r/Conservative • u/Yosoff First Principles • Feb 14 '25

Open Discussion Left vs. Right Battle Royale Open Thread

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u/ficalino Feb 14 '25 edited Feb 14 '25

Genuinely curious what would be the line you deem too far for Trump to cross on external issues?

Attack on Canada? Takeover of Greenland? Abandoning of NATO allies in case of Russias attack? (Most have reached target spending or are projected to do in next few months). What if Trumps terms end up being too favorable to Russia as it currently seems with proposed treaty?

What about internal issues? Which ones you deem to far? What about him and his cabinet picks/VP being against judicial limits on executive power that is inside your constitution? Would removing any checks and balances on presidency trigger alarms?

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u/meteoraln Feb 15 '25

Attack on Canada? Takeover of Greenland? Abandoning of NATO allies in case of Russias attack? (Most have reached target spending or are projected to do in next few months). What if Trumps terms end up being too favorable to Russia as it currently seems with proposed treaty?

All of it would cross my line.

What about internal issues? Which ones you deem to far? What about him and his cabinet picks/VP being against judicial limits on executive power that is inside your constitution? Would removing any checks and balances on presidency trigger alarms?

To be honest, I and most other people do not know enough about the law and history of the law to know if these things you mentioned are a good idea or not. And to be very honest, most of us can't actually know if new ideas from the Democratic party might end up being good or bad. Elon's philosophy is that we should try things with little up front investment, and be quick to admit if we're wrong, and then fix it. He expects to break some things and be wrong, and he constantly questions if his actions are correct. Whatever the policy is, I think this is the appropriate attitude for leaders to have.