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I can't vote for Trump (I'm Dutch). Would have probably voted for him though. Another 4 years of Biden would have made Europe a Marxists paradise. Trump still might not change it but at least there is some push back now.

I don't understand the 'I will always support my president' - maybe that's a US thing. If you think the guy is a nutcase, why support him. The US is more than a president. Companies, states and people can thrive under bad management.

Not sure what to think of the Guantanamo Bay policy. If it is only used for low life criminals I am not too bothered with it. If it causes randomly sending illegals there and treating them inhumanly I wouldn't support that.

Isolated incident and blown way out of proportions. Impossible to know what he was thinking at the time, maybe it was meant as a 'heart to you' gesture or just a 'look at me you fuckers'. Even if it was the latter (what I doubt) that doesn't make you a nazi.
Whatever it was, it did result in exactly what you would expect. MSM is freaking out, but I am pretty sure that even the most leftwing nutcase (Europe is full of them) understands he is not looking to kill 6 million Jews or Muslims.

It does distract from DOGE though, and that's what we need the most. Kick out all the useless bureaucrats, regulations and appreciate people that produce instead of leech.

From everything that is happening right now in the US - DOGE is the most exciting. We definitely could use some DOGE in Europe

He mentioned the following.

“some of them are so bad, we don’t even trust the countries to hold them, because we don’t want them coming back.”

I think it is more to send a signal than a well thought out policy but indeed good question.

Why is this downvoted? Didn't history prove this enough by now?

Interesting - democratizing journalism. Wondering what the prerequisites will be to be able to apply.

She's okay but Kayleigh McEnany > Karonie Leavitt

Not a big fan of the tarrifs - a dangerous bet. His goal doesn't seem to be using tarrifs to end income tax, but force other countries into submission. Wondering how this will play out.

No - just like I don't want to ban people having a conversation in a pub about a topic I don't like even if they just tell lies to each other.

If it was up to the EU we'd still believe there was no chance in the world the Corona Covid virus could have ever come from a Chinese lab and even suggesting it should have you banned from social media. Free float of ideas and let the best argument win.

Totally agree. I still think from a economic and personal freedom perspective you're a lot better off in a capitalist society under authoritarian control than in a Marxist one. Nobody is safe in an authoritarian communist (or probably better term - collectivist) society. How much examples do you need. Mao was the worst. China embraced capitalism and significantly improved the living standards of its people after Mao, while still remaining an authoritarian regime. Pinochet made the economy thriving and under socialist Salvador Allende the economy was a mess.

I am certainly not in favor of an authoritarian regime but at least capitalism gives you more economic freedom and property rights.

sure. Guy often does what he says he will do. The "Trump-wall" was a nice example during his first term. I think he was the only one believing he would do it. Worried that this might also apply to Greenland and his most extreme tarrif statements.