I think I prefer cunts and apes to whatever this is

i support the cause of the black guy that appears to have stepped over a half dozen people to reach the watermelon

The fuck is this obsession with coal? It's an antiquated form of energy with incredibly limited employment and zero future growth.

The fixation with old infrastructure models is an outgrowth of the fixation with old America. Far more disturbing is the use of White House authorities to mandate such a choice. Sort of like how the false equivalency of “cunt” vs racism should be much less upsetting than the White House directly demanding the cancellation of a television show.

Interesting idea. I assumed it was just his pathetic reliance on past relationships and partners for every single decision that kept him focused on what is literally the worst mass-produced fuel source.

Apologies. I was referring to his base, not to him. Sort of like how it IS true that old America saw a word like cunt as infinitely more horrific than monkey-referencing race jokes (like, in my own childhood that was the case), so playing the “she said, she said” game there works really well for him with his voters.

I agree with you that Trump’s motivations are a bit more linear. I think that, as with the trade conflicts, he is feeding his base at all costs because he knows he is going to need them. They like the might flexing, the feeling of getting “better deals,” and the sense of exceptionalism...but they like old America more than anything, and often see themselves as its last true protectors.

As an aside, I also think he’s making a terrible mistake. America is at peak public turmoil levels NOW, with a STRONG economy. Americans do not suffer hardship particularly well, and far more popular administrations have suffered badly when things went financially south.

He’s trading immediate, feverish support among his people for very high odds of bigger problems down the road.