Quote Originally Posted by spaldy View Post
Am I missing something? I?ve never seen or looked at Truth social. Is that the new Washington Post or New York Times?

Alf is correct that Trump is an ass. Frankly, almost every effective world leader is. It goes with the job. You don?t make decisions that affect the every citizen or the world without winners and losers. You also can?t make decisions by polls and committees.

The question people have in every country is my leader looking after my countries and my families best interest. Whether you like or hate Trump his decisions are often clear that his decisions are based on what?s best for the US

No doubt that Xi?s and Putin supporters feel the same way

Many other countries leaders instill little of no confidence in their citizens of their country or the rest of the world.
Surprisingly I agree with much of that. Would that the observation about Trumps decisions being what's best for the US was included in that agreement. His decisions, both on the domestic and international fronts, have been made with a couple of key objectives: the expansion of his profile, the corresponding expansion of his and his family's bank balance, the delivery to his backers in the Presidential election campaign of the promises made.

Few if any of the results benefit the vast majority of US citizens. Inflation across all sectors is up, employment is down (and surprise after the efforts of DOGE), government debt is spiralling upwards out of control, the courts are unable to cope with "normal" demand given the sackings/resignations amongst the attorney community, citizens of colour (legal US citizens), fear the actions of ICE and other federally directed agencies, federal authorities are withdrawing federal funds from parts of the US which are opposed to many of the Presidents "initiatives" and whilst you and others who support Trump may not care, the image of the USA and the office of POTUS are much diminished, with bully-boy behaviour replacing the use of diplomacy and soft-power, without any significant benefit to anyone.

You compare the support Trump has with that of two of the most abhorrent single-party state dictators. What an awful parallel to draw