Trump

[DaveE]

I think a massive part of the problem is the US senate/congress doesn't have an equivalent of Prime Minister's Questions

There is no forum in which a President is ever challenged, questioned, or otherwise in anyway held to account

That and the fact that in the US it's virtually treasonous to even question the greatness of America - most other countries have very free and open argument and dissent about the way the country is functioning

It seems like it's it's impossible to be critical of the US from within the US, it seems almost blasphemous to do so

Not so much the American Dream as the American Myth (that they've collectively gaslit themselves into believing and which can't in any way be challenged or seen as fallible)

[Mito Man]

PMQs isn’t fit for purpose and so wouldn’t help. I can’t remember the last time any PM answered a contentious question properly on it. Just a waste of time unfortunately.

[V8Granite]

I think a massive part of the problem is the US senate/congress doesn't have an equivalent of Prime Minister's Questions

There is no forum in which a President is ever challenged, questioned, or otherwise in anyway held to account

That and the fact that in the US it's virtually treasonous to even question the greatness of America - most other countries have very free and open argument and dissent about the way the country is functioning

It seems like it's it's impossible to be critical of the US from within the US, it seems almost blasphemous to do so

Not so much the American Dream as the American Myth (that they've collectively gaslit themselves into believing and which can't in any way be challenged or seen as fallible)

Considering the hugely open and bitter fighting between parties I'd say the opposite.

If Trump, Biden etc had cured world hunger, created free energy for all and had a 100% employment rate the other side would butch and moan and lie.

Dave!

[Beany]

PMQs isn’t fit for purpose and so wouldn’t help. I can’t remember the last time any PM answered a contentious question properly on it. Just a waste of time unfortunately.

When they don't answer questions, it tends to make the news and be reported on, though - as it stands, in the US, if the president doesn't like a question he gets asked by the press, he calls them a fat pig bitch cunt tranny spazz and bans them from the press pool.

Can't very well do that to a sitting congressperson/senator.

[ZedLeg]

Turns out I was wrong. Not even 24 hours

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/08/worl ... -ceasefire