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Donald Trump's winning streak is transforming America
CNN ^ | July 5, 2018 | Timothy Stanley

Posted on 07/05/2018 2:57:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

We can now say we're entering the age of Trump. It's been a long march to this moment. Around this time last year, the summer of Scaramucci, Donald Trump's staffing was an unholy mess, his poll numbers hit new lows and the GOP health care initiative died in Congress. Perhaps Trump could not govern, some speculated. But a year later, and just a few months before the midterm elections, Trump is most definitely in charge -- and he is changing the character of America step by step.

Trump is advancing post-liberal politics in three key areas. First, a foreign policy that is marked by realism totally undisguised by platitudes or historical sentiments. NATO friends, for instance, have been warned they must contribute more towards the organization's budget. In the Middle East, the United States has thrown its weight behind the unexpected alliance of Israel and Saudi Arabia. And Trump has pulled out of deals that he says weren't working (Iran) or that he doesn't philosophically agree with (Paris climate accord). His withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council is emblematic of his approach. We all know the UN is a joke on human rights (its membership includes dictatorships such as Cuba and China); critics accuse its members of turning the council into a platform to attack Israel. Trump is simply the first President to do the decent thing and walk away....

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: maga; trump; winning
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1 posted on 07/05/2018 2:57:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is from CNN? Really?


2 posted on 07/05/2018 3:01:52 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Pretty good article from far left CNN. I wonder if Mr. Stanley will keep his job there?


3 posted on 07/05/2018 3:02:46 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This could be the ending of the denial stage of loss.


4 posted on 07/05/2018 3:04:23 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Vigilanteman

He doesn’t work for them. He’s a British professor and author.


5 posted on 07/05/2018 3:04:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Vigilanteman

This writer is so getting fired.
Or has Trump finally broken the spirit of Cnn? I read where the Food Network is beating CNN’s ratings.


6 posted on 07/05/2018 3:07:19 PM PDT by Kelyan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump is the tranformational figure OSicko could only dream of becoming. MAGA.


7 posted on 07/05/2018 3:09:12 PM PDT by WKTimpco
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To: Magnum44

It’s gotta be bad. Real bad.


8 posted on 07/05/2018 3:10:14 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Magnum44
This is from CNN? Really?

I think cfnn has read their ratings and decided being anti-American leftists hurts the bottom line.

Or this is merely a one-off that made it past the Ministry of Truth Department.

9 posted on 07/05/2018 3:14:22 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ("please pass the winnamins" (/Principled on 6/27/2018))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Unfortunately, it is backward to a normal state (Like a 12 step principle that you have to go back to where you jumped off)

Fortunately he's moving fast enough, we will more than likely see an advancement FOR our posterity.

10 posted on 07/05/2018 3:15:13 PM PDT by knarf (NO 17 year olds and very few 18 year olds are in a military combat zone .... for many reasons.)
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I guess CNN’s bottom line has hit bottom.


11 posted on 07/05/2018 3:22:52 PM PDT by moovova
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WNTOFWWPDNTJr


12 posted on 07/05/2018 3:23:47 PM PDT by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: marktwain

I think the libs are going to have to travel a long road before they get past the denial stage.


13 posted on 07/05/2018 3:34:14 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Magnum44

Yeah, who allowed Tim Stanley to write such a supportive piece?


14 posted on 07/05/2018 3:35:31 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: moovova

I guess CNN’s bottom line has hit bottom.

* * *

New management? AT&T is in charge now. Maybe the marching order is to be more balanced? Was Jeff Zucker called onto the carpet?

A company like AT&T has a big brand to protect. TimeWarner, the former owner, was rather invisible.

Let’s see.


15 posted on 07/05/2018 3:37:54 PM PDT by poconopundit (MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
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The administration's decision to separate families of migrants -- many of whom are economic immigrants lying to claim refugee status refugees seeking asylum -- illegally crossing the border has triggered a profound moral backlash ...

Fixed it for him.

16 posted on 07/05/2018 3:38:13 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens")
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First use of the phrase or word 'post-liberal' I've seen. Such introductions are usually planned between the lefty news orgs so we'll probably start seeing more and more start characterizing this era as that. It probably mens they are into a different phase of their strategy for disrupting the administration, allows them to start a fresh new course.

Good luck lefties because the fresh new course seems more like 'double down on the old rotten course and discard the term 'liberal.'

17 posted on 07/05/2018 3:43:34 PM PDT by tinyowl (A is A)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The 2011 Trump Prophecy states that, 'even the news outlets will eventually get behind Trump as he restores America's wealth and stature...,' {paraphrasing}
18 posted on 07/05/2018 3:46:02 PM PDT by Gargantua (The wheel is spinnin' and it can't slow down... ;^)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Moderately balanced article from CNN. Expect it to soon be scrubbed!


19 posted on 07/05/2018 4:04:58 PM PDT by karnage
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...and he is changing the character of America step by step.

No, he's just bringing administration back into alignment with the character that America has always had.

20 posted on 07/05/2018 4:38:28 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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