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Trump’s Statesmanship Surprise
American Thinker ^ | June 12, 2018 | David Prentice

Posted on 06/12/2018 6:24:05 AM PDT by mairdie

Nobody knew. None of us saw it. Amongst his biggest supporters, maybe a handful suspected it. Many of us expected the economic renewal of the US to happen. Many of us foresaw a significant roll back of Saint Barrack’s horrid, destructive agenda. A lot of us hoped for a major push back on the left.

All of which we have gotten.

None of us, no one I have read, no one I know, expected Donald Trump to be a giant in foreign policy. No one expected him to reshape the world. Yet Donald Trump, in a short time, is doing so.

That was supposed to be one of the reasons to vote against him. He had no foreign policy experience. He did not understand the world. He was going to lead us into wars. He would be taken advantage of by our enemies. He would ruin our alliances. He would be a rube. A bumpkin. An embarrassment. That was what we were told.

Well. Guess what #nevertrumpers? You were so wrong, desperately wrong. Your shame should be bottomless. Bill Kristol, Max Boot, all of you stand up and please voluntarily go into the stocks and throw rotten veggies at yourselves. You should be ashamed to speak. Yep, the entire left-leaning foreign policy establishment as well. All of you.

I did not expect this, never saw this as one of Trump’s strengths. Nonetheless, we have not seen a better, more fruitful, and more capable foreign policy than this administration since the great Ronald Reagan.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: kimjongun; liberals; nevertrumpers; northkorea; singaporesummit; trump; trumpasia
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To: mairdie

What you can do if you truly love your country and don’t care who gets the credit


21 posted on 06/12/2018 7:11:21 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Horse heads work!)
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To: mairdie

Many of us were not surprised. DJT is a man of that immense talents and capabilities. He’s a man of actions and not just empty rhetoric. Thank you God for President Trump.


22 posted on 06/12/2018 7:15:30 AM PDT by tflabo (Varmints)
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To: mairdie

Very. Stable. Genious.

“America First, bitches!”

Nope. Not tired of winning yet.


23 posted on 06/12/2018 7:24:34 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Donate to Mike Flynn's legal fund: https://mikeflynndefensefund.org/)
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To: madison10

“Husband has been saying President Trump is the greatest in his lifetime, at THAT includes Reagan.”

LOL, I’ve had a couple indignant responses from lukewarm at best Trump supporters here when favorably comparing him to Reagan.

I agree with your husband. Reagan had made significant “compromises” with his friends across the aisle by now.


24 posted on 06/12/2018 7:25:16 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: mairdie

“None of us, no one I have read, no one I know, expected Donald Trump to be a giant in foreign policy. No one expected him to reshape the world. Yet Donald Trump, in a short time, is doing so.”


I saw it - you cannot turn a $1 million loan into a multi-billion dollar fortune by being stupid, or by not being able to negotiate well (which involves using what you have to your best advantage). So here comes one of the smartest real estate operators in the world, and now he’s vested with the power and prestige of the United States, along with his innate patriotism. The combination was there for ALL to see...but, as usual, there are none so blind as those who will not see. To me, this was the logical, rational result of those factors.

Yeah, Trump can be rude and crude...so what? That actually works in his favor (he wouldn’t do it if it wasn’t - not more than once or twice), as people understand that he’s not some powder-puff, good-haired pol, but a hard-bitten businessman with power and goals. So that gets him (and us) what he and we want.

I am particularly happy that we will be getting the remains of a lot of our servicemen from the Korean War - none of them are related to me, but we owe that last bit of respect to them, and to their families. Too bad the parents didn’t live long enough to get closure, but at least many siblings, wives and children will. I wish that some other President had the same chutzpah and determination as Trump and did this earlier...but I guess that this is a case of better late than never.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again - thanks be to God for putting Donald J. Trump in the position of President at this time.


25 posted on 06/12/2018 7:29:49 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be f Vanceree." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: mairdie
At least by default, it was pretty much a given that he'd be a vast improvement over Clinton, the Bushes, or Obama.

Trump campaigned on the most sensible foreign policy that I've heard come from any Presidential candidate in a general election for quite some time. He promised a strong national defense, an end to freeloading from US "allies," an end to squandering our national treasure on foreign aid or on "nation building," and a transactional approach to negotiation with other countries (allies and adversaries) rather than multilateralism. So far he's mostly delivered on those promises or at least done his best to do so.

26 posted on 06/12/2018 7:33:29 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: mairdie
"That's 37 games in a row you've won, Donald. I don't think I'll ever get the hang of this game you call tic-tac-toe."


27 posted on 06/12/2018 7:34:02 AM PDT by moovova
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To: mairdie
Nobody knew. None of us saw it.

Nobody except the 63 million people who voted for him.
Deal making is his element - It's where he shines.

He didn't make his fortune selling government secrets and favoritism.
Making legal deals is how he earned several billon dollars.


28 posted on 06/12/2018 7:39:35 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (The only trannie I want to see is a Muncie 4 Speed M-22 Rock Crusher)
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To: mairdie
Dave's not here, man. Clearly.

What the hell. A lot of us saw this. These absent minded idiot #nevertrumpers kept watching the ping-pong ball, back and forth and couldn't see the trick. The trick was getting them to watch the political ping-pong ball going back and forth and never looking at the fact that this was entertainment and the real action was elsewhere.

There are a few fundamental rules of negotiation - like, when you can get a better deal not dealing than dealing then you walk. And you belittle your opponent and make him look like the fool he is trying to make you look like. Rule #2 - you don't negotiate a deal that the other side can't live with.

The problem is that for the professional negotiators - the functionaries at State or the lawyers who do trade deals, a negotiated deal is always better than walking - because negotiating deals is what they get paid for. But that is all tactics rather than grand strategy. And it explicitly accepts what the famous so-called Nash equilibrium - a game solution in which no one side can unilaterally improve his position.

But such negotiations have put us in an impossible strategic position, where we are far better off walking, taking our military, money, and marbles and going home, declaring that their rules are void and that we are going to follow OUR rule - which places the US constitution supreme.

Don't think Trump understands strategy - what are his two most famous properties? 1. Trump Tower, which was able to build because he negotiated the air rights for the next door Tiffany's; and 2. The Old Post Office redevelopment - which is simply the best hotel location in Washington DC. You can burn down the swamp, exile 80% of the population and bureaucrats and the Old Post Office is so centrally located that it will still have superb occupancy rates.

Tell me how grand geopolitical strategy is any different. What is different is when you think that you are stuck with the negotiated position given you by the professional bureaucratic class who claim that only they understand the language of international diplomacy.

It's the old trick = Rule #1 I get to write the rules. Rule #2 - see Rule #1.

You swindled yourself, Dave. Take your eye off the bouncing ping-pong ball inside the beltway, walk outside into the fresh air, breath deep, and take your sun-glasses, because sunshine is bright.

29 posted on 06/12/2018 7:39:53 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: mairdie
Well. Guess what #nevertrumpers? You were so wrong, desperately wrong.

Your shame should be bottomless.

Bill Kristol, Max Boot, all of you stand up and please voluntarily go into the stocks and throw rotten veggies at yourselves.

You should be ashamed to speak. Yep, the entire left-leaning foreign policy establishment as well.

All of you.

Going to save that segment to gobsmack a few around here when they pop up with their yadi yada.

30 posted on 06/12/2018 7:49:38 AM PDT by going hot (happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: stig
I believe it's this Real Estate angle that so many of us become more impressed with President Trump than when we first supported him

As I said above, I think people miss the point about his RE genius. Negotiating sure, but it's his strategic genius to see geography and see the opportunities. And a geostrategic view is what we have lost over these last couple of decades. To a tactical negotiator, fixing the middle east or fixing the Crimea question or anything else all look the same. To someone who understands maps and connectivity of things they are very problematic - as they have turned out to be.

31 posted on 06/12/2018 7:52:34 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: moovova

This is a version of the same pic I saw from yesterday.

Abe had crossed arms in the first one. In this one, his hands are in his pockets. He could be wearing a sandwich board that says NO! and it would be less subtle.

Trudeau is standing out of Trump’s field of view, facing the Europeans, moments before he shivved Trump.

What a snake.


32 posted on 06/12/2018 8:02:00 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: moovova


33 posted on 06/12/2018 8:03:36 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (The only trannie I want to see is a Muncie 4 Speed M-22 Rock Crusher)
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To: mairdie

The man keeps winning.


34 posted on 06/12/2018 8:17:28 AM PDT by Retvet (Retvet)
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To: mairdie
Trump has shown he can communicate and raise up people he barely knows. We’ve seen this on The Apprentice and so many other occasions. “We would like to thank Macy’s, a very wonderful supporter...” What can’t be understood?
35 posted on 06/12/2018 8:18:27 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: mairdie

Why surprised? From a hard RE businessman and builder’ point of view, dealing with Kim and Khameinei are the same thing as dealing with Dem0crats and Gopes. He knows who he is dealing with, knows his opponent’s weaknesses and knows how to get what he needs from anyone. Intuition topped by a high intelligence.


36 posted on 06/12/2018 8:22:24 AM PDT by arthurus (rqq)
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To: mairdie
Almost 20 years Trump told on a TV interview what needed to be done with North Korea. He just did EXACTLY what he said.

I am convinced that Trump was waiting for 20+ years for a true American leader. He did not really want to be President. When no one came along, he had no choice but to roll-up his sleeves and to it himself.

37 posted on 06/12/2018 8:26:50 AM PDT by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: mairdie

He told us.


38 posted on 06/12/2018 8:28:12 AM PDT by Lopeover ( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: moovova

That POS Albright must be p*ssed!


39 posted on 06/12/2018 8:33:02 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: goldstategop

“I’m skeptical of the agreement but I’m willing to give our
President the benefit of the doubt.”

You have to give peace a chance, just to cover your *ss if for no other reason.

If that doesn’t work, then over to ‘Plan B.’


40 posted on 06/12/2018 8:36:44 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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