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What is Trump's Most Substantial Presidential Shortcoming?

What is Trump's Major Shortcoming as President?

  • No Shortcomings - totally satisfied.

    Votes: 1 1.9%
  • Ability to Work with Congress and the Senate

    Votes: 1 1.9%
  • Ability to Form Cabinet Relationships and work together.

    Votes: 2 3.7%
  • Both 2 and 3

    Votes: 5 9.3%
  • Too much Tweeting

    Votes: 4 7.4%
  • Inability to Unite the Country

    Votes: 5 9.3%
  • He is doing a Great Job, despite a few minor shortcomings.

    Votes: 6 11.1%
  • His Lies and Immorality are not Good for the Country

    Votes: 13 24.1%
  • He is doing Nothing Right

    Votes: 17 31.5%

  • Total voters
    54
Certainly like to see him drop the tweeting. The enemies at the gate are unable to view things rationally, and the brevity of content allows the peddlers of propaganda opportunities to lie about meaning.

Leave the messaging to others, and allow the enemies to hang themselves from ropes of their own making. Voters are watching, and the enemies have somehow forgotten that.

I like that he continually gives us a front row seat into his mind.
 
Even most Trump supporters probably see some shortcomings with this president. What is he doing most wrong?

He's a thin skinned narcissist with little dog syndrome.

That is essentially the problem with all Trump supporters. They have little dog syndrome. They're scared. They're insecure, and they want a president who barks a lot. To them his yippee little barks sound like a lions roar.
 
No one asked you

The thread only invited trump supporters to respond
Your words, NOT the words from the OP.
Your attitude is what is wrong with our nation .. Too many ''think'' the same .. not good ..
 
The main defect for me is that when he starts a sentence nobody, including himself, has any idea of how it will end. He also has an odd habit of asking himself rhetorical questions mid-sentence. He makes up words too, bigly.
 
He, as a sociopath, is for himself first and last and always.

He does not have the competency psychologically to be President.
THAT I know not about ..we have a system which protects (more or less) our nation from trumps and psychopaths..
 
Per an OP response, this poll is directed to Trump supporters only.

Which leads me to ask, why was this option included: "His Lies and Immorality are not Good for the Country"

Supporters don't even deny this quality. Why in the world do you support this president if you believe this?
 
From my point of view his alignment with far right extremists which fill his cabinet and thus dictate policy based upon an anti-science, pro-religion, anti-progress, anti-people, pro-corporation, hard core anti-government orientated ideology.

I truly don't think that's what voters thought they were getting...If they had really wanted that they would have voted for someone like Ted Cruz or Rick Santorum.
 
Even most Trump supporters probably see some shortcomings with this president. What is he doing most wrong?

biggest shortcoming?

he is severely unqualified and uneducated about the presidency and government in relationship to such things. Secondly he isn't even aware of that and or doesn't think its a real issue. That along with he is to egotistical and insecure at the same time to listen to anybody with real knowledge on the subject unless its already in line with his views and is presented is praise format and ZERO criticism.

I pick that for the biggest because it kinda poisons a lot of other things.
 
Inability to unite the country. Before he was even sworn in he had declared war on the media, the intelligence services, and Democrats. Shockingly 8 months later he is at war with the media, the intelligence services, and Democrats. This idiot came out swinging and immediately set his opponents ablaze in opposition to him.
 
Even most Trump supporters probably see some shortcomings with this president. What is he doing most wrong?

His narcissism. While I agree that most politicians have higher narcissism than the average Joe, Trump's is at such an extreme that it is a debilitating personality flaw (a/k/a NPD). He is too busy making everything in that job about him that he lacks the objectivity to actually do the job.

Why Trump Is Mentally Unfit to Be President: Pathology of Narcissism - Rolling Stone
Doctor who defined narcissistic personality disorder: Calling Trump mentally ill is an insult to mentally ill | TheHill
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...ssistic-disorder-psychiatry-column/101243584/
'Malignant narcisissm': Donald Trump displays classic traits of mental illness, claim psychologists | The Independent
President Trump is a 'world class narcissist,' but he's not mentally ill, says the psychiatrist who helped define narcissism - LA Times
 
His major shortcoming isn't on the list. His major shortcoming is his ego. He is so used to getting what he wants and believing that he can do it better than anyone else that he cannot function in the role of President. It is why he has yet to accomplish anything in 6 months.
 
From my point of view his alignment with far right extremists which fill his cabinet and thus dictate policy based upon an anti-science, pro-religion, anti-progress, anti-people, pro-corporation, hard core anti-government orientated ideology.

I truly don't think that's what voters thought they were getting...If they had really wanted that they would have voted for someone like Ted Cruz or Rick Santorum.

Stupid is as stupid does..... when you win the electoral vote but lose the popular vote by 2% points, common sense should tell a leader that he needs to do some things to respect the "split decision'. Those things do not include doubling down on the division by appointing very extreme nominees to the cabinet and the SCOTUS. By doing so, he metaphorically poured acid on the electoral wound of America. Fool!



Inability to unite the country. Before he was even sworn in he had declared war on the media, the intelligence services, and Democrats. Shockingly 8 months later he is at war with the media, the intelligence services, and Democrats. This idiot came out swinging and immediately set his opponents ablaze in opposition to him.

... and then cries that no one wants to work with him.
 
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His major shortcoming isn't on the list. His major shortcoming is his ego. He is so used to getting what he wants and believing that he can do it better than anyone else that he cannot function in the role of President. It is why he has yet to accomplish anything in 6 months.

Good point. He has a much bigger ego and it seems to get in the way a lot.
 
Even most Trump supporters probably see some shortcomings with this president. What is he doing most wrong?

I wanted to say too much tweeting, but I ended up going with he's doing nothing right. I like four things he has done since he has become President. One of them I have forgotten because of all the stupid stuff he does.
 
For me its his complete lack of professionalism. His immature behavior and tweets all stem from that.
 
Good point. He has a much bigger ego and it seems to get in the way a lot.

I honestly believe that Trump thought he could come in as President and run it like he runs his company....without having to be accountable to anyone....demanding absolute loyalty from all his underlings and believing that he could just threaten and push people around. He found out from day 1 that it doesn't work that way and he has no other plan so he is just floundering. This is why his presidency has been an absolute disaster.
 
No one asked you

The thread only invited trump supporters to respond

The thread was intended to be for supporters and non-supporters alike.
 
His most substantial accomplishment will rectify all of his shortcomings: when he steps down, voluntarily or forced.
 
Even most Trump supporters probably see some shortcomings with this president. What is he doing most wrong?

Damn, that is a very good question. I had to think about it for a bit before coming up with an answer, which was: A lack of moral character. The man has no moral compass of any kind. He simply says what's the most convenient, the most pleasing, what feels best to him, in the moment. The man is a narcissistic sociopath who is completely devoid of moral character.

As radcen said earlier, all his other problems follow from that.
 
I honestly believe that Trump thought he could come in as President and run it like he runs his company....without having to be accountable to anyone....demanding absolute loyalty from all his underlings and believing that he could just threaten and push people around. He found out from day 1 that it doesn't work that way and he has no other plan so he is just floundering. This is why his presidency has been an absolute disaster.

It's the first time in his life that he's truly been held accountable, even if by media coverage alone. Up until this point he ran his business empire like a mafia don and was able to get away with it. Not any more. That is not how the presidency works.
 
Damn, that is a very good question. I had to think about it for a bit before coming up with an answer, which was: A lack of moral character. The man has no moral compass of any kind. He simply says what's the most convenient, the most pleasing, what feels best to him, in the moment. The man is a narcissistic sociopath who is completely devoid of moral character.

As radcen said earlier, all his other problems follow from that.
Don Trumpo has no moral center.
 
Can't answer because there's no other. His biggest challenge is he is way too under qualified and way to pompous to know, understand or work on that fact.
 
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