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RunningLogic's avatar

You make a good point, but I still have the right to criticize and ask questions. He hasn’t explained anything behind the scenes as you described in your example, and maybe he can’t for some reason. But given that I have no information about any of his behind the scenes work, I can still regret that some issues weren’t addressed as I would have liked. Trump is also human and makes mistakes sometimes, so it’s not necessarily true that he did things behind the scenes in every case to mitigate any potentially negative effects. I don’t like to blindly stand behind anyone. I don’t understand this seeming need to be uncritically supportive of anything and everything a political figure (or anyone else for that matter) does. I liked Reagan a lot but I still think his signing the childhood vaccine act was a huge mistake. I’m sure he probably did it for what he thought were good reasons but it was still a bad idea. I know, hindsight is 20/20 but we can use those experiences to do better in the future.

I only make assumptions about Trump because I can do nothing else, since he can’t or won’t explain what his strategy or behind the scenes moves are. I would definitely like to know more about why Trump makes the moves and choices he does, he doesn’t really seem to explain a lot about that or at least isn’t always very clear about it. Hopefully we’ll know more at some point.

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GenEarly's avatar

I Agree, Trump needs to Answer some hard questions.

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CMCM's avatar

Agree too. I want to hear an explanation for his vaccine/Covid decisions, I want to know what went on behind the scenes both good and bad.

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