Posted on 06/30/2017 5:24:13 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
There is a perfectly legitimate argument to be made that the President of the United States should just sit back and take all attacks and insults hurled his way, even when the magnitude of the attacks is unprecedented.
Donald Trump has chosen to ignore that philosophy.
In case people aren’t aware by now, when Donald Trump is attacked, he fights back, even when he probably shouldn’t.
Whether it’s a war hero like John McCain, the parents of a war hero like Humayun Khan, or just some morning talk show hosts, Mr. Trump feels the need to retaliate for criticism against him because the criticism against him is almost never benign.
And whether he is right or wrong, lets not pretend that he is always the aggressor. In fact, President Trump may deserve some credit for virtually never attacking anyone without provocation. Dare I say, Donald Trump may be the most civil politician in history. Ok, that’s a stretch. But as ruthless and vulgar as his attacks may be, he is almost always the counter-puncher.
Make no mistake, Donald Trump’s supposedly vicious attacks are always in response to vicious attacks against him. He does not retaliate with personal attacks against people who simply question his policy proposals. He responds to very personal and offensive attacks like questioning his “mental stability”, calling him “crazy” and “deranged.” Those are not benign, policy-based critiques of the President.
Had one never caught a single moment of news until yesterday, they might be inclined to think that Donald Trump savagely attacked some poor woman for absolutely no reason at all.
The news coverage seemed to omit that the alleged victim of Donald Trump’s tweet, Mika Brzezinski, appears to have essentially dedicated her professional life to personally attacking Donald Trump. And those defending her are naive enough to believe that she is not at fault in any way.
Calling Trump stupid and crazy isn’t a horrible personal attack, it’s just a fact because, let’s face it, Republicans are stupid and crazy, right? So, why would someone retaliate with a horrible tweet just because someone pointed out the obvious truth about them? That is how this deranged thinking goes.
Republicans have been the victims of bullying for years. They are bullied by the press. They are bullied by the entertainment industry. They are bullied by other politicians. And they have always taken the high road. They have always backed down.
But in Trump, for the first time in history, Republicans may have an individual who has decided to refuse to back down. He has refused to turn the other cheek. The press is the bully and Donald Trump is punching them straight in the nose.
The difference between Donald Trump and other politicians is that he just says, in front of millions, what others wait until they’re behind closed doors to say. This may be a character trait unbecoming of a president or it may be one soon to be embraced by others.
As childish as “he started it” might sound, at least it is almost always the truth. It may be legitimate to criticize some of the rhetoric Trump uses in his personal feuds but it is a safe bet that he was not the initial antagonist.
So again, if you want to argue that the president should just take the criticism, then that is a separate argument. But don’t act as if he is doing this without provocation.
On CNN’s State of the Union last December, Jake Tapper criticized Donald Trump’s use of Twitter to attack his critics. Tapper questioned whether Trump’s tactics represented “presidential behavior.” Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway responded that he is “the President-elect, so that’s presidential behavior.”
Historically speaking, Donald Trump’s behavior may not be “presidential.” But as Conway pointed out, at least for the next three and a half years, that is about to change.
Obviously, President Trump will not be able to respond to all of his critics, even in 140 characters or less. But that doesn’t mean he won’t try. Is it “presidential behavior?” It is now.
Republicans want to be liked and invited to all the best parties. DJT doesn’t care about the Washington DC parties nor whether the press likes him. MAGA!
All the CNN whores shrieking about Putty-Face Mika are quite silent about what their little Mitt-licking punk Jimmy Carr said about Kellyanne Conway.
I lit up their Twitter feeds with a "hypocrite" barrage.
That quote was quite the complement and it still is today. This fight President Trump is taking to the fake news media is not some off the cuff action. I believe it is a key element in the tactical fight to drain the swamp. First things first.
Yeah, I forgot about all the cocktail parties. Maybe many of them consider rats to be their friends. I wonder if any rats consider them to be THEIR friends? I am thinking, not likely.
Love Trump and what he doing and fighting back!
Rats use people, not really care about people.
“...it is unbecoming a president ...”
Nope.
It’s WAY past time for being “above the fray” and polite to those assholes on the left. I don’t believe in being polite to psychopaths who want to TRY to take my Rights away.
They’ve deserved a 2x4 to the face for a long time now, and he’s giving it to them.
And so did we, in the election, for that matter.
More to come...
At one point in the race she & Joe fawned over Trump & he would call in every day. They ripped Hillary all the time until they must have gotten word that they were uncool & were ticking off progressives. Then they completely changed their tune.
They played the game & deserve zero sympathy.
We can not spare this man. He fights.
I’m with Trump.
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A renewed lift? Like low-energy Jeb got a renewed lift? Or crooked Hillary? I suspect that ultimately the past beneficiaries of The Donald would have preferred to do without the lift.
I don't think any rat socialist or communist, cares about anyone but themselves.
Amen! Too bad the Republicans in congress are all eunuchs.
Oh! Now I know why he did it. He is positively brilliant.
This guy Bilello is no friend of Trump.
“they want us all dead”
Yup
We aren’t doing as we’re ‘told’
Ever hear of Megyn Kelly? How did wrestling with Trump work out for her?
Rosie O too. Won’t turn out well for Mika.
Yeah, I don’t understand why revealing someone had plastic surgery is such a crime. Nor do I understand why it’s “misogynistic.” Does that mean only women have plastic surgery?
Apparently, Mika said she’d just had “chin surgery.” That means she had her throat lifted. A picture of her pre-surgery shows why her mom suggested she have it done. She’s got way too many eye wrinkles to have had a face lift.
The idiots are indeed the ones not understanding Trump’s metaphore of the fake news bleeding face lift of the media.
Rinos are cowards who never fight back. Democrats are utterly insane
That’s what I thought. If Mediaite is for him, then what he did is perfectly appropriate.
Mika pretending after getting expensive surgery that she is a princess victim part of the oppressed is a joke
Nothing is more
misogynistic than a feminist
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