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To: Racketeer

Well, Trump has been doing 180 turns on foreign policy so often it’s given me whiplash. Tomorrow he may say something entirely different. I hope he will this time, actually.


6 posted on 05/08/2025 9:42:55 AM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "all's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: CatHerd
> Trump has been doing 180 turns on foreign policy so often it’s given me whiplash

Let me suggest something to address your whiplash.

There's a) Policy, b) Strategy, and c) Tactics.

I think Trump's policy has been constant: "We win, they lose".

His strategy is his approach to that policy, and it's been pretty consistent: "Get them to do what we want them to do".

His tactics are how he implements his strategy. Those tactics can change, even daily -- that's how "tactics" are categorically different from "strategy" or "policy". So if the tactics seem somewhat chaotic, well, that's sometimes necessary. They need to adapt to changing circumstances.

I hope that helps.

10 posted on 05/08/2025 9:57:00 AM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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