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Opinions & Editorials Discuss Donald Trump is running out of foreign leaders to alienate at the General Forum; Donald Trump is running out of foreign leaders to alienate March 20, 2017 By Steve Benen German Chancellor Angela Merkel ... |
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Incompetence in the extremis.
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I would anticipate Russia will take over world political leadership and China will take over world economic leadership and the US will be relegated to the status a third world country with a third world economy and no influence in world affairs. That is the expressed goal of the Trump administration. The destruction of the Constitutional government of the United States (the political speak is "the deconstruction of the administrative state" as Steve Bannon puts it) and the destruction of the US economy based upon it's policy decisions that are a result of delusion as opposed to factual information.
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Oh, but that was just "locker room talk" remember. The fact that over a dozen women stepped up after Trump's statements became public to claim they were the women sexually assaulted by Trump, confirming his locker room talk, was just fake news.
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This is better but I still find disagreement. QUOTE=ShivaTD;878484]There won't be any point to it. By then the US will have given up any leadership role in the world and that vacancy will be filled by Russia, China, or both. I would anticipate Russia will take over world political leadership and China will take over world economic leadership and the US will be relegated to the status a third world country with a third world economy and no influence in world affairs. That is the expressed goal of the Trump administration. The destruction of the Constitutional government of the United States (the political speak is "the deconstruction of the administrative state" as Steve Bannon puts it) and the destruction of the US economy based upon it's policy decisions that are a result of delusion as opposed to factual information.[/QUOTE] Leadership is often described ( not defined, but described) as convincing someone to do what you want, even though they didn't, and be happy to do it. Trump has a reputation for doing so in the business world. With the election of THE Donald, Our nation is betting it will work in the diplomatic world. He has four years to try. We shall see.
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![]() It would never dawn on the Trump haters that if Merkel really hated Trump so much she wouldn't have come for a state visit. Truth is she is facing a tough reelection bid thanks to her reckless policy of mass Muslim importation and unswerving devotion to providing bailouts to other European Union members. She'd like to create at least the appearance of state craft in the relationship with Germany's most important ally.
![]() No doubt she had a rough time when Trump brought up Germany's failure to pay its fair share of NATO expenses. Of course to the rabid Trump haters, pointing out a deadbeat is wrong, the US taxpayer should shoulder the burden for the "advanced" nations of western Europe. ![]()
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Donald Trump did meet this description. He would sign a contracts with construction companies to pay for them to build his projects and then not pay them. That forced the companies to file lawsuits to receive payment for the work they'd done. Because these companies had borrowed money to pay for the supplies and fixtures used in the construction, and the bills were going past due because of Trump's failure to fulfill his payment obligations under the contract, the businesses often had to settle for pennies on the dollar just to get enough cash to stay in business and even then many failed. When Donald Trump took over the Resorts International casino construction in Atlantic City to build the Taj Mahal the banks gave him a thumbs down knowing that he wouldn't be able to repay the loans. Trump resorted to selling "junk bonds" that promised to pay the bond holders 15%. Trump, because of his incompetence as a corporate executive, ignored all of the available information that the casino business in Atlantic City would never provide the revenue to pay for the cost of paying the interest on the bonds went bankrupt in three months. So he went bankrupt to avoid fulfilling his contractual obligation to pay 15% on the bonds. The bond holders were forced to take a significant cut in payment and instead take over part ownership of the casino. Eventually Trump was force out of his management position at the Taj Mahal because if his executive incompetence. Anyone that wants to do business with Trump needs to get paid in advance because Trump has absolutely no integrity as a business person. Four bankruptcies where he was the self-appointed CEO all due to his incompetence. Trump only gets his way by force and not by leadership and there isn't a independent board of directors in the United States that would appoint Trump to an executive position in the corporation because Donald Trump is not a leader. Donald Trump a private sector authoritarian (dictator) that uses force to achieve his ends and it was because of this very fact that he was entertaining on the TV series the Apprentice. A good executive that's a leader providing inspiration would never say "You're fired" because they'd never have to. Only an authoritarian that doesn't generate the inspiration of those below them, because they don't deserve respect, would ever find themselves in a position to fire someone. A true leader is the person that accomplishes their goals because they "lead" by example and others choose to emulate that which the leader does. They don't create win-lose situation but instead create win-win situations. Win-Win situations create voluntary agreements where both parties are committed to the fulfillment of the contract. The authoritarian (dictator) creates the win-lose situations but the party that loses never forgets and will do everything possible to not comply with the terms of agreement. It is an involuntary agreement secured by force and/or coercion that lacks validity under contract law. Donald Trump can never be a world leader. He simply doesn't have the ability to be a world leader. He'll never have the respect of other world leaders that already view him as a bad joke that should be ignored whenever it's possible and prevented from doing anything harmful whenever necessary. World leaders may often be able exploit Donald Trump because Trump has no knowledge of he "world stage" and is incapable of making informed decisions. He didn't want to know the relevant facts as a businessman and within his first two months he's already proven he doesn't want to know the facts as president. At best Trump supporters believe that as an authoritarian Donald Trump will be able to secure "deals" based upon threatened force and/or coercion that the other parties to the agreement will feel no obligation to fulfill. Is that what you would consider to be in the best interests of our nation? Or would it be better to have a leader that can reach voluntary agreements without the use of force and/or coercion that the other parties to the agreement are fully committed to fulfilling because of the mutual benefit to both nations? An honest answer would be appreciated.
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In other words, I would very much like to see fewer regulations. But that hardly means forfeiting our leadership role in world affairs, whether economic or military.
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![]() You've got such a long way to go now don't you. 8 years is a long time. ![]() Regards, Kirk |
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