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To: dsc; All
None that I can see. To be president and unaware of the forces arrayed against one seems to me the height of incompetence.

It would be, yes, if he persists in being so unaware.

The failure of Obamacare repeal and replace is proof that he was unaware of the forces arrayed against him. No one can possibly, reasonably, argue otherwise. That he chose to listen to or align himself with Paul RYAN of all people is proof of this. It's just not arguable.

Now, is this proof, necessarily, of incompetence on his part at this early stage of his Presidency? No, because ignorance (or being unaware) does not necessarily equal incompetence. Why?

It's quite simple. Because only incompetent people PERSIST in ignorance. Competent people do not. It's just that simple.

So now the real test begins: Does Trump have enough competence to realize his mistake in the Obamacare repeal effort? We shall see. Because what he needs to do is realize that the people he apparently was listening to during that mess, are the exact people he needs to start ignoring when it comes up for consideration again (and it will because Obamacare is about to explode in everyone's face later this year when rates hike up dramatically), or more to the point of this thread, he needs to ignore the Paul Ryan's in Congress and stick to the people who are his real allies, the Freedom Caucus and others with them when the wall issue starts to really heat up.

Because that's where his base is; that's where his real power is. In conservatives, not in the fakes like Ryan. Conservatives fed up with constant "compromise" in Washington got him elected. So if he goes down the same road, trying to be some great "negotiator" instead of simply allying himself with his real power base (which is how things really run in Washington, there's no real "negotiation" anymore, it's all just about alliances and power grabs), with the wall issue or any issue, then he hasn't learned this lesson and remains ignorant of the real way things "work" in Washington.

If he doesn't learn this lesson then yes, he's incompetent. Because real competency isn't being perfect all the time, it's being able to learn from your mistakes.

228 posted on 03/29/2017 3:11:00 PM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: FourtySeven

“Because real competency isn’t being perfect all the time, it’s being able to learn from your mistakes.”

Well, let’s hope you’re right, but at this point I am disappointed that he didn’t spot Ryan, McConnell, and Priebus for the slimy backstabbers they are.

That shouldn’t take a man of his age and experience more than a few seconds.


229 posted on 03/29/2017 4:03:39 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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