• atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    Except that not only is that the antithesis of how a federal system works but do you really think that all the tribes support this just as one for instance? Being a tribal member I can just tell you that we don’t and he has been trying to undo our citizenship since day one because of it. What about all the places in the US that can’t vote for the president? I’m not totally sure you understand what the word nuanced actually means.

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      that not only is that the antithesis of how a federal system works

      What in the world are you talking about? Every leader of every region in the world represents their people, regardless of what any of those people think of them. That’s why they’re called “representatives”. That’s exactly how that works.

      President Xi doesn’t come to the US and meet with Barack Obama, because he doesn’t represent America, and can’t make decisions for them.

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        What in the world are you talking about? You seem to be completely forgetting how many times state governors meet with world leaders just like the leader of Germany would.

        Would you say that Gavin Newsom doesn’t represent California because Trump exists?

        The federal system is literally designed such that the head of the EU isn’t the only person representing interests in the EU and the US is exactly the same way. To say that Trump represents the whole of the US is a childish oversimplification at best.

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          You seem to be completely forgetting how many times state governors meet with world leaders

          Remind me, which state is Obama the governor of?

          Would you say that Gavin Newsom doesn’t represent California because Trump exists?

          …huh? Newsom represents the state of California. Trump represents the country of America.

          To say that Trump represents the whole of the US is a childish oversimplification at best.

          To say that he doesn’t is just extremely ignorant. I don’t even know how to go about explaining this. He’s the President of the USA. It’s literally the only thing he does is represent America.

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            What does Obama have anything to do with this? You brought him up and continuing to do so is just showing that you don’t have a real argument to make here.

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              Your inability to comprehend what I’m saying is a reflection exclusively of you, and not the legitimacy of my argument.

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                You aren’t arguing anything for me to be not comprehending. Obama has nothing to do with anything I said and you know it.