We're talking about President Donald Trump here? Donald Trump has never held himself accountable for anything. The buck stops with literally anyone or anything else. I have no idea where you're getting this impression that he's selflessly putting himself on the line for the country. I'm pretty sure all of his reasons for wanting to be the president again were entirely self-serving (e.g., power, revenge on his enemies, enrich himself and his friends, keep his legal woes at bay, etc.).
I should have noted that they are also both very wealthy.
Maher has his own brand and doesn’t need to play nice for ratings. Does he agree with Trump or is it that he disagrees with some of the Democratic strategies?
It's rich to suggest that Trump wanted to run again to keep his legal woes at bay (???!!@?) The only reason he had those legal woes was that he went down the escalator at Trump Tower in 2015 and declared for the presidency. It's been ongoing ever since. Lawfare. I also like the way you framed your remark with "two old white loudmouths from New York". Can you be more typically trite (woke)?
Well, I watched the video you referenced, and it was interesting how devoid of history and facts it was. No mention of the Nakba or Naksa. Bill seems to have a selective memory.
I guess I didn't realize Trump going down the escalator in 2015 caused him to rape E. Jean Carroll twenty years earlier. Or cheat on his wife and then pay the woman he slept with hush money and subsequently falsified business records to cover it up.
So funny you think I'm white because I have a Vince Lombardi moniker, no black person would use a white legendary coach as a moniker right? Blacks check a certain box for you. That my friend is the definition of racism. Bill Maher is absolutely right, comments like that really turn people off. I could be any nationality, you don't even know me but are making assumptions. You ain't black if you support Trump. Think about what you are saying.
Trump the business man was known for taking 90 days to pay and often times short paying invoices. I won some business at his casino but heard the terms and walked away. He can be a ruthless negotiator. However, my Aunt met him outside of one of his casinos in AC. She went up to him with my uncle and Trump spent a half hour and gave them both a tour. He could not have been nicer. Do I agree with everything he does no, but he is actively trying to correct some problems yes. We are not all going to agree on every outcome, but if they can cut waste and reverse spending to manageable levels that would be a good thing. If he fails he will be voted out of office, better to try and fail then not to try at all. You are exactly right in your assessment.
I don't understand your view that what Israel is doing is genocide especially considering the entire history. How many times did the Arab and Palestinians attack Israel in a war? Israel has won every time, yet the Palestinians think no consequences should attach to that. Lest not forget the constant terrorist attacks from Munich 1972 Olympics to suicide bombers. The other thing is that Clinton had a great deal on the table for Palestine that would give Palestinians 90% of the land that they wanted. Yet Arafat said no. It was at that point I knew that the Palestinian people never wanted to coexist with Israel. Then finally, the people of Gaza elected a terrorist group to represent them a s government.
No, Trump is known not to pay his contractual obligations. He would not work with big contractors bu preferred smaller contractors. Why? because he refused to pay the contract price and offered 50 or 60 cents on the dollar. He knew these contractors did not have the money or time to litigate it in court without going bankrupt. That is his real art of negotiation. It is called breaking contracts and using your wealth as a weapon in litigation.
What are Americans views on Hamas? Do you think they are better than Israel?
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, a UN special committee and various UN experts, the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice, and a general consensus of genocide scholars say it's a genocide.
If you're concerned with Hamas using innocent people as human shields, you should know that the IDF uses Palestinians as human shields as a matter of policy. It's called the "Mosquito Protocol."
www.cbsnews.com
"Supporting Hamas and the Palestinian people..." The vast majority of people in the U.S. are protesting a genocide that their government is financing and fully backing on behalf of a corrupt ethnostate, and compassion for innocent people being massacred. They're not supporting Hamas. Conflating the two groups as one in the same is just wrong.
I don't even know what to make of this argument. You started off saying that you don't understand why I think Israel is committing a genocide, and then you bring up an example from history of another civilization whose existence was annihilated. What is the purpose of this example? To excuse what Israel is doing? This seems like an odd example to pick for the "Israel is not doing a genocide" argument.
I think you are unironically doing the "Do you condemn Hamas?" meme.
IMHO yes its better to try and clean up waste, fraud and failure in the government. Loved what Clinton did in the 90's balancing our budget but we have gone off a cliff since then. Taking on China is absolutely necessary at this point and Trump is the best guy to do that. We 100% need to make our pharma in the USA, we 100% need to make chips and critical items in the USA. The global economy idea was a good one that has gone to far. If Trump can start driving our deficit down we will all be better off. We are the world's biggest customer, we need to start acting like it. We fail everyone fails. Look I know this is hard but we all need to take a step back and give him a chance, a year from now we can always vote Dems back into office and open the border back up and start stealing more money.
The UN and Amnesty are a joke. Your inability to think for yourself is apparent. If Israel wanted to genocide anybody they would have done so. Do you also think the allies committed genocide against Germany and Japan?Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, a UN special committee and various UN experts, the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice, and a general consensus of genocide scholars say it's a genocide.
If you're concerned with Hamas using innocent people as human shields, you should know that the IDF uses Palestinians as human shields as a matter of policy. It's called the "Mosquito Protocol."
Israeli soldier tells CBS News he was ordered to use Palestinians as human shields in Gaza
An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian boy tell CBS News they have personal experience of the IDF forcing civilians to check buildings for explosives.
A former IDF soldier said last month that the practice is institutionalized and almost every IDF platoon has a “a sub-army of slaves." That piece originally appeared in Haaretz (Israeli media does a much better job covering this than western journalists), but it's behind a paywall so here is a summarized version.
You have no concern about the completely asymmetric nature of the violence perpetrated between the government of Israel and Palestinians as you internalize media Freudian slips (you describe the killing and torturing of Israeli lives, whereas Palestinians simply "die.")
Israel broke the ceasefire and have continued blocking humanitarian aid into the Gaza strip while more atrocities happen every day. Fifteen paramedics were executed and buried in a mass grave with their crushed ambulance last month and hardly anyone in the western news media could be bothered to give a damn.
"Supporting Hamas and the Palestinian people..." The vast majority of people in the U.S. are protesting a genocide that their government is financing and fully backing on behalf of a corrupt ethnostate, and compassion for innocent people being massacred. They're not supporting Hamas. Conflating the two groups as one in the same is just wrong.
You know who has supported Hamas? Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party. They propped up Hamas to kneecap the Palestinian Authority and prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state. Hamas as it exists today wouldn't have happened without Israel's support.
I don't even know what to make of this argument. You started off saying that you don't understand why I think Israel is committing a genocide, and then you bring up an example from history of another civilization whose existence was annihilated. What is the purpose of this example? To excuse what Israel is doing? This seems like an odd example to pick for the "Israel is not doing a genocide" argument.
I think you are unironically doing the "Do you condemn Hamas?" meme.
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, a UN special committee and various UN experts, the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice, and a general consensus of genocide scholars say it's a genocide.
If you're concerned with Hamas using innocent people as human shields, you should know that the IDF uses Palestinians as human shields as a matter of policy. It's called the "Mosquito Protocol."
Israeli soldier tells CBS News he was ordered to use Palestinians as human shields in Gaza
An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian boy tell CBS News they have personal experience of the IDF forcing civilians to check buildings for explosives.
A former IDF soldier said last month that the practice is institutionalized and almost every IDF platoon has a “a sub-army of slaves." That piece originally appeared in Haaretz (Israeli media does a much better job covering this than western journalists), but it's behind a paywall so here is a summarized version.
You have no concern about the completely asymmetric nature of the violence perpetrated between the government of Israel and Palestinians as you internalize media Freudian slips (you describe the killing and torturing of Israeli lives, whereas Palestinians simply "die.")
Israel broke the ceasefire and have continued blocking humanitarian aid into the Gaza strip while more atrocities happen every day. Fifteen paramedics were executed and buried in a mass grave with their crushed ambulance last month and hardly anyone in the western news media could be bothered to give a damn.
"Supporting Hamas and the Palestinian people..." The vast majority of people in the U.S. are protesting a genocide that their government is financing and fully backing on behalf of a corrupt ethnostate, and compassion for innocent people being massacred. They're not supporting Hamas. Conflating the two groups as one in the same is just wrong.
You know who has supported Hamas? Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party. They propped up Hamas to kneecap the Palestinian Authority and prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state. Hamas as it exists today wouldn't have happened without Israel's support.
I don't even know what to make of this argument. You started off saying that you don't understand why I think Israel is committing a genocide, and then you bring up an example from history of another civilization whose existence was annihilated. What is the purpose of this example? To excuse what Israel is doing? This seems like an odd example to pick for the "Israel is not doing a genocide" argument.
I think you are unironically doing the "Do you condemn Hamas?" meme.
First, if you loved what Clinton did, what Trump is doing is the antithesis of how Clinton did it. Second, Trump is not looking to drive the deficit down, he will increase it by $4 Trillion dollars according to the bill passed by the House. Third, you talk about chips? Well that was done by Biden with the CHIPS Act. Fourth, none of the above matters, if by reckless acts such as these blanket tariffs send the economy down the drain. You don't try and fail with a great economy. There is no consistency out of the White House. His policy is to throw everything up agains the wall and see what sticks. Unfortunately, there are consequences to that.
but how do we make clear that things like countries coming to the table are not positives? I feel like we need to counter that message
Notice, you do not mention anything about the two-state agreement that Clinton had Israel agreed to and the Palestinians shot it down. Are the Palestinians a people of peace considering their long history of violence?Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, a UN special committee and various UN experts, the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice, and a general consensus of genocide scholars say it's a genocide.
If you're concerned with Hamas using innocent people as human shields, you should know that the IDF uses Palestinians as human shields as a matter of policy. It's called the "Mosquito Protocol."
Israeli soldier tells CBS News he was ordered to use Palestinians as human shields in Gaza
An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian boy tell CBS News they have personal experience of the IDF forcing civilians to check buildings for explosives.
A former IDF soldier said last month that the practice is institutionalized and almost every IDF platoon has a “a sub-army of slaves." That piece originally appeared in Haaretz (Israeli media does a much better job covering this than western journalists), but it's behind a paywall so here is a summarized version.
You have no concern about the completely asymmetric nature of the violence perpetrated between the government of Israel and Palestinians as you internalize media Freudian slips (you describe the killing and torturing of Israeli lives, whereas Palestinians simply "die.")
Israel broke the ceasefire and have continued blocking humanitarian aid into the Gaza strip while more atrocities happen every day. Fifteen paramedics were executed and buried in a mass grave with their crushed ambulance last month and hardly anyone in the western news media could be bothered to give a damn.
"Supporting Hamas and the Palestinian people..." The vast majority of people in the U.S. are protesting a genocide that their government is financing and fully backing on behalf of a corrupt ethnostate, and compassion for innocent people being massacred. They're not supporting Hamas. Conflating the two groups as one in the same is just wrong.
You know who has supported Hamas? Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party. They propped up Hamas to kneecap the Palestinian Authority and prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state. Hamas as it exists today wouldn't have happened without Israel's support.
I don't even know what to make of this argument. You started off saying that you don't understand why I think Israel is committing a genocide, and then you bring up an example from history of another civilization whose existence was annihilated. What is the purpose of this example? To excuse what Israel is doing? This seems like an odd example to pick for the "Israel is not doing a genocide" argument.
I think you are unironically doing the "Do you condemn Hamas?" meme.
Great economy for who? People with large 401 K’s. Sounds like you are hoping he fails. I get it the hate runs deep you have potatoes beans and rice in your future. Are we better off at the border down 95%? Are gas prices starting to come down? Are you Ok with looking for fraud and waste in the government? How about doing something to turn around our failing education. Are you ok with biological males out of women’s sports and locker rooms? The tariffs go in his favor will you acknowledge you were wrong. He’s only in office 100 days. If you wake you 4 years from now and deficit is less than 30 trillion will you give him credit? FYI chips act was perhaps the best thing that came out of the previous administration. He gets a star under his name for that one.
And your genuflecting to the orange cult leader runs deep. Are you ok with the President defying the Supreme Court’s ruling? Are you ok with Congress giving up its job as the legislative branch? Are you ok with a budget that will add 4 trillion to the debt? The debt will not be decreased. It is going up. Are you ok with incompetents appointed to extremely important positions. ? I’m not ok with Musk cutting and slashing jobs indiscriminately. I thought u liked how Clinton did it? That’s how professionals actually run a country. Not what this clown show is doing. .
The world I see needs a shake up, I went to the bakery the other day and paid $42 for a small cake, ordered a couple of cupcakes as well and I was over $50. So you are suggesting making the government bigger and spending more money. You do not know for a fact his policies will add 4 trillion, Clinton inherited a completely different climate. We are 37 trillion dollars down, every trillion up from here will drive inflation higher. I love what Musk is doing and hope he is successful. He undertaking a job that is badly needed. He’s trying to bring us modern technology. No small task and one that no one before him was capable of doing. I will be shocked if he pulls it off.
Please look at the Smoot Hawleyntarrifs in 1930. The blanket tarriff was done already and failed. It led the country economy to sink further. That’s why I can predict it as do so many others.
Executive action is not how you do border policy. Immigration laws should be changed. He has congress so change the laws. Why isn’t that done?…. That legislation was the right thing to do instead of EO. More important than the border is the economy. Btw, deportations are still down under Trump then Biden. I wonder. https://tracreports.org/reports/756/
