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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2020 16:45:12 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Apr 14, 2020 16:46:14 GMT
Can't have it both ways, Trump. You want the Govs to go it alone, then they'll lead their citizens through this without you. He has already offered a threat that they will need things. He is so very good at threats.. |
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Post by hop2 on Apr 14, 2020 17:17:15 GMT
Christie never fully recovered from the half ‘hug’ greeting he had with Obama when Obama came here during Sandy. Obama reached out personally to people in both NY & NJ during his visits after Sandy. Specifically thanking first responders. As did Bush after 911. Where is Trump? Has he even video conferenced any over loaded hospital to offer encouragement or thanks? Has he thanked even the public hospital employees in NY? No he accused them of stealing PPE, that is his response to people who are putting their lives on the line. Has he thanked EMT’s who have been overwhelmed? Who at one point were responding daily to enough 911 calls for a normal week? Has he thanked the EMTs from all over the country who have packed up their ambulances and come to NY & NJ help? Crickets... But no, he stamps his foot and has a temper tantrum because despite his half assed ( heck eighth assed can that be a thing? ) response to the problem governors are forming bipartisan alliances to try to deal with the situation where the federal government refuses to step up. |
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Post by inkedup on Apr 14, 2020 17:49:04 GMT
There’s a huge difference between an actual monarchy and the government you have today. The post you quoted isn’t inaccurate about a monarchy. I disagree, there isn't any difference at all. A monarchy is a monarchy. Our government is the Queen's government. Parliament is made up of the House of Commons, House of Lords and the Monarch. After a general election the Queen invites the leader of the party that has won the most seats in the House of Commons to become her Prime Minister and to form a government. And no, the Queen as a Monarch does not act in any way that can be compared to Trump. I know you are very protective of your queen, but really. I was referring monarchies in a broad and historical sense. Certainly King Louis of France was also a monarch, and look how well that turned out. My statement had nothing to do with your queen. The fact is that the modern british monarchy is quite different from the monarchies of England's early history, a fact I am sure you are well aware of. |
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Post by inkedup on Apr 14, 2020 17:53:51 GMT
Yes. I still have British citizenship too. You then did do the work to become an American citizen. This takes time and effort. Basically abandoned the country of your birth. I know that it wasn't your choice to come to America, as you were a child, but, you could have gone back as an adult. Your passport is then American? Or if you don't have a passport it would be American? Highly mighty of you to diss the country of your birth, since you were not educated there nor have you truly lived there as an adult. Wow. I always feel embarrassed by Americans that claim that non-Americans have no right to comment on our government. Your statements are rude and should embarrass your compatriots equally. You and @dottyscrapper are being silly in defense of your queen. You not only missed the entirety of my point, you are showing a historical ignorance that I find strange. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2020 18:10:27 GMT
I disagree, there isn't any difference at all. A monarchy is a monarchy. Our government is the Queen's government. Parliament is made up of the House of Commons, House of Lords and the Monarch. After a general election the Queen invites the leader of the party that has won the most seats in the House of Commons to become her Prime Minister and to form a government. And no, the Queen as a Monarch does not act in any way that can be compared to Trump. I know you are very protective of your queen, but really. I was referring monarchies in a broad and historical sense. Certainly King Louis of France was also a monarch, and look how well that turned out. My statement had nothing to do with your queen. The fact is that the modern british monarchy is quite different from the monarchies of England's early history, a fact I am sure you are well aware of. I agree but there are quite a few Monarchy's around, not just the UK, There are other European countries with Monarchs as well as in other parts of the world. It's uncalled for to compare Trump to any of them - a Dictator would be a more fitting word for Trump rather than a Monarch and a King whichever century is thought of. For what it's worth you would have to go back to the middle of the 1600's to find that England had an absolute Monarchy. No worries inkedup and no offence taken you're not the only one to label Trump a King, Ive seen it many a time on threads on here. I must have been particularly sensitive to it yesterday. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2020 20:41:58 GMT
Philip Rucker...
”This was the first battle: Do we want a king or do we want a president? We opted for a president“ — Gov. Cuomo on Trump’s proclamation of “total authority” as the vision of a king.”
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2020 14:01:41 GMT
Fact checking liar-in-Chief Fact check: Trump denies saying another thing he said and makes more false claims at coronavirus briefing "fter he criticized the World Health Organization for praising China's supposed transparency over the coronavirus, Trump was pressed about his own previous praise of China's supposed transparency. "I don't talk about China's transparency," Trump responded. "You know, if I'm so good to China, how come I was the only person, the only leader of a country, that closed our borders tightly against China?" Facts First: Trump did praise China, and its president, Xi Jinping, for its supposed transparency. Moreover, Trump didn't completely shut down travel between China and the United States; nearly 40,000 people traveled from China to the United States after he announced travel restrictions, according to an April 4 New York Times analysis of data collected in both countries. And Trump was far from the only leader to impose travel restrictions from China. A Washington Post analysis found that 38 countries imposed significant travel restrictions on China "before or at the same time the U.S. restrictions were put in place." (The Post analysis did not count 12 other countries "that took some sort of action before the United States but with measures that were not as sweeping.") Trump has explicitly praised China for "transparency" related to the virus. On January 24, he tweeted that "China has been working very hard to contain the Coronavirus. The United States greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency," and that "In particular, on behalf of the American People, I want to thank President Xi!" (On March 21, Trump defended his initial claim that China had acted with transparency by arguing that "China was transparent at that time, but when we saw what happened, they could have been transparent much earlier than they were.") Trump consistently overplays the severity of his travel restrictions on China. They did not constitute a complete border closure: They did not apply to American citizens, permanent residents or many of the family members of citizens and permanent residents. The New York Times reported that nearly 40,000 people have flown to the US from China since Trump's restrictions went into effect February 2." www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/politics/fact-check-trump-april-14/index.html |
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