Bdarn1: I'm afraid this is exactly the kind of comment that just reinforces how Trump degrades the norms of our democracy. You seem to think that it's a regular occurrence for presidential campaigns to meet with the intelligence services and other members of hostile governments to see how these governments can help them win the election.
But that simply isn't the case. It's something that never happened before (and would have been considered a campaign ending scandal if it did). But somehow Trump supporters rationalize it as normal behavior.
Sadly, while I didn't believe it at the time, I actually think Trump famous remark that he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and not lose any voters is probably accurate. Folks like you would doubtless come up with some way to rationalize it as normal or justified. And you would no doubt support Trump's claim of immunity from prosecution for it as well (https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/trump-immunity-hearing-court-case-5th-avenue-quote).
It's really quite shocking. And the whole Trump Derangement Syndrome accusation is just a way for folks to rationalize dismissing how uniquely awful Trump is.
Bdarn1: I'm afraid this is exactly the kind of comment that just reinforces how Trump degrades the norms of our democracy. You seem to think that it's a regular occurrence for presidential campaigns to meet with the intelligence services and other members of hostile governments to see how these governments can help them win the election.
But that simply isn't the case. It's something that never happened before (and would have been considered a campaign ending scandal if it did). But somehow Trump supporters rationalize it as normal behavior.
Sadly, while I didn't believe it at the time, I actually think Trump famous remark that he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and not lose any voters is probably accurate. Folks like you would doubtless come up with some way to rationalize it as normal or justified. And you would no doubt support Trump's claim of immunity from prosecution for it as well (https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/trump-immunity-hearing-court-case-5th-avenue-quote).
It's really quite shocking. And the whole Trump Derangement Syndrome accusation is just a way for folks to rationalize dismissing how uniquely awful Trump is.