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Congress is not debating anything Mike. You sent them on vacation because you where losing control of Congress with your failed impeachment attempt and blocking of the border bill on trump's behest.
Why do so many people think that anyone is doing anything on trumps behalf? Even if trump did ask directly or indirectly for things, he most certainly did not come up with ideas himself. He has never put forth any policy that came out of his own head, everything he says he says because someone else is telling him to. At this point I wonder exactly how many masters he actually has and if they have worked out a time share agreement or if it's just first come, first serve.
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Citation is the past 30 years of watching him do whatever the fuck he's been doing.
If you believe that trump has come up with any actual policy then I ask you to cite those. I'm talking actual, well written plans regardless of how flawed they may be when executed. I'm not talking about broad statements like make america great again or closing the borders to immigration, etc.
Trump is the kind of person that underlings have to make him think it's his idea or else it never happens.
Anyone who ever watched his reality show on creating a business from scratch should be able to tell you how smart trump isn't. I tried watching it once and gave up because it was all about the drama and even when it came time for the roundtable or whatever, trump never gave any real advice or help. Why? Because he doesn't actually know how to run a business or even start one from scratch.
I hate reality TV but if Mark Cuban did one and did right I'd watch it almost religiously.
I'm not the person you were talking to, but the last 30 years have been moronic off the cuff ideas that were poorly executed. It looked a lot like his presidency. Trans service member ban by tweet, banning Muslims from 7 countries on a whim, etc. No reason to think those weren't his ideas, as they're both stupid and bigoted, they fit nicely within his wheelhouse.
But more importantly, you don't get to claim that he has no hand is developing policies and then ask others to prove you wrong. You made the claim, you have the burden on supporting it or making clear that it's merely speculation.
None of what you said is policy at all. And yes, I get to turn it around because I am not aware of any speech or even publication by him or his team that outlines what his administration will work towards and what they stand for. This is also true for every single republican running over the past few decades.
As for the shit he did pull. Yeah, maybe some of it was a knee jerk reaction but I'd still bet that he is getting notes passed from the likes of putin, Harlan Crow, etc. And none of that is his idea. Hell, most of the progressive ideas the right fights against were originally from their side of the aisle though they were from before some of them were born.
border wall is not policy, its marketing and political posturing - something the orange asshole appears to be quite good at when directed towards his rubes.
Where did I say border was policy? I specifically said that it wasn't. I called that out intentionally because some people may think that it counts as policy when it doesn't. Over arching changes to border security and or immigration would count but something as stupid as build a wall and make Mexico pay for it isn't policy.
you intimated that these ideas are not from his own head. I would say that many of them are. he is a politcal used car salesman and knows quite well what motivates his base. It would seem (likewise, without proof) that much of the bullshit he erroneously puts forth as "policy" tracks pretty well with his entire life arc - its deeply embedded in him; a means to an end.
he is now surrounded by a cadre of likeminded conmen, so lots of walls to throw shit at, but the execution is all him.