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Not from the US, but I really wonder: Do you guys got not feel shame if a person with that character and that track record runs your country?

I mean sure: depending on your media diet you might find all his flaws acceptable, but ask yourself if Obama (or any other candidate) displayed the very same flaws if that would cause you outrage. If yes, you might need some introspection.



> Do you guys got not feel shame if a person with that character and that track record runs your country?

The Donald Trump that your media reports on isn't the real Donald Trump, or at the very least the one his supporters see.

Example: Trump talks to a group of people who normally don't vote, and asks them to make an exception and vote this time, noting that this will be the last time he runs, and so they won't need to vote for him again. The media then takes "you won't need to vote for me again" out of context and uses it to claim that Trump will end elections in the US. People who only listen to the media see one thing, and his supporters (who are aware of the context) see another.


The man said enough on the record to disqualify him (e.g. demanding his political enemies shot in tribunals), if people still vote for him that means they value democratic principles and the Rule of Law so low that these didn't matter — because the excuse that he didn't mean it that way is not flying after Jan 6th — at least you can't risk that he is not daring enough.

Poor US. Poor World.


He's absolutely reprehensible. If you think Harris is not also reprehensible, you haven't been paying attention.


> Do you guys got not feel shame if a person with that character and that track record runs your country?

You don't get to be president without being a pathological liar who only cares about themselves and not the people. I'm not saying this to excuse Trump, far from it. I am ashamed to have him as a president (to the extent I'm ashamed of anything outside my control anyways). But I've been just as ashamed to have Biden, Obama, and Bush as the president too.




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