https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2020/03/12/many-europ...
His means of communication is impulsive use of Twitter, so I don't know how you could expect something different.
A leader here is a communication channel after internal discussion in their party. If there's a rotten egg ( eg. Like in Hungary) the democratic system will adjust to filter him out after a while.
It's slower, yes. But it's less confusing and I think it's a good thing. No wild bull situations like in the US.
I would say that I very much liked Obama. A lot of charisma, he also notified the EU about some things but he did it with a sense of decenty. Which shows clear intellect and respect.
Long term, I'd say the economic impact of the tax reduction is laying an unacceptable burden on US financials as a country. And someone else will have to clean up.
But hey, we live in a democracy. Everyone can say what they think ;). It doesn't mean they are right though
But hey, whatever floats your boat.
[0] - https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/...
It seems pretty fundamental to me: It's a matter of if are you okay with a blatant authoritarian if he's in your side. I don't know how to bridge that cultural difference in how we wish our leaders to behave.
That's how you convince people who don't like/hate the traditional system.
Who can't see that Tr. is in politics for his own pockets is it too.
I've added a lot of pointers already. But another one is to look up the documentary about his son in law: Kusher Properties.
They are literally made for each other and not in a good way.
I joined a big discussion group to see how I could convince people ( > 8000 Dutch members on Facebook).
While I took a lot of effort for 5 months to reason with the outliers of the group.
I had concluded that it was not possible to reason with outliers since they used "Whataboutisme" and the only effective way to convince other people and "shut them up" ( I know it sounds rude) was to actually be rude, handle their current arguments and point out the idiocracy of the arguments they were using ( hence the harsh term used).
My effectiveness rate went from 4-5% to almost 90% in having the "last" argument. It also seemed to greatly reduced the amount of pointless topics started by that person.
There was only once someone effective in working arround it, using "doubtful" sources.
This is a grand plan of Russia and China to divide western nations, increase internal anti-US propaganda to bolster their authoritarian regimes.
You're pointing to the symptoms, not root cause. And this is exactly what the communist regimes want the west to do - fight against each other. Just wait before Canada get's roped in all of this as well.
[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Canadian_federal_election
Our partnership has been stable and long. No idiot can change it in just one term.
One wouldn't expect this from someone whose grandfather himself was killed by the 1918 pandemic flu.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/03/07/flu-trump-...
The courts have also consistently rejected overly clever de facto travel bans via regulatory mechanisms intended to prohibit the use of common modes of transportation. Courts have taken a very dim view of arguments, which the government has made in the past, that e.g. free travel can effectively be restricted to walking. American courts have ruled in the past that the right to travel extends to the use of common modes of transportation.
If fundamental Constitutional rights could be suspended every time the government claimed an emergency, Americans would have no rights in practice. There is no allowance for the blanket suspension of fundamental rights by reason of public emergency in the US.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2020/03/1...
That is a very different legal authority than de facto blanket bans on free movement of Americans, which is expressly disallowed by the Constitution. This has actually been adjudicated several times in the Supreme Court, which has consistently rejected attempts by the government to use regulatory technicalities to deprive people of their right of free movement via common modes of transportation even subject to due process.
This is not new territory, there is extensive court precedent surrounding the right of free travel in the US. It is on the same tier of right as freedom of speech in the US.
In other words, "you might have COVID-19" has the same authority granting power as "you might be a terrorist" or "you might be a child pornographer", which is to say, very little absent specific evidence.
Also, I think you drastically underestimate what can be legally done under the aegis of "you might be (insert undesirable class here)".
Also, why should germany/EU not block this sale at the national/supranational level?
Honestly, it should have happened a week+ ago. There were accounts of people who changed their flights from Italy to hop through London so they could skip quarantine procedures. That's irresponsible at best and dangerous and accelerated the spread at worst.
As much as I despise Trump, this is the simple reality.
I like to think is possible to get better at it. For me, things like meditation help, as the ego is often a main hindrance.
This is a serious problem, and while I'm sure someone will disagree, it seems almost completely asymmetric to me. There's an army of centipedes, as it were, poisoning the discourse here with vote buttons and not arguments.
You can't even be sure it is Trump supporters doing the voting and flagging. Maybe some of the anti-Trump people don't want flamebait. The rules here are that you aren't supposed to use the site for political battle.
One side is unafraid to openly express political hostility. The other side is silent. That should tell you who is afraid to express an opinion. Imagine if Trump supporters did come here and make equally partisan comments, gloating about how Trump is the most capable person for handling the crisis and how he has done a fantastic job. Those comments would be well beyond gray in less than an hour. They would be [flagged][dead] and the users might even be banned. (don't test it now, days later in an aging thread)
There are people here having meaningful conversation on both sides, then there are people such as you who are simply spitting venom.
You may be worried by the current events going on, but please remember that everybody here - even those you disagree with - are human beings.