Presumably he has indicated which of the Ten Commandments you should obey and which can be ignored.
He's likely to say that we should obey all of them, he however doesn't need to...
Presumably he has indicated which of the Ten Commandments you should obey and which can be ignored.
He's added an eleventh - Thou shalt not pay thy bills.He's likely to say that we should obey all of them, he however doesn't need to...
And the Twelfth - Thy shalt impress thy neighbours with utterances of thine own wealth, be it truthful or otherwise.He's added an eleventh - Thou shalt not pay thy bills.
The thirteenth - Thou shall bear false witness 30,000 times.And the Twelfth - Thy shalt impress thy neighbours with utterances of thine own wealth, be it truthful or otherwise.
The fourteenth: Thou shall both covet and grab thy neighbour by the .....The thirteenth - Thou shall bear false witness 30,000 times.
Former President Donald Trump on Friday posted a video that featured an image of President Joe Biden tied up in the back of a pickup truck.
Trump indicated that the post was filmed on Long Island on Thursday, when he was attending the wake of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller, who was killed during a traffic stop this week. The video shows two trucks with flags and decals expressing support for Trump; the image of Biden was on the back of the second truck.
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement, “That picture was on the back of a pick up truck that was traveling down the highway. Democrats and crazed lunatics have not only called for despicable violence against President Trump and his family, they are actually weaponizing the justice system against him.”
Biden campaign spokesman Michael Tyler told CNN in a statement, “This image from Donald Trump is the type of crap you post when you’re calling for a ‘bloodbath’ or when you tell the proud boys to ‘stand back and stand by.’ Trump is regularly inciting political violence and it’s time people take him seriously — just ask the Capitol Police officers who were attacked protecting our democracy on January 6.”
The video marks another instance of Trump using dark and violent imagery in his campaign messaging as his penchant for inflammatory rhetoric appears to be buoying his White House bid.
Trump warned earlier this month that if he were to lose the 2024 election, it would be a “bloodbath” for the US auto industry and the country.
The remark came as Trump promised a “100% tariff” on cars made outside the US, arguing that domestic auto manufacturing would be protected only if he is elected. The comment also came in the midst of an extended riff on the auto industry, unions, the transition to electric vehicles and auto plants in Mexico.
The former president said in December that migrants are “poisoning the blood” of the US and quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin to attack Biden as a “threat to democracy.”
His comments align with a pattern of expressing fondness for foreign leaders who use anti-democratic measures to maintain power.
In another instance, Trump used the word “vermin” to describe his political rivals at a campaign event in New Hampshire in November, drawing broad condemnation, including from Biden, who likened his comments to “language you heard in Nazi Germany.”
Trump told the crowd: “We will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country,” and warned that “the real threat is not from the radical right. The real threat is from the radical left, and it’s growing every day.”
Another gem from a Mouth ofTrump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement, “That picture was on the back of a pick up truck that was traveling down the highway. Democrats and crazed lunatics have not only called for despicable violence against President Trump and his family, they are actually weaponizing the justice system against him.”
I do wonder whether the rest of the world needs to somehow coerce Americans into not voting for Trump, for example through threats of sanctions if he gets in.
It might sound dirty tactics, but when you read some of the stuff Trump is coming up with, it would be very, very bad for the world if he gets in, so attempting to influence the American electorate in this way could be the lesser of two evils.
How? The US wouldn’t believe that that sanctions would hurt them and it would just play into the hands of the ‘God’s own country has the right to take what it wants’ fanatics. It would only be to Trump’s advantage. Welcome to World War Three.
I'm thinking of the swing voters who could go either way, perhaps because they think Biden is too old, or something.
Was just thinking that it might bring home the realisation that Trump threatens to damage the USA's international reputation quite severely, and that might swing voters against him. While I am not into patriotism especially, to me the most meaningful tenet of patriotism is ensuring your country has a good international reputation.
I was just asking the question though to see what people's thoughts were, not saying it was necessarily a good idea.
More violent imagery used in Trump’s campaign messaging, this time of Joe Biden being tied up in the back of a pickup truck that is featured in a video (not sure where the aforementioned video is).
Trump posts video that shows image of Biden tied up in the back of a truck — CNN
Former President Donald Trump on Friday posted a video that featured an image of President Joe Biden tied up in the back of a pickup truck.apple.news
Another gem from a Mouth ofSauronTrump.
A picture that appeared in a campaign video that you had to have seen before it was posted. Yeah no. You can try and claim plausible denability on this all you want, Stevie-boy, but Trump's message and implication was crystal-clear to anyone who's been paying even the slightest bit of attention to what he's been saying in recent months. He doesn't have to say it explicitly, just send a signal out to his cult in the hopes that someone acts on it for him in some way. It ain't an aberration, a editing mistake, a slip-up or anything of the sort. It's at the core of his campaign.
I do wonder whether the rest of the world needs to somehow convince Americans to not vote for Trump, for example through threats of sanctions if he gets in.
It might sound dirty tactics, and it's not something I would normally suggest, but Trump is a special case. When you read some of the stuff Trump is coming up with, it would be very, very bad for the world if he gets in, so attempting to influence the American electorate in this way could be the lesser of two evils.
Some years ago the Gruniad had a campaign where readers wrote to American voters asking them not to vote for GW Bush (i think). It went down as well as an actual lead zeppelin.
What would you say if the EU decided that they would impose sanctions on the UK if we voted for Reform? We're all supposed to be friends and allies. We can try and persuade the other not to do something but if they want to jump off a cliff then we have to accept that that's their decision and then deal with the consequences accordingly.I do wonder whether the rest of the world needs to somehow convince Americans to not vote for Trump, for example through threats of sanctions if he gets in.
It might sound dirty tactics, and it's not something I would normally suggest, but Trump is a special case. When you read some of the stuff Trump is coming up with, it would be very, very bad for the world if he gets in, so attempting to influence the American electorate in this way could be the lesser of two evils.
As other have said, this would backfire spectacularly. The MAGA movement would just add it to their conspiracy theories that external forces are trying to destroy American democracy. We just need to keep out of it all, and wait from the giant Umpa Lumpa to completely gub it up, which I'm sure he will.I do wonder whether the rest of the world needs to somehow convince Americans to not vote for Trump, for example through threats of sanctions if he gets in.
It might sound dirty tactics, and it's not something I would normally suggest, but Trump is a special case. When you read some of the stuff Trump is coming up with, it would be very, very bad for the world if he gets in, so attempting to influence the American electorate in this way could be the lesser of two evils.
Nope. Democratic governments overtly (or covertly for that matter) interfering in the elections of another democracy is incredibly bad form.do wonder whether the rest of the world needs to somehow convince Americans to not vote for Trump, for example through threats of sanctions if he gets in.
To be fair, much as I dislike Reform, they are nothing like as bad as Trump by any stretch of the imagination. Reform haven't described EU supporters as vermin, as far as I am aware, for example, nor threatened to "root them out" of the UK. Reform are not a threat to world peace or stability.What would you say if the EU decided that they would impose sanctions on the UK if we voted for Reform? We're all supposed to be friends and allies. We can try and persuade the other not to do something but if they want to jump off a cliff then we have to accept that that's their decision and then deal with the consequences accordingly.
Alongside every other Trump stooge when first hired. Then not when he inevitably throws them under the bus, cos Trump is loyal to only one person: Trump.Whoever this Cheung guy is, he should surely win the award for biggest brown-nosing sycophant of all time.
As a backhanded compliment to Trump, I do actually think he will initiate positive change, but only after he's done such extreme damage that they're left with no other option.
Everything I've seen and experienced suggests American voters don't take too kindly to the advice of other countries re their voting choices, and I can well understand that view. Regardless of how valid that advice would be, how do you think we'd feel being on the receiving end of similar efforts from other countries later this year in our own GE?I do wonder whether the rest of the world needs to somehow convince Americans to not vote for Trump, for example through threats of sanctions if he gets in
In addition, people not living in a country often don’t have a ‘feel’ for the politics. Things like the sort of ideas that are considered uncontroversial, where the political centre is, that kind of thing. I remember many years ago being lectured by an otherwise very nice American about the evils of socialised medicine. He seemed bewildered that the people of ‘your great country’ hadn’t risen to overthrow the destructive influence of the NHS.Everything I've seen and experienced suggests American voters don't take too kindly to the advice of other countries re their voting choices, and I can well understand that view. Regardless of how valid that advice would be, how do you think we'd feel being on the receiving end of similar efforts from other countries later this year in our own GE?
Exactly that sort of thing. Projections of our own desired political stances onto other countries and cultures should really be avoided.I remember many years ago being lectured by an otherwise very nice American about the evils of socialised medicine. He seemed bewildered that the people of ‘your great country’ hadn’t risen to overthrow the destructive influence of the NHS.
Given the fuss when Obahma supposedly commented on the prospects of a US, UK trade deal if we left the EU, I think I know what the reaction would be.Everything I've seen and experienced suggests American voters don't take too kindly to the advice of other countries re their voting choices, and I can well understand that view. Regardless of how valid that advice would be, how do you think we'd feel being on the receiving end of similar efforts from other countries later this year in our own GE?
It would rightly go down like a lead balloon with cinder blocks tied to it, in both countries. It's something I just wish some of the moronic politicians on both sides of the Atlantic would realize before shooting their big bazoos off. Of course, that's asking just a bit too much, often as not.Everything I've seen and experienced suggests American voters don't take too kindly to the advice of other countries re their voting choices, and I can well understand that view. Regardless of how valid that advice would be, how do you think we'd feel being on the receiving end of similar efforts from other countries later this year in our own GE?
Exactly. Best not poke that hornet's nest if one has any sense.Given the fuss when Obahma supposedly commented on the prospects of a US, UK trade deal if we left the EU, I think I know what the reaction would be.
Given the fuss when Obahma supposedly commented on the prospects of a US, UK trade deal if we left the EU, I think I know what the reaction would be.
Given the fuss when Obahma supposedly commented on the prospects of a US, UK trade deal if we left the EU, I think I know what the reaction would be.
I don't think Obama wanted Brexit, from what I gather. He was a sane and measured politician and realised Brexit was not the most sensible of ideas. I am fairly sure I read that he came out on the "Remain" side.
Guardian said:Barack Obama has warned that the UK would be at the “back of the queue” in any trade deal with the US if the country chose to leave the EU, as he made an emotional plea to Britons to vote for staying in.