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Trump is breaking all the rules, and that could be great for America
bostonglobe.com ^
| Niall Ferguson
Posted on 03/13/2018 9:34:52 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Here is a man who glories in breaking the rules, because that is how he rules.
Notice, too, that in the middle of this comedy routine, Trump revealed exactly what he was planning to do with respect to North Korea. By the way, he told his audience, a couple days ago they said, We would like to talk, and I said, So would we, but you have to de-nuke, you have to de-nuke. So lets see what happens. . . . We will be meeting, and well see if anything positive happens. Not a single news outlet got the joke that this wasnt a joke.
Of course, this could all end in just the kind of train-wreck-plus-dumpster-fire predicted ad nauseam by the presidents critics. But consider, if you dare, what a future historian might one day write:
President Trump had no experience of foreign affairs, but he soon grasped how disastrously his predecessor had bungled the North Korean nuclear threat. He applied sustained pressure on Pyongyang, directly through new UN-mandated sanctions, and indirectly by menacing China with threats of military action or a trade war.
In March 2018, he stepped up the pressure by announcing new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. These tariffs would have hurt Americas allies more than China, but Beijing got the message. Xi Jinping was well aware a trade war directed by the US against China would hurt China much more than the United States, potentially reducing Chinese exports to America by up to 20 percent.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aluminium; china; steel; tariffs
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To: RoosterRedux
he soon grasped how disastrously his predecessor had bungled the North Korean nuclear threat
Uhm, if truth be told, every president since the Korean war has bungled North Korea. Don’t let the Bush/Clinton cabal off the hook.
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posted on
03/13/2018 10:41:57 AM PDT
by
sparklite2
(See more at Sparklite Times)
To: RoosterRedux; unkus; SkyPilot; ZULU; Foolsgold; sheik yerbouty; JLAGRAYFOX; jimrob; seekthetruth; ..
To: 1_Rain_Drop; 3D-JOY; Abbeville Conservative; Abby4116; abigkahuna; adc; Aleya2Fairlie; ...
MAGA list ping!
Bigly Trump list ping!
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posted on
03/13/2018 1:13:23 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
To: Vaduz
I’m sure Obama loved Kenya, or Indonesia...
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posted on
03/13/2018 1:18:35 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: aquila48
Must admit. His comment did bring a smile.
However, certainly not the first. It’s been almost constant since he won the election.
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posted on
03/13/2018 1:54:25 PM PDT
by
V K Lee
(Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken. - Donald J. Trump)
To: RoosterRedux
Well, I look at it this way:
playing by ‘the rules’ has the USA heading straight into the abyss.
High time we had the political equivalent of Ghengis Khan as CIC. Because that’s what it’s going to take.
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posted on
03/13/2018 2:07:27 PM PDT
by
MichaelCorleone
(Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
To: MichaelCorleone
No quarter. Crush the LIB/DIMs (figuratively, of course).
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posted on
03/13/2018 2:58:48 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: RoosterRedux
Was it Shakespeare who said: Many a truth is told in jest.
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posted on
03/13/2018 3:39:20 PM PDT
by
Lopeover
( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
To: Lopeover
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posted on
03/13/2018 3:41:08 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(Churchill: Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.)
To: RoosterRedux
Thank you so much, Rooster!
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posted on
03/13/2018 3:44:43 PM PDT
by
Lopeover
( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
To: Albion Wilde
Bigly Trump list ping!
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Trump is just hitting his stride. Stand by for more amazing action.
To: Lopeover
I rarely get it right.
The best thing is to keep on trying...as you do.
Keep up the good fight.;-)
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posted on
03/13/2018 4:19:49 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(Churchill: Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.)
To: MichaelCorleone
High time we had the political equivalent of Ghengis Khan as CIC. Because thats what its going to take.Or at least Harry Truman! ( Don't give me hard time over HST, please! )
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posted on
03/13/2018 4:43:09 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: dr_lew
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posted on
03/13/2018 4:55:45 PM PDT
by
MichaelCorleone
(Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
To: 1Old Pro
Reminds me of Reagan's: "I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience."
And even Mondale (the indirect target) grinned at this line.
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posted on
03/13/2018 5:28:54 PM PDT
by
poconopundit
(MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
To: Albion Wilde
Niall Ferguson is one of Britain’s defenders of American conservative — a more scholarly Nigel Farage.
Ferguson has engaged in verbal hand grenade hurling with Paul Krugman of the NY Slimes.
It’s a good story... And I’m surprised the Boston Globe published it.
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posted on
03/13/2018 5:36:16 PM PDT
by
poconopundit
(MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
To: Lopeover
I so rarely get it right.;-)
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posted on
03/13/2018 5:39:03 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(Churchill: Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.)
To: dr_lew; MichaelCorleone
Ghenghis Khan, maybe not. But how about Sun Tzu?
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posted on
03/13/2018 5:59:01 PM PDT
by
poconopundit
(MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
To: luvbach1; V K Lee
Bull in china shop may leave unprecedented success in his wake.Good. And along the same vein...
Bull in china shop is a smashingly good way to get the shop owner's attention.
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posted on
03/13/2018 6:30:12 PM PDT
by
poconopundit
(MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
To: dr_lew; MichaelCorleone
May I gently add the name of my Dad’s old boss?
...George Patton.
Sometimes I get the feeling that PDJT is another reincarnation of The General. Sure sticks a boot up the nearest available arse in the same fine fashion and the MSM treats/treated both with the same lack of aplomb.
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posted on
03/13/2018 7:45:33 PM PDT
by
Unrepentant VN Vet
(...against all enemies, foreign or domestic...)
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