Translation: I'm ok with my team expanding executive power to achieve our goals, but that other team doing the same is scary!!
Thank you. The "I wish I could be a dictator!" is the best part, what his leader cult supporters seem to want as well. History has many examples of such people first being elected as a prequel to actually achieving it.
Stupidly establishing an essentially non-secure personal email server to conduct the affairs of State is an order of magnitude worse threat to national security than Trump's less than politically-correct off-handed remark. Assuming one is legitimately concerned about good judgement related to national security issues, they would objectively weigh the facts in context and vote accordingly without self-deception and ideologically motivated rationalization. But for the record, your double standard and highly selective outrage are duly noted.Asking that a foreign power intervene to hack any email, even exclusively personal email, of the leadership or potential leadership of the United States is an incredibly obvious national security issue.
I'm curious, how can emails regarding yoga and weddings influence this election? Do you think Hillary might have lied about the nature of the deleted emails?This is some weird stuff. A candidate extending an invitation to a foreign super power and inviting them to influence the presidential election and then saying they will be rewarded is pretty serious. I didn't see it as a joke at all, Trump would be all smiles if Russia got involved, that is not joking.
People may hate Hillary but we've got a man reaching out to Russia to exert influence over our political process. That should be troubling regardless of what Hillary has done.
If trump will go that far publically, what would he do behind closed doors to maintain his influence and power?
This is some weird stuff. A candidate extending an invitation to a foreign super power and inviting them to influence the presidential election and then saying they will be rewarded is pretty serious. I didn't see it as a joke at all, Trump would be all smiles if Russia got involved, that is not joking.
People may hate Hillary but we've got a man reaching out to Russia to exert influence over our political process. That should be troubling regardless of what Hillary has done.
If trump will go that far publically, what would he do behind closed doors to maintain his influence and power?
This is some weird stuff. A candidate extending an invitation to a foreign super power and inviting them to influence the presidential election and then saying they will be rewarded is pretty serious.
People may hate Hillary but we've got a man reaching out to Russia to exert influence over our political process. That should be troubling regardless of what Hillary has done.
If trump will go that far publically, what would he do behind closed doors to maintain his influence and power?
Stupidly establishing an essentially non-secure personal email server to conduct the affairs of State is an order of magnitude worse threat to national security than Trump's less than politically-correct off-handed remark. Assuming one is legitimately concerned about good judgement related to national security issues, they would objectively weigh the facts in context and vote accordingly without self-deception and ideologically motivated rationalization.
But for the record, your double standard and highly selective outrage are duly noted.
I'm laughing that people really believe he is extending an invitation to Russia to hack more emails. It was a clear jab at Clinton and her missing emails. If Trump gets elected you guys are going to all die of heart attacks at the shit he says.
This whole flap also points out American exceptionalism at its core. The mere suggestion of a foreign power exerting influence over our election gets us riled up. Meanwhile both major candidates have vowed to exert influence over other nations political processes. And the people up in arms will be voting for either candidate the majority of the time. Cant imagine why the world is growing sick of us.
The Russians and China have been hacking the shit out of us for decades, but now they are going to start because Trump told them to get hillary! hahaha. Trump is obviously sarcastically asking for transparency. If it's via hacks, then I'm all for it.
Even if it was a jab, it's something no elected official should ever say for any reason whatsoever. This is something that any sane or competent candidate for president should know.
That's not American exceptionalism, that's literally every country on the planet. We conduct espionage, we don't want espionage conducted on us. This isn't a secret or something new, and it's certainly not unique to the US.
Pop quiz Mr. Double Standard: What's worse - Trump wanting transparency through hacking via other countries or hillary saying "Remove classified headers and send unsecure"?<snip>
I have no double standard, you're insisting that I adopt your standard. I have no desire to adopt the constantly shifting rationalizations that you so frequently employ so I decline.
I see the tinfoil hat is getting good use today. *wink* *wink*Maybe the Russians should hack Trump's tax returns, lol.
Maybe the Russians should hack Trump's tax returns, lol.
I'm curious, how can emails regarding yoga and weddings influence this election? Do you think Hillary might have lied about the nature of the deleted emails?
The Russians and China have been hacking the shit out of us for decades, but now they are going to start because Trump told them to get hillary! hahaha. Trump is obviously sarcastically asking for transparency. If it's via hacks, then I'm all for it.
Even if it was a jab, it's something no elected official should ever say for any reason whatsoever. This is something that any sane or competent candidate for president should know.
So this thread isn't about national security and how competent our next president would be at maintaining it? What color is the sky in your world?Nice attempt at deflection.
Pop quiz Mr. Double Standard: What's worse - Trump wanting transparency through hacking via other countries or hillary saying "Remove classified headers and send unsecure"?
This is some weird stuff. A candidate extending an invitation to a foreign super power and inviting them to influence the presidential election and then saying they will be rewarded is pretty serious. I didn't see it as a joke at all, Trump would be all smiles if Russia got involved, that is not joking.
People may hate Hillary but we've got a man reaching out to Russia to exert influence over our political process. That should be troubling regardless of what Hillary has done.
If trump will go that far publically, what would he do behind closed doors to maintain his influence and power?
Speedy I'll freely admit Hillary's email server was wrong. I can also admit Trump encouraging a foreign country openly to mess with an election is wrong too. Why is this a difficult thing to say, especially here on AT?
Can you say the same?
"Send nonsecure". What do you think that means? lmaoDerp, even for you.
That's not what the email said. You're just a moron.
If they cant, turn into nonpaper w no identifying heading and send nonsecure.
Now go google what that really means.
Pop quiz Mr. Double Standard: What's worse - Trump wanting transparency through hacking via other countries or hillary saying "Remove classified headers and send unsecure"?
Exactly. Yet Trump sarcasm is now a security issue. hahahaha. Hillary is a Manchurian candidate. Can't wait for the wikileaks on the Foundation to drop.So it is okay for Secretary hillary clinton to have Bill go to Russia and earn $500,000 for a 30 minute speech, followed by a $2.3 million donation to the Clinton Foundation by a Russian company in an effort to get state department approval for allowing the Russian company to purchase 20% of the United States' uranium production capacity? Of course approval was granted.
If Hildabeast did this as secretary of state with her own private email server.... what would she doe behind closed doors as president to maintain this influence and power?