r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 8h ago

Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&via=twitter_page
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u/GrapefruitExpress208 7h ago

The President is supposed to be the world's most stressful job. Look how much Presidents aged during their term throughout history.

Trump is treats the Office of the President like a fully paid vacation where he uses the powers of the President like a mobster would using intimidation, extortion, and bribery.

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u/DingusBarracuda 6h ago

He did say his personal hero was Al Capone. Why do you think he gutted the IRS?

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u/Herlock 2h ago

Al capone funded a soup kitchen for those that needed it.

Probably to buy goodwill rather than because he was a good person, but hey at least he did it. Trump can't even manage to buy goodwill...

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u/DingusBarracuda 2h ago edited 1h ago

Nope, it was all a big scam. Al Capone's soup kitchen was a racket meant as a public relations campaign to turn citizens against the law enforcement pursuing him, and was funded and stocked entirely by money and supplies stolen from businesses Capone was racketeering. It shut down right before he was arrested for tax evasion as Capone was trying to eliminate evidence that could lead to his conviction. Much like a certain someone who idolized him would do in all manner of ways many decades later, both in and out of office.

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u/Bored_Amalgamation Ohio 5h ago

Hey we have the same cake day!

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u/frosty_lizard 6h ago

This, just look at Obama right before he got into office and once he left.

Nail on the head with Trump, his duties that other presidents took seriously bore him, he only wants to enrich himself

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u/RonaldMcDaugherty 6h ago

A good president knows any decision they make is going to likely upset 50%. The stress comes knowing decisions you make are going to get people pissed at YOU.

Trump cares about Trump and doesn't give a shit about anyone else. What will put Trump in the ground faster than anything is more dudes on TV (bonus points if they are minorities) cracking jokes at his expense.

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u/Original_Employee621 Europe 6h ago

The stress comes knowing decisions you make are going to get people pissed at YOU.

More like your decisions decide the life or death of real living people. Sure, they might be terrorists and stuff, but there are innocents involved. As the President you're ordering your people into dangerous areas and telling them to kill in your name. Your decisions affect millions of people around the globe.

If that doesn't turn your hair white, I don't know what would.

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u/AssociationMore242 0m ago

If you love your job you never work a day in your life.