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Ted Cruz is my idea of a great great conservative for the White House, he’s destined for the White House.
There are two incontrovertible things of many incontrovertible things with Donald Trump that close the deal for me:
1) He loves our Vets
2) He’s tough, as in old school New York City tough.
All the other sales points that are used in boosting him such as immigration, no one can buy him, etc. are all derived from the above two points and those two points above are indisputable. Point one confirms and validates such things as his patriotism, putting America first, deporting alien lawbreakers, etc. and point two confirms and validates he won’t back down from such things as political correctness, ill manners and misbehavior and in fact will go on the offense to the surprise and horror of his attackers. <— ‘his attackers’, note this.
Trump’s essence is passive-aggressive as is typical of old New York City behaviors. Everybody in that metropolis who were and are players had for many many decades developed a code of ethics based on how you treated your friends and how you treated your foes. All others who are neither friend nor foe are treated respectfully but kept distant. You will often hear of people that have visited NYC for the first time that people there were so friendly to them and how confusing it is that the city has such a reputation for rudeness and meanness. That’s because outside first-time visitors are ‘innocent’ but just as soon as someone decides to move there, if they weren’t already born there, and make a ‘presence’, then they immediately learn of the underlying urban war. To survive there one has to develop a toughness unlike any other place in the world. That’s how it is that New Yorkers say that if you can make it in New York, then you can make it anywhere.
The takeaway here is there are two Donald Trumps, two faces: one face for his enemies and another face for everyone else.
New Yorkers (here meaning those in the city) are typically of the mind that they look their foes in the eye with a big smile on their face while in the back of their minds they are looking to kill and screw them over. Because a lot of what goes on in New York is about screwing your enemies. That’s where the toughness sets in.
When old school New Yorkers greet someone they very much respect and admire they typically look somber with a stern look as an acknowledgement of the respect they are paying and the esteem they hold the person.
I know it seems backwards from what most of the world expects but it really works that way in New York City.
To make it clear: if you are his enemy or a criminal, he will break all norms of behavior including lying in order to bring you down and lock you up. General George Washington defeated the World’s superpower with a ragtag army using masterful lies. So although social norms at their root promote telling the truth as an inviolate principle, those social norms are not applicable in war. And NYC is a region of passive-aggressive behavioral warfare. I infer that all is fair in war in the eyes of Donald Trump. All lawbreakers are his enemies. All contract breakers are his enemies. Anything goes when dealing with them as long as the Rule of Law is at least on the surface left intact for the law abiding. Everyone else who is not an enemy either gets a somber gesture of respect or a challenge to prove themselves.
Where did I learn this? From long time residents of NYC. These observations are not coming from me. They are merely passed on by people that know that environment. I’ve spent a lot of time in NYC with relatives, friends, business people but I’ve never lived there. When I get introduced to a New Yorker who greets me with a big smile, then I know I’ve somehow received bad press beforehand maybe from a cutthroat competitor, and I know I have my work cut out for me to establish trust if I expect to do business with that person. And I always get third parties to brief me on the persons I am meeting before the meeting because if you get caught associating with the wrong crowd, then you’ve lost before you started. Because at the top in NYC everyone knows everyone. This little tidbit of insight should help people understand why Trump is so bombastic. It’s not him, it’s the cultural exterior he’s had to adopt. To know the real Trump, all you needed was a glimpse of him while on the helicopter with those kids at the Iowa State Fair. If you ever get Donald Trump to open himself, to let his guard down like on that helicopter, then as an adult you can think you made it to his inner circle or are privileged to be close to it. And if you’re an honorable vet, then I would expect you’re already in his inner circle.
There are two incontrovertible things of many incontrovertible things with Donald Trump that close the deal for me:
1) He loves our Vets
2) He’s tough, as in old school New York City tough.
1) If he loves Vets why did support and vote for democrats all those years, probably still does?
2) In New York City they disarm the decent people SO THAT the indecent people can ROB THEM.. at gun point..
TWO Reasons to question Donald Trump..
Great analysis, Hostage — thank you so very much for your insights.