Posted on 01/23/2016 9:09:19 PM PST by djstex
Trump had nothing to do with any of this.
Trump did not steal your money.
Trump did not raise your taxes.
Trump did not quadruple the price of food.
Trump is not stirring a race war.
Trump did not leave any US soldiers in Benghazi to be slaughtered and desecrated by Muslims.
Trump did not send the US Navy to fight for Syrian Al-Qaeda.
Trump did not arm ISIS and systematically exterminate Christians throughout the Middle East.
Trump did not betray Israel.
Trump did not provide financing and technology to Irans nuclear weapons program.
Trump did not give our military secrets to China.
Trump did not remove our nuclear missile shield in Poland at the behest of Russia.
Trump did not shrivel our military, and betray our veterans.
Trump did not cripple our economy.
Trump did not increase our debt to 20 trillion dollars.
Trump did not ruin our credit, twice.
Trump did not double African American unemployment.
Trump did not increase welfare to a record level for eight years.
Trump did not sign a law making it legal to execute, and imprison Americans.
Trump did not set free all of terrorists in Guantanamo bay!!!
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Your attempt at making a point almost seems pertinent but it fails; here’s why:
Gates and Cook are not what you think or describe.
Gates’ wealth is 99% stock speculation on shares he allotted for himself. His success ***at survival*** came largely from luck by a confluence of conditions that put him in a sweet-spot. One might think the same for Donald Trump but it’s not a valid comparison. Gates’ luck came from IBM leaving the field of micro-pc manufacturing to clones that were 1/10 the price of Jobs’ Apple line thereby putting them in the reach of mass consumers. Gates’ to his credit cut a deal to preload his MSDOS/Windows on these cheap clones but without the withdrawal of IBM and the advent of clone manufacturing, the mass consumer would never have been reached. Hence, Gates did not achieve anything much; it fell into his lap. His survival from his initial good fortune was followed by lackluster stock performance and poor return to investors, but stock options doled out to early equity compensated programmers and managers benefitted from the dot-com bubble and succeeded in making the region of Seattle rich. Again, Gates was not the driver in this, just the lucky recipient. His force of personality was not instrumental in carving out the entire niche. Many others would have done a better job than he. I could go on but suffice to say, Gates is not a force of history, he was and is a geek who won a tech toy lottery ticket. However, he along with Jobs did create a working environment that was indeed new and fresh. In sum, Gates is not one for the textbooks.
Tim Cook, the jury is still out. He came from a supply chain background. He knew all the manufacturing arrangements especially in Asia and this is why Jobs left the top job to him; he knew Cook could keep the machine rolling. As for Cook’s drive for innovation? It’s not impressive. It’s difficult to build a case on a line of tech watches. The Apple product line has made process improvements and has continued to increase all positive parameters in products, but this can be attributed to momentum left by the culture created by the legacy of Jobs. Cook did not create it, he maintained it. The stock has soared and languished; the profits have been enormous but derive in large bulk from China. Whenever Trump talks of evening things out with China, Cook has pain and shows it in the press. It’s very sensitive. In my view, the one-time $16 billion or so quarterly iPhone profits from China that occurred were from consumers numbering about the size of the city of Shanghai at a price point of $1000 per iPhone, which I find to be highly implausible unless a deal was cut with Beijing. In general, Beijing wants one thing, control. A part of control is in spying capability. Thus, I am inclined to think Cook opened spy doors for Beijing in return for subsidies. I could be wrong, but that’s how I connect the dots. In any event, Cook is not one for the history books.
Soros is a mystery by design. But his profits come from destroying, not building. I don’t think history will be very kind to this creature. Can it be argued that he is a successful businessman? I don’t think that is the proper context. He’s a successful destroyer, a malicious opportunist, an uber jackal. In any event, he’s not one for the history books in regards to business innovation and transformation. He will be in history for entirely different reasons.
Trump has some shortcomings in my view, like everyone, but he is one for the history books. He’s a force of nature with his developed presence and personality. His empire is privately held, none of it is public that I know of, at least, nothing substantial to his holdings. His work ethic is extraordinary and was instilled by his father. Trump as a young man did menial tedious work such as cleaning and replacing toilets for apartment renovation and home remodeling. He cut his teeth in construction and was worked by his father to the bone so to speak. He was made to work on weekends while his college buddies partied and his only break in a work schedule was church on Sundays where he would listen to his pastor Norman Vincent Peale whose power of positive thinking can be seen today in the personality of Trump. Trump lost all his wealth in the Savings & Loan crisis of the early 1990s (heavy involvement by the Bush family; hence his hatred for the Bush clan) and by sheer force of personality was able to recover and expand to greater wealth and influence, taking care not to repeat the vulnerability he had fallen into.
Trump’s negatives: there are quite a few but from a historical perspective, he lacks material technical innovation or commercial success achievement of new technologies as was the case for Jobs. He did solve the problem with the Wollman Rink but he did not invent the solution. He was able to observe, communicate, develop consensus, and execute a plan; these are his strengths and are what make him a notable problem solver but not necessarily a Captain of Industry. His negatives stem mostly from perceived character flaws, mostly in his followers not knowing if he’s for real, if he can be trusted, because he shifts alliances that leave supporters sputtering and uncomfortable. Presumably, he does these things with an aim in mind, and it is the nature of this aim that is at issue. One way I satisfied myself as to his motivations is with this posting that has been posted numerous times on FR:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3330070/posts?page=86#79
It can assuredly be said that Trump is a patriot of the highest order. But this takes it back to his positives which is part of the Trump enigma; his negatives in one context are positives in another.
I could go on, but I think you need to develop your point on different persons, not the ones you chose. And when I think of how you might proceed with comparing him with other forces of nature, I come up empty. Maybe Louis the XIV? But this Louis wasn’t so bad.
Whenever a force of nature comes along like Donald Trump, we can bet there is a long trail of crushed egos of persons left gnashing their teeth, and who are filled with hatred. But what is the result? Is it a monument to vanity like Trump Towers? Or will it be the ‘Trump Wall’ that contains an extraordinary vibrant society that people around the world can only dream of being a part of?
There are plenty of reasons I can list for not liking Donald Trump as well as many for liking him. But if I reflect on why I may not like him, I conclude that it’s not about Donald, it’s about me and how I need to work harder than ever to achieve more than ever. If Trump can respect that, I’m in. And I’m pretty sure he will respect it because I see it in every person that he hires and who has risen through the ranks of his organizations.
if you think running a successful business qualifies a person for higher office I got two words for you.....
Rick Snyder...
Trump supported and gave money to some of the people who did do all that
That was at the first Iowa event. They didn’t do this at the Waterloo event.
Apparenlty Cruz was smart enough to pull the stunt.
Best post!
My few cents: He loves our Country, He loves our Constitution, He is pro 2nd Amendment, he is a successful businessman, he works for a living, and he wants to see us succeed and prosper. Can’t say any of that about junior in our hut.
Really? Does Trump now oppose ethanol subsidies?
Does he now oppose NSA bulk data collection that he justified as needed for security?
Has he renounced eminent domain seizures to transfer to private institutions?
Did he erase his past videos supporting many of the other positions he at least once held?
So, is everyone who doesn't agree with Trump now a loser just like those who disagreed with Obama labled a racist?
Donald Trump and Eminent Domain
That brings us to the story of the aforementioned elderly widow in Atlantic City, which starts at about the same time. The woman, Vera Coking, had owned property near the Trump Plaza Hotel for three decades, and didn’t want to move. Trump thought the land was better suited for use as a park, a parking lot, and a waiting area for limousines.
He tried to negotiate, at one point offering Coking $1 million for the land. But she wasn’t budging. So New Jersey’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority filed a lawsuit, instructing Coking to leave within 90 days and offering compensation of only $251,000.
Perhaps the only upside to this story is that in neither case did Trump succeed. The Bridgeport plan fizzled. Coking fought in court, and — in part because these were the days before Kelo was decided, no doubt — she was lucky enough to win. In 1998, a judge threw out the case.
Keeping Trump within the bounds on the Constitution could be Cruz’s best and biggest role, if everybody plays their cards right.
I have a cold feeling that Donald Trump would (will?) put Obummer to shame when it comes to issuing illegal Executive Orders. Anybody whose signature phrase is “You’re fired!” might be a little too tempted to wield unrestrained authority. Could Donald tolerate and continue working with a balky Congress?
Then again, I’d be delighted beyond words if Cruz were named to the Supreme Court. Talk about a match made in heaven!
Thanks for you input, always appreciate it. :)
Oh, okay, and that is one of the few I missed!
Mockery and make believe ... Kind of what I would expect from Beck. Although Cruz might have been caught off guard, he should have found a way to resist.
Polls are looking good in Iowa!
Thanks so much deport!
Clarity.
Out Standing!
good post.
I am still waiting for your debunking of the rest of my points.
Are there any other Trump supporters who think he opposes ethanol subsidies or the NSA bulk data collection?
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