Posted on 06/07/2016 2:52:38 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
If a year ago someone told me I would be an advocate of Donald Trump, I would have laughed, because everyone knew he was a joke with a toupee. But on August 27, 2015, at a rally in Greenville, South Carolina, when Mary Margaret Bannister pulled his hair, we learned he does not wear a wig.
And in researching my upcoming book, "Trump The Press," I learned he is no joke. He has developed the leadership skills needed to lead the free world.
In December 2014, Peter Economy of Inc. magazine wrote, "The Top 10 Skills Every Great Leader Needs to Succeed."
Trump has them all.
1. Inspires and motivates others.
My favorite example is Jim Herman, who at 38 won his first PGA tournament on April 3, 2016. Herman tried for years to make the PGA but gave up on his dreams a decade ago, and settled in as an assistant pro at Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey.
"I got into a nice conversation with Donald, Mr. Trump, one day. He's like, 'Why are you folding shirts and giving lessons? Why aren't you on the Tour? I've played with tour players, you're good enough.' I don't know, maybe something like that gives you more confidence," Herman told Simon Evans of Reuters after winning the Shell Houston Open.
2. Displays high integrity and honesty.
In business, your word is your bond. Fellow billionaires T. Boone Pickens, Conrad Black, and Carl Icahn vouch for him. Businessmen seldom give a liar a second chance. Trump is tough, but respected.
3. Solves problems and analyzes issues.
In the 1970s, developers gave up on most of Manhattan. Enter Trump. He bought the Commodore Hotel in the hope of restoring it to its former glory. That meant closing down the X-rated shops that infested its first floor. The city offered him tax abatements, but the banks were reluctant to finance his project. Trump, all of 34, figured out a way to make it work.
4. Drives for results.
The city of New York wasted six years and millions of dollars trying to renovate an ice rink at Central Park. Trump took the project over, and brought it in under budget and on schedule in six months.
5. Communicates powerfully and prolifically.
What can I say? No one has commanded news coverage like The Donald. True, much of it is negative, but like Reagan, he talks through the camera and directly to the public. He was the Big Dog who showed that the rest in the litter were runts.
6. Builds relationships.
One of my favorite chapters in my book includes a testimonial from Peter David Ticktin, an extraordinary trial lawyer who rid Ontario of the loathsome Uniform Summons within a year of passing the Bar. He served as Trump's top sergeant when they were in military school together in the 1960s.
"Of the 99 guys (no girls in those days) in our class, there is not one who I know who has a bad word to say about Donald Trump. Think of it. With all the jealousies which arise in high school and thereafter, with all the potential envy, not one of us has anything other than positive memories of this man. How could we? He was an A student, a top athlete, and as a leader, he was highly respected. We never feared him, yet we never wanted to disappoint him," Ticktin wrote.
7. Displays technical or professional expertise.
His eldest son said he and his brother are the only sons of billionaires in the world who can operate a D-10 Caterpillar. Trump raised him like his father, Fred Trump, raised his sons by making them pull weeds and learn development from the sub-floor up.
8. Displays a strategic perspective.
Throughout Donald Trump's career, he has developed strategies, beginning with the converting the Commodore Hotel into the Grand Hyatt. He studied the media until he mastered it. His reality shows dominated the ratings over 14 seasons.
9. Develops others.
Trump made his caddy, Dan Scavino Jr., his social media director. Trump does not go by resume. He goes by results.
10. Innovates.
Until Trump, recent presidential nominees had to raise millions and blow millions on ads and huge staffs to win. A billionaire, he did not buy the election. Rather, he earned it by going out there every day and rallying the people by standing for something -- America.
Bonus: Champions change.
Trump is an advocate of Management By Wandering Around. He talks to staff and learns first-hand what is going on. Professor Newt Gingrich said Trump is one of the quickest learners he has ever seen.
Flip flop? You can bet your assets that he will change his position at anytime, anywhere, and any place if given new facts. He was pro-choice until he realized that a baby is not an inconvenience but a gift from God.
Yes, I get that he is not a cookie-cutter conservative when it comes to policy. But writing policy is not a president's job. You hire people like Ted Cruz to draft policy. That is what President Bush 43 did.
Trump's biggest selling point is that like Dubya, Reagan and Eisenhower, Trump accomplished something in life before entering politics. That taught him that public policy has consequences. Leaders should be aware of the damage as well as the good they do.
Washington today is like the Commodore Hotel was in the 1970s. Trump will gut it and make it better than you have ever seen it. He made Manhattan great again. Of course he will Make America Great Again.
Great read. In a nut shell exactly why I want him to be president
I initially started out for Cruz. The more I found out about trump the more I realized he is the real deal. At 70 years of age with an empire to run, children who love and respect him, friends, and enough power to get things done Trump’s only reason for going through this grueling campaign is because he truly wants to make Amweica great again
Go trump
Welcome aboard. It’s a great train to be part of
Work on local candidates. Donate to those you trust nationally, but do so directly. Screw the RNC
I was ambivalent about him when he first announced. I was for Cruz. But someone here, I forget who, posted a link to a PDF of “The Art of the Deal”. I downloaded it and read it.
He impressed the hell out of me with that book. And then he started fighting. Not backing down either. fsck political correctness!
And boy howdy, that was something I hadn’t seen from our side in DECADES!
It was around the time Me-again Kelly went on the attack, and Trump hit back, and I said, that’s my guy.
Of course Cruz went on to disappoint just about everyone. Well, except the wall st. Boys and girls.
TRUMP!
OMG. That is awesome. I hope the trump campaign sees it
If Trump is elected he’s still going to need conservative Republicans in the congress and senate to get anything done.
Donald Trump is a much better CEO than Hillary Clinton was at being the Secretary of State.
Yeah, no doubt, it’s just that I’m not even sure that the congress and senate held by the GOP are even going to try and help him.
It wouldn’t surprise me at all if they worked against him the entire time.
It wouldn’t surprise me if they try and impeach him either.
I have no trust or faith in any of them.
Look at how they rush to pile on Trump over this judge. Have they ever piled on Obama or Hillary? Never.
But yeah, I suppose ideally we would want to have Trump as president and a GOP house and senate in order to give them the opportunity to show us what they will do.
I guess it is a mistake for me to just assume that they will work against him or even try to sabotage.
Housing crash, Mr. Trump owed 9.2 BILLION, with a B, to 99 banks, he now owns 200 companies, employs thousands of people, has an IQ of 157, read ANY of his books...
I thought the exact opposite.
I have been hired for positions for having keen perception and excellent observation skills. Nearly a year ago, I started a thread right here the day Trump announced in his speech he was running for President. This was my first post on that thread.
This guy is going to make a lot of enemies. I think I found my candidate.
Posted on 6/16/2015
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3301055/posts?q=1&;page=1
BTTT
Ah, my first post that day, and then for some days after were quite a bit different sadly.
At that time I was definitely a Cruz supporter, so I first viewed trump as a threat to Cruz getting the nomination which turned out to be an accurate assessment there.
But I also I had very limited experience with Trump.
I’ve never really seen the dude in anything or do anything. I knew of him, but beyond that not much.
My most recent experience with him was negative, and that involved his response to the Gellar Draw mohammed event in Texas.
So I didn’t agree with him on that, but that’s alright, I don’t need to see eye to eye on every single thing in order for me to realize that the guy has something that all the others don’t, and that his heart and mind and soul are in the right place in terms of loving his country.
I kind of look at it like this now.
America is at war, both inside her borders and outside.
Would I follow Donald trump into battle? Yes.
Would I follow anyone else who ran into battle? **** no!
In fact the only other person I can really even think of in terms of that question is Allen West. I would also follow him into battle, and I hope trump picks him as VP, though I don’t expect that will happen.
I do not think that it is a mistake at all to assume that.In fact the evidence shows that they are lining up to oppose him. Lindsey Graham and others Republicans have came out and said that they would not support him. What they will do, is join with the Democrat Party and Hillary to oppose, undermine,and sabotage him. I think that your first impression was, until proven wrong correct.
So my observations of his announcement speech were not based on his past, but his words, demeanor, body language, gestures, eyes, and his confidence and truthfulness at that time of his speech. This was very important and also noted he had no teleprompters. I watched it closely that night, and then watched it again, back to back. I was confident at the time all the others on stage didn't stand a chance.
Yeah, splunge for me too!
“Trump’s biggest selling point is that like Dubya, Reagan and Eisenhower, Trump accomplished something in life before entering politics. That taught him that public policy has consequences. Leaders should be aware of the damage as well as the good they do.”
I love that. Absolutely love it. This is why Trump understands what the middle class is going through, like no other politician. He talks about the low interest rates driving people into a stock market that is due for a correction, for example. Nobody else running knows or cares.
It’s difficult to determine which way to go, because I know for sure that a democrat congress and senate will work against him, sabotage him and impeach him.
At the same time, it is also very much possible that a republican house and senate will do the exact same thing.
It’s pretty clear that our government despises Trump and all Americans.
I’m not sure what the solution is or if there even is one.
I’m with you on that one.
I was too busy making fun of the way he speaks to listen to what he was saying, that I can tell you.
He has a very, very distinct way of speaking such that a person like me can run with it and make fun of him.
but then I started to listen, and I also noticed that he does not use prepared speeches or focus grouped sound bites. He doesn’t use phrases like “commonsense”, and he speaks to me in the same language that I use.
At the same time that it became clear to me that Trump is not a liar, it also became clear to me that Cruz is a liar.
And there it is. I switched.
In the end I became convinced that every last person running other than Trump was either an open GOPE candidate or a stealth GOPE candidate, and that includes Fiorina, Cruz and Carson.
All of them were decoys for us to fall for.
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