Trump is a ratings machine. I'm so tired of seeing/hearing him. Non-partisan statement. I reach for the remote whenever Trump or Clinton are on. Not willing to listen to people who yell all the time.
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Donald Trump Calls for Apple Boycott While Tweeting With an iPhone
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Trump is a ratings machine. I'm so tired of seeing/hearing him. Non-partisan statement. I reach for the remote whenever Trump or Clinton are on. Not willing to listen to people who yell all the time.
The only thing worth mentioning about Trump is his airdrome haircut.
As a bombardment target it will surely attract a lot of mexican pigeons in transit.
As a bombardment target it will surely attract a lot of mexican pigeons in transit.
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Trump the chump. Wanting Apple (and others, by example) to create a back door and boost his political appeal because it protects national interest. Yet when the back door unhinges and becomes the problem that Apple and other IT companies fear it will become, where will these political clowns be?
Trump is Toronto's version of Rob Ford but more dangerous.
Yeah because Trump is apparently sober while mouthing off. This is as good as it gets with Trump.
Trump is an idiot who inherited millions upon millions from his father. He went bankrupt several times and has sold his name for billions.
He has no solutions. While Sanders is pie in the sky, Trump has no concrete plans aside from "I'm great" and certainly no respect or understanding of nuance or law.
Having a larger than life personality doesn't make you smart, nor does it make you qualified. He has tapped into frustration, but unfortunately, some people have a very shallow knowledge of government. Saying Trump magically became a billionaire is easy. Do you think Kim Kardashian deserves to be president? Or Paris Hilton?
Fun fact, and completely unsubstantiated. My dad was hanging with Trump when Nikki Hilton was born at a sports game and trump announces "another person has joined the lucky [inappropriate] club" and my dad looked at him, knowing Fred personally, and said "and you're not?"
Also Trump is not quite a conservative: he isn't against growth of government, or growth of taxes (so he isn't an economic conservative). He's not against abortion and hasn't been against gays...so he's not a religious or social conservative. Not that he will censor himself or go to church...
In fact, how does he explain these lack of nuance and ideology to his supporters? Trust me, I'm a self made billionaire who threatens to sue everyone, abuses bankruptcy law, hoodwinks investors through dubious schemes, and I'll do it better regardless of the law cause I'm great.
Trump channels anti-Americanism and tries to appeal to the right. Apple here is clearly standing for the constitution. And if you follow my posts, I'm extremely cynical about Apple normally. I also believe iMessage is a more or less secure medium and have no desire to see people destroy this. The truth is people have a right to privacy, and before cell phones and recorders existed it was impossible to get these kinds of conversations. And civilization didn't collapse.
He has no solutions. While Sanders is pie in the sky, Trump has no concrete plans aside from "I'm great" and certainly no respect or understanding of nuance or law.
Having a larger than life personality doesn't make you smart, nor does it make you qualified. He has tapped into frustration, but unfortunately, some people have a very shallow knowledge of government. Saying Trump magically became a billionaire is easy. Do you think Kim Kardashian deserves to be president? Or Paris Hilton?
Fun fact, and completely unsubstantiated. My dad was hanging with Trump when Nikki Hilton was born at a sports game and trump announces "another person has joined the lucky [inappropriate] club" and my dad looked at him, knowing Fred personally, and said "and you're not?"
Also Trump is not quite a conservative: he isn't against growth of government, or growth of taxes (so he isn't an economic conservative). He's not against abortion and hasn't been against gays...so he's not a religious or social conservative. Not that he will censor himself or go to church...
In fact, how does he explain these lack of nuance and ideology to his supporters? Trust me, I'm a self made billionaire who threatens to sue everyone, abuses bankruptcy law, hoodwinks investors through dubious schemes, and I'll do it better regardless of the law cause I'm great.
Trump channels anti-Americanism and tries to appeal to the right. Apple here is clearly standing for the constitution. And if you follow my posts, I'm extremely cynical about Apple normally. I also believe iMessage is a more or less secure medium and have no desire to see people destroy this. The truth is people have a right to privacy, and before cell phones and recorders existed it was impossible to get these kinds of conversations. And civilization didn't collapse.
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"I agree 100 percent with the courts. In that case, we should open it up." [...] "I think security, overall, we have to open it up and we have to use our heads. We have to use common sense,"
My respect for the current president just went so many notches higher. This guy is hilarious. He does not have the gravity that the current president does.
My respect for the current president just went so many notches higher. This guy is hilarious. He does not have the gravity that the current president does.
I'm afraid that's one of Trump's main selling points amongst his supporters...
Trump gives extra dimensions to the word "cringeworthy".
I seriously don't see how so many people are supporting this idiot. We need to seriously be concerned for this country if he was to become president. He's going to make this country a definite enemy to a lot of people and countries with the complete BS that constantly comes out of his mouth.
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The man scares the hell out of me, and this is yet another example of what an uninformed moron he is. The only thing scarier than Donald is the number of Americans supporting his rants. I never thought anyone would actually vote for him. Obviously, I overestimated my fellow citizens.
A Trump-initiated boycott makes me want to go out and buy more Apple devices!
A Trump-initiated boycott makes me want to go out and buy more Apple devices!
First off, the 'oh both sides are crazy and I am above it all' is both intellectually lazy and morally bankrupt. Both sides are not always equally wrong, both sides are not always equally at fault. But it's easy to sound superior without any actual knowledge to base your opinions on if you claim they are.
Actually... yeah, it turns out. He got his money by getting huge loans from his family. And it's much easier to make $2 million from $1 million than it is to make your first million. Plus, as has been pointed out dozens of times but which somehow never penetrates, Donald Trump, over the past 30 years, has actually made less money than he would have if he'd just invested his money in a stock market index fund and retired, and that's even if we assume that he's not outright lying about his current net worth, which Forbes says he is.
Example source.
So yes. Trump is a big blowhard and a bully, who likes to advertise his amazing prowess at business, but in fact he's done very, very poorly. Despite his having plenty of money to hire very competent people.
That's because, from where we're sitting, it's being run badly. Although we tend to quite like Obama over here.
Trump, named after a fart or the fruits of flabby woof woofs or a queef.
How has he not been arrested for hate speech? The US political system seems based around who can be the biggest skank and moron, like an episode of the kardasians. I'm surprised we haven't see him in a sex tape with ray jay yet!
If the US elects this less than sub human trash i'll be gobsmacked and so disappointed.
How has he not been arrested for hate speech? The US political system seems based around who can be the biggest skank and moron, like an episode of the kardasians. I'm surprised we haven't see him in a sex tape with ray jay yet!
If the US elects this less than sub human trash i'll be gobsmacked and so disappointed.
Yes let's follow the words of a man who beat and raped his first wife. He typifies EVERYTHING wrong with the US, he is nothing but a disgusting bully. I would be amazed if the vast majority of his white trash supporters would understand an Apple product (and that is not difficult).
I don't agree with the government (or Trump) on this issue, but you are being hypocritical here. Either you believe in privacy or you don't. You can't say you support Apple on this and then say you think it would be great if they cracked Trump's phone.
And you do realize that you are supporting Apple to not open a MURDERING TERRORIST'S phone, but you think it would be okay to crack open the phone of a rogue politician/entertainer. That's right, target political opponents, not people who go on mass killings.
It's privacy for all or for none, folks.
I'm trying to find out. Years ago I used to vote for our centre-right party. I can understand the appeal of right wing politics, or rather I can understand that we go through different political eras where one party is better suited than another.
But Donald Trump. I don't understand it. I'm not American so I don't know how real he is, but I can't shake the feeling he's some kind of joke that isn't translating well.
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I can't speak for the poster you replied to, but I get the impression that was sarcasm. Also "MURDERING TERRORIST" in full caps. I wish I could find the post now but recently someone here posted along the lines of "the US has X number of gun related deaths a year but nothing is done. The US has 15 people killed by a terrorist with guns and they want to throw privacy away". I do the original quote no justice.
People tend to gravitate towards others who they think share common beliefs.
On topic, maybe MacRumors and other media outlets should start boycotting Trump. Who the **** cares what this airhead thinks?