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What a Failed Trump Administration Looks Like
Topic Started: Feb 17 2017, 03:45 PM (294 Views)
coverpoint

What a Failed Trump Administration Looks Like
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/opinion/what-a-failed-trump-administration-looks-like.html

Good article.

...The corollary is that Trump is ripe to be played. Give the boy a lollipop and he won’t notice if you steal his lunch. The Japanese gave Trump a new jobs announcement he could take to the Midwest, and in return they got presidential attention and coddling that other governments would have died for.

If you want to roll the Trump administration, you’ve got to get in line. The Israelis got a possible one-state solution. The Chinese got Trump to flip-flop on the “One China” policy. The Europeans got him to do a 180 on undoing the Iran nuclear deal.

Vladimir Putin was born for a moment such as this. He is always pushing the envelope. After gifting Team Trump with a little campaign help, the Russian state media has suddenly turned on Trump and Russian planes are buzzing U.S. ships. The bear is going to grab what it can.

We’re about to enter a moment in which U.S. economic and military might is strong but U.S. political might is weak. Imagine the Roman Empire governed by Monaco.
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"No moonbases in your first month as president?" YOU FAIL DRUMFT, YOU FAIL

At this rate the NYTimes will be out of business in 12 months.
Edited by estonianman, Feb 17 2017, 03:53 PM.
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nNeo

"when you declare war on the establishment, it declares war on you"
“Strong people don’t need strong leaders.”
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nNeo
Feb 17 2017, 04:10 PM
"when you declare war on the establishment, it declares war on you"
Had to happen sooner or later.

We call that a paradigm shift. The politicians and government officials became too complacent and retarded - they were all eviscerated by a CEO/Reality Show star.

What a time to be alive.
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