Posted on 07/20/2018 1:32:47 PM PDT by Yo-Yo
The brilliance of Trump is in not being beholden to political correctness. He says what we are all thinking.
But I believe he would be more effective if he paused before speaking.
Bump!
Typical National Review blather.
Since we pay for this cold-war relic no one has more of an interest in weakening NATO than the US, which is a mostly a jobs program for high-falutin deep state international has-been bureaucrats, and great jobs they are.
With POTUS, there are no “blunders”, per se, just streams of thought, some of which cause apoplexy among the media and their RINO allies. But as usual it’s what he DOES that matters and not what he says. This is the new paradigm, and I for one think it makes more sense than the old paradigm of bluster and dueling prepared statements.
We are already in a war. But not Cold War and no nukes necessary!
It is a *hybrid* war and not just against Russia, but China on cyber fronts, economics and trade, spheres of cultural influence, space race, tech and innovation, etc...
That is just another way of saying that you want him to parse his words. To speak only things that soothe, to become PC like Obammy.
He speaks his mind, that is called honesty and I love it.
POTUS sure has you snowed.
Let Trump be Trump.
I also hope that even as America puts ourselves first again to MAGA (Make America Great Again) — we do not completely discount our prior role in the world as a mistake! Even as troops pull out of places like S. Korea or even Germany...it was for the better that we did what we did. And much of the world should appreciate America for how it’s helped sustain freedom and prosperity for so many. The historical narrative matters.
We need to learn from our mistakes in places like the Middle East, but not completely place doubt in everything that we have accomplished and built up to this point! America-Israel alliance for example is one of the most consequential in the annals of history.
Trump said what he said because he doesn’t trust the deep state intel and doj agencies. And for good reason. They’ve been politicized and weaponized, not only against him, but against constitutional government, ie, against America. I think he had to back off a tad, because the congress and the people are not yet ready to handle the truth. He doesn’t have enough support in the congress right now to withstand a constitutional crisis. But it’s boiling to a head. I suspect the fireworks will start in 2019 after the new congress is seated.
Thank you very much, Yo-Yo!! And kitty thanks you too.
No, just think strategically before speaking, the way Reagan did.
Now that's just silly.
Let Chandler be Chandler.
But I believe he would be more effective if he paused before speaking.
suggests you do not understand POTUS operating style.
There is no off the cuff going on. The statements which seem a little over the top are meant to, for many reasons: to get people talking about the topic, to get people thinking and to break up the frozen, socially acceptable consensus so that problems can be defined and solutions found. In short President Trump is using spelling mistakes, exaggerations for effect, and shock value to get the public dialog going and going where he wants it to go.
President Trump is in many ways a practitioner of the Art of the Deal. He has no reluctance to look a little stupid if that puts the other side off guard and gets him leverage. He is using the whole schtik to get the deep state & MSM tied up & exposed, to educate the public, to distract so that he can get legislation & judges in place. Don't be fooled into thinking that he is brash and slapdash. He has been planning how to win this battle against a crowded field of America's enemies (internal & external) for 30 years.
There are some really popular paints available for many years that you can spray right on rusty metal and make it look real pretty for a while. Most come in red or blue.
Problem is that your most valued asset continues to rot from the inside no matter how much it shines on the outside.
The real fix starts when the grinder hits it, sparks fly, the worst gets cut out and replaced and it can get real ugly. Paint people scream and whine, but people who understand what hard work and sweat can accomplish just look forward to the strong, beautiful product its builders produced.
Trump is a grinder!
“Don’t be fooled into thinking that he is brash and slapdash. He has been planning how to win this battle against a crowded field of America’s enemies (internal & external) for 30 years.”
Very true.
President Trump reminds me of General George Patton.
While most men were training to be officers Patton was training to be a warrior. He would often offer thoughts that others thought flippant or brash. Truth was Patton has studied war all his life. The books in his home library, all about war, battles and leaders, were liberally sprinkled with handwritten notes on the margins.
He didn’t have to think or study once battle was joined, he knew the answers from his study of the history of war.
Donald Trump didn’t just study business, he learned the ins and outs of business. The macro and micro and what effects policies have downstream.
He also knows how to handle people, how to get them off their game.
He has been around enough politicians to know what venal and shallow people most of them are.
His entire life has led him to this point.
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