Two Trump critics commend him (Rich Lowry and David Brooks)

American Thinker ^ | 05/12/2018 | Peter Skurkiss

[SeekAndFind]

As the trajectory of a comet changes as it passes by a star, so some of Donald Trump's most adamant critics are starting to alter their course due to the gravitational pull of the president's significant achievements. 

First up is Rich Lowry, editor of National Review and formerly a NeverTrump.  In a piece in the New York Post, Lowry writes regarding Trump's pullout of the Obama-Iran nuclear deal:  

His exit from the agreement is another instance of the Trump paradox.  The president who says more outlandish and untrue things than anyone who has ever occupied the office of the presidency is also extraordinarily determined to deliver on his big promises.

Trump often doesn't mean what he says, but when he says what he means – watch out.  The combined forces of international pressure, polite opinion, outraged New York Times editorial, resistant advisers, and sheer inertia aren't an obstacle.

Lowry goes on to debunk the argument that Trump is just doing what any other Republican president would do in his place:

But it's not at all clear that another GOP president, even if he was on record favoring these moves, would have pulled out of the Paris climate accord and withstood the howls about impending imperiling the planet; or ended DACA despite all the media pressure to keep it; or exited the Iran deal with the Europeans waging an intense lobbying campaign in its favor.

Reality is dawning on Lowry as he ends his column by noting that President Trump "hasn't shrunk from the core commitments that defined his candidacy."  Imagine that: a president who keeps his campaign promises.

[heshtesh]

All I know is I read constantly to see what President Trump is doing next!

It’s like the best roller coaster ride ever!!

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

I trust these people zero.

[Hostage]

Rich Lowry and David Brooks

Could care less about these two. Would not lose a second of sleep over what these two say or might say.

[LongWayHome]

Lowry is a pissant who is trying to salvage what’s left of NRO. Never forget that smug “never trump” edition of NR they put out. Some of their articles get 6 or 7 responses...think of that. A good Breitbart article on any given day can get 36,000 responses.

[gubamyster]

who says more outlandish and untrue things than anyone who has ever occupied the office of the presidency

What is Trump supposed to be lying about? They keep calling him a liar, so what are the lies?

[TakebackGOP]

I don’t care what they think.

[shanover]

#NeverTrump(s) are persona non grata.

[Pining_4_TX]

Ditto. I imagine they are all in for the US getting deeper in conflicts overseas that do nothing for us and cause us great harm.

[SunTzuWu]

"The president who says more outlandish and untrue things than anyone who has ever occupied the office of the presidency..."

Untrue?? Like what? They can never cite an example that supports their accusations.They also seem to have very short memories. Clinton and 0bama were both world class liars.

[gswilder]

Same question for what.. what lies. Trump said he was being “wiretapped”; media laughed and called him a liar. But now it’s worse than just so called wiretaps.

Trumps says things. The media call him a liar. Then a few days or weeks later, what he said is actually true. But you never hear that part of it.

I saw some democrat site that was tracking his lies. Had over 3,000 entries. Most of them were just opinions.

[aquila48]

Scales are starting to fall off the NeverTrumper’s eyes...

[Shortstop7]

I’m with you. I don’t trust any of them.

[Shortstop7]

I will never click on NRO articles because of that. Lowry is a pompous little SOB...imho.

[vette6387]

Having Lowry and Brooks “commend Trump” is about as worthwhile as having the Nobel Prize for Peace given him. Neither of the two have a clue as to who Trump really is and where he’s taking the country. They are just trying to stay relevant when the Trump Train left the station a year and a half ago and they weren’t on it.

[headstamp 2]

Maybe the idiots are finally realizing that the new prototype GOP president is Trump.

Run a standard GOPe and they will never win another presidency again.

[jmacusa]

Lowry can pound salt. he was a never Trump from the get go.

[Yardstick]

National Review is dying a tragic but well deserved death. They are suffering the consequences of being flat out wrong.

[EliRoom8]

>>Could care less about these two. Would not lose a second of sleep over what these two say or might say.<<

I think it's great! If the opposition is starting to cave, that's a very good sign -- even in the interim, before they fall in love with a Kamala Harris presidency in 2020.