Trump Wants Secrecy; Paul Wants Transparency
As an example:
What Dr. Ron Paul said about Edward Snowden:
https://youtu.be/gmt9Y2T5_ow
What Donald Trump said about Edward Snowden:
https://youtu.be/-wquZJx0Cx0
If you support Donald Trump, then you support a person who's not interested in exposing the "Deep State," just as other neoconservatives, like George W. Bush, weren't interested in exposing the "Deep State." Donald Trump has never been of the same political philosophy as Dr. Ron Paul, and that much has been evident since Trump was in the 2016 Primaries.
Trump is Swimming in the Swamp
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Originally Posted by
Swordsmyth
That's funny, because Trump is exposing the deepstate far more effectively than Ron did.
No, he's not. You can stop with the "Trump is playing 3D Chess" bullshit.
Inquiring Minds Want to Know
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Originally Posted by
nobody's_hero
I'm interested in how you came to that conclusion. Before 2016 hardly anyone outside of libertarian circles talked about what goes on behind closed doors.
Sure, Trump might not have intentionally changed the dialogue on foreign policy and backroom dealings. Maybe he didn't mean to obliterate the average American's faith in the MSM. Maybe he was given too much leeway by his handlers and let the cat out of the bag. In any case, kudos. It should make future liberty candidate runs a hell of a lot easier.
What policies or legislation has Trump encouraged Congress to pass regarding safeguards of our privacy from intrusions by any level of federal bureaucracy, which would reveal Trump's commitment to maintain government transparency, similar to what Edward Snowden exposed?
Trump is the Traitor, Not Snowden
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Originally Posted by
Swordsmyth
His exposure of the FBI/CIA/State Department conspiracy against him and his associates has done much to wake people up about that.
The general public already knew about collusions amongst the FBI, CIA, and State Department before there was a conspiracy against Donald Trump and his associates, and that knowledge was escalated through Edward Snowden's whistleblowing. Trump hasn't woken anyone up to that, and he should've been exposing our intelligence community from the beginning, not when it was politically expedient for himself.
Nonetheless, Trump thinks Snowden ought to be dealt with harshly, as recorded in the video above. And for what?
Bushbot Marxist Trumpkins
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Originally Posted by
specsaregood
some people just want to watch the world burn.
"The Government will pay for it" ~Donald J. Trump.
https://external-content.duckduckgo....jpg&f=1&nofb=1
Bravery and Integrity Breed the Same
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Originally Posted by
Swordsmyth
That is not necessarily true, even if we don't go into the possibility that Snowden only did us a favor because it was also useful to the CIA in their turf war with the NSA.
You can be wrong about Snowden and still be right about many other parts of the swamp.
You're missing the point, Swordsmyth. The fact that Trump is on the wrong side of the Snowden controversy indicates that he's not serious about government transparency, to begin with (except when it's expedient for himself, because he's an egotistical person). Trump is supposed to be encouraging more "Edward Snowdens," especially if he wants the "Swamp Things" to come clamoring out of the swamp, naked for who they truly are.
And I think it's laughable that you believe Trump has exposed "the swamp." Just look at whom he surrounds himself with in his administration (especially in terms of national security and foreign policy), and you'll see that they fit quite nicely in "the swamp."