Doublehalf

I was banned for 2 months so I had to play catch up!

The one thing I will say is... In education, geography specifically, they teach kids and test them on names of things like the Great Lakes in grade school. Will new text books need to be ordered with this change? Will only some states do this? Will educators accept 2 different answers? What about state testing? Will some kids be taught names can change with every administration and they will react saying what's the point in learning names of places if they always change? Become apathetic? Will classrooms argue over the names of geographic bodies based on politics? This kind of trolling, while stupid and idiotic, do impact and cascade down to other places we may not think of right away.

I'm not sure I'd say he has a good chance, but he does have a chance. He has that combative quick communication style that Trump has that people seem not to mind. On a debate stage I think he'd make desantis look inferior from a masculinity standpoint that conservatives seem to place significant emphasis on. Im not trying to argue with you, just having a dialogue.

The history of Fort Bragg being named after a confederate soldier?

I'd venture to say the ones he's pissed off in the military are the highly ranked individuals which make up far less of that stronghold than your average enlisted men. I'd also be willing to say those average enlisted men that make up the republican stronghold that is the military would like what Hegseth espouses- minus those on the Abraham Lincoln. Unless you have some alternative anecdotes which I would be curious to hear more about.

Do you feel the same way about military base name changes away from confederate soldiers?

I think of you gave his base, even those that have drifted away, the choice between him and a Democrat 99% still vote for him. I'd even say if you put in Vance or Hegseth it would still break close to that.

https://www.wunc.org/military/2026-06-25/house-committee-votes-remove-confederate-names-fort-bragg as recently as June of last year house committee still wants bipartisan effort- which it has in the house- to remove Confederate soldiers names from military bases. The article states it doesn't want our military bases named after people that fought against the nation to defend slavery which I think is a reasoned decision.

You seem very sensitive to this

Don't you think there's a large portion of the Trump base that eats up what Hegseth serves them?People used to think Trump was a joke when he announced and here we are...

He's been very quiet the last couple of years. Is he trying to slide under the radar to not attract negative attention from Trump you think? Otherwise I feel like he's want to start being highly visible in the public eye.

what do those on the right think about this? Who are your choices? Rubio? Vance? Hegseth? Any others?

I'd say Americans that are struggling see the optics of this and think "why is he bothering with this crap when I can barely feed my family"

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-biden-september-11-anniversary-new-york-b3043460.html Trump is not appearing alongside all other living US Presidents at Ground Zero for the 25th anniversary of the largest terror attack in US history. The article claims political speeches cannot be given at ground zero and also he is flying to Ireland for a Golf tournament at one of his clubs that day and it's easier to fly out of DC than NY? Apparently he can give a speech at the pentagon... I would think a president that is from NYC no less would be present for a ceremony like this when all others will be.

Biden was not signing executive orders and making a big deal out of probably 90% of these. I'm also not going to take the time to fact check this list as there are likely mistakes. Isn't Trump involved with naming things the way he wants far more? The Kennedy center?

Renaming a large geographic area/Great Lake the entire world has come to know by a certain name is different than naming a military base in South Carolina, don't you think? Can we re-name Iowa as New New York? Would it he funny if a liberal president renamed Iowa to troll?

Surprised this hasn't been talked about yet here... What do you all think of Trump renaming all of these geographic bodies of water? Is this him just trolling? Do we want the president of the United States preoccupied with trolling, especially allies of ours like Canada? If he's going to troll, why not troll Russia? Is this more just punching down? This seems like a waste of oxygen to be talking about this instead of the current cost of living crisis that we are in.

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/joe-rogan-targets-trump-over-191500750.html Interesting Rogan is starting to go after Trump a little more lately... I am curious what makes Trump's and his sons' efforts to enrich himself legal as Rogan states whereas other family members of past administrations have been admonished. Can't we all agree it's wrong regardless?

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-body-shaming-social-media-b3042805.html Hegseth, between the war with Iran and all the responsibilities that come with being the secretary of defense/war somehow finds time to peruse twitter to find a Canadian cadet picture to make fun of... Just checking to see if my friends on the right support this behavior? Is this what we should expect from the highest levels of our administrative officials?

I don't think it took into account that they would be too afraid to walk into city limits...

You want to cross the mason dixon line for another ass whooping? People in the south have no grit whatsoever when it comes to cold weather. If you re-fought that war again they'd get dog walked again. They even had better military tacticians than the north and still got spanked. Should we give guys that get pinned at NCAAs a second chance to take first too? Tyical whiney and victim mindset.

Couldn't imagine living my life in the absolute fear that you do. Maybe don't leave your farms basement?

Whatever helps you sleep at night- just don't go to Mississippi or you might not wake up!

Funny that republicans couldn't stand Fetterman and then he stroked out, has brain damage and all of the sudden they like him. What does it mean if someone without a fully functioning brain all of the sudden aligns with your worldview?

Was it Bill Clinton????