Illustrating yet again the wisdom of the Trump Administration not offering an inside position to Gingrich.
Yes. Newt and Callista will be just fine outside the Trump admin.
Newt other media sources may need a translator since most of them clearly can not comprehend President-elect Trump. However, the people understand Donald Trump and resent the constant attempts at false interpretations of his words.
Like any smart and successful contractor, Trump recognizes the importance of planning for multiple exits. The most politically useful thing about Trump’s linguistic somersaults is that definitions may change accordingly. The media fails to grasp how this has repeatedly played out so many times throughout the presidential campaign. And now with his message to the House GOP, they respond once again with condemnation and outrage.
Trump makes a bold and dramatic statement that is vague. Like clockwork, the media responds by freaking out and is forced to shift the agenda to Trump’s topic, usually on his terms. Then Trump basks in their spotlight as he clarifies and re-clarifies again and again until he zeros in on the exact position that he finds comfortable and that is politically sustainable.
Listening to Trump as he dropped a verbal asterisk on what had originally was construed as an absolute ban on Muslims entering America is a prime example. At the time, he was reading partially from a script when Trump realized he would need some more flexibility with his policy to combat terrorism at home. Almost as an after thought, Trump modified the phrase, “…until our countries’ representatives can figure out what the hell is going on.”
Now we expect these campaign pronouncements to turn in to actual policies and the media is still in denial that they are facing an incoming president that will actually act as he had campaigned. The idea that Newt and others are fearful that Trump won’t deliver is weak thinking.
The media is shocked and appalled while just trying to play catchup to the agenda that has begun to unfold.
You don’t get where Trump is, doing multi billion dollar business deals in New York by losing your nerve.
You don’t run for president against sixteen experienced politicians and the Clinton Machine by losing your nerve.
And Newt thinks Trump is going to get weak kneed NOW?
Yep - don't know what happened to Newt but he sounds like he's the one losing the faith.