Quote:We all are obviously well attuned to the slogan: "Make America Great Again", but can Trump or any of these politicians actually give a SPECIFIC time period or date that America was considered "Great"? Was it after World War 2? was it during the Reagan/Bush (Sr.) years? was it right after the Fall of the Soviet Union when we were the sole Superpower?

 

Most importantly, I'm interested in hearing everyone's own opinions about this. It's a very interesting topic. Does Trump have a point? or is this just political rhetoric designed to fume further anger at the establishment?

It's the typical sloganeering that is done every election cycle.  Every election cycle we're told how bad things are,and how candidate X is the one who can turn things around, make America great again, bring hope and change.  Pick an election cycle and the slogans are retreaded going back probably as far as elections have for this country. 

 

America has always had the capacity to be great, and the capability of being the opposite.  Sometimes we live up to that greatness, and sometimes we don't. At the end of the day, there are people still sacrificing everything in order to come to this country for a new life, so we must be doing something right.  It's not always perfect, but it's still pretty darn good.

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