Dilbert’s creator has been pretty amazing during the election.
I really had no idea he was so astute.
People ultimately respect others that are honest and direct with them. Political correctness is phony posturing. You really can’t trust a politically correct phony.
Mexico is a third world country run by despots and a land where criminals rule the roost. Australia wants to dump a thousand criminals onto our welfare rolls.
Trump told Mexico to get their country in order and he told Australia that if they were stupid enough to take potential terrorists without extreme vetting, then they can keep them.
Here’s another theory being batted around over at The British Daily Telegraph: during the press conf. with Theresa May, May picked as the first questioner a Trump-hating BBC reporter - and she did it purposely to embarrass Trump and to “talk down to him.” Given that yesterday, she went before Parliament and blasted his policy of terrorism - I’m starting to believe this is accurate. We have no friends; only interests - if we’re lucky.
What do we need Australia for?
Trump is resetting these relationships. If I had to guess, I’d say the conversations were very direct.
The first step is establishing credibility, then trust. “Yes, I mean what I say, no BS. Let’s get real.”
It’s just the beginning of negotiating new relationships.
Of course, the MSM has no idea what is happening and will spin every step as evil/incompetent.
“Everything is an ongoing negotiation with Trump. Australia and Mexico just had to sleep on the idea that their relationship with the United States is worse today than yesterday. And it sends a signal to other leaders that lecturing President Trump with an eye toward grandstanding or embarrassing him isn’t the strongest strategy. He probably needed to make that point one way or another. That’s done. Now let’s see if the next foreign leader decides to lecture him or not. I’m thinking no.”
This is the key to understanding Trump.