Many of your observations are valid. I believe that President Trump plays the long game and doesn’t worry too much about short-term disquiet or hand-wringing, even among his most fervent supporters.
So much of the world latched onto the false accusation that PDJT was “in bed with” or too friendly with Putin that the two of them may have determined that putting some distance between him and Putin through an expressed commitment to Ukraine serves many good purposes. So far though, they’re just words. Until those words are converted to actions, I don’t see any chance there will ever be Americans’ sons’ boots on the ground in Ukraine under President Trump. He’s involved in a very complex negotiation between what is really Russia and the World (represented by Ukraine) and I trust him more than anyone else to get it right.
My overall approach to understanding President Trump is that he says a lot of things and I’m convinced that most of it isn’t even meant for us. Then the anti-Trump media intentionally amplify his comments to inflame his base and get them to abandon him. I’m not participating in that game and prefer to trust that we didn’t come this far to get squeamish about a few things we perhaps don’t have enough information about to fully understand.
Do we have a better alternative anyway?
Great post and you are right, either we trust him or we don’t and I still trust him.
The lovely thing about most families is sometimes having a president, for whom I and mine are all together able to really care for, almost as if he is part of our family.
An occasional critical word doesn’t cause much excitement in a family, nor should it concerning the well-being of our phenomenal president, though it is important that he listen and is aware, I believe.
I like to think POTUS responded to the base, once he was made to realize there was some real hurt there.
The media had nothing to do with the offense taken by the base. That was simply the initial go-to parrot points issued from the White House, while testing the extent of rumblings from the base to the WH switch board and online.
President Trump did listen. He did make a correction in both tone, and explicitly in substance.
I don’t mind saying that I was grateful for it.
But first, he publically cleared the air on Virginia Giuffre, the spa, and that she was “stolen”.
Well done by the man himself.👏Bravo.
Personally. I’ve never given thought to pretending not to notice Jolting behavior, particularly in someone I care about. It seems for lack of a better word pretentious to not see, not hear, least of all to never speak critically of it. To shush or to couch words about jolting events comes unnatural, from some place most Americans have been ever Unaccustomed.
My God, men have died for such freedom.
I would like for POTUS to look his best abroad as well, and to be seen sure and firm, steady but caring, without a hint of bombast or dreaded imperialistic overtone.
Sun Tsu spoke to hiding advantages and disadvantages, true conditions behind the scenes.
Such clarity is always in view, for those playing at Sun Tsu. I bought the book, myself.
I do remember Putin crediting Trump as “unpredictable”, way back during the campaign. HRC vs DJT.
I’ve wondered of the effect for Sun Tsu strategy, when someone is unpredictable by nature, and it’s not a ruse? I suppose there is a strategic patience that shifts toward actions, more than words.
Like a couple of our nuclear subs.
I agree with all you said, LL.