Posted on 12/23/2015 4:53:03 AM PST by expat_panama
Election '16: Donald Trump returning praise for Russian ruler Vladimir Putin is yet another disqualification for the GOP front-runner. A commander in chief so susceptible to flattery would be a security risk.
In P.G. Wodehouse's comic novel, "The Code of the Woosters," the eponymous code dictated that dunderhead Bertie Wooster might have ended up marrying a girl against his will so as not to appear unchivalrous.
"The Code of the Trumps" apparently demands that anyone — even a murderous tyrant — who compliments The Donald immediately gets complimented back.
Flattery will get you everywhere, even if you're an imperialist adversary of the U.S., exploiting President Obama's Mideast power vacuum and seeking to return Russia to global superpower status.
Trump considers it "a great honor" that Putin called him "bright" and "talented without doubt" and considers the casino mogul "the absolute leader of the presidential race." On ABC's "This Week," Trump remarked that "Obama doesn't get along with Putin... . Putin can't stand our president, and it's causing us difficulty.''
But it isn't that Putin isn't happy about Obama being president; how could he not be happy, since it's let him...
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...Putin sees that Trump's weakness is his easily stroked ego.
Ego drives most of Donald Trump's behavior, which includes a liberal — even socialist — past. Now we know that his vanity is also a security risk.
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Such-and-such rules out the candidate you support and means you must support my candidate.
Nonsense. The incessant media attempts to smear Trump are becoming increasingly desperate. Putin may not be our guy, but you’ve got to respect him. He fights for his country.
“Donald Trump returning praise for Russian ruler Vladimir Putin is yet another disqualification for the GOP front-runner.”
This the ‘disqualifying’ thing Trump posted:
‘When people call you brilliant, it’s always good, especially when the person heads up Russia,’ Trump said.
Well played! Not fawning but friendly and tough at the same time.
Trump is ‘Art of the Deal’ — there has never been a president more savvy about diplomacy than Trump will be.
Everything up to and including the kitchen sink....
Critical mass has been surpassed. As usual, it seems to have happened suddenly.
I’ve been waitin for a loooong time.
Gee! And we thought the Media had it in for Ronald Reagan!
Although Woodrow Wilson’s diplomacy during WWI did cause the German military to turn against the Kaiser [I’ll grant Wilson that much], but I still stand on my claim — Trump will be the best at diplomacy yet.
They never give up and they never learn. Trump OWNS the media. It’s the most amazing free marketing capmaign I’ve ever seen in my life.
Correction — been some new statements since that time.
Well I’m convinced now/s/
Adolf Hitler fought for his country too, do you respect him?
Trump has had decades to learn how to handle the media. Political rules don’t apply to him. He’s bigger than that and it seems to be working for him.
Art of War paraphrase — to turn an enemy into an ally without shedding one drop of blood, this is the acme of skill.
Yeah lets instead get all gooey over GOP candidates who want to side with ISIS against Russia because they still have not grown up.
Note to GOPE “Internationalist:†Reagan won the Cold War.
There are not 10s of thousands of Russian made armored vehicles manned by millions of slave Easter European and Ukrainian conscripts sitting on the Elba River in Germany
Putin is no Stalin. Yet when we needed Russia to stop Hitler, we were more then happy to ally with Stalin.
We need Putin to stop Islamic Terrorism. We will need the Chinese too. You Cold War Warriors can finally grow up and start dealing with the world as it is, instead of mindlessly clinging to what was.
Zowie, the week's almost over! Yesterday stocks rose in decreasing volume. Again. Metals stayed solid on their new bases. Still. Futures see today's stock prices up and metals down (but what do they know?). Huge doc. flood today:
7:00 AM MBA Mortgage Index
7:00 AM MBA Mortgage Purchase Index
8:30 AM Durable Goods -ex transportation
8:30 AM Durable Orders
8:30 AM PCE Prices - Core
8:30 AM Personal Income
8:30 AM Personal Spending
8:30 AM Personal Spending
8:30 AM PCE Prices - Core
8:30 AM Durable Orders
8:30 AM Durable Goods -ex transportation
10:00 AM Michigan Sentiment - Final
10:00 AM New Home Sales
10:30 AM Crude Inventories
Ah, let's not forget this thread: Trump Shares Dire Predictions For US Economy 'Bubble'
Putin is at war with islamic terror. In that respect he is a natural ally, just as Stalin became our ally during WWII. Kind words are not the same as diplomatic negotiations.
we just need to punch the Russians in the nose, maybe shoot down some of their jets. That will be helpful.
The only security risk is Hillary Clinton!
“It’s the most amazing free marketing capmaign I’ve ever seen in my life.”
Excellent point. Historic. Less than a million dollars!
Irony — he took a hostile media and spun that straw into gold. That’s the kind of fiscal brilliance I want in our next president.
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