The following quotations by President Harry Truman need little narration, as the references to Trump will be obvious.
On lying: Concerning Joseph McCarthy and the Unamerican Activities hearings in 1952, Truman rightly compared the senator’s tactics to those of Hitler: “[He can tell] a lie that’s so monstrous that it stuns the listener; it then gets repeated so often that the lie is accepted as the truth. All you have to do is cross or disagree with him, and he will set up to destroy you in whatever means he can find. He is an American tragedy.”
On tyrants: When Truman was asked if the United States could ever become a dictatorship: “Only if we had a liar in office; there is nothing more dangerous because the people might believe him. If the people ever found one like that, they should show him the same compassion he shows the Constitution. The Constitution, rightly interpreted, would stop him every time. We should never let a lie make us lose our common sense, but more importantly, our confidence in each other.”
On racism: “I believe in the brotherhood of man — all men,” Truman once said in a campaign speech. “The Negro has to walk too fine a line just to survive. They are natural born, free Americans; but more than that — they are human beings. If we continue to push the Black man down into the gutter, the law of compensation will apply, because there has to be a white man in the gutter just to keep him there.”
All good quotes, what they have to do with Trump I have no idea. Best part of Truman is when he bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs, saving the lives of America's young men from having to fight on Japan's homeland. I love Trump and Truman, maybe that is the point you are trying to make.
A few examples to help you understand. I will release my tax returns. Yeah, sure. I will reduce all the federal debt in eight years. The debt has increased and is projected to increase by more than a Trillion $ per year for the next decade. We will build a wall and Mexico will pay for it,... not. Don't spit out your coffee when you read the next one. We will repeal Obama care and replace it with a much better and cheaper plan for everyone.
You can call it incompetence or call it lies. Either way Trump is unfit for any position other than conman, mob boss or prisoner. BTW, the deficit predictions were from January so the Covid-19 virus is not an excuse. On the other hand the Covid-19 virus will just disappear when the weather warms up so we know it is gone now anyway.
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All good quotes, what they have to do with Trump I have no idea. Best part of Truman is when he bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs, saving the lives of America's young men from having to fight on Japan's homeland. I love Trump and Truman, maybe that is the point you are trying to make.
How embarrassing having a president so dumb that he believes passing a very basic cognitive test makes him a very stable genius!
Right? He talks about it more than he talks about the pandemic! Such a stable genius.
Because Trump is so proud of finally passing a test on his own! Weren't we all, - back in 1st grade?
A few examples to help you understand. I will release my tax returns. Yeah, sure. I will reduce all the federal debt in eight years. The debt has increased and is projected to increase by more than a Trillion $ per year for the next decade. We will build a wall and Mexico will pay for it,... not. Don't spit out your coffee when you read the next one. We will repeal Obama care and replace it with a much better and cheaper plan for everyone.
You can call it incompetence or call it lies. Either way Trump is unfit for any position other than conman, mob boss or prisoner. BTW, the deficit predictions were from January so the Covid-19 virus is not an excuse. On the other hand the Covid-19 virus will just disappear when the weather warms up so we know it is gone now anyway.
“Only if we had a liar in office; there is nothing more dangerous because the people might believe him."
Who knew he would be forecasting the future with Trump?
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