The Goat Pen

Saint wrote:But Obama (or any other president) didn't use his power as Trump has and he's been in office for a little more than a week.

.At what point will people supporting him decide that he's overstepping his bounds? Just trying to figure out where the limit is for folks who like what he's doing. Obviously those who don't like him/didn't vote for him think that's already happened but, truthfully, he hasn't enacted any great changes. That doesn't mean he won't or isn't planning on it.

So I ask, what would Trump have to do to make you say, "Now hold on just a minute."?

eCat wrote:

Saint wrote:But Obama (or any other president) didn't use his power as Trump has and he's been in office for a little more than a week.

.At what point will people supporting him decide that he's overstepping his bounds? Just trying to figure out where the limit is for folks who like what he's doing. Obviously those who don't like him/didn't vote for him think that's already happened but, truthfully, he hasn't enacted any great changes. That doesn't mean he won't or isn't planning on it.

So I ask, what would Trump have to do to make you say, "Now hold on just a minute."?

we're going to have to get past what he said he'd do.

Now admittedly the green card thing came out of left field - but Trump isn't a nuance kinda guy when he has the leverage.

You also have to admit, its kinda funny that people lose their shit, take the day off and go protest every time Trump does something he said he was going to do and its only day 10 or whatever.

I might invest in poster boards and sharpies if this keeps up.

They still have to lose their shit over the Supreme court pick, infrastructure spending, military buildup, regulation repeals, Jeff Sessions, conflict of interest in business, building the wall, NAFTA, and Nato/EU/UN pullout.

At this rate, these protestors won't go back to work for another 2 months.

at some point he's gonna fuck me on something, but my advice to the protestors is you can't shoot your wad all at once. You've got 2 years of this coming at you.

Saint wrote:
I believe that Trump is going to push the limits of his power until he knows where he stands. People protesting are helping to define that limit.

bluetick wrote:So this morning the Senate Education Panel (chaired by Lamar Alexander R-TN heh) narrowly voted to approve Betsy Devos and send her confirmation request to the full Senate for a vote. A couple hours later various news organizations have reported that she plagiarized answers on her Confirmation Questionnaire.

This administration appears to be in the perpetual throes of waiting for the next shoe to drop.

The White House said on Monday that President Trump would leave in place a 2014 Obama administration order that created new workplace protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

In a statement issued in response to growing questions about whether Mr. Trump would reverse the Obama order, the White House said the president was proud to embrace gay rights.

"President Trump continues to be respectful and supportive of L.G.B.T.Q. rights, just as he was throughout the election," the statement said. "The president is proud to have been the first ever G.O.P. nominee to mention the L.G.B.T.Q. community in his nomination acceptance speech, pledging then to protect the community from violence and oppression."

The decision to keep the order, the statement added, was Mr. Trump's. It uses stronger language than any Republican president has before in favor of equal legal protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, though that is not likely to quiet Mr. Trump's critics on the left.