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Lol! You did not ask me to support my claim, you asked me to support your claims (which you didn't). That's an obvious trolling tactic. You are welcomed to support your claims, for once!

Exactly! In any other Western democracy, Trump would have been already convicted, banned from his party and likely also banned from any political mandate.

Lol! You really expected I would be stupid enough to fall into your troll's trap and waste my time searching information for you? You have no right to request anything. If you want to establish counter-arguments, it's your duty to find information to support them, not mine! Facts are: - Trump could not have been indicted and could have prevented his aids from testifying (he did it during the Mueller probe, for example) - Trump and some of his aids have been following a continuous strategy of delaying, contesting, appealing..and still do.

Who has defended him about that? Countering the right-wing lame exploitation of Hunter's case doesn't mean supporting his crimes and offenses. So-called "left" posters (it seems to include me although I am rather 'center') don't disagree with Hunter getting a just punishment for his offenses ("just" meaning like others having committed similar offenses). Personally I don't have much esteem for Hunter and don't care a damn in case he's convicted! The jury will make a decision and it will be fine for me. However I (and others) oppose the GOP ridiculous smear campaign ('Comer says') and other MAGA lies alleging other crimes in the absence of evidence

There's a difference between a gaffe and ignorance.

I acknowledge that you don't deny the facts I mentioned. Are you now insinuating that investigations should have been expedited without following rules and due process? You know, like making sure enough testimonies and other evidences have been collected and corroborated, charges have been correctly substantiated, etc...?

Well, the problem with Trump is more about the content of sentences! You know, like: “There’s a man, Viktor Orbán, did anyone ever hear of him?” Trump said, referring to the Hungarian prime minister. “He’s probably, like, one of the strongest leaders anywhere in the world. He’s the leader of Turkey,” the former president said." 😂 https://www.politico.eu/article/trump-confuses-turkish-and-hungarian-leaders-orban-erdogan/

The "left" did not wait, the justice system did. The two main reasons being: - he could not have been indicted while being President, and also could have prevented his aides from testifying. Didn't you know it? - Trump and his lawyers did everything they could do to delay, delay, and delay again. Haven't you noticed it?

And he did not pay his taxes in order to be able to pay hookers! 😃

It's a joke, isn't it? You guys have been endlessly ranting about Hunter not being indicted, and now that he is indicted, you complain about it! 🤣

If there is justice, he will get the same sentence as people who have committed similar offenses. And no one will smear prosecutors, judge, judge's assistant, witnesses, jury members, etc... except GOP members and MAGA fans

It's nice to see that you don't contest the economic performance indicators I outlined in my post, and now have to deflect with the usual lame arguments.

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn02784/ - best GDP growth (by 0.1%) is not "far". By far compared to pre-pandemic level (see graph) - very low unemployment (close to historic record). Historical records are meaningless as US unemployment is calculated so differently now. Many of these jobs are taken by the same person twice or more In any case it is a low unemployment rate, and lower than forecasted by experts - now lower inflation rate than other advanced economies - not so - Japan is lower. Ok, but lower than the average of advanced economies - highest level of energy independence in over 70 years not really - the US still needs to import oil by about 5 mmbd. Highest level by the same criteria used by Trump to brag about achieving energy independence (difference between imports and exports) So nothing to be ashamed of. Many countries would be happy with the same numbers

Right! It's been a complete mess for decades. You can also notice that the Houti's cause is far from illegitimate (I'm not talking about recent events, I.e. attacking ships), as they have been fighting against the expansion of Salafism pushed by S.A. (and also occasionally against al Qaida).

Why would they be shameful? - best GDP growth (by far) among G7 compared to pre-pandemic level, - very low unemployment (close to historic record), - now lower inflation rate than other advanced economies, - highest level of energy independence in over 70 years, thanks to record oil and energy exports, - increase in industrial strategic sovereignty, - etc...

Point 1. The reserve was established at a time the U.S. wasn't producing much oil. The same level is not necessary now, due to the relatively low quantity of oil imported. Point 2. I never claimed it was not the case. My claim was, when using the difference between import and exports as an indicator, energy independence has increased. The same indicator Trump has been using to bragg about achieving energy independence.

It seems to be difficult for you to grasp that the reason why the U.S. doesn't produces much heavy crude oil (which is of lower quality BTW) is that it is not frequently found on its territory. Your proposal doesn't make sense from an economic point of view. What makes sense is to drill when it is profitable to do so, use or export what is found, and import what cannot be easily found.

I know that (It's written in the linked article, BTW). You are deflecting. You wrote: "Trump embraces ‘dictator’ moniker by promising to enforce border laws and promote energy independence both of which Biden has neglected to do " I proved you wrong by showing that energy independence (defined by the difference between imports and exports*) has been significantly improved under Biden. (* the same definition used previously by Trump when he bragged about it) Coming back to the issue raised in your reply, did Trump promise to subsidize refineries so that they can change their refining equipment?

You should check information instead of believing everything Trump says. U.S. Energy Independence Soars To Highest Level In Over 70 Years https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2023/05/02/us-energy-independence-soars-to-highest-levels-in-over-70-years/?sh=7a451fc7977f

Who jails and kills political opposition?

Lol! Yes, and it doesn't support your ridiculous claim.

Thank you for your valuable contribution!

Who's jailing one's opposition?

Lol! Have you read it?

That's the positive side of it. Trump is likely to be a failed fascist as he was a failed president and failed businessman. The only thing he did not fail was at being a conman (well, he also got caught).