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Trump on China's Xi consolidating power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'
« on: March 04, 2018, 01:39:44 am »

President Donald Trump bemoaned a decision not to investigate Hillary Clinton after the 2016 presidential election, decrying a "rigged system" that still doesn't have the "right people" in place to fix it, during a freewheeling speech to Republican donors in Florida on Saturday.

In the closed-door remarks, a recording of which was obtained by CNN, Trump also praised China's President Xi Jinping for recently consolidating power and extending his potential tenure, musing he wouldn't mind making such a maneuver himself.

"He's now president for life. President for life. No, he's great," Trump said. "And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll have to give that a shot some day."

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Re: Trump on China's Xi consolidating power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2018, 02:22:34 am »
"And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll have to give that a shot some day."

"Confiscation first.  Due process later"

I'd say Trump was already making that day come a whole lot sooner.

And here everyone was afraid Hildabeast would be the one to play around with dictatorship ideas.
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Re: Trump on China's Xi consolidating power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2018, 02:30:09 am »
We did have a shot at it for a large part of the nation’s history.  Thing is, presidents respected the office, tradition, and precedent set by Washington.  Then, FDR came along and threw it out the window.  After that, the nation saw the wisdom and necessity to pass the 22nd Amendment.
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Re: Trump on China's Xi consolidating power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2018, 02:34:50 am »
Quote from: edpc on March 04, 2018, 02:30:09 am
We did have a shot at it for a large part of the nation’s history.  Thing is, presidents respected the office, tradition, and precedent set by Washington.  Then, FDR came along and threw it out the window.  After that, the nation saw the wisdom and necessity to pass the 22nd Amendment.

The right Ceasar... worth more than a million Senators.

Methinks.
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Re: Trump on China's Xi consolidating power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2018, 02:40:18 am »
Quote from: edpc on March 04, 2018, 02:30:09 am
We did have a shot at it for a large part of the nation’s history.  Thing is, presidents respected the office, tradition, and precedent set by Washington.  Then, FDR came along and threw it out the window.  After that, the nation saw the wisdom and necessity to pass the 22nd Amendment.


I like the 22nd Amendment. Sad it is needed, but I can see why.
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Re: Trump on China's Xi consolidating power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2018, 02:45:31 am »

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Preview of next 48 hours:
1 He didn't say it.
2 It's off the record; doesn't count.
3 It's a joke.
4 But he has a point.
5 Tom Friedman said it too and that's worse b/c media.
6 Fake News: Never said *he* wanted to be POTUS for life.
7 It's trolling, 4D chess.
8 LOL liberal tears
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Re: Trump on China's Xi consolidating power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2018, 02:48:20 am »
Quote from: Fantom on March 04, 2018, 02:34:50 am
The right Ceasar... worth more than a million Senators.

Methinks.


Yes, but for every Augustus and Hadrian, there’s an Elagabalus or Caligula waiting in the wings.
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Re: Trump on China's Xi consolidating power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2018, 02:57:39 am »
Quote from: edpc on March 04, 2018, 02:48:20 am

Yes, but for every Augustus and Hadrian, there’s an Elagabalus or Caligula waiting in the wings.

Liberty as intended to be preserved for us, cannot exist under a monarch or a dictatorship in any capacity whatsoever.
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Re: Trump on China's Xi consolidating power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2018, 03:05:50 am »
Quote from: INVAR on March 04, 2018, 02:57:39 am
Liberty as intended to be preserved for us, cannot exist under a monarch or a dictatorship in any capacity whatsoever.


I’m not for the idea at all.  My point is, you have to deal with the potentially horrible in that situation.  We have horrible presidents, but we can vote them out or see them go after two terms.  Under the Roman system, your only recourse is assassination or coup.
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Re: Trump on China's Xi consolidating power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2018, 03:06:04 am »
Quote from: INVAR on March 04, 2018, 02:57:39 am
Liberty as intended to be preserved for us, cannot exist under a monarch or a dictatorship in any capacity whatsoever.
@INVAR

That is what Trump wants, full dictatorship, dictating to everyone what they can and cannot do, give him "credit" for their being alive, be dictator for life, and he has no idea why it would be wrong.  That is the dangerous part, he doesn't know--
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Re: Trump on China's Xi consolidating power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2018, 03:08:53 am »
Please, Trump, STFU and get to work.
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Re: Trump on China's Xi consolidating power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2018, 04:18:15 am »
I'm NT but I give him a pass on this...juvenile humor from a mental midget... :shrug:
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Re: Trump on China's Xi consolidating power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2018, 04:51:10 am »
Wasn't that the same day China outlawed the letter 'N'?

'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'

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Re: Trump on China's Xi consolidating power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2018, 04:01:58 pm »

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It’s important we hear this tape of Trump to get a sense of his tone - whether it was a bad joke or if he was serious.

It’s an open question for me because this isn’t the first time he’s praised totalitarians.

Even the Chinese government specifically:

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