Posted on 06/23/2019 12:40:16 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The tension between President Donald Trump's bellicose rhetoric and his non-interventionist foreign policy instincts was on full display Thursday afternoon as he huddled in the Situation Room.
Lawmakers in the room watched as the weight of his duties as commander-in-chief bore down on him, lives hanging in the balance.
Trump did not tip his hand on which way he was leaning, focusing instead on "drilling down" on the differing perspectives and arguments leveled by the assembled lawmakers, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman James Risch said. But it was clear, the Idaho Republican said, that Trump is a president who "doesn't want to go to war."
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“Anyone should think twice before killing people.”
But not the Clintons!
It was a discussion about humans, not the reptile hybrids who inhabit the sewer systems.
Once a situation is escalated, it is escalated, and then that card had been played, and you can’t go back. I think Trump wisely decided not to play his card just yet.
Wow! Trump has been saying this for the last 40 years, and finally, 'the Idaho Republican' believes him.
Trump is one of the few {and maybe only} politician that really does mean what he says and keeps his promises.
This maybe the main reason he will get re-elected, in a walk {if we all do our part}.
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