Trump’s Statesmanship Surprise

American Thinker ^ | June 12, 2018 | David Prentice

[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.

[A_perfect_lady]

We should have known. He’s been doing business internationally for decades.

[A_perfect_lady]

I think if he just disbands the Department of Education, a lot of the problem will take care of itself.

[painter]

The minute this very early supporter saw candidate Trump challenge “political correctness”, I knew that all things were possible.

I am not surprised in the least by Trump’s foriegn policy success.

Same here. When Trump came down the escalator and declared he was running I was on board.

[Freee-dame]

You don’t become a multi-billionaire without having skills.

...especially by building/restoring buildings and golf resorts. Trump has had to deal with the world of business contracts where there are financial penalties for lying or just not living up to its provisions (unlike government). He also dealt with governments and regulations. A person who makes his billions from investing money is probably very smart, but does not need to have all the skills it takes to get something built and then owning to rent, not to flip.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

He had no foreign policy experience. He did not understand the world.

This is one area I had no doubts, plenty in other areas but not this one.

Trump did business all over the world. If anything he knew the world better then any other president we have had.

Others may have known the politicians or military. He knew the other 90% of the counties as well.