The only criticism I ever had of Trump was that he was abysmal at picking people. Which is honestly part of the reason I favor DeSantis, who has seemed much better at building out his war team with people who will actually go to bat for him (on top of him for all intents and purposes being "Trump with a Filter").
Also, funny story about Miley. My brother apparently met him while he was in the Army at some USO event in Iraq. He said that the first thing Miley did when he got off the helicopter was throw a fit because his unit was rocking their Texas National Guard unit patches, and he ordered them to don the "proper" 10th Mountain unit patches. This despite the fact that even though his unit was indeed 10th Mountain, they were in Ft. Polk, and that unit was tied to the Texas National Guard/36th Infantry at the time.
Then, while he was having dinner, he got seated at the table with Miley on one side and Gary Sinise on the other (apparently, because he was pretty smart compared to a lot of the other grunts, so they wanted him to sit with the 4-star General). While sitting there, they somehow got on a topic of army command, and Miley started talking about how there were bases he had been told to close down during the Obama cuts, and he managed to get around it by doing shenanigans moving units around and creating paper trails. My brother was being a good Specialist sitting there, nodding, and saying "Sir, yes sir." but the whole time he was thinking "This sounds very illegal."
So when I told him about how Miley apparently usurped nuclear authority in the final days of Trump, he just nodded and said "Yep, sounds about right."
The only criticism I ever had of Trump was that he was abysmal at picking people.
How about the fact that he spent four years doing absolutely nothing to reign in silcon valley and the lying media? He sat there and allowed basically the entire high traffic portion of the English language internet to become a democrat-controlled area where conservative speech is simply not allowed.
OR how about the fact that he did absolutely nothing to stop BLM and Antifa from rioting up and down the country? He pointed out the communist threat maybe twice, and then just sat there and let it run riot.
He allowed states to just... not enforce the law.
Of course, a lot of this does come back to him being a fucking moron and picking people who were obviously not loyal to him, but still. He made no moves to get ANYTHING done on the culture war front.
And now Silicon valley and the media are so far gone that rigged elections are likely the norm from this point onwards.
How about the fact that he spent four years doing absolutely nothing to reign in silcon valley and the lying media? He sat there and allowed basically the entire high traffic portion of the English language internet to become a democrat-controlled area where conservative speech is simply not allowed.
What did you want him to do? The main thing I saw people requesting was the repeal of section 230, which Trump had alluded to himself, but that’s a double-edged sword. It would kill innovation on the internet. Forcing them to actually adhere to section 230 would have been a better idea, but how do you do that? They always claimed their content was selected by algorithms. They said they didn’t use white or blacklists in a congressional testimony.
Obviously they are liars, and I know that as a technical person, but it’s not easy to prove. Maybe there is a clever way to deal with the media and silicon valley through executive order, but I don’t see it.
OR how about the fact that he did absolutely nothing to stop BLM and Antifa from rioting up and down the country? He pointed out the communist threat maybe twice, and then just sat there and let it run riot.
He allowed states to just... not enforce the law.
He wanted to send in the national guard, only problem is that this plays right into the narrative they were building of him being a Hitleresque authoritarian, not to mention the states that were burning at the time were rejecting his offer of support. They still tried to call him authoritarian when he sent in DHS to round up particular individuals that were part of Antifa/BLM into vans, but that was less visible so it didn’t catch on.
He avoided a trap there.
Of course, a lot of this does come back to him being a fucking moron and picking people who were obviously not loyal to him, but still. He made no moves to get ANYTHING done on the culture war front.
His picks had to be Senate confirmed. Many of them were not, or were harassed until they dropped out of the running. The ones that were, the swamp did not object to.
Anything is better than nothing. If Trump had said "Twitter is fake news of the internet" and then shut his Twitter down and exclusively used Gab or some other platform, he not only would have dealt a blow to Twitter, he would have helped boost an anti-censorship platform.
Also, funny how pushing back and winning can't be done because it "plays right into their hands!"...
Although I will enjoy the Chairman of the JCS being called a fucking idiot for causing one of America's greatest military failures of all time...
And although I appreciate Donald Trump's stories..
I will note, Mr. President, you are the one who appointed him.
How did all those appointments work out for you?
The only criticism I ever had of Trump was that he was abysmal at picking people. Which is honestly part of the reason I favor DeSantis, who has seemed much better at building out his war team with people who will actually go to bat for him (on top of him for all intents and purposes being "Trump with a Filter").
Also, funny story about Miley. My brother apparently met him while he was in the Army at some USO event in Iraq. He said that the first thing Miley did when he got off the helicopter was throw a fit because his unit was rocking their Texas National Guard unit patches, and he ordered them to don the "proper" 10th Mountain unit patches. This despite the fact that even though his unit was indeed 10th Mountain, they were in Ft. Polk, and that unit was tied to the Texas National Guard/36th Infantry at the time.
Then, while he was having dinner, he got seated at the table with Miley on one side and Gary Sinise on the other (apparently, because he was pretty smart compared to a lot of the other grunts, so they wanted him to sit with the 4-star General). While sitting there, they somehow got on a topic of army command, and Miley started talking about how there were bases he had been told to close down during the Obama cuts, and he managed to get around it by doing shenanigans moving units around and creating paper trails. My brother was being a good Specialist sitting there, nodding, and saying "Sir, yes sir." but the whole time he was thinking "This sounds very illegal."
So when I told him about how Miley apparently usurped nuclear authority in the final days of Trump, he just nodded and said "Yep, sounds about right."
How about the fact that he spent four years doing absolutely nothing to reign in silcon valley and the lying media? He sat there and allowed basically the entire high traffic portion of the English language internet to become a democrat-controlled area where conservative speech is simply not allowed.
OR how about the fact that he did absolutely nothing to stop BLM and Antifa from rioting up and down the country? He pointed out the communist threat maybe twice, and then just sat there and let it run riot.
He allowed states to just... not enforce the law.
Of course, a lot of this does come back to him being a fucking moron and picking people who were obviously not loyal to him, but still. He made no moves to get ANYTHING done on the culture war front.
And now Silicon valley and the media are so far gone that rigged elections are likely the norm from this point onwards.
What did you want him to do? The main thing I saw people requesting was the repeal of section 230, which Trump had alluded to himself, but that’s a double-edged sword. It would kill innovation on the internet. Forcing them to actually adhere to section 230 would have been a better idea, but how do you do that? They always claimed their content was selected by algorithms. They said they didn’t use white or blacklists in a congressional testimony.
Obviously they are liars, and I know that as a technical person, but it’s not easy to prove. Maybe there is a clever way to deal with the media and silicon valley through executive order, but I don’t see it.
He wanted to send in the national guard, only problem is that this plays right into the narrative they were building of him being a Hitleresque authoritarian, not to mention the states that were burning at the time were rejecting his offer of support. They still tried to call him authoritarian when he sent in DHS to round up particular individuals that were part of Antifa/BLM into vans, but that was less visible so it didn’t catch on.
He avoided a trap there.
His picks had to be Senate confirmed. Many of them were not, or were harassed until they dropped out of the running. The ones that were, the swamp did not object to.
Anything is better than nothing. If Trump had said "Twitter is fake news of the internet" and then shut his Twitter down and exclusively used Gab or some other platform, he not only would have dealt a blow to Twitter, he would have helped boost an anti-censorship platform.
Also, funny how pushing back and winning can't be done because it "plays right into their hands!"...