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To: LS; lodi90
Larry, since you're an historian, what is your perspective on traditional leadership characteristics? Given the depth of the (global) historical record, which leaders who have been challenged during civil conflicts have acted with similar restraint as Trump?

I would posit none, for the simple reason that Trump isn't a true, actual leader; that is, he isn't a natural born killer. It's sort of a backhanded compliment, because it classifies Trump as a "normal" non-violent person. If we consider the significant primary characteristic that separate normals from leaders, it would be the will to power. That is, the reflective tendency to use violence as a means of achieving control objectives.

Ultimately, at a macro level, it's why the US was committed to its current path decades ago. Trump is an odd character, born of the media age, with wishful, fanciful ideas about 'what is good'. However, true leaders are never concerned about 'what is good', but rather 'what are the goals, and how do we use available power to achieve them?'.

That's why this is all kabuki - Trump simply doesn't have the organizational infrastructure to instill fear. And so it's done - we're just playing out a few years before the system snaps back into place to resume its current trajectory.

69 posted on 06/10/2019 8:27:31 AM PDT by semantic
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To: semantic

I would posit none, for the simple reason that Trump isn’t a true, actual leader; that is, he isn’t a natural born killer.


There is nothing for Trump to lead. There is no opposition party to the progressive-corportist alliance. The open borders agenda firmly controls both wings of Uniparty and POTUS is playing a very weak hand trying to get bits of his MAGA platform enacted. The uniparty simply has no interest in following Trump’s lead. The GOP has thrown in with the Democrats to obstruct him. It’s that simple.


72 posted on 06/10/2019 8:51:32 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: semantic

Nonsense.


87 posted on 06/10/2019 5:00:39 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: semantic

I understand what you are saying but I think this time they have really screwed the pooch. This time they have broken things beyond repair. The “DOJ” has been so biased, acted so criminally, and everyone can see it on both sides. One side is just happy it ain’t happening to them. There is no path to “status quo ante”.


88 posted on 06/11/2019 4:16:51 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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