I very much appreciate the reply.
I took his statement to mean that he was extremely popular with his base not literally could he go out and kill somebody.
It has been very common for the press to take snippets of statements and not include the entire statement for example the “very fine people” comment during Charlottesville, or the blood bath comment, Trump was referring to the effect on the auto industry if China could make cars and bring them through Mexico. My point was that when you have a divisive president/candidate some of that is fueled by how he is reported by the press which in turn colors people perception of him. It is a feedback loop.
Trump is a radical departure from the norm of American politics. The cult of personality is such that you either strongly love him or hate him. He is and has been a threat to the entire structure, interestingly the status quo Republicans hate him as much as many Democrats, watch John Thune etc. He is such a perceived threat to the power base of both parties that both oppose him one quietly the other in a stealthy mode. Many of the Chamber of Commerce Republicans want to see him fail as much as they wanted the Tea Party to fail.
I find Trump a very narcissistic ego driven man, you must have an ego to think you should be president, but he has certainly brought it to a new level. Your link about Washington is interesting because I find him to be the exact opposite he did not want power and he also went against the grain, he fought for a rebellion and then crushed one in western PA, he loudly cautioned against foreign entanglements much to the chagrin of New England traders and sadly imo a policy that we abandoned. The other man was Jimmy Carter perhaps the best man that was ever elected and certainly one of the worst presidents that we ever had.
Personally, I am in favor of his policies, but I am not sure that you could have such a reversal of 50 years of status quo without a very disruptive president. I am pro-Ice because I believe in the Law of Supply and Demand I think we sold blue collar America down the pipe, between free trade, off shoring and importing low wage workers, these actions have been beneficial to the financial class but not the rank and file. We have incentivized illegal immigration with give aways: public benefits, medical, anchor babies etc. I know that other member will talk about jobs that Americans don’t want, GDP etc. but that is not what I see. I have lived all over the country Deep South, Front Range, and the Northern Prairies.
I did learn through the course of the conversation about how judicial vs administrative warrants work and the argument of 4th Amendment rights. I asked the question if non-citizens are entitled to the same constitutional rights and privileges as citizens, do they have 2nd Amendment right too? Do we cheapen something when anyone can receive them when their first act was to break the law and enter illegally?
Sorry for the long response, but the fact that you said you were thinking about my question made me realize even with the disagreements here on the forum I have been thinking too. I posted earlier that I have a son who is beginning his education/training and will be entering the work force in a couple of years it is difficult not to contemplate what happens/direction.
I hope the snow was good.
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