“The next time, I’m not waiting” before committing troops to suppress protests, Trump said at a rally in 2023.

  • huf [he/him]
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    1 day ago

    how is this different from what tim walz did though?

      • huf [he/him]
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        1 day ago

        so you're allowed to do it once as long as you say you're sorry afterwards? okay.

        • BrikoX@lemmy.zip
          hexagon
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          12 hours ago

          I thought it was rhetorical question, so I just added context, since the answer was obvious, but if you need it explained here you go.

          Action itself is not different. Scale, logistics, and consequences are though.

          1. Trump doesn't have unilateral control of National Gourd. It would require consent of state governors to enact.
          2. National Guard was only there to maintain peace. They weren't ordered to break up a protest. But it went to shit and he took all of that on himself, learned from it and went to do good (I would love to see Trump admit he did something wrong at least once).
          3. He then banned chokeholds and other restraint methods.
          4. And he moved the case of Floyd's murder to state attorney general, so that he and other murders could be prosecuted instead of it being covered up.

          If you don't see how someone learning from a mistake and moving to do better in the future is exactly something we should strive for, you are a lost cause. Because there is no perfect human being let alone perfect politician.

          • huf [he/him]
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            10 hours ago

            National Guard was only there to maintain peace. They weren't ordered to break up a protest. But it went to shit

            imagine being this naive. you must work at it.

            • BrikoX@lemmy.zip
              hexagon
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              edit-2
              10 hours ago

              If that's your takeaway from the comment, anything further would be pointless.