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We’ve just returned from a holiday. The Spanish hotel’s TV was either Spanish or German. That is, apart from CNN which was the only channel broadcasting in English.

Just about every time we switched it on, there was anti-Trump content. That was all they really wanted to do. Trash Trump!

All seemed very one-sided to me, so does every American hate him - or is it just the media?

We don’t have this sort of broadcasting in The UK. It’s all very balanced here😉
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The average American is fed up with politics and the entire thing.

The reason he is in the news lately is the various legal cases that are closing in on him.

I just avoid the news.
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Pod wrote: Tue Oct 18, 2022 11:37 am so does every American hate him - or is it just the media?
No, Australian's hate him too. :lol:
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Few Americans actually trust our media anymore. The mainstream media (and I include CNN in this) in the U.S has been very biased for decades; it's pretty clear to many of us that it’s become little more than a propaganda arm of the democratic party. The latest Gallup poll shows that Americans' trust in the media to report things fairly and honestly has dropped to a record low; only 16% of adults say they have "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in what's being reported in newspapers, and only 11% in broadcast news.

Yes, they're very anti-Trump. The reason you see Trump in the news so much these days is because the democrats are worried they’re going to lose their stranglehold over our nation’s policies in the elections we have coming up. In the nearly two years since Biden took office, we’ve got 40-year high inflation due to excessive government spending, near record-high gas prices, an authoritarian push into EVs that few can afford, an open border over which 2 million illegal immigrants have entered our country, out-of-control crime in our big cities due to defunding our police departments and reduced enforcement, attacking parents as “domestic terrorists” for objecting to the teaching of hate-filled ideas like “critical race theory” and “queer theory” to their children, a concerted effort to divide us along racial/ethnic/sexuality lines, weak leadership on the international stage with China, Russia and Iran, ad infinitum. Just google “Biden failures” and you’ll see a whole lot more. The Left has been emboldened under Biden and has had their way with the direction the country has been led. We can see where it’s taken us.

No, our media don’t want to put a spotlight on important issues; they need a “boogie man” to change the focus. They’d much rather try to stir up voter turnout on the Left by keeping the discussion all about Donald Trump, because they know he was never popular with liberals, socialists/Marxists, and “the Washington elite” who have been entrenched in power for years. Even before he took office they were trying one scheme after another to attack him. Even our Department of Justice and Department of Revenue have been politicized and corrupted in an effort to “get” him and his supporters.

Despite the constant propaganda from the media, most Americans, regardless of social class or ethnic background, benefited under his leadership. I think many of us are waking up to this fact, too.
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LarryM's statement from the West Coast is the
same as mine from the East Coast and it's all true.
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I thought the reason that Trump was in the news so much was the fact that all his chickens had come to roost in Courts across America?
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Anyone espousing, promoting, supporting racism, hatred and bigotry have no place in my life.

Supporting the COMMUNIST Putin regime is treason. He's preparing for nuclear war because his economic war against the west is present but not overwhelming. The Saudis have joined his crusade to cripple the US economy but the Chinese are wary of self inflicted wounds. Blame Biden for world events cultivated by Trump

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Wishing we had an "ignore thread" button.

A thread similar to this one threatened to tear Bigcoupe.com apart some time back. I'm ashamed that I even replied to this one above. I won't make that mistake again.

The brotherhood and camaraderie we here is worth more than petty politics. Regardless of which side of the political fence you're on, I respectfully ask you refrain from further divisive replies. This is from a regular member, not a moderator or administrator. Just a personal opinion/plea.
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Another BMW forum I belong to has a thread named, literally, “Trump-bashing thread” along with other politically-themed threads. All they do is serve as confirmation bias for people who tend to think alike; they don’t change anybody’s minds. As Ken notes, they only divide people. Christ, we’ve got enough of that going on in our culture already.

There are more appropriate internet forums for discussions about politics and that’s where I’ll put my political comments in the future. Many of the events going on today are serious and complex, and deserve a more thorough discussion than a back-and-forth rant on a car forum. Most E24 owners I’ve met have been good folks regardless of their world view, and the last thing I want to do is derail this excellent forum. Hence I’m done posting in this thread and will stick to cars.
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Good sentiment Larry regarding politics and this forum. Most come here for obsolete BMW tech.

I do want to commend you on your earlier post that was full of tech in response to the OP.
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Just wanted to say that I have t-shirts for sale.....
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CSGuy wrote: Fri Oct 21, 2022 1:42 am Just wanted to say that I have t-shirts for sale.....

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Given the way the Trump grifts money from his supporters you should be a millionaire by Sunday selling those!
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You're saying the numbers are in my favor, sweet...Maybe a booth at Woodley is in order :D
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