Impressed by the Trump administration part II

Somebody is jealous of the throngs.

posted by QuakerOats

 

Somebody is jealous of the throngs.

Trump threatening to release illegal immigrant detainees into sancuary cities to troll hid political foes that ignore laws.

Brilliant move.  

posted by Spock

Trump threatening to release illegal immigrant detainees into sancuary cities to troll hid political foes that ignore laws.

 

Brilliant move.  

For anyone who just wants reasonable, intelligent leadership, regardless of party allegiance, this is absolute bonkers. I dknt want the president effing "trolling" opponents by playing games with human beings, illegal immigrants or not.

Anyone who cheers this is deranged.

posted by cbus4life

For anyone who just wants reasonable, intelligent leadership, regardless of party allegiance, this is absolute bonkers. I dknt want the president effing "trolling" opponents by playing games with human beings, illegal immigrants or not.

Anyone who cheers this is deranged.

Long before he came along......the trolling was happening.  Along with trolling, they just ignore state and federal laws they were voted in to uphold.  Trump is just readjusting points of view

posted by Spock

Long before he came along......the trolling was happening.  Along with trolling, they just ignore state and federal laws they were voted in to uphold.  Trump is just readjusting points of view

readjusting? or further entrenching them?

I'd say it's the latter.

posted by Spock

Trump threatening to release illegal immigrant detainees into sancuary cities to troll hid political foes that ignore laws.

 

Brilliant move.  

That depends.

If his job were to root out bullshit, like an ethical media outlet's would be, sure.  I like that.

But as the person who is supposed to be above that kind of petty vendetta, I expect better of the office.

I would say the logic brings the lulz, but DC is a sanctuary city, so I will pass. 

Perhaps some of the media is realizing the reality of the border crisis; even the NY Times said we are at a breaking point.   My, my …

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posted by O-Trap

That depends.

If his job were to root out bullshit, like an ethical media outlet's would be, sure.  I like that.

But as the person who is supposed to be above that kind of petty vendetta, I expect better of the office.

 

I'm not sure he's actually trolling.  He sometimes has a very dry sarcasm that gets mistaken for it.  He's just sort of doing what the Dems have been doing for years, which is shaming their opponent for daring to disagree with them.  "You don't want to do anything about the border?  You want open borders?  Here, then take all these people trying to come in".

Tactically, it's a brilliant political move.  Maybe - I'm assuming no one is actually going to stand up and say "Yes!  Send them to my district!"

In classic Trump fashion, it's also idiotic - because he can't actually do this.

posted by gut

I'm not sure he's actually trolling.  He sometimes has a very dry sarcasm that gets mistaken for it.  He's just sort of doing what the Dems have been doing for years, which is shaming their opponent for daring to disagree with them.  "You don't want to do anything about the border?  You want open borders?  Here, then take all these people trying to come in".

Tactically, it's a brilliant political move.  Maybe - I'm assuming no one is actually going to stand up and say "Yes!  Send them to my district!"

In classic Trump fashion, it's also idiotic - because he can't actually do this.

I suppose that's my point.  It's not the idea itself that I had a problem with, which is why I mentioned that I'd like it in a different context (as an argument strategy, at least).

But he can't actually do it, and it would be irresponsible to actually do it even if he could.

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Not sure where to put this, but this coming fight over the citizenship question on the census is a lot bigger than anyone is mentioning...

Census ultimately determines representation in Congress, and therefore electoral votes.  If illegals don't complete the census because of said fears over being deported due to the citizenship question, then this could be a pretty significant hit to Representatives and electoral votes in traditionally blue states.

Now, illegal or not, we still have to provide services and infrastructure for them.  But should that factor into the allocation of federal dollars?  If a city/state is going to be a sanctuary for illegals, shouldn't that resource burden be born purely by that state (and not you living in Ohio)?  I'm not sure the liberal media has fully grasped all the consequences of this yet....

posted by gut

Not sure where to put this, but this coming fight over the citizenship question on the census is a lot bigger than anyone is mentioning...

Census ultimately determines representation in Congress, and therefore electoral votes.  If illegals don't complete the census because of said fears over being deported due to the citizenship question, then this could be a pretty significant hit to Representatives and electoral votes in traditionally blue states.

 

Now, illegal or not, we still have to provide services and infrastructure for them.  But should that factor into the allocation of federal dollars?  If a city/state is going to be a sanctuary for illegals, shouldn't that resource burden be born purely by that state (and not you living in Ohio)?  I'm not sure the liberal media has fully grasped all the consequences of this yet....

If you listen to the arguments of the attorneys fighting against the citizenship question - they grasp it. Personally I think Democrats are overplaying their hand on this (standard operating procedure these days) and it hurts the still-red but growing sun-belt states like AZ, TX, GA and FL just as much as it hurts Calexico. 

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Wow. Tax cuts and huge defect spending increases GDP.  I guess Obama was right

Whodathunk?

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