Comments by "Triple 9" (@Betta66) on "Trump Visits Troops in Iraq: Legacy Media Outraged" video.

@halfsquatch5110 I'm here because you guys acts like Trump has done no wrong ever and it really gets on my nerves.
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Trump told reporters that he had "no plans at all" to withdraw troops from Iraq. I'm not sure where you got "he wants to bring them home," but I doubt it was from him.
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@pa5287 How many examples do you need?
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Rich S I didn't realize there was a West Bank barrier because I'd never heard of it nor personally visited it. I'm not for "leading groups of illegal aliens across Von Trapp style." My complaint is in the effectiveness of a 2,000-mile border wall across multiple types of terrain, including mountains. https://www.businessinsider.com/us-mexico-border-wall-photos-maps-2018-5 https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2017/04/24/trumps-border-wall-could-have-lasting-effect-on-rivers-water-supply There's the 3.6-mile fence in southern California's Otay Mountain Wilderness. If someone is able to climb the mountains in the Otay Wilderness, including a 3,500-foot mountain peak known for its steep climb and abundance of tarantulas, a 15-foot wall will not make a difference. There's also the matter of Arizona ranchers who own land along the border, which should be cause for concern if you object to the government infringing on private property. Then there's Rio Grande River, the boundary between Texas and Mexico. Legally, the boundary runs down the middle of the river. So if you build a wall along the Rio Grande, where would it go? In the middle of the river? That would be impractical and potentially restrict water flow important to farms and towns on both sides of the river. On the Mexican side? They won't agree to it. On the Texan side? Great, now Texans are going to cede their right to access the water. But sure, call me a dunce and keep pretending this wall is going to work.
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@pa5287 Okay...I'll give you just three. He repealed the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order, which ensured that federal contractors complied with worker protection laws before receiving government contracts. He allowed a dangerous pesticide, chlorpyrifos, to stay on the market. He ended the Stream Protection Rule, which prevented coal companies from polluting nearby streams.
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@yamahantx7005 1. He passed giant, regressive tax cuts written specifically to allow owners of capital to pay lower rates on their passive income than workers do on their wages. 2. He reduced oversight of abusive payday lenders and scam colleges. 3. He let serial labor-law violators compete for government contracts.
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Rich S I have indeed been there three times, but then I haven't seen everything in Washington DC despite it being an hour's drive from my house. I looked up the numbers. Since 1994, Washington has provided the Palestinians with more than $5.2 billion through USAID. Now, is that more than a border wall would cost? It's hard to say. Trump initially claimed the border wall would cost $4 billion, but then he said it would be $6 to $7 billion, and then he said it would cost up to $10 billion. Earlier this month, he said it would be $15 billion, or even $20 billion. Homeland Security estimated it would cost $21.6 billion. So we can save the $5.2 billion we've given to Palestinians for the border wall. The best case scenario is that the $5.2 billion alone would be enough, but since Trump has given multiple estimates, each bigger than the last, I doubt that. But please, continue calling me a dunce for not believing in your stupid wall.
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@liamconroy3731 Wow, that's some really aggressive language. I thought only liberals were supposed to be overly sensitive.
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@fastpony8127 I'm "triggered" because a Mexico border wall is a stupid idea.
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Rich S I fail to see how calling me a dunce proves you right about anything.
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@beyonder2187 Oh, so close. You almost had me until you got to "maybe Israel doesn't deserve to exist."
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@funky-puppet Did you not read the part about border patrol agents finding tunnels? An electric fence won't stop that.
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@fastpony8127 Do you know hard to have an adult discussion when you sad sacks keep moving the goal posts? If I try be reserved, you call me weak. If I get agitated, you talk like you just did. If I'm "triggered," it's because I've had to put up with brainless goblins like you running the government for two damn years and acting like schoolyard bullies. As opposed to you getting triggered because "WAAAH!! Rogue One has women in it!" or "WAAAH!! Stephen King doesn't kiss Trump's ass like I do!" Maybe your case would be stronger if you and your president* weren't the most insecure life forms in history. You talk tough, but that's all you can do and you can't even do that properly. You're a demon who's too cheap to get a pitchfork, and frankly Hell would be too good for you anyway.
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Rich S What's the matter, McFly? Chicken?
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@fastpony8127 If you're so convinced that you're right, I would expect you to want to explain how so you could get more people on your side. Instead, you make yourself more deplorably detestable with every comment and every undeserved stroke of your ego. If this is emblematic of the smug, undeserved condescension that defines you and the necrotics that follow Trump, you must be laughably naive if you still have no idea what my issue is with you people and your Dear Leader.
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@fastpony8127 Are you hearing yourself talk? How can you claim liberals are the snobs when you talk like that? And you are being way too optimistic if you seriously think Trump deserves a second term. If your head is still intact after two terms of Obama, then maybe you should skip the popcorn and fuck off.
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@fastpony8127 Are you going to keep saying "triggered" because you have a smaller vocabulary than a comatose parrot? Yes. Yes, you are. And keep your toxic politics away from my videos, you douche bag. They're not meant to be a place for political discussion, or in your case, for making fart sounds that vaguely resemble English. If you have a problem with my politics, take it up with me in private like an adult and let everyone else enjoy the videos in peace. Or is that expecting too much of you because you have the same capacity for intelligent human interactions as Donnie Thornberry, you sentient pile of filth?
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The issue is not that he visited the troops. It’s that, when he did, he lied about pay raises for military members and exposed the identities and location of an entire SEAL team.
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@usa320 Oh really? Got a link to one of these press releases, by any chance?
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I don't remember CNN egregiously disrespecting the troops. That's Trump's thing. Remember when he directed cuts at Veterans Affairs, or when he suggested troops' midterm election ballots not be counted, or when he passed up Veterans Day ceremonies? If disrespecting troops makes you the enemy of the people, you seem to be conveniently forgetting someone who deserves that title just as much.
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@JesusPerez-iw3ey How cute; you think you know me. You must have forgotten the time when Trump told the widow of a soldier killed in an ambush in Niger that her husband “knew what he signed up for.” Trump then claimed that the description of the phone call by someone who was in a car with the widow while she had Trump on speakerphone was "fabricated." Or when Trump suggested that ballots cast by active duty members of the military deployed overseas shouldn't have been counted in the midterm elections. Or when Trump promised a Gold Star father a personal check for $25,000 and an online fundraiser for the family, but didn't until the White House was pressed into doing so four months later. For someone who claims to love the military, Trump doesn't seem to show it. Also, would you shut up about "fake news"? I can name plenty of conservative outlets that also have sketchy credibility, but you're just going to conveniently ignore them, aren't you?
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@darrellbaxley9315 You haven't heard of the time Trump spoke with the Retired American Warriors and suggested veterans suffering from PTSD are not “strong” and “can’t handle” the stresses of war? Anyway, cutting out "bureaucratic deadwood" doesn't seem to be what the VA reform law did. Otherwise, he wouldn't have disavowed it literally hours after passing it. Or at the very least, he would have established how the bill would be funded. https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2018/06/07/trump-disavows-parts-of-new-va-reform-law-hours-after-praising-it/ https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/06/trump-signs-55-billion-bill-replace-va-choice-program.html https://veteransview.com/news/the-va-against-the-budget-proposal-cut-of-veterans-benefits-for-disabled-unemployable
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@latenightkrew1963 I don't go "what about that one time?" I usually try to give multiple examples. But to my next point, what exactly would you consider "directly disrespecting the troops"? And how do I know you wouldn't still defend him even if he did?
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@darrellbaxley9315 How much money is he giving to PTSD treatment, exactly? I looked up his VA reform bill and found nothing.
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@JesusPerez-iw3ey Fucking hell, man. It's winter break; why are you writing essays? Believe me, I've watched his rallies and seen his interviews, as much as I didn't want to. 1. What "whole conversation" with the widow? Is the entire transcript online? I know it isn't because the White House would have released it. 2. What Democrat from California? I looked up "California Democrat manipulates widow" and came up with zilch. 3. Trump has donated to veterans’ groups over the years, but there is often a discrepancy between the amount he pledges and the amount he donates. In 1995, he said he saved the annual veterans’ parade with a $1 million cash donation, yet the organizer later confirmed he gave somewhere between $325,000 and $375,000. When you mention he skipped a debate for a fundraiser that netted $6 million for veterans, do you mean the fundraiser that campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said actually raised $4.5 million? It's great to raise money for veterans, but what point is there in Trump claiming he raised $6 million when he didn't? That fundraiser netted more money in one day than his foundation gave to charity in four years, so while it is great that money was raised for veterans, I'm not convinced this wasn't at least partly for show. Oh, and there were also two instances of Trump asking for politicians’ help to remove veterans selling wares on Fifth Avenue, where Trump Tower is located, and also using Trump University to scam veterans. 4. When he said Mexico sends criminals, the implication was that only he could stop it by building a border wall and, beyond that, alienating a major trade partner. Turns out, more migrants are coming from Central America now. A border wall would be as questionably effective against them as it was against Mexicans.
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