Posted on 01/17/2020 12:58:01 PM PST by edwinland
A year and a half into Donald Trump’s presidency, Henry Kissinger set out a theory. “I think Trump may be one of those figures in history who appears from time to time to mark the end of an era and to force it to give up its old pretences,” he told the Financial Times. “It doesn’t necessarily mean that he knows this, or that he is considering any great alternative. It could just be an accident.” A term has been coined to describe this notion: Ryan Evans of War on the Rocks calls them “Trumportunities.” It is the idea that, whether by accident or design, Trump creates chances to solve long-running international problems that a conventional leader would not. His bellicose isolationist agenda, for instance, might already be forcing Europe to confront its geopolitical weakness; China, its need for a lasting economic settlement with the U.S.; and countries throughout the Middle East, the limits of their power. The president’s erratic behavior might be doing something else as well, something even more fundamental. Through a combination of instinct, temperament, and capriciousness, Trump may be reminding the world of the reality of international relations: Raw military and economic power still matter more than anything else—so long as those who hold them are prepared to use them.
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Just keep underestimating him. It’s how he wins all the time.
Actually, you mean Nixon and Ford’s.
I used to feel the same way but:
1. They are allowing more space for alternative views
2. they are a more honest insight into the thinking of the elite
hilarious. and typical
Must be nice to be a fully accredited member of the elite.
“Trumportunities.”
It is the idea that, whether by accident or design, Trump creates chances to solve long-running international problems that a conventional leader would not.
His bellicose isolationist agenda, for instance, might already be forcing Europe to confront its geopolitical weakness;
China, its need for a lasting economic settlement with the U.S.;
Countries throughout the Middle East, the limits of their power.
The president’s erratic behavior might be doing something else as well, something even more fundamental. Through a combination of instinct, temperament, and capriciousness, Trump may be reminding the world of the reality of international relations:
Raw military and economic power still matter more than anything else—so long as those who hold them are prepared to use them.
A term has been coined to describe this notion:
Ryan Evans of War on the Rocks calls them “Trumportunities.”
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3808977/posts
Apparently our Pres gets more done by accident than previous administrations have done on purpose.
The media said the same about Reagan.....forecasts of an economic depression, nuclear war and a world torn apart...then the successes started and they credited Reagan with “luck”.
The fall of the Soviet Union was just good timing...Reagan had nothing to do with it.
The economy boomed but stories daily about homelessness were printed.....the jobs were “gamburger flippers”, not union mineworkers (who Democrats hate now).
This is a rerun of the 1980s with a much more hostile, dishonest and violent media.
He was talking about foreign policy 30 years ago.
Perhaps he doesn't; but he's more than bright enough. Knowledge isn't the be-all and end-all of intellectual ability. Trump, like Reagan, is wise. People who have nothing but intelligence tend to be narrow-minded and arrogant.
Win after win, because he’s dumb?
Hardly.
With stupidity like this, we should be so lucky.
I would rather be lucky than smart anyway.
Trump in NYC operated in some very dangerous and shark-infested waters, and came out of them being an incredibly successful entrepreneur!
Actually, I think he relishes treading into the equally dangerous waters of the SWAMP, and being successful in working to Make America Great Again!
President Trump stumbles into triumph after triumph every day.
Arthur C. Clarke,
that should be Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
Hannibal stumbled into a victory at Cannae.
Caesar stumbled into a victory at Pharsalus.
Andrew Jackson stumbled into a victory at New Orleans.
Meade stumbled into a victory at Gettysburg.
/s
newsstooge TomMcTague...
Agree.
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