J.R. said:
If's intellectually dishonest to label everyone here who does not support everything the Trumps does as "Liberal" or "Libtard". I can only speak for myself, but I'm sure it goes for others...I'm no liberal, regardless how you term it. I'm a card carrying Independent, but lean right on economic issues and left on social issues. I personally don't disagree with all Trumps policies, but more I reject him as a terrible representation of our country. Why yo say? Simple. He's a liar, lacks character, lacks leadership, lacks integrity, he's a bully, he's a cheat, he's narcissist, he's petulant. He's just a bad dude that is really, really hard to respect. That doesn't make me a "liberal". Everyone doesn't fit into a box.
I would consider myself in the same boat as you.
But there is something VERY different with Trump vs. anyone prior.
Democrats make deals just so they can say that they made a deal, and they always turn out to be bad, whether it was the Iran deal or TPP or NAFTA, trade deals...we
always lose in the deal.
Trump is willing to walk away from a deal, instead of making a bad one
I think as a society, we have grown accustomed to this: going through the motions to save face and to "do the right thing".
So we think the president needs to behave in a certain manner based on narrative instead of results. And its a HUGE problem.
Bill Clinton went on national TV and told the world North Korea had a deal that they would end their nuclear program. Bill Clinton continued to give North Korea energy, food and money in return for this and the media praised it. That's getting played. Trump has given them nothing.
To me that is lying, lacking character, leadership and integrity: when your narrative falls apart. That is WAY worse than anything Trump has said or done.
At the end of the day all that MATTERS are RESULTS. That's it. Just results.
So far Trump has delivered BIGLY in many arenas.
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." ~ John Adams