I understand how everyone has their own feelings and their reasons for them. I didn't agree with everything Obama either. W was just dumb, but he was a likable character, but yeah, dumb. In 2007 I was set to vote for McCain. Sort of not normal for a dem, but I liked him (still do). His downfall was when he chose Palin. I couldn't tolerate her then, I can't now. My vote went to Obama. So much like those who hated Hillary voted for trump, I'm guilty of that myself. There's never gonna be the "right" guy/woman, there's always gonna be complaints, so yep, whoever the next one is it'll be no different. My strong dislike of trump went way back far before he decided to run for president, it just increased about tenfold.
Don't tell anyone here:
I was given Trump's Art of the Deal back in about 92/93 and still have not read it.
I dislike the way he conducts business, and communicates, and thought his TV show sucked ***.
But, he has had a lot of positive effects on the way Washington works, the perceptions around the globe on how the US carries itself, positions itself, etc.
While he is not eloquent or even nice, I wonder why we all think that has anything to do with real leadership? ( does anyone really think that Zuckerberg, or Jobs, or Gates or Carlos Slim, or Jack Welch or Bill Clinton are really nice guys?)
Clinton didn't actually do much as president, W is well documented, and the real effects of Bomma early years was masked by the horrid 2007-9 financial schmozzle caused by a corrupt Congress. His last years were boring or corrupt depending on which color you like.
The Russians couldn't figure out Reagan, drunken Ted K went to Moscow and told the Soviets he was effing crazy and boom, communism collapsed because they spent so much money on a space/arms race that was never real. And because they ran out of other people's money.
Cope brought up the Art of War above. The two most important tenets, for me, from Sun Tzu's classic are : 1) be unfathomable and 2) the best war is the one not fought.
Reagan did both with amazing success felt in the US and globally. Successive US Presidents since have failed. While Trump seems far from done in his work, he is working to a playbook that makes sense to me. Doesn't mean I like the guy, but I like the effect he is causing. Discomfort is a good thing for the entire political and media class.
National and global leadership should not always be easily understood by the average citizen. We choose the leaders to actually lead. Sometime we don't like the direction or style. Effectiveness should be what matters.
Trump has a different style and a different direction than the last guy. I don't understand why so many people need to be angry with him each day. He is an *******. What does that have to do with being an effective leader?
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