I’m not sure what the hubbub is about that. The US President’s job description is literally to put America first.

Nowhere in Article II of the Constitution does it say that. It’s as false as the notion that a corporation must maximize return to shareholders as a matter of law.

At most, the Article requires the President to take an oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution, but that’s a far cry from requiring he do everything possible to make the USA the most profitable country in the world.

Sometimes putting America first means being an altruistic and cooperative international citizen. PR is real.

Housing, food, water, Internet access, cell phones... all more or less essential goods in the modern world. How dare anyone expect to be paid for them?

Food, water distribution, internet, building construction are all things people produce and must be paid for to exist and out of fairness. Land ownership is and always has been an arbitrary claim inevitably traceable to a murdered Indian or the equivalent on other continents.

I suppose it's not considered a live being, so it can't be hurt by consuming. Same with air.

Do you actually need someone to answer this for you, or are you arguing in bad faith?

If it was never okay to as questions, then any discussion ever could be shut down with "personal belief". If some beliefs can be examined and others are deemed too sensitive, then eventually the untouchable beliefs multiply and take over all discussions.

Beliefs are meant to be examined and evaluated, not coddled.

Yep, but make sure you conduct your examination and evaluation in a polite and civil manner. Otherwise you're just being contrarian and rude.

I believe in free speech, but I also believe that rude, insulting, thoughtless or incendiary speech deserves to be soundly ignored.

I didn't say you had to coddle someone, but it's equally clear you asked the question with the intent of being a dick, not to actually engage with the parent poster. "Haha, look how superior my intellect is, did you even think about water?!" is materially different than exploring and questioning someone's belief.

Surely there's a difference between asking a question and saying things to be an asshole. Let's all strive to be less of an asshole as a society, ok?

What kind of cartoon villain do you think he is??

Contempt of court is a thing.

Except that people become contagious before they have symptoms, and we don’t really have a good testing regimen.

Are you quoting from the Abstract or something? The claims are what matters.

I'm quoting the news article linked.

Well, that seems a little strong. The measure used in the US is one that I don't think is used in any other democracy. Every non-American I've talked with about this believes that national popular vote is definitely the number that matters.

Then perhaps the people saying that have different purposes. Which I'm sure was dlp211's point as well.

Sure, but I’m not obliged to give any deference to improper purposes like delegitimization of the President.

I never claimed that he is illegitimate. Shame on you for not taking my argument in good faith.

You don't get to decide what is proper for other people's purposes. They do.