Dulfite said:
Ok I more mean a centrist in contemporary American politics, not global or even lifelong American political history. Compared to politics in the past 50 years or so in America, he is a centrist. He is liberal on certain things (multiple wives/divorces, doesn't want to go against gay marriage it looks like, is against outsourcing jobs to other countries because they have cheaper workers) and is conservative in others (big spending on military, anti abortion appointment to the Supreme Court, trying to weaken/eliminate the department of education). Heck, Bill Clinton (when he was President) was more socially conservative than Drumpf is now (as was Hillary, probably). |
Uhhhh... what? I don't think being against divorce has been a partisan issue since King Henry split from the Catholic church. Being against outsourcing jobs (which is really lip service based on his record) is not a liberal position. It's generally agreed by both parties that it is not a good thing, even if they disagree on how to best combat it. If anything, conservatives tend to be more outspoken on this, even if it does conflict with their capitalistic ideals.
Trump is in favor of extreme deregulation, eliminating vast amounts of the federal government, lifting basically all environmental protections, vehemently anti-immigration, heavily nationalistic, against seperation of church and state, etc etc. Those are all traits of what Americans call the right. His arguments against the free press and in favor of increased executive authority are true right wing view points.
Whether he believes these things or is just pandering, Trumps words and actions are clearly on the far right.
| Dulfite said: I'm conflicted on this. He shared information with the Russians about something to do with ISIS right? ISIS is a common enemy, so that seems logical, doesn't it? The only weird part is that we didn't share it with our allies first. But one of the reasons Drumpf was elected was so we could have a less hostile relationship with the Russians, as no one in America (and I'm sure Russia), and certainly not the rest of the world wants the two of us to go at it again, and despite his crazy actions, Drumpf seems to be the best bet at getting along with the Russians more. |
The issue is that the information was not obtained by US agents. It was obtained through a foreign government. When a country shares classified information with another nation, their is an understanding that the information will not be shared with other governments without first consulting the source nation.
In this case if Israel is the source nation, as has been speculated, then the information could potentially go through Russia to their ally, Iran, which could jeapordize Israeli intelligence operations. The upshot of this for the US is that Israel will be less likely to share intel in the future. If your friend keeps blabbing your secrets, you're going to stop sharing them. Israel is our most important ally in terms of counter-terrorism. If they are indeed the source, then alienating them is a terrible idea.
Worse, he didn't consult US intelligence agencies either. If he consulted US intelligence agencies, and they agreed that sharing this information was for the greater good, then that would be defensible. But just kind of blurting it out at a meeting is erratic and dangerous behavior.
