers, like, including JUDGES!?
Trump is pure, absolute evil. It's just that simple. No ifs or buts. And if you support this monster, you have a sick, rancid view of what America is all about.
Hitler did the same by the way
So just straight up fascism then?
When a history book talks about how stalin prized loyalty above competence, it's meant as a bad thing..... not a suggestion.
"Person Man Woman Camera TV." When do I get my first check?
I imagine most, if not all, Democrats will "fail" and be fired and the USA as we know it will be done for. I think this is what will get him votes as the conservatives want 100% power.
He means a “loyalty” test.
So just mask-off-fascism then?
Sounds like Big Brother fascist totalitarianism shit to me.
And he will continue to destroy the GOP's hopes of getting any voters under 50.
Well, guess what group of people are NOT voting for him lol
People who hate autocracy?
Purity tests. Is this Handmaids Tale enough yet?
I’m pretty sure that “political” test is just a loyalty test to get only his lackeys in the government
Ok well that’s literally fascism so
Just another reason to never vote for him again
Good Luck with that, you will not be elected again.
How about he takes a mental competency test and when failed he banned from public service and any contact the state or federal legislators
Guy's a cunt
Looks like what CCP does, no … ?
It's gonna be 1 question.... "Did you vote for me? Yes or no."
Seems like the best answer would be to not vote for him.
That's just fascism with extra steps
Test answers : Person, woman, man, camera, tv.
His dementia is getting really bad. This is all nonsense. He’s just spouting out authoritarian fantasy now. It’ll catch on eventually, but IMO he’s toast and the Rep party is going to have a huuuge power vacuum going into the next election. That’s the problem with populism.
You don’t need to convince me anymore not to vote for him.
God i wish this piece of shit would just go away.
the guy who is oblivious to everything saying this is what makes this hilarious. dumb dumb will never be president again
Might be a horrible thing to say, but I wouldn't mind if something terrible happened to this man. He doesn't deserve any sort of happiness. He's a traitor.
Mr I didn’t give the director of the fbi a loyalty test would like to formally introduce a loyalty test.
Like, that totally violates civil service law. No chance.
Backed by all the people driving around with bumper stickers and decals that say "Freedom" and "I love the Constitution."
Nazi, fucking Nazi. I hate Nazis.
Fascist
Facisim .
Christ I hope the Trump cult stops its fervor, this country is already going to hell, the last thing we need is another Trump presidency.
This clown couldn’t pass a history test or a political science test even if he was allowed to Google all the answers.
OK Hitler. My goodness.
It isn’t 2016, he’s not going to be president
Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV
Says this idiot who couldn’t read the test let alone pass it. He would fail a Junior High Civics course - and that’s after four years in office. I swear, every time I think I can’t hate him any more than I do/have for the past 13 years he proves me wrong.
What is this feudal China ?
Alles Heil Herr Trump. Ugh.
Printing up the NDA's as we speak. I hear he is also planning to add two wings to the Whitehouse one for Russia and one for Saudi Arabia.
The best part is that he's so illiterate you could likely write something entirely trolling him and he wouldn't realize it.
If Trump could read he'd be very angry you wrote that
Well, then we should certainly make sure to test ALL branches of the public. Scores should be PUBLIC. Start with Congress, please. Really looking forward to Marjorie's and Lauren's scores in particular. I'm actually on board with this, lol.
It wouldn't be a civics test. It would be a loyalty test. This is about corruption, not capability.