Politics "High Ranking Member of Trump Administration" pens anonymous NY Times editorial trashing him

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  1. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    We don't know because RIAN JOHNSON RUINED STAR WARS.
     
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    The result is a two-track presidency.

    Take foreign policy: In public and in private, President Trump shows a preference for autocrats and dictators, such as President Vladimir Putin of Russia and North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, and displays little genuine appreciation for the ties that bind us to allied, like-minded nations.

    Astute observers have noted, though, that the rest of the administration is operating on another track, one where countries like Russia are called out for meddling and punished accordingly, and where allies around the world are engaged as peers rather than ridiculed as rivals.

    On Russia, for instance, the president was reluctant to expel so many of Mr. Putin’s spies as punishment for the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain. He complained for weeks about senior staff members letting him get boxed into further confrontation with Russia, and he expressed frustration that the United States continued to impose sanctions on the country for its malign behavior. But his national security team knew better — such actions had to be taken, to hold Moscow accountable.

    This isn’t the work of the so-called deep state. It’s the work of the steady state.
     
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    We will in the next movie
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    I'm actually a fascist.

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    I guess I'll read about it online then, cuz I sure as shit ain't catching it in the theatre.
     
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    Given the instability many witnessed, there were early whispers within the cabinet of invoking the 25th Amendment, which would start a complex process for removing the president. But no one wanted to precipitate a constitutional crisis. So we will do what we can to steer the administration in the right direction until — one way or another — it’s over.

    The bigger concern is not what Mr. Trump has done to the presidency but rather what we as a nation have allowed him to do to us. We have sunk low with him and allowed our discourse to be stripped of civility.
     
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    As a "companion" dog, with no real job other than to cuddle, you really have no choice but to be fiscally conservative.
     
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    Senator John McCain put it best in his farewell letter. All Americans should heed his words and break free of the tribalism trap, with the high aim of uniting through our shared values and love of this great nation.

    We may no longer have Senator McCain. But we will always have his example — a lodestar for restoring honor to public life and our national dialogue. Mr. Trump may fear such honorable men, but we should revere them.

    There is a quiet resistance within the administration of people choosing to put country first. But the real difference will be made by everyday citizens rising above politics, reaching across the aisle and resolving to shed the labels in favor of a single one: Americans.
     
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    Dammit... I can't quit you!
     
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    ...I gave you a "sucking up like".
     
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    I did too. I just failed to read the map.
     
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    I prefer to earn my likes and that post definitely should be nominated for a like.

    Right back atcha on the "suck up like"!
     
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    Too late!

     
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    ...also sent you a PM.
     
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    She has a boyfriend.
     
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    I just sent you a PM.
     
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