Trump said Obama made us look bad all the way until he left office. So we should be looking better now that the king of making us look good is in.

Not relevant either, the view of a politician with his own set of advisors is not going to be the same as random people on the street.

No matter how you cut it trump sucks in the worlds eyes.

WTF is up with the high Trump support numbers in Africa?

Government controlled media?

From a quick google it appears to be anti-establishment sentiment and rank stupidity. So the same reasons for his popularity in America, then.

Obama was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2009.

Obama was wildly popular in the rest of the world for the entire duration of his presidency.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...48931172556802

Ignoring the GOP's lack of desire to do anything, can a POTUS be brought up on impeachment charges without breaking any laws? I'm just wondering how things like abuse of power, using the office of the presidency to target individual vengeances, not feeling like working for a year or two, violation of the oath of office, misleading the public, inactivity when faced with attacks from a foreign power, etc. all work.

Is there a limit to how much harm he can do or something? Or, if there must always be at least one underlying crime, how is that not moot for the people who argue that the President cannot break the law?

Abuse of Power is the biggest umbrella listed above, as it encompasses many of the others. It's also unique in the sense that it is nearly always a pattern of behavior as opposed to a single event. Matter of fact, I can't conceive of a non-crime big enough to be a smoking gun for abuse. It basically HAS TO BE a trend in order to count as problematic behavior. Intent must need to play a large role as well.

Any lawyers here feel like chiming in?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_v._United_States

(This is a 1993 case not about President Nixon, but against a judge with the same name that was impeached and convicted and removed from his judgeship)

In short, a crime is whatever the House says it is, and a conviction by the Senate is final.

I agree with you, in that, for example, the House would use umbrella crimes such as "Abuse of Power" or "Corruption".

he cant necessarily be removed by impeachment specifically for some of those things but there is another law/amendment (or whatever this is called) for removing presidents that are unable to function normally in their jobs.

He's just retweeting Fox & Friends now.

I always found this such a bizarre talking point. I wish someone had asked for data whenever it was asserted.

It's wrong to focus on "crimes". The phrase is "high crimes and misdameanors", which was understood to mean abuse of power more generally. If 2/3 of the Senate thinks something is impeachable, it is. Withdraw from the climate accord could in theory be impeachable or the Louisiana Purchase.

At some level democracy assume a level of rationality and competence among the governed and their representatives, including with regard to understanding and implementing the Constitution. Whatever technical arguments one wants to make, Clinton was not removed from office and most people regarded Gingrich as a blowhard, a judgement that has more than stood the test of time.

Your occasional reminder.

American conservatism is now headed by a con man because the movement as a whole is largely a series of grifts https://t.co/iFaPzaux6Q https://t.co/XAOjyLPlhU

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/sta...72977939365888

Maybe the poll was bogan heavy.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/presi...ds-commentary/

http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/18/medi...eet/index.html

http://www.mediaite.com/online/trump...de-same-point/

He has been for a while. Lazy **** even plagiarizes his tweets.

The Fox & Friends **** has to stop. Fox even admits it's not a new show but a "conservative" talk show. So effectively our President is getting his morning news from Regis and Kelly.

Our President is effectively running a disinformation campaign against his own people. It's gross, unamerican and should be illegal.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...82547235651584

He sounds like a ****ing mental patient.

He sounds like a russian style propaganda campaign.

She's kinda hot though.

Cool storybr0 about how Harvey Levin/TMZ are in bed with Trump

Hey, remember Trump's lawyer from the recent Chris Wallace interview?

Cliffs: "The President is being investigated for an unfair reason" "So you're confirming the President is under investigation." "No, how dare you suggest such a thing! Really, where do you get these ideas, Chris?"

Well, shocker, it turns out like client like lawyer. He's funnelled millions in donations for his Christian advocacy outfit to his personal and family enrichment.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...ulow-donations

Here is a more detailed article from 2005 about his extensive self dealing.

https://web.archive.org/web/20070416...=1130499506270

https://twitter.com/Ukraine/status/879706437169147906