POLITICS & DONALD Annoying Orange MEGATHREAD

[Dreams_Of_Cheese]

I mean, what's more unnecessary, Annoying Orange saying he's signed more bills than any president for some reason, or an article reporting on whether or not its true? The position of president leads people to take what you say sorta seriously.

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[Daswiruch]

Cringe

you've finally hopped off the autism wagon and gone to just saying cringe?

[beachbum111111]

Don't get me wrong. Seeing the guy impeached would be mind-blowingly awesome. But I can't say for certain whether it would be better or not.

Its like you get more and more autistic the longer this goes on. Let me know when you start dying your hair purple and pronounce that you're trans-asian.

[SeventhSandwich]

you're framing this as if Annoying Orange is both unqualified and incapable and also an incredibly threatening evil.

He is absolutely unqualified and incapable. I don't necessarily picture him as an 'evil' mastermind, but more like an idiot who has been put into a position where he can cause damage. Like a child piloting a Boeing 747. It's hard to draw the line where incompetence ends and malice begins.

Its like you get more and more autistic the longer this goes on. Let me know when you start dying your hair purple and pronounce that you're trans-asian.

low-effort diss, friendo.

also, off the top of my head I can name more conservative forumers with purple hair than liberal ones.

[Deus Ex]

He is absolutely unqualified and incapable. I don't necessarily picture him as an 'evil' mastermind, but more like an idiot who has been put into a position where he can cause damage. Like a child piloting a Boeing 747. It's hard to draw the line where incompetence ends and malice begins.

What makes him unqualified and incapable?

[Cappytaino]

What makes him unqualified and incapable?

enforcing immigration law, pushing hard to repeal obamacare, and getting the feds out of schools

Look how incompetent those positions are!

And did you hear he says mean things? Atrocious!

[SeventhSandwich]

What makes him unqualified and incapable?

• Demonstrated lack of understanding of basic geopolitics and US foreign policy
• Literally no political experience whatsoever
• Wants to gut social welfare in favor of economic growth yet simultaneously tries to curtail immigration and energy innovation which are favorable for the economy
• Fails to serve professionally as 'head of state' and has demonstrably worsened the American image with our closest allies and economic partners - Germany and Mexico in particular.

[Cappytaino]

• Demonstrated lack of understanding of basic geopolitics and US foreign policy
• Literally no political experience whatsoever
• Wants to gut social welfare in favor of economic growth yet simultaneously tries to curtail immigration and energy innovation which are favorable for the economy
• Fails to serve professionally as 'head of state' and has demonstrably worsened the American image with our closest allies and economic partners - Germany and Mexico in particular.

Annoying Orange if anything is in favor of investment and growth in the alternative energy sector. Saying he isn't is ludicrous. "But he continues to deregulate coal!" Yeah but Annoying Orange isn't an idiot, he fully understands at the least the business side of alternative energy and the jobs that would be created.

The people didn't elect Annoying Orange to be a prudish ninny. He's a do-er and they knew that. He is the people's middle finger to the establishment, nothing more, nothing less.

The guy isn't as stupid as you make him seem. Idiots don't just stumble into billions of dollars.

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this thread should go on a 17 day golf vacation

[Deus Ex]

• Demonstrated lack of understanding of basic geopolitics and US foreign policy
• Literally no political experience whatsoever
• Wants to gut social welfare in favor of economic growth yet simultaneously tries to curtail immigration and energy innovation which are favorable for the economy
• Fails to serve professionally as 'head of state' and has demonstrably worsened the American image with our closest allies and economic partners - Germany and Mexico in particular.

Lol, alright man

[SeventhSandwich]

Annoying Orange if anything is in favor of investment and growth in the alternative energy sector. Saying he isn't is ludicrous. Yeah but Annoying Orange isn't an idiot, he fully understands at the least the business side of alternative energy and the jobs that would be created.

Entertaining the idea of sticking solar panels on his ridiculous wall does not make him a proponent of alternative energy. Likewise, deregulating coal creates fewer jobs than alternative energy because most coal-mining is done by large companies with massive machinery. The largest coal mine in the United States, Black Thunder Coal Mine, employs less than 1500 people, even though its total net output is literally thousands of times larger than any of the 'coal trade deals' Annoying Orange has arranged thusfar in his tenure as president.

What makes him an opponent of alternative energy is the fact that he rejects the mountains of peer-reviewed evidence and overwhelming scientific consensus that humans are contributing to climate change. He has repeatedly appointed people to high positions in federal environmental agencies who share his belief that protecting the environment is an unnecessary drain on the profits of the long-dead American industrial sector. This coal deregulation is a step towards hurting alternative energy, but it's by no means the last thing he's going to do. Just watch.

Idiots don't just stumble into billions of dollars.

They can and do. There's this popular misconception that Annoying Orange has made his fortune by being a smart businessman, but that's actually not accurate at all. If you take the total amount of money he inherited from his father and look at the returns he would have made investing in index funds (which are considered some of the most stable, safe stocks you can buy), he would have made more than he has as a real-estate mogul.

In other words, the wealth he's accumulated is pretty much entirely just because of his father.

[beachbum111111]

They can and do. There's this popular misconception that Annoying Orange has made his fortune by being a smart businessman, but that's actually not accurate at all. If you take the total amount of money he inherited from his father and look at the returns he would have made investing in index funds (which are considered some of the most stable, safe stocks you can buy), he would have made more than he has as a real-estate mogul.

In other words, the wealth he's accumulated is pretty much entirely just because of his father.

Holy stuff this garbage you are spewing was debunked over a year ago

[SeventhSandwich]

Holy stuff this garbage you are spewing was debunked over a year ago

The only caveat to what I said is that for the first decade of his business career, he actually did worse than index funds. Then, he did a lot better than index funds in the 80s, which averaged out to doing approximately just as well as index funds.

If there's some new information that debunks what I'm saying, then post it and I'll eat crow.

[beachbum111111]

The only caveat to what I said is that for the first decade of his business career, he actually did worse than index funds. Then, he did a lot better than index funds in the 80s, which averaged out to doing approximately just as well as index funds.

If there's some new information that debunks what I'm saying, then post it and I'll eat crow.

You realise that Annoying Orange didn't inherit his father fortune until 1999 right? And by then he already eclipse dhim in wealth

[SeventhSandwich]

You realise that Annoying Orange didn't inherit his father fortune until 1999 right? And by then he already eclipse dhim in wealth

The figure I'm quoting is that he would have made significantly more money having invested in 1988, when he was already running his real-estate business off of capital given to him by his father.

This discussion is further complicated by the fact that nobody really knows how much Annoying Orange is worth, except for Annoying Orange. There have been independent estimates that range from like 2 billion to the 10 billion he claims he has. But even if you take the high estimate, there's an entire 29 year streak of business where he just would have been better off retiring. Not the mark of a successful businessman.