Seahawks4Ever wrote:You can't condemn a person for what you might think they may do or even what they have said they were going to do and you believe it is odious or even illegal. Indeed, many things that Trump seems to believe he has a "right" to do are indeed illegal and/or unconstitutional. BUT! You have to WAIT until he has actually broken the law BEFORE you call for his impeachment.
Look, I didn't vote for the man but I do intend to give him a chance to prove himself. Just as Trump has common ground with a guy like Bernie Sanders, Trump has taken a few positions that I agree with. The "devil" as always would be in the details.
Take NATO, I believe that NATO has been invaluable in keeping western Europe free for more than 50 years. BUT! Can you remember during the Cold War many member nations actually said "better Red than Dead" rather than honoring their NATO commitments. While the majority of the NATO member of nations didn't feel this way, a large minority of their populations did and they used this dissent to not honor their monetary commitment to NATO 100%. Trump WAS correct when he challenged many (if not most) members of NATO to start fully pulling their weight for their own protection. The money we have to spend SUBSIDIZING other members of NATO the less money we have to spend here at home, like on infrastructure for one instance.
Here in Washington State our legislature in a bi-partisan bill (almost unheard of anymore) we gave Boeing millions of $'s in tax incentives if they kept building the wings of the 777 here in Everett, Wa.
Now, the WTO says that we can't do that because it violates international trade agreements. WE ARE A SOVEREIGN NATION!!! We should NBOT have to answer to a body of "ministers" appointed by other foreign countries in which the citizens of the U.S.A. have absolutely no say on who these people are and who the represent, they certainly do represent the citizens of the U.S.A.
The ONLY time the WTO ruled in our favor (against Airbus) they eventually reversed their decision and let Airbus off of the hook.
These international trade agreements do not and never have benefitted Americans or American businesses unless you mean those American businesses that pack up and move off shores and then ship/import their products back across our borders and/or ports. Yet another reason to have both our southern AND our northern borders made secure.
I want immigration reform but I don't want another amnesty. I want the law breakers deported out yet whenever possible to keep families together and kids kept in school, Trump has stated as much and he should be allowed to keep his word BEFORE he is criticized for something he hasn't yet done.
I will take a wait and see before I complain that he is a "bad" POTUS. I have been surprised before I hope I am surprised this time and he ends up being a better POTUS that he seemed he would be with all of that TWEETING. Oh, BTW, I don't want him to stop tweeting. He is communicating directly with us voters on a daily basis and that has NEVER happened before. It is interesting that he lets everyone know exactly what he is thinking at any given time, unless, he just wants ISIS or China, or N. Korea or someone else to "think" they know what he is thinking.
On his trade stance, it's not always a good idea to negotiate every trade agreement with an "America First" mindset. There may be some industries that are not as dependent on foreign trade as others, so they may have to be sacrificed to some degree in order to obtain favorable agreements in other, more desperate industries. Additionally, as a matter of national security, it might be wise to engage in trade with a potential rival, such as China, to make them dependent on trade with us and reduce the likelihood that they'd ever go to war with us.
And if it wasn't for the fact that most of his tweets are personal and defensive rather than informative, I wouldn't mind a POTUS communicating with us daily over social media. But all his tweets are doing is fueling the fire, giving the left a rallying cry and guaranteeing that we will have a divisive, tumulus 4 years. He needs to let most of that BS roll off his back like water off a duck's ass.
As far as his immigration stance goes, I am for strengthening our borders, but I don't want us to return to the way things were 30-40 years ago, when INS agents actually used to chase down suspected illegals, hog tie them like animals, put them on busses, and not even let them go home to pick up their kids. They need to crack down on those that hire undocumented workers and give them more of an incentive to register. The vast majority of illegals are otherwise law abiding and simply want a better life for themselves and their families. He also needs to be a little more discrete about it as his rhetoric is really scaring the beejeezus out of not only illegals, but legal aliens and immigrants in general.