Well, you sure took "good" and ran with it. How about decent? The president should be of high moral character. That you would argue with this is ridiculous.
Whats the definition of "decent"? or of "high moral character" ? Those are points of view, nothing more.
Would you consider a president that is in favour of
late-term abortion as"decent"? I wouldn't. But some people would think otherwise. Truth is all those words have different meanings for each different person. And that is why they can't be used as a standard.
A president is someone hired to do a job and follow the rules. Nothing more. Whether he is a "good" or "bad" person has little to do with things, because each person defines good and evil in a different manner.
That is absurd. Since Trump supporters don't believe any news source that is not Trump-approved, I'll just post a video of him lying and contradicting himself in his own words. It's two years old, so it's missing at least a few hundred lies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo-hqYe87vs
None of this matters as much as whether or not he is lying about Russia, a point that is still being investigated.
Most of the snipets of those interviews are about Trump's opinion regarding certain subjects, and some have decades of diference. I think people are entitled to change opinions on certain subjects. Others are controversial because some were said during campaign time, and then contradicted while on the presidency based on the actual possibility of realisation.
For example:
- Interview where he supports invasion of Irak is in 2002 (as soon as it started), while opposition to the war came in 2003. I think people can change positions once evidence is revealed, as it was with Irak once all the war-crimes began to surface, and an extended occupation was on the way.
- The issue with abortion is similar, most people change their minds over the years, and the more we know scientifically about biology the better we can make decisions. Those interviews are decades apart.
The
only issue that is correct about him changing his mind is his stance on health-care. He used to advocate a national health-care system and then changed his stance once in the presidency. Certainly the reality of having one was much more costly than it was imagined. However it is fair to point out that he hasn't (at least so far) removed the current system. I presume changes would come if he is re-elected. But I genuinely think he has no idea what to do with it. Truth is, no one does.
The whole russian issue has been debunked many times: it was a rumor that began thorugh the "russian bots changed the minds of the american people" and democrats are running with it; he has been under investigation for 2 years,
no evidence at all has surfaced, so it is unlikely. Does he have connection with russian businessmen and maybe goverment officials? probably, but that isn't illegal and the same is true for most politicians and international businessmen.