This is actually quite significant. we already knew the international foreign policy establishment would oppose, mock and attempt to undermine any Trump action that diverged from their [failed] approach.
But we should have also expected that if and when Trumps novel approach began to bear fruit, some in the establishment, in their honest moments, would (of course grudgingly) acknowledge his progress and perhpas begin to change their worldview.
This article is good evidence that this process has begun.
[Now, regarding the headline: it doesn't even match the tone of the article, and anyway, don't expect the "experts" to admit that Trump has a higher I.Q. than they do. Getting them to admit he is improving America's standing in the world is enough for me]
Donald J Trump stumbled his way into 30 billion in personal wealth, a successful television show, wooing and marrying several of the most beautiful women in the world and getting elected president of the United States. Obviously just blind luck.
Just keep underestimating him. It’s how he wins all the time.
Must be nice to be a fully accredited member of the elite.
“Trumportunities.”
It is the idea that, whether by accident or design, Trump creates chances to solve long-running international problems that a conventional leader would not.
His bellicose isolationist agenda, for instance, might already be forcing Europe to confront its geopolitical weakness;
China, its need for a lasting economic settlement with the U.S.;
Countries throughout the Middle East, the limits of their power.
The president’s erratic behavior might be doing something else as well, something even more fundamental. Through a combination of instinct, temperament, and capriciousness, Trump may be reminding the world of the reality of international relations:
Raw military and economic power still matter more than anything else—so long as those who hold them are prepared to use them.
A term has been coined to describe this notion:
Ryan Evans of War on the Rocks calls them “Trumportunities.”
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3808977/posts
The media said the same about Reagan.....forecasts of an economic depression, nuclear war and a world torn apart...then the successes started and they credited Reagan with “luck”.
The fall of the Soviet Union was just good timing...Reagan had nothing to do with it.
The economy boomed but stories daily about homelessness were printed.....the jobs were “gamburger flippers”, not union mineworkers (who Democrats hate now).
This is a rerun of the 1980s with a much more hostile, dishonest and violent media.
Perhaps he doesn't; but he's more than bright enough. Knowledge isn't the be-all and end-all of intellectual ability. Trump, like Reagan, is wise. People who have nothing but intelligence tend to be narrow-minded and arrogant.
Win after win, because he’s dumb?
Hardly.
With stupidity like this, we should be so lucky.
Hannibal stumbled into a victory at Cannae.
Caesar stumbled into a victory at Pharsalus.
Andrew Jackson stumbled into a victory at New Orleans.
Meade stumbled into a victory at Gettysburg.
/s
What a great word! Remember it. Use it. Relish it!
MAGA
Author didn't pay attention to Trump's 2016 stump speeches, but Trump specifically campaigned on his consistent use of "unpredictability" as a purposeful strategy. He explained over and over that his business competitors noted his unpredictability - to which Trump would add: "that's a good thing."
I heard him discuss this dozens of times, and he applied it to how he would operate internationally - he PROMISED to be unpredictable.
It's not his fault that all the vaunted political and foreign policy geniuses didn't (and don't) listen to his repeated clear declarations of his m.o.
It’s not accident... it’s summed up in this one statement right in the article...
“Raw military and economic power still matter more than anything else—so long as those who hold them are prepared to use them.”
Trump, isn’t worried about cowtowing leftist silliness. He understands this reality and unlike other Presidents in the Post Cold War Era, is prepared to use them.
Kind of like LSU stumbled into victory after victory.
Just like Reagan, who “stumbled” into victory after victory, success after success.
Funny how Trump keeps stumbling into success after success.
Luckiest sumbitch since that “amiable dunce” Reagan was President.
the ouse should impeach him every month. He’s on a roll
Someone said, “When the time is right, the teacher will appear.”
One of those quotes that lots of people know and no one really knows who coined the phrase. It doesn’t matter
Yep - I decided to scan the article and it doesn’t match the headline at all...skill greatly enhances “luck” and intellectual-agility enhances one’s “stumbling” abilities...
They never ever stop lying. Not even human anymore.
Dang! KissingHer’s still alive? Wouldn’t he be like 110 by now or something?