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[Trump] can goad his enemies into saying even crazier things than he does, with the difference that what Trump says speaks to the national psyche, or at least the Republican subconscious. What the defenders of politics past have to say speaks only to a consensus that evaporated when no one was looking.

The brilliance of Trump is in not being beholden to political correctness. He says what we are all thinking.

1 posted on 07/20/2018 1:32:47 PM PDT by Yo-Yo
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To: Yo-Yo
He says what we are all thinking.

But I believe he would be more effective if he paused before speaking.

2 posted on 07/20/2018 1:41:16 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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Bump!


3 posted on 07/20/2018 1:44:58 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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Vladimir Putin has an interest in seeing NATO weakened or destroyed,

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.

4 posted on 07/20/2018 1:46:26 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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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.


6 posted on 07/20/2018 1:55:29 PM PDT by scottinoc
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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...


7 posted on 07/20/2018 1:56:52 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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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.


12 posted on 07/20/2018 2:10:23 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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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!


19 posted on 07/20/2018 5:28:11 PM PDT by Hillbilly sage
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Do you mean that Putin is a great guy and his word can be trusted. Is that what we are all thinking? Some of us are old enough to remember and be thinking something different.


25 posted on 07/20/2018 11:11:32 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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Bookmarking.


26 posted on 07/21/2018 1:37:58 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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The only Cold War we have right now is between Americans and the communist democrat party.


28 posted on 07/21/2018 12:32:14 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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