It was the decade of 'The Donald' as incessantly reported by Liz Smith.
I never thought about Trump either way other than getting tired of Liz Smith referring to Trump as 'The Donald'.
The event that shows you who Trump is and how he thinks and acts is the Central Park skating rink.
The city was trying to rebuild the CPSK and they were wildly over budget, it wasn't working, and there was no end in sight.
Trump stepped in and said, 'I'll rebuild it for you (and if I remember correctly) for right to the concessions'.
The city let him and he rebuilt it under budget and before scheduled.
The key to understanding Trumps' personality is that he's impatient with incompetence.
While everyone is saying, 'it can't be done because it's never been done before' and 'we can't do it that way because we have to do it this way', and 'we have to follow the established rules even if the established rules don't work', Trump is saying, 'Why not?' and 'Of course we can'.
Trump is SOLUTION focused. Not PROCESS focused.
Trump looks for the shortest distance between two lines and he finds those of like-mind who know what needs to be done and how to get it done.
This transcends political parties.
It doesn't phase me he was a Democrat.
What's import to me is he correctly identifies a problem and then finds the solution that will work.
Trump is SOLUTION focused. Not PROCESS focused.
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In this case it may be that the solution was a nod to the GOP establishment for whatever reason. Think art of the deal. Probably a concession in exchange for some other type of support Trump needs in the future.
Not sure Kavanaugh will prove to be someone that conservatives will be happy with in the long run. JMHO.
I think your summary is really good, thanks.
It would be interesting to engage a Trump hater on that basis rather than on the usual misinterpretations passed along via the media. Who wouldn’t want a leader with those attributes?