Donald Trump has NO mandate -- not for his election and not for his extremist policies

[NoDisplayName]

5 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

If a black hole consumes the solar system it'll be Trump's fault.

 

They'll be crying that it's fake news, that there's no proof that holes of colour illegally invading the galaxy are eating the solar systems!

[thaibeachlovers]

1 minute ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

They'll be crying that it's fake news, that there's no proof that holes of colour illegally invading the galaxy are eating the solar systems!

Nice one.

[thaibeachlovers]

13 hours ago, chippendale said:

You lost. He won. Toughen up and learn to deal with it.

I'm lovin' that.

[tubby johnson]

11 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I'm lovin' that.

 

Yeah, the OP has trouble accepting Democracy. He lost, got his precious ego shattered by Trump and is throwing a hissy fit here. Unseemly behavior.

 

Democracy has winners and losers. Losers need to man up and cry in private, not burden us with their drama. Trump won the popular vote in a crushing victory. He's earned the right to govern.

[ericbj]

Trump, or any other politician for that matter, has a mandate to do what he (or she) stated as his (or her) intention in pre-election public speeches.  Subject of course to constitutional constraints.

 

Candidates for the Presidency are selected by vested interests.

After which the public is free to vote for one or other of the selected candidates, under tremendous MSM propaganda as to how they should cast their votes.

 

Is it being suggested here that, when one or other has been elected to the Presidency, the person in question must ignore their election platform and conform to some other agenda?

 

[Of course we know this is all too common in practice]

 

[thaibeachlovers]

14 hours ago, ericbj said:

Is it being suggested here that, when one or other has been elected to the Presidency, the person in question must ignore their election platform and conform to some other agenda?

It's common for politicians to say anything they think will get them elected. IMO getting their snouts into the public purse is all they care about.

It's not that they conform to some other agenda, rather that they abandon any agenda.

 

Trump is somewhat different as being very wealthy he has no need to hog in the public purse. Unlike some well known recent presidents, he will not commence his presidency as being merely wealthy, and ending immensely wealthy. He is already immensely wealthy.