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January 2017, after trashing a vulnerable, scandal plagued establishment candidate after an economic crash, Trump wins and assumes control as the United States Commander in Chief. What happens next? Does Trump actually build a massive wall? Does he attempt to deport 11 million immigrants? Do cops continue to rally around him after ramping up death penalty crimes? Does he enact a ban on Muslims entering the U.S.? What happens to foreign policy in the middle east, China and Russia? What happens to climate policy and health care? Does the American military follow his commands to commit war crimes and atrocities in the name of his nationalist policies? Making the following assumptions: - Trump's win makes him defacto leader of the GOP and is able to hire and fire whoever fits his agenda. - The GOP controls both the House and the Senate as it does now. What does the first year of a Trump lead United States government look like?
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Mar 6, 2016 08:45
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GOP Congress blocks Trump for two years, but then he calls on his insane supporters to individually target recalcitrant Congressmen in 2018 races. Congress bends the knee and America blooms with massive public works projects. China is forced to implement labor and environmental protections in order to be allowed access to the US market. Europe flails under wave after wave of unassimilable peoples and random terrorism, but is eventually righted after agreeing to an artfully negotiated deal to merge with the United States. Jobs and MDMA return, millenials learn to shave, peace, prosperity and threesomes sweep the Western world. Eventually, immigration is opened to women and children from the Middle East. ISIS destroys itself in a squall of beardy male-on-male sexual violence.
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Mar 6, 2016 11:05
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January 25, 2025: Arch-Emperor Trump ascends to his Diamond Throne on Mars
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Mar 6, 2016 12:01
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Maoist Pussy posted:millenials learn to shave Alright fuckstick. Let's not get too crazy here.
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Mar 6, 2016 12:07
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I write a letter to President Trump asking for a cabinet position and telling him I'll make things great because I'm young, ambitious, and gonna make it great. Cause that's what america is about. Then I pray he accepts me and begin making America great.
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Mar 6, 2016 12:11
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Trump takes credit for the Final Fantasy VII remake, even though it was developed during the previous administration.
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Mar 6, 2016 12:17
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Craptacular! posted:Trump takes credit for the Final Fantasy VII remake, even though it was developed during the previous administration. Trump bans foreign anime and begins america's largest production of home grown anime ever seen.
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Mar 6, 2016 12:24
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Microwaves Mom posted:Trump bans foreign anime and begins america's largest production of home grown anime ever seen. One might even call it the yoogest and most luxurious anime to ever be made.
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Mar 6, 2016 12:27
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Trump instructs the Fed to steal a hundred billion dollars for a border wall from Mexico, and is impeached in the ensuing financial and diplomatic crisis.
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Mar 6, 2016 13:22
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Everyone smart moves to Canada because by gum if America will have a racist, sexist, anti-gay president! Nope, never had one before, not gonna start now! Also he wants to have sex with his own daughter! And put muslims in concentration camps! And do a Mexican genocide! He has left no uncertainty in this! Just follow the money............................................................
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Mar 6, 2016 13:55
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Mar 6, 2016 14:40
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Mar 6, 2016 15:34
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All federal property renamed after Trump. The Trump Federal Building, the Trump Smithsonian, the Trump Lincoln Memorial.
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Mar 6, 2016 15:42
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He'll appoint a bunch of idiots to cabinet level positions and stay beholden to his conservative insane voter base but move to the center on most social issues. It'll basically be as disastrous as the Bush 2 presidency was, except he will use his personal wealth and voterbase to primary all the Republicans that oppose him and thus destroy the party even worse than 2008 did.
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Mar 6, 2016 16:14
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Sergg posted:He'll appoint a bunch of idiots to cabinet level positions and stay beholden to his conservative insane voter base but move to the center on most social issues. It'll basically be as disastrous as the Bush 2 presidency was, except he will use his personal wealth and voterbase to primary all the Republicans that oppose him and thus destroy the party even worse than 2008 did. would he really go to war?
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Mar 6, 2016 16:21
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Terror Sweat posted:would he really go to war? is a man who got elected on sheer egomania going to want a military conquest under his name?
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Mar 6, 2016 16:24
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Al! posted:is a man who got elected on sheer egomania going to want a military conquest under his name? war has destroyed the bush legacy. would he risk that?
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Mar 6, 2016 16:25
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Mar 6, 2016 16:26
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Terror Sweat posted:war has destroyed the bush legacy. would he risk that? on the iraq war, the big criticism the right was that bush did not go far enough. trump has advocated executing prisoners of war with bullets dipped in pigs blood, i don't think he will have that problem.
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Mar 6, 2016 16:28
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I think there's a genuinely strong chance he unleashes a major constitutional crisis entirely by accident. Every time he's served up softball questions about the basic nuts and bolts of being president he seems flustered and just responds with an inane stream of words. I don't think he really knows the exact duties and responsibilities of the job, just that it's yooge and powerful, but refuses to acknowledge this to himself and thus won't bother researching it. He's going to need to be treated like a baby during every step of his presidency just so the federal government can even approach a functioning state. Most of his business success comes from copying existing ideas (big skyscraper, flashy casino, cheap neckties) and throwing money at people to apply an extra layer of Trump glitz. His policy proposals are the exact opposite; they're so radical that nothing like them has ever been attempted. The Wall will end up symbolizing just how much Trump is out of his element: it'll be an incredibly overpriced, nearly useless boondoggle. Trump will either be fleeced horribly by contractors who know they won't suffer consequences as long as they kiss the ring, or allow incompetent true believers to ruin his plans. PsychoInternetHawk has issued a correction as of 16:44 on Mar 6, 2016 |
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Mar 6, 2016 16:39
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Al! posted:on the iraq war, the big criticism the right was that bush did not go far enough. trump has advocated executing prisoners of war with bullets dipped in pigs blood, i don't think he will have that problem. those are some bad words, sort of like his talk about killing the families of terrorists meanwhile the actual leading Democrat in office actually has, not just talked about it, but actually did, murder American citizens without any legal proceedings including someone who said bad things and then murdered his teenage child for being his child but yeah, what's important is we maintain the cheerleading myth that all republicans are a priori bad and all democrats are good YAAAAAS I LIKE POLITICS go team!
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Mar 6, 2016 16:40
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PsychoInternetHawk posted:I think there's a genuinely strong chance he unleashes a major constitutional crisis entirely by accident. Every time he's served up softball questions about the basic nuts and bolts of being president he seems flustered and just responds with an inane stream of words. I don't think he really knows the exact duties and responsibilities of the job, just that it's yooge and powerful, but refuses to acknowledge this to himself and thus won't bother researching it. He's going to need to be treated like a baby during every step of his presidency just so the federal government can even approach a functioning state. maybe he does know these things, and part of the job is surrounding yourself with a team of experts and advisors however, part of the job is also pushing the limits of the office, like George W Bush used John Woo to push the limits of what could legally be done with regards to torture and Barack Obama pushing the limits of what could be done with regards to extrajudicial assassination it's like, if Obama, while running for president, said "I intend to use my executive authority to create a kill list, a list of people who I will kill without going through the court system, and if anyone uses their words to attack America I will kill them and their kids as well", well surely some liberals might have be given pause, but instead he just loving did it and every milquetoast liberal just went along with it because  YAAAAASE  DEMOCRATS
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Mar 6, 2016 16:42
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Mar 6, 2016 16:46
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Commie NedFlanders posted:those are some bad words, sort of like his talk about killing the families of terrorists i see white nationalism as the biggest threat to me and the people i love. hillary has done a lot of evil poo poo and 8 years or so ago i would have said throw her into the creek, but she is not actively advancing the cause of white nationalism regardless of these anecdotes you are threatening but being nonspecific about, and yes i understand that under her husband things actually got worse for the poor and minorities.
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Mar 6, 2016 16:47
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I'll probably get up and go to work like I do every day. Maybe I'll skip breakfast. Nasty poo poo goes on in Washington every day and we all still go about our boring lives.
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Mar 6, 2016 16:49
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Commie NedFlanders posted:maybe he does know these things, and part of the job is surrounding yourself with a team of experts and advisors If I give you a gun and you shoot yourself, is it my fault for giving you the gun or your fault for using it improperly?
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Obama has rolled back some of Bush's extensions of executive power and extended others; on one hand, the legislative branch is full of gibbering baboons who should be kept as far from the levers of power as possible, on the other it's highly problematic that our polarized system of governance is leading to further concentrations of wealth and power in summary kill whitey, full communism now
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Mar 6, 2016 16:51
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I expanded on this more up above, but Trump doesn't surround himself with people who know what they're doing. He surrounds himself with toadies and sycophants, which is fine for his usual line of business, but will work out hilariously badly because what he's proposing is so radical. Regarding Bush and Woo, sure if there's another 9/11 Trump can probably get a free pass on a lot of his actions, and whatever expansion of exectuive power he manages to stake in that scenario will probably apply to the next president too, but that's not really unique to him. *edit* what Fitzy Fitz said is probaby true for a lot of people though: if you're white, not poor, and live in a state that won't gut itself at the first opportunity ala Kansas, your life will probably be exactly the same. PsychoInternetHawk has issued a correction as of 16:54 on Mar 6, 2016 |
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Al! posted:i see white nationalism as the biggest threat to me and the people i love. hillary has done a lot of evil poo poo and 8 years or so ago i would have said throw her into the creek, but she is not actively advancing the cause of white nationalism regardless of these anecdotes you are threatening but being nonspecific about, and yes i understand that under her husband things actually got worse for the poor and minorities. see that's the thing, i understand the threat of white nationalist rhetoric and yes it is bad. however, i am more fearful about secret, underhanded policies which in their effects do what white nationalism aims to do. Neoliberalism has done more to entrench de facto white supremacy and dismantle poor communities than any other movement in the last 50 years. It's like, what's more damaging to the nation, someone who says racist things or someone who says politically correct things and puts into place large scale policies which help the wealthy white ruling class and hurts the working class and minority communities. I agree that rhetoric isn't empty, and it does have an effect, but I find friendly political correct rhetoric mixed with dangerous neoliberal economic policies to be the most dangerous because the rhetoric disables the left wing and empowers the right wing while the policies actively help the ruling class and hurt the disadvantaged groups
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uncurable mlady posted:Obama has rolled back some of Bush's extensions of executive power and extended others; on one hand, the legislative branch is full of gibbering baboons who should be kept as far from the levers of power as possible, on the other it's highly problematic that our polarized system of governance is leading to further concentrations of wealth and power the democrats path of "neoliberalism with a politically correct, smiling face" is extremely dangerous and underhanded and flies under the radar of most people because the rhetoric is nice and sounds good to young people The republicans are obviously bad too, but the answer isn't just aimless violence and throwing fits there needs to be a calculated and focused effort from the left wing to systematically deconstruct neoliberal ideology and policies the answer isn't impotent flailing in the dark, it's sitting and thinking and reexamining our assumptions. It's impossible to find the correct solutions to problems if we are asking the wrong questions and everybody just wants ACTION NOW without examining our initial positions. this is how you find your way further and further down the wrong path
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i don't disagree that either candidate will enact horribly regressive economic policies that will ultimately damage the economic rights of everybody in this country. but the thing is, when these are done in the name of white nationalism, the ideologies of white nationalism get the credit when they have limited in the short term (but ultimately disastrous) benefits. when of course they do fail, the blame is always solidly put on not going far enough because we were doing great when we were making changes right?
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Mar 6, 2016 17:07
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Mar 6, 2016 17:09
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Laughing as he brutally pwns the country that was dumb enough to vote for him.
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There will probably be a brief period of relative unity as the GOP breathes a huge sigh of relief and enjoys the thrill of controlling all three branches of government. Trump will probably pick a suitably conservative Justice to appoint to the Supreme Court, hoping to buy himself some favour with movement conservatives. Chances are he will deploy some half measures on immigration that will deeply upset the hispanic community and activists but which will disappoint the alt right. Trump will instruct the GOP to repeal Obamacare but the insurance industry will kick up a fuss and it wouldn't surprise me if Trump ends up trying to put lipstick on a pig by assuring his supporters that some minor revisions to the law count as a total overhaul. The really interesting question is how Trump's foreign policy plays out. He could face a lot of resistance from within the GOP to the tariffs he's proposing. Because Trump is such a one man show and isn't really representing any kind of organic cohesive movement it's really hard to know which of his positions are deeply held and which are superficial. We'll find out though because his economic and foreign policy proposals are so far outside the current Overton window of policy that if he does try to implement them (a big if, but hardly inconceivable if we're in a world where Trump already won) then who knows what that will look like. It'd definitely be more interesting than a Hilary or Obama presidency, and more entertaining than a Sanders administration. I doubt I'll envy anyone actually living in the USA though.
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Commie NedFlanders posted:the democrats path of "neoliberalism with a politically correct, smiling face" is extremely dangerous and underhanded and flies under the radar of most people because the rhetoric is nice and sounds good to young people I think there's probably a good discussion to be had here but lol trump gonna show his dick at the sotu and piss on the Chinese flag
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Trump's lifelong hatred of unfair trade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSIQZFHharA Leads him to put tarriffs on foreign goods to bring domestic production and manufacturing back to America. This, combined with the legalization of marijuana at the federal level, leads to a golden age of smoking the dankest American-grown nugs in the finest American-made glass bongs.
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Al! posted:i don't disagree that either candidate will enact horribly regressive economic policies that will ultimately damage the economic rights of everybody in this country. perhaps then, what's needed is for the left to stop defending status quo policies and theory and get their poo poo together and start formulating their own good arguments and positions and advocating for those instead?
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