I'm A Deplorable,, and Proud of it

[u crank]

Originally Posted by Skybird

You dont want to tell me that you really are naive enough to assume just because there is a law banning criminal behaviour, there is no criminal behaviour anmyore?

These people are FAMILY. They talk together, they eat together, they share holidays together and so on. Son number 1 may suggest an issue he has with his directoring duties, and president Trump makes a mental note of it, and so new legislation may get started. You cannot prevent this by filling the date into a form and poutting an official stamp on it and then think this prevents it. It doesn't.

And I hope that you are not naive enough to believe that what you are suggesting has never happened before. There is a very big difference between an actual official appointment to a position and hearing and accepting advice from friends and family members. Yes/no?

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by u crank

And I hope that you are not naive enough to believe that what you are suggesting has never happened before. There is a very big difference between an actual official appointment to a position and hearing and accepting advice from friends and family members. Yes/no?

So if the presdient gets told by family that the empire he handed them over suffers profits not made and then informally but effectively adjusts his policy so that his former empire whith which he formally is no longer connected must not "suffer" - that now is just "family advise", eh?

Not to mention to do his former empire favours regarding said business empires' stock holdings and business ties with countries the Us would or should not get linked with? As I said: over 500 of such names? Just "family advise" again, I assume?

Nepotism that would be, plain and simple.

Bureaucrats never deal with reality. Only with their model of it. Thats why their rules so often do not connect to real life. And that is especially true for politics. Reality does not care for ideas and ideals and ideologies. Reality is, and it is indecent enough to not ask for permission to be that.

[u crank]

Originally Posted by Skybird

So if the presdient gets told by family that the empire he handed them over suffers profits not made and then informally but effectively adjusts his policy so that his former empire whith which he formally is no longer connected must not "suffer" - that now is just "family advise", eh?

Not to mention to do his former empire favours regarding said business empires' stock holdings and business ties with countries the Us would or should not get linked with? As I said: over 500 of such names? Just "family advise" again, I assume?

Nepotism that would be, plain and simple.

I don't think that anyone is foolish enough to believe that it doesn't happen. The law was put in place to prevent any 'official' Nepotism. It happens all the time , everywhere and from the president down to the dog catcher. Don't worry about the Trumps. They do just fine.

[Wolferz]

Need to siddown and shuddup.

It Makes me glad that I didn't get involved this go around.

No one can point a finger at me.
Besides, I was left with no choice but to abstain because I could not choose between a giant douche and a turd sandwich.
Our flag is still red, white and blue. Our population is still black, white and numerous shades of brown and we elevated our one orange guy to the top of the heap.
I say to our cousins around the world, "Deal with it! and mind your own knitting."

[Oberon]

They will eventually, the initial shock and outrage will die down, there'll be another flare-up around inauguration but this isn't going to be a protest and riots for four years, it'll be flare ups as situations arise. Depends on what stupid things Trump might say to insult sections of society, or react inappropriately to certain events.
Who knows, maybe some liberals will take over a government building on a national park or something.
We've had eight years of the right complaining, so now get ready for at least four years of the left doing the same.

[Platapus]

Trump has two years (actually less than that) to demonstrate he can handle the job. Then we have the midterm elections for congress and we have a lot of examples of how midterms can not go the way of the president.

The citizens are often an impatient group. Just one more of our checks and balances. All in all, I think we have a pretty good government structure warts and imperfect humans and all.