Becomes Trump a dictator?

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I read a few of the postings from last evening, I am always impressed, and not in a good way, by how if anything negative is brought to light about the current administration that person is no longer to be considered a Christian.

That is some high level of allegiance to the man in office, a man who lies daily by the way.
I wasn't on the forum or following along in the past administration, was it permitted to say negative things of Biden or were those not honoring that authority Scripture breakers who were non-Christian the same?
 

Cameron143

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Of course not, he does no wrong.

If you do point out anything wrong then this is how you are labeled >>>



Yes let's just close our eyes and minds and blindly believe everything we are told, if we do not then we are haters.
Seems to me like there is a "woke" right as well.
Try being more balanced. Have you ever given Trump credit for anything?

The founders of the US risked their lives and fortunes for this nation. They are considered heroes.

Try saying something good of Trump when it is so along with your criticism. While there is plenty to be critical of Trump about, there is easily just as much to applaud. You are neither fair, nor balanced.
 

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I wasn't on the forum or following along in the past administration, was it permitted to say negative things of Biden or were those not honoring that authority Scripture breakers who were non-Christian the same?
Yes, agree the same "rule" must be equally applied, but I am sure if we went to search out old threads we would find there was not equal application.

The problem is this total allegiance and everything this man even when wrong is does is defended, by some not all.

This whole illegal immigration has been so ramped up by Trump to his advantage, get people's emotions going. It is really sad how easily manipulated people can be.
 

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Try being more balanced. Have you ever given Trump credit for anything?

The founders of the US risked their lives and fortunes for this nation. They are considered heroes.

Try saying something good of Trump when it is so along with your criticism. While there is plenty to be critical of Trump about, there is easily just as much to applaud. You are neither fair, nor balanced.
I am just wondering was it possible to be fair and balanced where Justin Trudeau was concerned?

Not really.
 
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Yes, agree the same "rule" must be equally applied, but I am sure if we went to search out old threads we would find there was not equal application.

The problem is this total allegiance and everything this man even when wrong is does is defended, by some not all.

This whole illegal immigration has been so ramped up by Trump to his advantage, get people's emotions going. It is really sad how easily manipulated people can be.
When I first joined it was a few months before the election and spent most of the time reading in the Bible threads and then noticed the current post and how they worked on the right side of the main page so I just assumed the "News" threads were just that and didn't follow it much. The Bible threads seem pretty repetitive of most any forum on the internet and so I've discussed much of it on other forums so many times it lost my interest. My father seemed heartbroken about something I guess is a good way to explain it but he went from talking a lot about the forum to almost nothing a few months before he passed away. We would have group discussions with other Christians we knew about the different views on the forms in the different towns we were from. Just comparing the different Christian forums and how they were viewing different issues.
 

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For a half second I thought this was perhaps an intentional, all those acts in prior wars did not make the USA look incompetent, it was diversionary.

This was reckless and incompetent behaviour because it was not fake intel.
Everything is a conspiracy theory until it isn't.
Nukes? Fake!
Trump's assassination attempt? Fake!

The potential intentional leak? NOPE! Not fake!

Possible TDS symptoms? NOPE! I'm clean!
 

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This whole illegal immigration has been so ramped up by Trump to his advantage, get people's emotions going. It is really sad how easily manipulated people can be.
Hahah.
This is like me speaking with authority about some region in Alaska.
You live in Canada!

You have no idea how illegal immigration, crime, waste of money and treatment of illegals is, compared to American citizens here.
They (the citizens) have to put up with a lot of liberal insanity ... until this election when they spoke with a loud voice in the form of a trifecta winning congress, house and presidency.

Why do you hate Trump so much? lol
His way of speaking rubs you the wrong way or something?
That's part of the cultural differences. Also since you live in Canada, why are you so invested with American politics while having no clue of the daily life of the citizens here?
 

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When I first joined it was a few months before the election and spent most of the time reading in the Bible threads and then noticed the current post and how they worked on the right side of the main page so I just assumed the "News" threads were just that and didn't follow it much. The Bible threads seem pretty repetitive of most any forum on the internet and so I've discussed much of it on other forums so many times it lost my interest. My father seemed heartbroken about something I guess is a good way to explain it but he went from talking a lot about the forum to almost nothing a few months before he passed away. We would have group discussions with other Christians we knew about the different views on the forms in the different towns we were from. Just comparing the different Christian forums and how they were viewing different issues.
I think he realized it was not really possible to have a dispassionate conversation with people on here when it came to a certain leader or politics in general.
As you can see, any criticism becomes hatred.

Well I am glad you came to try to bring back some dispassionate discourse, it is indeed very rare, mostly ad hominem, I am just thinking there is a lot of transference or projecting going on when it comes to these allegations of hate.
 

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Trump Eyes Two-Stage Tariffs On April 2 To ‘Strengthen Legal Framework’: Report

Among proposals his team has been discussing is a plan to launch so-called Section 301 investigations into trading partners, while simultaneously using rarely invoked emergency powers to apply immediate tariffs in the interim. -FT

Speaking Monday, Trump vowed “substantial” tariffs on U.S. trading partners, though he also suggested the possibility of selective leniency. “They’ve charged us so much that I’m embarrassed to charge them what they’ve charged us,” Trump said – hours after announcing new tariffs on buyers of Venezuelan oil, including China. “But it’ll be substantial.”

According to the Financial Times, officials close to the matter say the administration is eyeing an immediate deployment of tariffs using emergency authorities such as the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), or Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 – a provision that permits duties of up to 50% on foreign goods on trading partners.

One more obscure route, now considered a long shot, involves Section 122 of the 1974 Act, which permits temporary tariffs of up to 15% for 150 days – a stopgap measure that may not deliver the revenue or optics the former president is seeking.

Lawyers and people familiar with the plans also told FT that Trump could immediately slap tariffs on vehicle imports on April 2, reviving a national security study into the global auto industry from his first term.

On Monday, Trump said tariffs on cars could be announced “over the next few days.”
 

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Which is?
As much as I like @posthuman and enjoy most of his commentary, we have shared our disagreements publicly on this site concerning politics. Ask him personally if you don't believe me.
And here I thought you got the point, apparently not.
As they say.... it is what it is.
 
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Yes, agree the same "rule" must be equally applied, but I am sure if we went to search out old threads we would find there was not equal application.
Exactly right, Biden was never called a Nazi, a misogynist, a sexist, a phobic of lmomfvikdmfn +++ AI, child molester, racist, unintelligent, liar, dictator. You won't find it. Even though he was most of those things.

This whole illegal immigration has been so ramped up by Trump to his advantage, get people's emotions going. It is really sad how easily manipulated people can be.
No more ramped up than when the Deporter in Chief built cages and sent their unhappy behinds home. America can't contain an invasion like under Biden. People stand in line and come here legally. If you're not willing to wait your turn, you go home, period, end of story.

BTW how did Trump lie yesterday?
 
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Jesus gave the kingdom of the US to "WE THE PEOPLE" when we declared our independence from the King(and queen) of England if not then surly God would have had England be the victors of the Revolutionary War. Tell the public servants that we the people are who are the authority and masters over the public servants and have them obey Romans 13:1 and the other Scriptures.
America isn't Israel. But we the people put Trump in office. And he's just barely in office. What are you talking about a "king" for? Trump is doing the job we the people hired him to do. Kindly let him do it.