Do Trump's Hawks Speak for Trump?

Townhall.com ^ | June 4, 2019 | Pat Buchanan

[dp0622]

Some of the things these guys said...they need to carry xanax...

Not EVERYONE wants or can handle democracy.

I foolishly thought differently before Iraq.

[wbarmy]

Speak softly but carry a big stick. Bolton and the rest perform the job of “big stick” but President Trump holds the reins. These countries know what could come if they step out of line and Trump is reminding them.

[ClearCase_guy]

I think it may be a variant of “Speak softly and carry a big stick”.

We have people who know how to fight and we are fully ready to fight. That’s a big stick, and some of them are being pretty loud about that big stick.

But the President is trying to speak softly and negotiate with people and implement policy through other means. It is good to make deals with this president, because the alternative would be unpleasant.

[ClearCase_guy]

GMTA

[miss marmelstein]

I just don’t see the evidence that Trump is dying to invade countries despite Bolton being at the WH.

[AppyPappy]

Note: Far Fewer troops in combat than Obama.

[TakebackGOP]

Buchanan blamed 9/11 on the U.S.

[cba123]

You have a source for that claim, please?

Thanks.

[Leaning Right]

> Speak softly but carry a big stick. Bolton and the rest perform the job of “big stick” but President Trump holds the reins. <

I think you’re right. But there’s a natural tendency in most leaders to “do something”, to take a strong action. I hope Trump is able to resist that impulse.

[Balding_Eagle]

President Trump’s top economic adviser is Larry Kudlow, a long time fierce opponent of tariffs.

Just more evidence that the president is wisely surrounding himself with people of differing opinions.

[wbarmy]

"And when that day comes, I know you will move to the sound of the guns ... and you will fight, and you will win. "Put your armor on," Pence admonished the warriors, "so that when -- not if -- that day comes, you'll be able to stand your ground."

I hate people who have never served thinking they know what someone should be telling a group of graduates at a military academy. I would like to make two points about this particular statement.

1. America and our FVEY partners are unique in all the world. When gunfire starts anywhere else in the world, everyone scatters like cockroaches when the light comes on, even the cops. They do not start trying to determine the situation until they have backup. In America, the men (and some women) start looking for the source to determine if they can or should do something. And we hate it when someone sits around waiting for backup while people die. Thank God for the people like Ryan Keith Cox in our country.

2. That phrase "Put your armor on" is a very biblical and very apt phrase for our men and women serving in these areas. The same idiot complaining about what VP Pence is saying would be damning the military if something went wrong and they hadn't been prepared, if their armor wasn't on. Because, as VP Pence said, that day is coming! For our military, there is always a day coming and we need to be prepared for it.

[TakebackGOP]

He used to say it on MSNBC.

[CharleysPride]

“Do Trump’s Hawks speak for Trump?”

No.

Neither do they speak for the voter’s who put Mr Trump into the Presidency.

[cba123]

Whatever.

I seriously doubt that, at least the way you portrayed it. Buchanan is not a “blame America first” person.

He just isn’t.

But I’m not a huge MSNBC fan.

:)

[Bishop_Malachi]

I just don’t see the evidence that Trump is dying to invade countries despite Bolton being at the WH.

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Trump seems to be a man predisposed towards non-intervention, but if you surround yourself with too many hawks your judgement can be clouded. The more I here Pence speak, the more I don’t like. He was poor spokesperson for Conservatism when he was governor and now he just sounds like a war-mongering fool.

[babble-on]

Doesn’t seem like anyone is speaking softly in the entire outfit. And the more I see the less convinced I am about a stick of more than modest dimensions.

[babble-on]

No, but Buchanan is very openly a “blame the Jews” person.

[wbarmy]

When you are dealing with most of these actors, you do not need a really big stick. Just one properly directed JDAM would ruin Kim Jung Uns whole life. Same with the leadership of Iran, they are actually very easy to get to and they know it.

All of these bad actors are used to US leaders who speak softly and hide the stick. President Trump has decided to try something different.

[cba123]

I think that Buchanan catches a lot of flack from people who are a tiny bit too focused on “the Jews”.

I am (not) entirely convinced, it is well-deserved.

Your views may differ. :)