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Why is Trump ignoring the Olympics?

_Sal said:
Henrin, you are shocking me

oh wait,

no you aren't :mrgreen:

I actually have questioned it too...might be a good thread
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If the goal is to bring the world together then honestly the internet already does that. In fact, the internet brings all people together by getting them to talk and share ideas, while the Olympics brings athletes together that everyone watches. The internet involves more people, happens all year long, and is cheaper.
 
Henrin said:
If the goal is to bring the world together then honestly the internet already does that. In fact, the internet brings all people together by getting them to talk and share ideas, while the Olympics brings athletes together that everyone watches. The internet involves more people, happens all year long, and is cheaper.
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true enough
 
Why is Trump ignoring the Olympics? The same reason most Americans ignore the Olympics.
 
These Olympics have been... MEH. I can remember the '84 Olympics and how excited I was for them, how much I LOVED watching, I've seen every Summer and Winter Olympics since. But this year... aside maybe watching a few swimming and diving events I just... meh. MEH.
 
Renae said:
These Olympics have been... MEH. I can remember the '84 Olympics and how excited I was for them, how much I LOVED watching, I've seen every Summer and Winter Olympics since. But this year... aside maybe watching a few swimming and diving events I just... meh. MEH.
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I have not really caught much of the oylmpics but i did happen to catch the womens american beach volleyball vrs brazil. Brazil won the first night i caught it and america came back and won it the 2nd night and won the bronze. Both games were very exciting to watch and im not into volleyball. The exchanges were intense and bith teams really took it at eachother. I would of been proud of the usa team even if they had lost. Just saying the oylmpics are still special even though its not america and the free world fighting the iron curtain anymore.

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Rico Suave said:
Why has Trump hit the mute button on the Olympics, while Clinton has pumped up the volume? There’s a good reason for that, and a surprising one. The spectacle of America vanquishing its global rivals is—ironically, amazingly—utterly terrible for the “America First” candidate.A big part of his political message, the one you hear at his stump speeches, is that America has grown weak. America doesn’t win anymore, he says. “Crippled America” is the title of his most recent book. He alone can Make America Great Again. As someone who’s been around a few campaigns, believe me: The Olympics is about the worst thing that could have happened to the Trump train. Here’s a candidate whose message depends entirely on convincing Americans that they’re living in a failing nation overrun by criminal immigrants. And for the past two weeks, tens of millions of Americans have been glued to a multi-ethnic parade of athletes, winning easily. “Make America Great Again” has never felt more out-of-touch than it does against the backdrop of tenacious, overachieving American athletes driven by their own journeys in pursuit of the American dream.

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Because the Olympics, which is an event that always loses the host nation tons of money, doesn't help anyone here in the U.S.? :shrug: Maybe if Trump was working on behalf of the corporate sponsors, the people who the Olympics are actually for, he would talk it up more.
 
Rico Suave said:
Why has Trump hit the mute button on the Olympics, while Clinton has pumped up the volume? There’s a good reason for that, and a surprising one. The spectacle of America vanquishing its global rivals is—ironically, amazingly—utterly terrible for the “America First” candidate.A big part of his political message, the one you hear at his stump speeches, is that America has grown weak. America doesn’t win anymore, he says. “Crippled America” is the title of his most recent book. He alone can Make America Great Again. As someone who’s been around a few campaigns, believe me: The Olympics is about the worst thing that could have happened to the Trump train. Here’s a candidate whose message depends entirely on convincing Americans that they’re living in a failing nation overrun by criminal immigrants. And for the past two weeks, tens of millions of Americans have been glued to a multi-ethnic parade of athletes, winning easily. “Make America Great Again” has never felt more out-of-touch than it does against the backdrop of tenacious, overachieving American athletes driven by their own journeys in pursuit of the American dream.

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Two reasons: First, America - a country supposedly going to Hell in an handbasket - is dominating the Olympics. Second, hardly any of our gold medals have been won by angry old white dudes. Lots of black folks winning medals, however.
 
Rico Suave said:
Why has Trump hit the mute button on the Olympics, while Clinton has pumped up the volume? There’s a good reason for that, and a surprising one. The spectacle of America vanquishing its global rivals is—ironically, amazingly—utterly terrible for the “America First” candidate.A big part of his political message, the one you hear at his stump speeches, is that America has grown weak. America doesn’t win anymore, he says. “Crippled America” is the title of his most recent book. He alone can Make America Great Again. As someone who’s been around a few campaigns, believe me: The Olympics is about the worst thing that could have happened to the Trump train. Here’s a candidate whose message depends entirely on convincing Americans that they’re living in a failing nation overrun by criminal immigrants. And for the past two weeks, tens of millions of Americans have been glued to a multi-ethnic parade of athletes, winning easily. “Make America Great Again” has never felt more out-of-touch than it does against the backdrop of tenacious, overachieving American athletes driven by their own journeys in pursuit of the American dream.

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Could it be that nearly every aspect of the IOC is corrupt? The athletes are worth celebrating for the most part but everything except the athletes is something of a travesty. From the sub-par coverage to the corruption to the way the host nations handle infrastructure: nothing else about the Olympics is worthy talking about.
 
I mean, this is literally a parallel of the Roman Colosseums keeping the plebs entertained and distracted from how ****ty their situation was.
 
Rico Suave said:
Why has Trump hit the mute button on the Olympics, while Clinton has pumped up the volume? There’s a good reason for that, and a surprising one. The spectacle of America vanquishing its global rivals is—ironically, amazingly—utterly terrible for the “America First” candidate.A big part of his political message, the one you hear at his stump speeches, is that America has grown weak. America doesn’t win anymore, he says. “Crippled America” is the title of his most recent book. He alone can Make America Great Again. As someone who’s been around a few campaigns, believe me: The Olympics is about the worst thing that could have happened to the Trump train. Here’s a candidate whose message depends entirely on convincing Americans that they’re living in a failing nation overrun by criminal immigrants. And for the past two weeks, tens of millions of Americans have been glued to a multi-ethnic parade of athletes, winning easily. “Make America Great Again” has never felt more out-of-touch than it does against the backdrop of tenacious, overachieving American athletes driven by their own journeys in pursuit of the American dream.

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Nobody should mention the Olympics. They are being conducted by an organization that has allowed doping and as far as we know bribery as well as having held the games in a country that health specialist say will spread Zika around the globe. The oplympics should only be mentioned in these contexts till they have been fixed.
 
Henrin said:
Why would he pay attention to the Olympics? It's just a huge waste time, space, and money. The Olympics shouldn't even exist, imho.
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"h" is your operative initial.
 
Wiggen said:
Two reasons: First, America - a country supposedly going to Hell in an handbasket - is dominating the Olympics. Second, hardly any of our gold medals have been won by angry old white dudes. Lots of black folks winning medals, however.
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And lots of women. Olympics are a joy.
 
Fishking said:
I mean, this is literally a parallel of the Roman Colosseums keeping the plebs entertained and distracted from how ****ty their situation was.
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Actually, the inhabitants of the city of Rome during the 200-300 years of the height of its powers probably enjoyed a standard of living as high as any in world history up to that time, and may have been as well off as any until early modern times about 15 centuries later.

I believe those poor plebs got about every other day off.
 
Fishking said:
I mean, this is literally a parallel of the Roman Colosseums keeping the plebs entertained and distracted from how ****ty their situation was.
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Jesus, lighten up. Or not. If you want to go through life waiting for the Apocalypse, why should I complain.
 
USViking said:
Actually, the inhabitants of the city of Rome during the 200-300 years of the height of its powers probably enjoyed a standard of living as high as any in world history up to that time, and may have been as well off as any until early modern times about 15 centuries later.

I believe those poor plebs got about every other day off.
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Depends on if you were part of the caste system you fell in.
 
Renae said:
These Olympics have been... MEH. I can remember the '84 Olympics and how excited I was for them, how much I LOVED watching, I've seen every Summer and Winter Olympics since. But this year... aside maybe watching a few swimming and diving events I just... meh. MEH.
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Trump, our national downer. For his unhappy followers he can put a pall even on the Olympics.
 
JackA said:
Trump, our national downer. For his unhappy followers he can put a pall even on the Olympics.
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what do you think the voting breakdown will be among olympic athletes?
 
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