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Posted on 03/06/2026 6:53:12 AM PST by Rummyfan
Most students of history have likely pondered the question: Is it the times that make the man, or is it the man that makes the times? The question, though superficially intriguing, seems to have an easy enough answer: Sometimes it is the times that makes the man, and sometimes it is the man that makes the times. Rarest of all is the man who is both summoned and elevated by the times, on the one hand, and who has the courage and conviction to shape the times in return, on the other hand. It is this lattermost group of men who we might refer to as the truly great men of history.
Donald Trump is, on this metric, a great man of history.
In 2016, Trump was first swept into office, just a few months after the Brexit referendum in the U.K., amidst a broader wave of nationalist backlash to the regnant neoliberal global order. Trump, a lifelong free trade skeptic with New York City outer-borough sensibilities, was the right man to lead at the right moment. He became the first president since Richard Nixon’s fateful trip to visit Chairman Mao in Beijing to begin decoupling the U.S. from its economic bear hug with the Chinese Communist Party. More recently, Trump has overseen a historic securing of America’s porous southern border and an equally historic withdrawal from dozens of transnational institutions.
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Does “Rummyfan” mean an attachment to gin rummy or an admiration of Donald Rumsfeld?
“Is it the times that make the man, or is it the man that makes the times?”
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Both are roughly equally honorable in my view.
The times made Churchill, via WWII.
However, Trump made the times, by pushing the whole world towards change and by aiming at ending major Islamic threats and reinforcing NATO to an unprecedented level.
This in NEWSWEEK?
WOW!
Most students of history (as taught in today’s schools) have likely pondered the question: Is it the patriarchy that make the woman, or is it the woman that makes the patriarchy?
President Trump is great. But his term ends in 2028,
Elon Musk can run flat out for another 20 years. His mark on history by then will be much greater.
I think I just saw a pig fly by! Newsweak?
So love him or hate him, Trump has been a transformative President - changing both the discourse and the actual direction of America's trade, immigration, and foreign policy, probably to a greater extent than any post-WWII President, even including Reagan. By this objective standard, he'll certainly be remembered as a "great" figure in future history books.
Okay, buddy. Who are you and what have you done with the real newsweek?
Donald Rumsfeld….
Ditto.
I have not followed the link to see if the author later changes his tune.
Agreed. Donald Trump is an outstanding human.
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