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Trump and the End of Smugness

This was written by Democrat. Its a good read!

Like most Democrats, I reacted to the stunning 2016 election of Donald Trump with a combination of confusion and dread. After all, Hillary Clinton was the favorite and, to Democrats like me, a Trump victory seemed to portend certain economic disaster, nuclear war, and pretty much the end of America as we knew it.

But now nearly two years into his administration, Trump has presided over a “winning streak” that includes a booming economy and stock market, an unemployment level at a nearly 50-year low, two Supreme Court appointments, no new foreign wars or domestic terrorist attacks emanating from abroad, a significant degree of progress on trade relations with Canada and Mexico, a “needed reset” on the China relationship, and the prospect of peace on the Korean Peninsula.

Perhaps it is time that even his opponents reconsider Trump. Does Trump have a strategy that we can describe? Is Trump a return of Richard Nixon, of Ronald Reagan, or of something else entirely? After several months of watching the news without gaining any answers, I finally canceled my cable subscription and sought out other sources. I found some insights in unexpected places.

Trump’s presidency marks a return to realpolitik and great power politics. No one knows what goes on in Trump’s mind or if even he believes he has a strategy. What matters is what Trump does, so this essay looks at his actions, considers the bias of his critics, and seeks a new way to understand his policies. It considers the possibility that Trump has a method to his madness.

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America First might be one label.

And certainly Realpolitik, as the article says.

All Obama stood for, and all college professors today stand for, is race-baiting and socialism.

Trump Hypocrisy........

Clinton = LOCK HER UP!!!

Feinstein = LOCK HER UP!!!

Kavanaugh = Innocent until proven guilty...

elklindo69 wrote:Trump Hypocrisy........

Clinton = LOCK HER UP!!!

Feinstein = LOCK HER UP!!!

Kavanaugh = Innocent until proven guilty...

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

namngulfvet wrote:

elklindo69 wrote:Trump Hypocrisy........

Clinton = LOCK HER UP!!!

Feinstein = LOCK HER UP!!!

Kavanaugh = Innocent until proven guilty...

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Perhaps the guy whose fake charity is under investigation and whose fake presidency is under investigation and who has cheated on his taxes and whose entire life is a sleazy two-bit criminal enterprise can shut the fuck up forever with his asinine "lock her up" chants...

Elkin needs a refresher in the law.

Not every person who is under some partisan investigation is guilty.

When Ken Starr was after Billy Clinton, Elkin posted many times how innocent Bill was.

Hillary was never found guilty of anything and Trump is leading the "LOCK HER UP" movement.

However when it comes to Kavanaugh...he's innocent until proven guilty?

Don't let your hypocrisy get in the way..........

True, Hillary was never found guilty, but she very clearly violated 18 USC 793.

Look it up and you'll see she did.

A fake FBI investigation was needed to let her go, and crooks like McCabe and Comey and Strzok and Page...

elklindo69 wrote:Hillary was never found guilty of anything and Trump is leading the "LOCK HER UP" movement.

However when it comes to Kavanaugh...he's innocent until proven guilty?

Don't let your hypocrisy get in the way..........

Hillary was never found guilty because she had Ojackass, and the FBI watching her six. If it had been a truthful investigation she would be sitting in prison right now and you know it. fucking hypocritical partisan hack

johnforbes wrote:True, Hillary was never found guilty, but she very clearly violated 18 USC 793.

Look it up and you'll see she did.

A fake FBI investigation was needed to let her go, and crooks like McCabe and Comey and Strzok and Page...

Sure John...and I suppose that you have evidence to back all of your allegations up...right?

:lol:

Of course.

She had classified info on a private server, which contravened that statute.

Look it up, look at the wording.

Don't you get it?

They KNEW she broke the law, and she was the ONLY CHANCE to stop Trump, so they had no choice as Dems but to have a fake investigation of her and pretend she didn't do what everybody knew she had done.

elklindo69 wrote:

johnforbes wrote:True, Hillary was never found guilty, but she very clearly violated 18 USC 793.

Look it up and you'll see she did.

A fake FBI investigation was needed to let her go, and crooks like McCabe and Comey and Strzok and Page...

Sure John...and I suppose that you have evidence to back all of your allegations up...right?

:lol:

See my post Mon Oct 15, 2018 3:50 pm :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

"See my post Mon Oct 15, 2018 3:50 pm"-namandgulfdumbfuck

Look up, dumbfuck. There is no such post, Fucking moron. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

The best response to this was in my own post of April 1, 1952.

I remember it well, a rainy morning with a lingering hint of winter's remaining chill.

In other words, your best contribution is worth precisely what every contribution you make is worth, right?

Nothing.

Yes, my posts are wonderful, but their excellence is not of equal weight.

Some are superb, others terrific, and still others sublime.

John you are equally weighted as an ignoramus and a hypocrite.

Elkin, come on, be fair.

I have to put 60 of my IQ points on the shelf to even post a response to your blather.

Well, at least that explains their stupidity and lack of wit. Thanks for clearing that up, johnny.

I would hate to think that under normal conditions anyone with your education could post the nonsense you contribute here.

Oh, you are very welcome.

My middle name should be "lucidity."

I didn't compliment you for posting stupid, witless nonsense, johnny.

No need to thank me.

John and fellow Trumptards have built a big, beautiful wall between themselves and reality while the GOP is planning to rob their retirement benefits and hand them over to the rich...

You can't fix stupid...

How do you define "rich"?

Although a genuinely rich person would jeer at my net worth, a person like Elkin -- living in a shack down by the river -- might think of me as "rich."