| Topic: | I've been having second thoughts about Trump recently.... | |
| Posted by: | Richard Carter | |
| Date/Time: | 17/04/26 17:41:00 |
Until recently, I’ve thought that the best thing for the world would be for him to be carried off by the men (and women) in white coats. But since the consequence would be the installation of JD Vance as President, I’ve been having distinct second thoughts. Consider a few of the things Vance has been up to lately:
Firstly, he fetched up in Budapest to interfere in the Hungarian election, explaining that he was there to condemn “one of the worst examples of foreign election interference I have ever seen or ever even read about.” It’s often said that Americans don’t do irony, but this was absolutely off the scale.
Then he opted to popesplain to Leo that “I think it’s very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology. If you’re going to opine on matters of theology, you’ve got to be careful.” Yes, indeedy.
Finally, he addressed a young MAGA audience this week (he'd need their votes in a future presidential run) about his achievements in office. “One of the things I’m proudest that we’ve done in this administration was the decision to end US military and financial support for Ukraine in its war with Russia.
“Note the language,” Gerard Baker writes in the Times today, “he chose not to frame the decision as, say, a difficult but necessary choice about the best use of American resources. For Vance, it is a source of pride — a cause for moral self-approbation — that he helped cut off assistance to a free nation fighting against its continuing rape by an international predator. It almost makes the odd stupidity seem quite appealing.” Almost?
In view of all this and other pronouncements by this Titan, I’m looking forward to Putney’s very own Make American Gaga Again chapter to explain to us how such a man would make an excellent US President. |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| I've been having second thoughts about Trump recently.... | 17/04/26 17:41:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:I've been having second thoughts about Trump recently.... | 17/04/26 17:48:00 | Andy Pike |
| Re:Re:I've been having second thoughts about Trump recently.... | 17/04/26 17:53:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:Re:I've been having second thoughts about Trump recently.... | 17/04/26 17:56:00 | Robert Wheeler |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:I've been having second thoughts about Trump recently.... | 18/04/26 12:14:00 | Lucille Grant |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I've been having second thoughts about Trump recently.... | 19/04/26 09:47:00 | Jonathan Callaway |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:I've been having second thoughts about Trump recently.... | 19/04/26 12:52:00 | Ivonne Holliday |
| Reply | 19/04/26 09:30:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:Reply | 19/04/26 10:05:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:Reply | 19/04/26 12:55:00 | Ivonne Holliday |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 19/04/26 14:50:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 19/04/26 20:56:00 | Michael Brigo |
| Reply | 19/04/26 21:04:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Reply | 19/04/26 21:11:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:Reply | 19/04/26 22:26:00 | Michael Brigo |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 19/04/26 23:53:00 | Steven Rose |
| Reply | 20/04/26 09:31:00 | Richard Carter |
| Reply | 20/04/26 09:48:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:Reply | 20/04/26 10:28:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:Reply | 20/04/26 10:56:00 | Robert Wheeler |
| Reply | 20/04/26 11:41:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 20/04/26 11:48:00 | John Hawkes |
| Re:Re:Reply | 20/04/26 11:42:00 | Lucille Grant |
| Reply | 20/04/26 14:03:00 | Richard Carter |
| Re:Reply | 20/04/26 14:30:00 | Jonathan Callaway |
| Re:Re:Reply | 20/04/26 16:52:00 | John Hawkes |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 20/04/26 17:09:00 | Steven Rose |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 20/04/26 17:27:00 | Jonathan Callaway |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 20/04/26 18:05:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 21/04/26 12:26:00 | John Hawkes |
| Reply | 21/04/26 13:28:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Reply | 21/04/26 16:55:00 | John Hawkes |
| Reply | 21/04/26 17:34:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Reply | 22/04/26 14:08:00 | John Hawkes |