I generally agree with your conclusions here, though with some reservation about, "...he allowed/pushed a huge government takeover of health care...". I haven't observed anything of that.
Trump's recent rhetoric about his enemies (supposedly, the enemies of freedom) has been increasingly nasty and rather troubling; and if he had the compe…
I generally agree with your conclusions here, though with some reservation about, "...he allowed/pushed a huge government takeover of health care...". I haven't observed anything of that.
Trump's recent rhetoric about his enemies (supposedly, the enemies of freedom) has been increasingly nasty and rather troubling; and if he had the competency, or if he empowered the wrong people, might be even dangerous. Yet like you, I suspect that lack of competency would dull his ability to follow what are no doubt part of his fantasies.
Dennis, to be honest, I think Trump would not substantially depart from what Biden has been doing w/r/t Israel. His appointments during his own term show me that he was willing to defer to the judgments of his (questionable) foreign policy team; and Israeli money is so much part of Washington's corruption that I don't think he'd buck it.
I base this conclusion on the fact that while on the campaign trail and in the early days of his Presidency, he made it clear that he favored better relations with Russia. Yet, in keeping with the preferences of people like Mike Pompeo and others, he continued a path towards conflict with Russia. After all, It was on his watch that the U.S. withdrew unilaterally from the INF Treaty, which, following the earlier withdrawal from the ABM Treaty and Obama's approval of a $1 Trillion upgrading of nuclear weapons (following U.S. installation of a puppet Ukraine government and promotion of NATO membership for Ukraine), signaled to Putin and the Kremlin that the U.S. was very close to achieving a nuclear check-mate of Russia. I have little doubt that the existential threat posed by these developments, along with the escalation of Ukraine's war in the Donbass and Ukraine's calls for retaking Crimea (and with it, Russia's critically-important seaport and naval base at Sevastopol) and steady refusal of the entire West to negotiate with Russia on its security concerns were very much determining factors leading to Russia's "SMO".
It could be argued that Trump was unable to appreciate the significance of all such developments, including his role, in this sequence of events. Nor was he likely able to fully comprehend how much of a threat they posed to Russia's national security. Nor that they certainly would lead to war instead of more business.
In any case, he was and, I think is, too easily manipulated and/or cognitively dissonant to carry through any of his stated intentions; and I think the same would be the case w/r/t the Middle East, where he already was in Israel's camp in ending Obama's U.S. agreement with Iran. I suspect that it is merely wishful thinking to expect much more from him.
I am torn to shreds by my friends and family (and Bill and Denise LOL) for my believe that if Trump had got a second term, the Ukrainian goat rope would not have started. He would of toned down the saber rattling towards China/Taiwan. And he would have reined in Israel after a coupla' weeks of Netanyahu's cruel disproportionate response to Oct 7.
I think DJT learned a lot in his first term. He is not a stupid man.
And I think, with one term's experience in the swamp under his belt, he will be less easily manipulated, wiser and less cognitively dissonant to actually be successful in carrying through his intentions in his second term.
I think the trick is for him to get the right people on his team. Dump the neocons like Newland, Blinken, Sullivan et al, and have people he can rely on for sound judgments, critically on foreign policy and economics.
And I think he's America's LAST and ONLY chance to stop it going down the gurgler - but only with a different Team than he had last time. Not with the puppeteers Biden currently has in the State Department and the Deep State in WA DC.
Who else is there with the name recognition of Donald J Trump? Orange man.
Trump needs to revive his old motto - "You're fired". "Clean house" as we say in the Construction Business. Like Elon Musk did at Twitter.
I like to think Trump is a humanitarian - and like the majority of the World's population, wants this genocide to stop. Unlike Biden, who is too senile to have a humanitarian brain cell left in his old body, and is manipulated by evil people.
And unlike Biden; Xi, Putin, Sunak, Macron et al, and Netanyahu will not blow him off as weak.
I generally agree with your conclusions here, though with some reservation about, "...he allowed/pushed a huge government takeover of health care...". I haven't observed anything of that.
Trump's recent rhetoric about his enemies (supposedly, the enemies of freedom) has been increasingly nasty and rather troubling; and if he had the competency, or if he empowered the wrong people, might be even dangerous. Yet like you, I suspect that lack of competency would dull his ability to follow what are no doubt part of his fantasies.
That Trump allowed/pushed a huge government takeover of health care is bovine excrement, Roger. Thanks
Hey Roger - wadda you think? I know it's a hypothetical.
If Trump was the POTUS as we speak - would he cut Netanyahu off at his pockets?
No more US support and weapons/ bombs.
Effectively ending the genocide - it's not a "war".
I think Trump the man would - and be overrun by all the Dual Citizens in Congress.
Dennis, to be honest, I think Trump would not substantially depart from what Biden has been doing w/r/t Israel. His appointments during his own term show me that he was willing to defer to the judgments of his (questionable) foreign policy team; and Israeli money is so much part of Washington's corruption that I don't think he'd buck it.
I base this conclusion on the fact that while on the campaign trail and in the early days of his Presidency, he made it clear that he favored better relations with Russia. Yet, in keeping with the preferences of people like Mike Pompeo and others, he continued a path towards conflict with Russia. After all, It was on his watch that the U.S. withdrew unilaterally from the INF Treaty, which, following the earlier withdrawal from the ABM Treaty and Obama's approval of a $1 Trillion upgrading of nuclear weapons (following U.S. installation of a puppet Ukraine government and promotion of NATO membership for Ukraine), signaled to Putin and the Kremlin that the U.S. was very close to achieving a nuclear check-mate of Russia. I have little doubt that the existential threat posed by these developments, along with the escalation of Ukraine's war in the Donbass and Ukraine's calls for retaking Crimea (and with it, Russia's critically-important seaport and naval base at Sevastopol) and steady refusal of the entire West to negotiate with Russia on its security concerns were very much determining factors leading to Russia's "SMO".
It could be argued that Trump was unable to appreciate the significance of all such developments, including his role, in this sequence of events. Nor was he likely able to fully comprehend how much of a threat they posed to Russia's national security. Nor that they certainly would lead to war instead of more business.
In any case, he was and, I think is, too easily manipulated and/or cognitively dissonant to carry through any of his stated intentions; and I think the same would be the case w/r/t the Middle East, where he already was in Israel's camp in ending Obama's U.S. agreement with Iran. I suspect that it is merely wishful thinking to expect much more from him.
Thanks Roger,
I am torn to shreds by my friends and family (and Bill and Denise LOL) for my believe that if Trump had got a second term, the Ukrainian goat rope would not have started. He would of toned down the saber rattling towards China/Taiwan. And he would have reined in Israel after a coupla' weeks of Netanyahu's cruel disproportionate response to Oct 7.
I think DJT learned a lot in his first term. He is not a stupid man.
And I think, with one term's experience in the swamp under his belt, he will be less easily manipulated, wiser and less cognitively dissonant to actually be successful in carrying through his intentions in his second term.
I think the trick is for him to get the right people on his team. Dump the neocons like Newland, Blinken, Sullivan et al, and have people he can rely on for sound judgments, critically on foreign policy and economics.
And I think he's America's LAST and ONLY chance to stop it going down the gurgler - but only with a different Team than he had last time. Not with the puppeteers Biden currently has in the State Department and the Deep State in WA DC.
Who else is there with the name recognition of Donald J Trump? Orange man.
Trump needs to revive his old motto - "You're fired". "Clean house" as we say in the Construction Business. Like Elon Musk did at Twitter.
I like to think Trump is a humanitarian - and like the majority of the World's population, wants this genocide to stop. Unlike Biden, who is too senile to have a humanitarian brain cell left in his old body, and is manipulated by evil people.
And unlike Biden; Xi, Putin, Sunak, Macron et al, and Netanyahu will not blow him off as weak.