David Lynch: Trump will go down history for destroying the new world order
Despite being undecided about Trump, Lynch noted that “He could go down as one of the greatest presidents in history because he has disrupted the thing so much. No one is able to counter this guy in an intelligent way.”

The “Eraserhead” and “Mulholland Drive” director also described how, while Trump may not be doing a good job himself, he is opening up a space where other outsiders might. “Our so-called leaders can’t take the country forward, can’t get anything done,” he said. “Like children, they are. Trump has shown all this.”

... Trump will go down [in] history for destroying the new world order

"... No one is able to counter this guy in an intelligent way.”...

Ya cannae argue wi summat that can't argue (or with the laws of physics)...

But we do thank Europe, and their history, for teaching us what not to do.

But we do thank Europe, and their history, for teaching us what not to do.

... It took Europe 2000 years to get where they are today, yet it has only taken you a tenth of that time - That's nothing to be proud of.

I stumbled across an article. It is rather a short book:
"History Will Judge the Complicit - Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?" by Anne Applebaum
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/07/trumps-collaborators/612250/

It's about free society, its gradual transformation into an authoritarian one. What does it take, in what steps does it take place? What does it do to the citizen? Propaganda and reality - truth and lies. It's about the complicity of well-meaning people, their motives and constraints, which make authoritarian societies possible in the first place. Communist authoritarian governments in East Germany, Eastern Europe are discussed, as well as Nazi-collaborating wartime Vichy France. And finally, it compares these findings to the three years of the Trump administration's impact on political parties, MPs, senators, and citizens.

As an East German who grew up in school with socialist propaganda (I only understood that later) until the age of 12, I am very impressed by this in-depth historical and sociological analysis.

It takes a lot of time, but the article is worth reading.

Fortunately for Americans.

Most of us don't follow the beliefs of many in Europe of a Centralized Government of imperfect humans and some will be evil controlling everything.

Our understanding that all power will be corrupted. Means we have, in our Union of States. Internally separated government control among 50 semi-independent States and a Federal Government. A Federal Government that we separated into 4 independent parts. The Presidency, the House, the Senate and the Supreme Court.

But we do thank Europe, and their history, for teaching us what not to do.

Lynch also shared in the interview that he is politically all over the map, having voted for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic primary and thinks — but is unsure — that he voted Libertarian in the presidential election. “I am not really a political person, but I really like the freedom to do what you want to do,” he said.

But we do thank Europe, and their history, for teaching us what not to do.

Your fixation on anything non-American is blatant. It took Europe 2000 years to get where they are today, yet it has only taken you a tenth of that time - That's nothing to be proud of.

Europe still believes that Power will always be controlled non evil people. Or that Government's, for some inexplicable reason, knows what is best.

Their non understanding that all power must be divided and our understanding of the evil's of government power. Is what has stopped the mass murdering and enslaving evils that permeated Europe within the lifetimes of many still alive from happening within the USA over the same lifetimes.

[quote]Europe still believes that Power will always be controlled non evil people. Or that Government's, for some inexplicable reason, knows what is best.
Their non understanding that all power must be divided and our understanding of the evil's of government power. Is what has stopped the mass murdering and enslaving evils that permeated Europe within the lifetimes of many still alive from happening within the USA.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality.

I should have been more specific and just mentioned the criminal empires of the UK, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and other country's invading continents and oppressing, murdering and other crimes against people around the world.

Then adding Nazi Germany, Communist Russia, Fascist Italy... Not too many left.

And a military who primary allegiance is to our Constitution and following the order's of a President are secondary to our Constitution when taking the oath. With all orders by their superiors must be legal and constitutional.

And a military who primary allegiance is to our Constitution and following the order's of a President are secondary to our Constitution when taking the oath. With all orders by their superiors must be legal and constitutional.

As per the Constitution, Article I, Section 8, only Congress has the power to declare war.

Under Harry Truman, the only action by Congress in the Korean War was a $12 billion appropriation. War was not declared. This is the first war where the oft-parodied "police action" was used (by Truman) to describe it, and is the least ambiguous of the bunch as it lasted three years, thus was an unconstitutional war, so everyone who fought in it was given and followed unconstitutional orders from the highest level.

Under Bill Clinton, Operation Uphold Democracy invaded Haiti in 1994. Congress was not involved.

Nor was Congress involved (in fact, declined to be involved) in U.S. military action in Bosnia also under Bill Clinton.

Barack Obama's military strikes against Libya in 2001, described by Defense Secretary Robert Gates as an unambiguous act of war, also did not involve congressional approval.

There are plenty more I am sure.

As far as the allure and influence of Europe on American thought, my feelings are my ancestors left Europe in 1620 for very good reason and I see no good reason not to follow their example by maintaining separation, physically and philosophically.

As far as the allure and influence of Europe on American thought, my feelings are my ancestors left Europe in 1620 for very good reason and I see no good reason not to follow their example by maintaining separation, physically and philosophically.

So you still think the European countries have the same mindset today as in 1620? Hehe:)

As far as the allure and influence of Europe on American thought, my feelings are my ancestors left Europe in 1620 for very good reason and I see no good reason not to follow their example by maintaining separation, physically and philosophically.

So you still think the European countries have the same mindset today as in 1620? Hehe:)

LOL, but the USA still rely on an outdated piece of paper.

As far as the allure and influence of Europe on American thought, my feelings are my ancestors left Europe in 1620 for very good reason and I see no good reason not to follow their example by maintaining separation, physically and philosophically.

So you still think the European countries have the same mindset today as in 1620? Hehe:)

LOL, but the USA still rely on an outdated piece of paper.

Magna Carta ring a bell?

As far as the allure and influence of Europe on American thought, my feelings are my ancestors left Europe in 1620 for very good reason and I see no good reason not to follow their example by maintaining separation, physically and philosophically.

So you still think the European countries have the same mindset today as in 1620? Hehe:)

LOL, but the USA still rely on an outdated piece of paper.

Magna Carta ring a bell?

No. I hear no bells. Magna Carta was written in 1215. The Great Reform Bill in 1832 and the Parliament Act was written in 1911. Meaning that the British constitution has been revised over the years.

Yes a lot of other countries amend or change their constitutions to keep up with the times and remove totally outdated sections that are irrelevant in these modern days.