Former President Donald Trump’s push to kill a bipartisan immigration deal may now derail a major national security package, forcing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to suggest a new course of action and endangering aid to Ukraine and Israel in the process.
I mean, they do get the title for life…
Like have you ever heard someone say Mr Obama? Or Mr Bush?
It’s either just last name or president instead of Mr/Mrs
It’s fucked up trump was president, but we can’t just ignore it because it sucked.
We need to own up to our shitty past and use it as motivation to be even better in the future. And more importantly, not to stop caring later. Shit like this is never permanently fixed, it requires constant vigilance and political action or it’ll creep back before we know it.
the guy shit all over the office of president, literally wants to become dictator and you want to give the 91 count indicted criminal some respect?
are you ok?
I don’t, I don’t even capitalize his name. Let alone put president or even Mr in front of it.
I’m just saying:
It’s a stupid thing to complain about
It’s like saying Jeffery Dahmer was an asshole because he never used napkins and burped while eating someone.
Yeah, dude was a giant asshole, but it wasn’t because of his table manners.
Don’t let conservatives drag you into a dumb argument that doesn’t matter, stick to any of the shit that does matter from the incomprehensibly huge pile of his dumb and dangerous behavior.
Actually, yes. Just like you can default to calling someone Colonel after they’ve retired, you can likewise call a former president “President X.” But that former title doesn’t imbue them with extra rights, respect, or powers. Typically, though, I’ve heard people say “Former President X.” It’s only Republicans that incorrectly refer to him as “President.”
We should reckon with our past, but that doesn’t mean we need to normalize titles of respect where they’re underserved, and Trump doesn’t deserve any current special privilege just because he was president in the past. He doesn’t actually control the Republican party by way of right—they’re simply too spineless to stand up to him.
And that’s the problem. They hold the actual power, but they behave like he’s the one in charge.
Mr is used all the time for living former presidents.