USA Dodged a Huge Bullet

[Yagoda]

38 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Historians mark the fall of the Roman Empire as beginning with the accession of Commodus as Caesar.

 

IMO it's highly likely historians will be using Trump as the marker for the same fall.

 

Quote: Commodus was an unpopular and erratic ruler who focused on personal pleasures rather than governing. His actions weakened the empire, but they didn't cause its immediate collapse.

 

Sound familiar?

The Roman Empire fell in 1453 to the Turks. Your view is history is as simplistic as your politics.

[chilly07]

8 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Do you think she would threaten to annex Canada?

Sell out Ukraine and suck up to Putin?

Compromise the personal data of all Americans without oversight?

The bullet is in office.

 

Or agree to split Ukraines rare earth metals with Putin? 

[Lacessit]

55 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

In your story, I think Obama played the part of Commodus, and the USA's been circling the drain since then. 

 

Trump is playing the part that Mr. Clean used to play in those commercials when I was a kid.

 

Edit:  I credit Kamala and Pelosi for derailing Obama's 4th term.  And Clooney (and others) helped...

 

We all view events through a different lens. IMO yours is rose-colored.

 

Trump is Mr. Clean? Tell that to the women he has molested, and the contractors he has cheated.

[Lacessit]

26 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

The Roman Empire fell in 1453 to the Turks. Your view is history is as simplistic as your politics.

Reading is obviously not one of your skills.

[Lacessit]

46 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

You are always making unsuitable false comparisons. Trump fixed the border in 3 weeks. Kamala said it could not be fixed quickly. 

Trump also said he would end the Ukraine war in a day.

 

He  said he would bring down living costs, how's that going?

[GarryP]

8 hours ago, blaze master said:

 

Really?

 

That's what you're going with ? How sad.Homophonic much. How progressive. 

Wow, you're good. I didn't see any homophones in his statement. 

[blaze master]

1 minute ago, GarryP said:

Wow, you're good. I didn't see any homophones in his statement. 

 

Oh you funny fella you. 

[Yagoda]

6 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Reading is obviously not one of your skills.

Well I have enough to recognize you were trying to draw an analogy between Commodus' reign and Trumps election. You need better writing skills to mask your historical ignorance more.

[Yagoda]

16 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Trump is Mr. Clean? Tell that to the women he has molested, and the contractors he has cheated.

The American people rendered their verdict. Your view lost

 

10 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

He  said he would bring down living costs, how's that going?

Gas is down. https://gasprices.aaa.com/top-trends/?filter[average]=year&filter[region]=st&filter[by]=biggest&filter[fuel]=unleaded

 

 

[Harrisfan]

14 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Trump also said he would end the Ukraine war in a day.

 

He  said he would bring down living costs, how's that going?

Wait 6 months my friend

[Harrisfan]

17 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Reading is obviously not one of your skills.

What are your skills beside insults?

[scottiejohn]

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Trump also said he would end the Ukraine war in a day.

He  said he would bring down living costs

I am shocked and stunned that you appear to have believed that load of codswallop!

🤣

[NoDisplayName]

10 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Huh?

 

Donald Trump Sucks Up to Vladimir Putin Direct From the White House

 

 

Mr. Brown approves.

[No Forwarding Address]

20 hours ago, Jingthing said:

What was wrong with that exactly?

Me thinks her CBP product is a little too strong for her………I am normally tolerant of people, but I listened five times, and still don’t have a clue what she was on about.   Enlighten me please.      Peace

[AlexRich]

8 hours ago, impulse said:

 

You don't see the irony in discussing felating in a thread about Kamala?

 

The only felating I can see is Trump on Putin … he is either scared or compromised, probably both. I understand how hard that is for MAGA loons to swallow … 

[impulse]

13 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

The only felating I can see is Trump on Putin … he is either scared or compromised, probably both. I understand how hard that is for MAGA loons to swallow … 

 

If that's all it took to keep Putin from attacking on his watch, maybe Obama and Biden should have taken one for the team (and world peace) and given Putin a hummer.  Instead, they both allowed him to attack Ukraine on their respective watches. 

 

But somehow, I think hummers figure bigger in Kamala's origin story than Trump's relationship with Putin.

[soalbundy]

On 2/17/2025 at 5:38 PM, Jingthing said:

What was wrong with that exactly?

and we won't even consider Trumps ramblings which leaves professional translators in dismay (that's a fact)

[Hamus Yaigh]

Happens every US election, whenever the right wins ever since the George W fiasco in 2000, they gloat for the next four years over the left. MAGA = Make America Gloat Again.

[NickyLouie]

6 hours ago, No Forwarding Address said:

Me thinks her CBP product is a little too strong for her………I am normally tolerant of people, but I listened five times, and still don’t have a clue what she was on about.   Enlighten me please.      Peace

 

Dems really rolled the dice putting that total loser up for Presidency, yet the delusional are still supportive.

 

  

[Jingthing]

10 hours ago, Dan O said:

you forgot about firing the military security for nuclear storage facilities, steal Greenland and the Panama Canal. 

Impossible to cover all the horrible things he's said and done.

[Jingthing]

11 hours ago, Madgee said:

I'm not interested in American politics whatsoever but she looks and sounds as 'high as a kite'! 

So what if she was? It's not as if she's the Secretary of Defense?

[Jingthing]

10 hours ago, impulse said:

 

If she had shown a shred of self awareness, she would have insisted on a mini-primary when Joe was thrown under the bus. Still, I don't blame her.  She can't help herself.  She's been handed stuff all her life for being pretty and...  well, you know.   It's the knobs that put forward that disaster of a candidate.

 

So instead, we have Trump.  Which history will show to be her most significant contribution.  For that, you get my hearty thanks, Kamala.  A decent Dem candidate would have beat Trump.

 

You're wrong. 

That would have left the democrats in an even worse divided position.

The fault was with Biden for running at all. 

[Jingthing]

10 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Historians mark the fall of the Roman Empire as beginning with the accession of Commodus as Caesar.

 

IMO it's highly likely historians will be using Trump as the marker for the same fall.

 

Quote: Commodus was an unpopular and erratic ruler who focused on personal pleasures rather than governing. His actions weakened the empire, but they didn't cause its immediate collapse.

 

Sound familiar?

My current thinking is that like all empires the American empire is in inevitable decline now under any leader. But Trump is rapidly accelerating that. This will cause a lot of unnecessary suffering for both Americans and many global people as well. Perhaps a death wish?

[impulse]

13 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

You're wrong. 

That would have left the democrats in an even worse divided position.

The fault was with Biden for running at all. 

 

That's the thing about cognitive decline.  The victim doesn't recognize it, so it's up to others to make their decisions.  Which the Dem elites tragically (and criminally) didn't do.  For him, or for the country.

 

The woman was not a viable candidate.  Any shred of self awareness should have told her that.

 

[Jingthing]

9 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Trump also said he would end the Ukraine war in a day.

 

He  said he would bring down living costs, how's that going?

That was later adjusted to 100 days.

Since then adjusted to six months.

More like six years maybe at this point.

[Jingthing]

2 hours ago, AlexRich said:

The only felating I can see is Trump on Putin … he is either scared or compromised, probably both. I understand how hard that is for MAGA loons to swallow … 

My theory is that Trump wants to be in Putin's May Day parade in Moscow. Trump lives for that kind of stuff. If he goes, I hope he stays there.

[Jingthing]

2 hours ago, soalbundy said:

and we won't even consider Trumps ramblings which leaves professional translators in dismay (that's a fact)

It's the maga double standard and they are totally blind to it. Pathetic really. 

[still kicking]

11 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

US is bigger than both 

Countries by Area - WorldAtlas

100 rows · 28 Jan 2021 · The US is about half the size of Russia and the continent of South America, sligthly larger than Brazil and China, and over twice the size of the European Union. China is the largest country in Asia and the world’s fourth-largest country, with an area of approximately 9.6 million km 2 .

[Liverpool Lou]

18 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Do you think she would threaten to annex Canada?

Sell out Ukraine and suck up to Putin?

Compromise the personal data of all Americans without oversight?

The bullet is in office.

 

Trump did not "threaten" to annex Canada, do you not know that (a) he couldn't do that and (b) it was hyperbole?

He has not "sold out" Ukraine, nor done any "sucking up", but has spoken to Putin in order to get the war ended and got the release of an American.   That's all bad is it?

How has the entire population of the US had their personal data compromised by Trump?

[Yellowtail]

10 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

You are always making unsuitable false comparisons. Trump fixed the border in 3 weeks. Kamala said it could not be fixed quickly.