(December 3, 2016 at 2:53 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: Trump is more dangerous than any president before.
That's tough to measure, though the call to/from Taiwan could prove to be a big mess that affects relations between China and the USA for the length of his term.
JFK stood up to the USSR and brought us to the brink of a nuclear exchange. Reagan gave the impression that he believed we were in the 'last days' and it is scary to think that such a person had nuclear launch codes. Clinton and Obama were all too ready to bomb people and places and Dubya seemed ready to declare war on the entire mid-east. Trump might be the least dangerous President in some time from that perspective.
His short term effect will likely be felt the most in strained diplomatic relations and possibly in an unexpected economic boom. His long term effect from both of those and his picks for the high court could be very, very bad. He could conceivably leave office seeming to have done a good job and die before the shit hits the fan. Which could be one of the few occasions when I'll feel sorry that there isn't a hell.
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