The Mueller Report thread

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(07-26-2019, 11:03 AM)bfine32 Wrote: 2. I think it's more of a respect for the office and the magnitude of decision required to be made. To be honest before Trump I cannot think of another instance where former POTUS's condemned a sitting President. Be it for good or bad the office used to come with a since of respect. We can argue until we're blue in the face who is the cause of that, but the mystic in eroding.

Granting the presidency is losing its mystique, understanding the causes should be important for anyone who would like to stop the slide in respect.

Enough people now accept and defend a president who breaks all the norms which supported that respect you speak of. That breaking of norms is what precipitated previous presidents to speak out. We have a president who compared his 3rd trophy wife's looks to an opponent's wife's looks in a tweet--and still got elected.

Trump is certainly the immediate cause of drop in respect for the US, world wide. But he remains because a minority keep him in power, indifferent to the damage, seeing it either as a trade off for tax cuts and court appointments or a positive in itself, "shaking things up" and "making liberal heads explode." When Trump is gone, they will still be there, upholding his values and priorities.

If enough people figure out WHY this plurality supports/overlooks the breaking of norms and decide to firmly oppose it, the weekly sinking to ever new depths, then perhaps the respect for office can be restored. But not before.