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In reply to the discussion: Trump sounded more like a Progressive Democrat than a Republican during his Inauguration [View all]hollowdweller
(4,229 posts)37. There were good elements.
However the extreme nationalisim, the talk of blood of patriots, the picture of the country that is really improving as some sort of crime ridden hellhole echoes some themes in disturbing points of history.
If Trump really feels the country now is a hellhole at low crime, millions insured, wages rising, unemployment under 5%, #1 I'm not sure he can reach the bar he has set for himself. #2 I'm not sure his supporters can be convinced it's better if he improves it even a little.
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Trump sounded more like a Progressive Democrat than a Republican during his Inauguration [View all]
Cal33
Jan 2017
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You mean the part about America being a crime , drug, and gang infested hell hole.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
#13
Don't you know the two most meaningless words in the English language?
world wide wally
Jan 2017
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