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There's a Smidgen of Churchill in Trump [arthur march vanity]

Posted on 03/29/2016 7:37:29 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March

Winston Churchill sounded the alarm -- Hitler was dangerous and his movement could have been strangled in its infancy.

Now we have a vindicated Donald Trump.

While not even close to 'the next Churchill' at this moment, he did accurately sound the alarm --

Europe is in danger.

The Brussel's attack made him appear downright prophetic, espcially since the New York Times had mocked him specifically about Brussels being a hellhole.

Rush Limbaugh pointed that out yesterday [much to the ire of Cruz supporters]. Rush even made the point of adding that the Establishment views Europe as a fairy wonderland even though places like Paris and Brussels are trashed [by muslims who refuse to assimilate].

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Churchill and Allies

Lobbing verbal grenades at your allies probably seems very 'un-Churchill-like' to many I suspect.

Regarding Trump wanting allies to pay more, someone pointed out to me:

'It's a lot more than just revenue flow Arthur.....'

These moments often tickle me not only because geopolitics is one of my interests but also because 'luck' often brings me useful information in advance.

Sometimes the Lord helps when you pray for guidance.

A few weeks ago I found a history book for $1 at a discount store:

"Pearl Harbor Christmas" by Stanley Weintraub.

Prior to Pearl Harbor, Churchill had no choice but to meekly beg FDR for aid. And the President had to finesse his assistance due to massive anti-war sentiment and a weak economy.

Digressing a moment: Nazis were probably the prime catalysts of our anti-war movement. Without their meddling, we would have been more united and better prepared -- countless lives saved. The new anti-war ring leaders could arguably be the Saudi Prince Alwaleed [who has enormous influence over FoxNews and other media] and Soros [the ultimate globalist].

So there was Winston Churchill, hand-in-hat, beggging us for aid.

Then came Pearl Harbor.

Churchill held a secret 'strategy' session -- how to handle negotiations with FDR.*

His advisors recommended that they simply repeat their requests with no deviation.

Sir Allen Brooke noticed the Prime Minister's reaction: "a wicked gleam in his eye".

"Oh!" said Churchill, "That is the way we talked to her while we were wooing her; now that she's in the harem we talk to her quite differently."

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Winston Churchill meets 'Art of the Deal'. Treating her like she's 'part of the harem' counts triple when you are the dominant ally who is further from danger.

[Many of you 'get it' already. But for those who don't yet I'll lay it out.]

Back when we produced half the world's GDP we could afford to be generous. No longer.

Just as the British Empire strained her resources fighting off the world's greatest earthly evils, now we appear to be in the same situation.

While it is Keynesian economics that have sunk us and Europe and Japan into debt, US bond interest rates will improve more quickly if we shed off our cavalier attitude toward spending.

So Trump can kill two birds with one stone:

Help restore faith in US bonds and prod our allies into bearing more of the defense costs.

And there's a third winged target in the sky: negotiation leverage.

Our allies could appease Trump through better tariff rates and trade alliances which help the USA.

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"But the alliances will fall apart!"

That has been the fear.

But Trump puts the monkey on their backs and goads them into self-awareness. It exposes the flaws in their own economies as well.

We've been the sugar daddy for far too long, the enabler of riotous living. It is time for Europe to get working again and sort out its flawed priorities.

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Conclusion:

Even if Trump had not calculated everything the way I just did, his overall strategy works for itself. Putting other nations on the defensive gives you 'center control' of the chess board.

There is a time to be friendly toward other nations. But one must be dynamic, willing to shift perspective.

Only a corrupt government sits idle like our ships at Pearl Harbor. They have all the time in the world to scheme.

Current diplomats already panic at the thought of how to hold our 'frayed alliances' together under Trump. They vow to resign and should do so when he's elected.

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* Stanley Weintraub's 'Pearl Harbor Christmas', page 7. Last paragraph.


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To: PreciousLiberty; Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

‘Trump is just like Churchill...minus wit, eloquence, intelligence, and class.’

You could add in ‘nerf herder’, but please don’t call him scruffy.

If Trump is stupid, it’s the kind of ‘stupidity’ that is mentally superior to Cruz who blamed Trump for rent-a-mobs and wants Elmer Fudd to drive around in clown cars patrolling muslim neighborhoods while supporting more muslim imports. [The police would certainly feel that way, waiting for some idiot to drop his terrorism blueprint on the street.]

Cruz made some vague reference to ‘improved surveillance powers’ for those police as I understand it, but he knows that will be blocked by the federal judiciary.


41 posted on 03/30/2016 5:22:39 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Obama giving away the internet: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts)
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To: AppyPappy

To compete I would imagine.

He also proposes 15% taxes for businesses. Should he refuse to pay more out of priniciple?


42 posted on 03/30/2016 5:24:48 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Obama giving away the internet: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts)
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To: little jeremiah

Thank you for your input. FRegards ....


43 posted on 03/30/2016 5:26:20 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Obama giving away the internet: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts)
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To: vpintheak; Beautiful_Gracious_Skies; shibumi; PreciousLiberty

My turn to get devilish.

Someone said Churchill is more eloquent than Trump. I agree.

And speaking of eloquence ....

Cruz: ‘Trump May Be A Rat But I Have No Desire To Copulate With Him’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3413828/posts

[Rat-a-boy, Cruz!]

Glenn Beck: I’ve Been ‘Raped By Ted Cruz’ (And it only gets more bizarre)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3414747/posts

[Rat’s the way!]

Doctor arrested for flying rainbow flag in Saudi Arabia says he had no idea it represented gay pride...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/doctor-arrested-flying-rainbow-flag-7641478

[Don’t show it to Glenn Beck. He might get a Cruz flashback.]

Question: would Cruz be willing to waterboard rats?


44 posted on 03/30/2016 5:30:14 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Obama giving away the internet: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407691/posts)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Yes but he also proposed to a bunch of women he divorced :)

I think a lot of people like Trump because they think he agrees with them.


45 posted on 03/30/2016 5:30:25 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Weasel candidates who get the mortified look on water boarding are so PC.


46 posted on 03/30/2016 6:40:12 AM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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