Posted on 01/17/2017 7:41:17 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The eye of a storm is a calm place surrounded by turbulence. So is Donald Trump.
Much of liberal America is in an absolute tizzy over his impending presidency, with denunciations and declarations of defiance competing for the most apocalyptic scenarios. Will the world end Friday or Saturday?
The sturm und drang is not limited to the homefront. Europe is reeling from Trump’s salvo that Brexit is a “good thing” and NATO is “obsolete.”
And China threatens to “take off the gloves” if Trump keeps flirting with Taiwan.
But if the president-elect is rattled or even worried about the turmoil, he’s doing a masterful job of concealing it.
When I visited his Manhattan office Monday, he was more zen than elevator music.
Days from his inauguration, Trump was the calmest man in America. Smiling, gracious, making jokes, laughing at mine, tossing off asides to an aide — if you didn’t know what he’s been through and the awesome responsibility he’s about to assume, you never would have guessed it.
To be sure, he was hardly oblivious or giddy. It was the holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. and the papers were filled with stories of Trump’s dispute with civil-rights icon John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat. Lewis started the row by saying he would boycott the inauguration because he sees Trump as an “illegitimate president,” which is a shockingly cheap shot.
Yet, predictably, most journalists hammered Trump’s counterpunch, a tweet that said Lewis “should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart.” Predictably again, Trump was accused of being racially insensitive to a black hero on the day that honors Martin Luther King Jr.....
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“The next leader of America is standing strong in a world gone mad. Tested by fire, he is calm, confident and ready for action as he approaches
This rendezvous with history. May God smile on his tenure.”
I love this closing.
How can he resist? These libs make it so easy when they freak out over a 140-character tweet. Same reason my brother enjoyed hiding my Weebles when we were little, or telling me how stupid Raggedy Ann is. It’s not Trump’s fault these people are hysterical.
There is the Trump the Press is trying to sell and there is the real Trump, the President Trump.
John Lewis can go #### himself.
And what is Europe worried about?
Surely the mighty EU military can swat China or Russia like a fly.
New York Post actually writes complimentary words about Donald Trump?
Am I in an alternate universe?
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The Post is often favorable toward Trump. So is the Observer and the Sun.
The Times and the Daily News are anti-Trump commie rags.
I really like Michael Goodwin and this is a great interview. Being cool is something you have to be to practically build Manhatten and amass a fortune of 10 billion dollars or more. I can’t wait for Friday to get here.........;)
Wasn’t it the Post who ran his wife’s pictures?
Yes. It is still generally favorable though.
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