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Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)But as long as Teflon Don and his GOP crime syndicate control the Dept of Justice, Supreme Court and Senate, the US is "corrupt." And foreign leaders will continue to be "embarrassed" to be associated with our nation.
Cosmocat
(14,565 posts)has had a major negative effect on their country.
I am sure they, like us, will always do their spy vs spy shit, but gotta believe they are hoping we manage to root the mad king out of the white house and at the bare minimum get a W type in there ...
kag
(4,079 posts)I hate this administration as much as the next guy, but it is NOT one of the "most corrupt regimes on the planet." China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and lots of other countries have dramatically more corrupt regimes.
The difference is that we have laws against all of that corruption, and we actually try to govern by those laws most of the time. This administration didn't, and they got caught.
Other countries either don't have those laws, or ignore them, and they don't have the institutions in place (free press, strong legal system, etc.) to do anything about the corruption in their own countries. What ends up happening is when the corruption gets to a level the people finally won't stand for, you get riots (Hong Kong and Moscow to name two recent examples), and sometimes...revolution.
usaf-vet
(6,188 posts)by those laws most of the time. This administration didn't, and they got caught. "
Not before they stole SCOTUS seats and altered the court for years to come.
Not before they gave the riches of the rich trillions in tax breaks.
Not before they lock up kids in cages.
Not before they alienated most if not all our allies.
Not before they allowed long establish EPA rules to be ignored and overturned.
Not before the cabal in and around the WH enriched themselves by raiding every pot of government money they could find.
NOT BEFORE THEY (GOP) ALLOWED THE IDIOT IN THE WHITEHOUSE TO DO WHATEVER HIS DERANGED MIND WANT TO DO.
NOT BEFORE WE WENT FROM ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED COUNTRIES TO THE NOT TO BE TRUSTED LIST IN THREE YEARS.
Most corrupt maybe not ..... BUT the corruption is not over yet I'll wait and see what happens between now and the end of 2020.
I don't disagree. I hate these assholes, and you point out (in BIG, BOLD LETTERS) all of the crap they've gotten away with so far...that we know about.
I guess I'm just glad we have a system in place to at least try to get rid of them without having to use violence. Although, if the idiot republicans insist on exonerating him, we might see a few rocks thrown.