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EricHiggin on 29 August 2018
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Machiavellian said:
EricHiggin said:

If Trump knew and was rightfully advised there would be an issue. Was he told this, or maybe was he told it wasn't all that clear based on his particular situation? Was he told at all? How big this issue is really depends on how you view the situation. Like many have said, in this case it's typically just a fine, like others have had to pay in the past, so no big deal. I would agree most Trump supporters turn a blind eye to this and it's most likely based on the viewpoint that doing what's right for the many, outweighs doing what's wrong by just Trump in his personal life, aside from anything too extreme that is. The line can bend just as long as it's not broken.

Depends on your point of view. Some people will care that Trump cheated, some will not. Some people will care that he eats extremely unhealthy food and doesn't seem to care about his health as much he could, when others could care less that he loves his greasy KFC. Trump doesn't seem to be all that worried about the affair claims themselves, it's the politics behind it that he denies for the most part. I don't see Trump trying to hide all that much, considering what a loud mouth he is, but he does try to squash much of the 'politics' that seem to rise up, because much of it is useless nonsense and wastes his and everybody else's time, other than maybe his opponents and their voters of course.

Isn't that the point that has him in this situation.  If he cared about the actual affair and it coming out then it would be a personal issue which can then be argued he would do this anyway whether he was running for president or not.  If he did it because of politics, then it falls under a contribution which is what a lot of legal experts are saying.  Violations of campaign finance laws can have jail time depending on the severity.  I have no clue how federal prosecutors would charge Trump or even if they would.  If anything it just goes on the pile of other stuff and if anything will just be a political tool by another running candidate during reelection to pin corruption on him.

The thing is, Trump cannot squash politics in a Job that demand you command and understand politics.  Everyone he meets, talk to, work with play in that space and inexperience or being naive only get you punished.  You see Trump's inexperience every time he meets a leader from another country, talks about things he doesn't have a full grasp on.  People do not hire people into a demanding job without experience.  Do you believe Trump would hire someone in a senior position within his real estate business if that person did not have experience at the job.

Trumps done a pretty good job of keeping the 'media politics' at bay though. He can't squash them all, but luckily for him, much of today's politics that are put in front of the people, are lazy useless politics that Trump can brush off. In today's world, there are always some individuals or groups going out of their way to politicize everything and anything, and if you spin it right, you can do just that. The problem for them, is that the people are starting to wake up, and for those that are woke, they are long done with the overboard political correctness BS. It's like trying to dig yourself out of quicksand at this point. Until the left start to go after Trump for extremely legit reasons, with hard evidence to back them up, they are just going to continue to sink. Either that, or they need to forget about Trump and ignore him, and put forth worthwhile opposition candidates with strong policies and messaging.

Trump doesn't call it the swamp for no reason. He knows exactly where he is, and is doing what he can to 'drain it' without screwing himself over in the process. Which isn't an easy thing to do at all to say the least, when you have every single swamp monster and creature trying to drown you non stop, all day, every day. Long game progress takes time, and even more time when your constantly dodging and dismantling road blocks at every left turn.

Would Trump hire someone like that? No, because Trump is a billionaire and his business is doing just fine so there is no need for him to stoop 'that low'. The American people, felt their 'business' was quite unstable and headed for another downward trend, and because the known experienced candidate didn't seem to care about that, they and their political system, took their chances with the new guy who said he could fix that problem as well as some other's that mattered to the people. So far he's done a pretty good job on those specific tasks. As for the rest of the many tasks, he'll either figure them out along the way, or he'll screw them up royally, which could mean a short 4 year term. I guess we'll see.