Trump promises more of the same in a second term — and that’s frightening

[Guno צְבִי]

He claimed, for example, that he had done more for African Americans than any president since Abraham Lincoln and promised to produce a coronavirus vaccine “before the end of the year or maybe even sooner.”


Everything we have achieved is now endangered,” Trump ominously warned. “This election will decide whether we save the American dream, or whether we allow a socialist agenda to demolish our cherished destiny.... Your vote will decide whether we protect law-abiding Americans, or whether we give free rein to violent anarchists, agitators and criminals who threaten our citizens.”



That sort of fear-mongering was a central theme of Trump’s speech Thursday, and it echoed a recurring convention motif that a Democratic victory in November would bring about a dystopian nightmare of socialism, unchecked rioting and liberal thought police. The protests sparked by the deaths of George Floyd and other Black Americans at the hands of police were another recurring theme — not because of the issues they raised, but because of the violence they have at times unleashed. For Trump and his allies, the issue isn’t just law and order, it’s the fear of a cultural reckoning.



https://www.latimes.com/opinion/sto...e-same-in-a-second-term-and-thats-frightening

 

[Iolo/Penderyn]

I wonder if the Senile One hasn't sent out to all his friends in the police, telling them to murder as many 'black' men as they can, to provoke riots and bring out the racist vote in the trumpite backwoods.

 

[Guno צְבִי]

Trump struggled to defend his handling of the pandemic during his acceptance speech. So he attacked Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden for saying he would shut down the country if the science demanded it. Trump called that "a surrender to the virus."

"[Americans] have to get back to work, they have to get back to school," he said.

Trump then claimed, "We will have a safe and effective vaccine this year. And together we will crush the virus."

But taunting COVID-19 won't make it go away any faster than saying it will miraculously "disappear."

The polling in this race between Biden and Trump has been remarkably consistent. Biden is at or above 50% and, like his approval rating, Trump has been stuck in the low 40s.

This convention tried to sell a version of Trump a lot of Americans don't recognize

Convention speakers said Trump is a "kind and decent" man; that he promotes and listens to women; that he values Black men, new immigrants and the disabled; has been anti-China and done a good job handling the pandemic.

But Trump is known for his public belittling of those who disagree with him; he has a history of demeaning women, and almost two dozen have accused him of sexual misconduct; he's been unable to say "Black Lives Matter" or Jacob Blake's name; he's taken a harder line on immigration than any modern president; mocked a disabled reporter; worked to have a close relationship with China's President Xi Jinping (his daughter even had trademarks fast-tracked by the Chinese) before the coronavirus; and he acted late on the pandemic, dismissing it as something that would "disappear," maybe even by Easter or during the warmth of summer.

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/28/906927438/7-takeaways-from-the-republican-national-convention

 

[Yakuda]

I wonder if the Senile One hasn't sent out to all his friends in the police, telling them to murder as many 'black' men as they can, to provoke riots and bring out the racist vote in the trumpite backwoods.

A black man is far more likely to be killed by another black man than a cop but you dumbass fuck sticks don't care.

Question for you dumb ass, in all the shootings of black men by polie were any of them chosen at random by the cop to be killed?

 

[Trumpet]

A black man is far more likely to be killed by another black man than a cop but you dumbass fuck sticks don't care.

Question for you dumb ass, in all the shootings of black men by polie were any of them chosen at random by the cop to be killed?

Only a retard resorts to using stupid crude insults, because he/she just doesn't know any better

 

[Yakuda]

Only a retard resorts to using stupid crude insults, because he/she just doesn't know any better

Maybe but what I said is either right or wrong no matter how i say it. The fact you completely ignored it tells me you're a miserable coward.

A black man is far more likely to be killed by another black man than a cop. That's a fact.

How many black men killed by cops were chosen at random by the cops for execution?

 

[Nordberg]

Trump is sayng only he, who created such a mess his first term. can fix it. To rightys, that makes sense.