The World According to Glissando

Tag: trump

  • Courts

    Some new scientific polling results have been published as it relates to Donald Trump and the Courts. The poll was conducted by Reuters/IPSOS. There were some very interesting results.

    82% of American adults say the president should obey court orders.

    68% of Republicans say the president should obey court orders.

    97% of Democrats say the president should obey court orders.

    Here are the specific poll results as it relates to immigration.

    40% of American adults say the president should continue to deport people even after a court order to stop.

    76% of Republicans say the president should continue to deport people even after a court order to stop.

    8% of Democrats say the president should continue to deport people even after a court order to stop.

    When I look at these results, what immediately comes to mind is the effect on the rule of law. You cannot pick and choose which court rulings to obey. True justice in a democracy should and must be blind, not arbitrary. There is a better and more equitable way to address perceived bias in law. Change the law through the democratic legislative process.

    Take immigration, for example. If Congress and the Presidency, both Republicans and Democrats, did their job in the first place a long time ago, the current immigration issues would not even exist. I agree that borders must be secure and that you cannot have large numbers of undocumented immigrants blowing in the wind. This is common sense (if there is such a thing), no matter what country you are talking about. But it’s not the courts that created the chaos. That culpability lies with the Democrats and the Republicans.

    If you allow the erosion of the rule of law by selectively choosing which court rulings you like and which ones you don’t, it will come back to bite you and everyone (excluding the few in the most upper echelon) will lose freedoms.   

  • CIA

    Under the cover of US President Donald Trump’s Administration’s size reduction of the federal government strategy of “offering” (demanding) widespread buyouts or face being fired, this “offer” has just been extended to the CIA. What does this really mean as it relates to everyday Americans?

    First of all, there are going to be a significant number of former CIA employees with classified information and an axe to grind against the United States. Not a good situation for the country.

    Secondly, and more importantly, this will allow Trump and his Administration to replace the fired CIA employees with people who are true blue Trump loyalists. They will potentially be spying on EVERY American as Trump continues to march to his coronation as “King of America.” If you’re in his way, you will be dealt with and you won’t like it.

    The erosion of EVERY American’s freedom is at stake. Time to wake up and realize what Trump and his minions, under the cover of cost reduction, are trying to accomplish. Once America loses its freedoms, it’s highly likely you will never get them back in your life time. The CIA will be part of Trump’s “Secret Police.” Only 32% of Americans voted for Trump. If you’re part of the 68% who did not vote for him, are you ready to give up your American freedoms? I’m sure that some of the 32% who voted for him don’t support this either.    

  • Nazis

    If you are a Canadian or Mexican, here is one way to look at the United States versus Canada and Mexico. I ran the numbers. In the 2024 US election, there were 242,300,000 total number of people who could vote. In the election, Kamala Harris got 75,000,000 votes or 31% of total eligible voters. Donald Trump got 77,300,000 votes or 32% of total eligible voters (hardly a landslide victory). Of all eligible voters, 90,000,000 people did not vote which is 37% of total eligible voters.

    One of the first courses of action taken by Canada and Mexico should to be to immediately and aggressively in every way possible tell the American people that they are heading toward Nazism because of less than one third of the population. Canada and Mexico should hammer this point home now in all forms of media, be it social media, television, newspapers etc. around the world, but, in particular to Americans. I believe that clearly delivering this message would be a great start to defending Canada and Mexico. I think a large majority of Americans do not agree with being Nazis, and America being America, would not want to have their freedoms violated in a Nazi controlled country. This is an actual strategy for you, Canada and Mexico, as opposed to just worrying, complaining or screaming in a panic.