" (German) President Frank-Walter Steinmeier wrote in a condolence message to President Donald TrumpâŚ"
I suppose he had to in some sense, because Chancellor Merkel sure as hell wasnât going to waste any words on him.
I have some words on him:
Donald Trump: A Clear and Present Danger
I wonder how Jarvanka are going to downplay the shootings, and Dotardâs appalling lack of compassion / cognizance?
I was reading that in his debate with deSantis, Andrew Gillum said " Iâm not calling Mr. DeSantis a racist; Iâm simply saying the racists believe heâs a racist.â This is an excellent point (not that Trumpâs not a racist, but itâs more about what people hear and then act upon). Great column by Dalia Lithwick at Slate.
Hey fucking AP. You might have mentioned that fuckface didnât cancel his Nuremberg rally.
h/t @inversion
America aches for moral leadership.
"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the
right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the
work we are in, to bind up the nationâs wounds, to care for him who
shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all
which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves
and with all nations." â From Abraham Lincolnâs Second Inaugural Address
âWhen you spew hate speech, people act on it. Very simple. And this is the result. A lot of people dead. Senselessly,â
Trump is just fueling the hate. He is directly responsible for all of this. And It is getting worse.
They wonât dare try. False flag sure as hell isnât going to work and civility sure aint either. Blaming this on the âleftâ wonât fly so all they are left with is truth and reality. Neither work for them so donât expect shit from either of them.
I think the picture is a bit bigger than âTrump is promoting hateâ. I donât think he is. Heâs just in with anyone that can give him what he wants and the Hateful Right are a block of votes that he can rely on. Same for the GOP in general. They canât afford to lose these guys. So they donât do anything about them. They donât advance their thinking though. I doubt Trumpâs an anti-Semite or a racist. But if racists and anti-Semites serve him in some way heâll take what they have to give. Heâs unprincipled and without scruples. Iâm not sure he even seeâs this shit for what it is.
If this election doesnât turn things toward sanity weâll roughly be in 1932 Germany when the more foresighted folks were getting the hell out of Dodge.
Please, everyone, tanks are not the problem.
He didnât use a tank? Thank God.
We must protect our precious right to bear tanks.
So according to his social media, he was very upset about the migrant caravan from Central America and blamed the Jews for it. None of us should hold our breath waiting for Trump or anyone in his administration to tone down their anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Also, yesterday Trump praised the mayor of Pittsburgh as a great guy. Now how long before Trump says something nasty about the mayor since the mayor dared to disagree with Trumpâs brilliant idea that people inside places of worship need to be armed and instead suggested taking the guns out of the hands of those who want to express hatred through murder.
And the U.S. wasnât in a particularly receiving mood unless you were a physicist. You could expect some payback.
The situation in Germany then was quite different than that of the USA today. Thereâs no excuse for what went down in the post Weimar Republic but it was quite different thing than the current USA. No matter what happens in America it will never go to that point.
Very true. Unfortunately I canât think of a single person in this Administration or in leadership within the Republican Party that has any sense of morality, charity, or kindness. Not a single one. Itâs only about judges and tax cutsâŚand thatâs it. Whatever it takes.
They will just attend the funerals and act like Daddyâs fomenting of hate and his lack of compassion and reflection is perfectly normal.
@richardinjax I hope you are right. But watching some of the Trump rallies, I despair that they look awfully like something from early 1930s Germany, and Trump is following the Mein Kampf playbook. All evidence shows that Trump is a casual racist. As Andrew Gillum said about DeSantis, the racists certainly believe that Trump is a racist.
âI think the picture is a bit bigger than âTrump is promoting hateâ. I donât think he is.â
Donald Trump took out a full-page ad demanding the death penalty for the young black men who were accusedâunfairly, as it turned outâof the Central Park rape.
Donald Trump opened his campaign with the assertion that Mexican immigrants are criminals and rapists.
Donald Trump excused the Charlottesville murder with âvery fine people on both sides.â
Donald Trump routinely vilifies the press, and encourages his supporters to harass and intimidate the media.
Donald Trump mocked the physical disability of a journalist who had criticized him.
Donald Trump has openly praised and consorted with a veritable whoâs who of foreign dictators who espouse racism, misogyny, overt anti-Semitism, and other varieties of crude religious bigotry.
And yet you believe he isnât promoting hate.
Folks are seeing the real demons that dwells within Trumpâs evil existence!
And this is all theyâve talked about, those that have a conscience have buried it, and itâs not that I donât blame Trump-but I blame McConnell, Ryan, and all those billionaires that feed the GOP haters. Hereâs looking at you Adelson, Kochs, Wynn, and the Mercers.