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There are honestly few reasons to be frustrated about Trump's presidency, and the left harping on HRC's loss is silly.

It's not like he proudly boasted about his sexual assaults. Nor has he spoken at conferences for white supremacists. He hasn't even said that Mexicans are rapists and drug dealers (and some, he assumes, are good people). He definitely doesn't have a VP that supports gay conversion camps. And he isn't trying to take healthcare from millions of individuals.

Really, as a white man in the highest tax brackets, I have no reason at all to fear Trump, so why would anyone else?

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The fact that you only see this but don't see anything wrong with Obama's presidency proves the GP's point.

There was plenty wrong with Obama's presidency. The difference is that absolutely zero people had reason to believe that they were less than human due to his presidency. Ignoring that is asinine.

The fact that you don't see how people in communities that are devastated because of the opioids and that have been ignored or even insulted by the dems feel less than human proves the GP's point.

What is Trump doing about the opioid problem besides dismantling health insurance subsidies in the hardest hit communities?

porfirium, Trump placed Jeff Sessions in charge of the latest drug war. If you wish to draw comparisons between this administration and the last you're not helping your cause.

Obviously nothing. But at least he didn't pretend those people didn't exist, he told him he'd fix them up. Pulling out from the Paris agreement is a step forward but there's so much to be done and it remains to be seen if he'll do something (I guess he won't)

I hope that was an attempt at sarcasm. I really do.

Because if not, let me rewrite your last sentence: "Really, as a member of the inoculated group, I have no reason to fear the plague, so why would anyone else?"

Yes.

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