Round 3.
He’s not going to be selling real estate. He is going to be executing the Constitutional laws of the land. And he has no proven experience. Of course this isn’t always a problem if you can sell people on the idea. Worked well for Obama who never had a real job, but he could bull$hit you into trusting him.
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Obviously you know nothing of the hurdles one has to cross to be a developer. The massive legal, financial, and personal risks involved. It is not just standing up in front of a few fellow Senators and grandstanding on an issue that strikes your fancy. It is in-depth development and demands an extremely intelligent mind to hold all the details and weigh and balance conflicting factors, assess risk against possible gain, and MAKE SERIOUS DECISIONS which affect the future of your company and your family as well as yourself.
A politician who VOTES for the disbursement of the taxpayer’s money has no personal risk in the game. He wins whether his bill wins or loses. He still gets his paycheck paid by the American Taxpayer.
Trump is surrounded by legal advice which he would certainly also have as President. No change. No extreme difference from his present job as CEO of an enormously successful company. Trump takes risks, win, lose, or draw. That takes someone with lots of intellect and nerves of steel. Cruz can only lose his seat in the Senate if he does something wrong and then he just goes back to a job with a law firm pleading cases for foreigners against legitimate American businesses. He loses nothing except a little ‘power’, maybe.
I used used to think like you, but after I retired from the business scene I decided to get involved in politics and be active in the Republican grass roots. I have since learned a lot about government that I did not know or consider when I was a working for a living.
Concerning Trump, he has been used to having absolute control over his organization. He can control the purse strings and fire and hire whomever he wants. He makes the rules and can do whatever he wants within the bounds of the law. He has absolute power.
As POTUS he will not have such wide control. He will only manage the executive branch of the government. His duties will be limited by the Constitution. He will not control the purse strings, make any rules outside the executive branch, or be able to ignore laws and fire or hire the legislative or judicial branches if they disagree with him or his agenda. He will have power to veto legislation but even that be overridden by a 2/3 majority of the legislature. He will serve at the pleasure of our Congress and can be removed from power for impeachable offenses. But he will have the power to influence legislation. If he is a great negotiator and communicator he can achieve much if he can navigate the partisan political waters that has poisoned our government in recent years.
I do not think our Republic system of government is neither structured to be a business nor run like one. But it can be run as efficiently as a business.
Because I know Cruz has more experience in government I prefer Cruz. But given Trump is a great negotiator and bull$hitter he could adapt his business skills to government. How long this would take I don’t know. But I will support whoever gets the nomination because this will be the most important election conservatives will face in a lifetime.
But I do have concerns about Trump. My first concern is that Trump will try to bully or bull$hit his way to success as he has in his business dealings. This will not work. There is already too much of this now. My second concern is whether he can he work his deals without giving up or comprising our conservative values. My third concern is whether he will stay the course if he does not attain the same level of success as he in his business career.