Who should be Trump's VP choice and why?

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(06-11-2024, 07:53 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Seeking asylum is different from wanting to immigrate.  Now, if asylum seekers in Mexico want to apply to immigrate here than that's totally fine.  But they should not be able to use asylum claiming rules at the Mexican border with the US unless they are Mexican.  Ukraine is a rather different kettle of fish.  It's been invaded by an aggressive neighbor.  if the Eu agrees to distribute refugees from that conflict that's certainly their prerogative.

Oh I see, so asylum seekers can get asylum in Mexico and then apply for immigration to the US. Which of course will not happen if you freeze immigration, leaving Mexico with all the burden from every real and hypothetical refugee crisis arising in the south. Putting aside how that probably will increase migration pressure, it sounds a bit selfish to see it that way, and I feel the US should just - voluntarily - be better than claiming geography frees you from any obligation to be a refuge for fleeing people. That's why I brought up Germany, more in a theoretical sense of how a rich western country imho should not behave when aspiring to stay a humanitarian nation. That also would be my main reason to oppose the idea.

(06-11-2024, 07:53 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Haha, no worries.  It probably happens more often than you'd think.  He has some decent ideas under the sophomoric insults and bluster.  Of course, he has some really bad ones as well.

Sure, there were some decent thoughts, like he's not wrong on demanding NATO members spend more on defense, and some others every now and then. Also, he's not bloodthirsty, that is a genuine plus imho. Then again, as an overall package my opinion of him is still, to put it vaguely, a distinctly negative one for reasons debated ad nauseum.

(06-11-2024, 07:53 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I do think one positive of his winning in November, should that occur, will be an end to the war in Ukraine.  Which is hardly a bad thing.

Yeah we probably won't see eye to eye on that one. An end to the war means Putin winning it, and that most certainly could be a very bad thing in my book.