Posted on 01/21/2016 2:28:23 PM PST by Isara
There are many reasons to vote for Donald Trump for president. He is an expert at hard-hitting quips. He is willing to throw the kitchen sink at anybody who crosses him. He has blue collar appeal and an unlimited expense account.
There is one giant reason not to vote for Donald Trump: he has no central guiding values other than his own glorification.
Practically speaking, here is the Donald Trump Doctrine for the Donald Trump Presidency in The United States Of Trumpia:
Enemies of Trump Must Be Punished. During the infamous CNBC debate, Trump explained his greatest weakness: "I trust people too much. I'm too trusting, and when they let me down, if they let me down, I never forgive. I find it very, very hard to forgive people that deceived me."
Trump doesn't see ideological opponents. He only sees people who cross him. It doesn't matter if Ted Cruz agrees with Trump on immigration restrictions - Cruz had the temerity to personally question Trump's candidacy, and so Trump opens up the guns. Some conservatives seem comfortable with the idea that Trump's enemies will be conservatism's enemies, but there's certainly no guarantee of that. After all, at various points during his career he has bashed conservatives, leftists, and people who won't let him buy their land.
Friends of Trump Must Be Rewarded. All people are judged good or bad based on their personal relationship with Trump. Here's Trump on disgusting race-baiter Al Sharpton back in December 2014: "I know [Sharpton] very well and I've always gotten along with him, to be honest with you. There are those who say [Sharpton] likes Trump a lot." He reiterated that on Bill O'Reilly's program this week. Here's Trump on Bill Clinton in 2014: "I play golf with him and I like him. I mean, what's not to like?" Here's Trump on Russian dictator Vladimir Putin: "He's running his country and at least he's a leader, unlike what we have in this country…I think our country does plenty of killing also, Joe, so you know."
That isn't to say that Trump won't turn on any of these people in an instant - just look at how he swiveled from praising Ted Cruz as a "special guy" a few months ago to a "nasty guy" now. But the point is this: for Trump, the only reason to call you friend or enemy is based on your personal treatment of Trump.
Trump Gauges Quality By Success. Politicians by nature shift in the wind. They follow what's popular. They are chameleons. Trump has this quality to the extreme. Not only does he routinely shift positions on every major issue of the day - he has never held a political position consistently, from abortion to immigration to Syrian refugees - he gauges his own level of success by popularity. He doesn't do things because they're right. He's right because he's popular. That's why Trump may know nothing about policy details, but he knows the verticals on every poll taken about him. Donald Trump knows Donald Trump is right because Donald Trump is popular, and Donald Trump gravitates to popular positions because that's what makes Donald Trump popular and thus right.
Trump Never Makes Mistakes. Ever. Whenever Donald Trump tweets something stupid, he promptly blames an intern. When Donald Trump refers to Second Corinthians as Two Corinthians, he promptly blames Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council: "Tony Perkins wrote that out for me. He actually wrote out the 2, he wrote out the number 2 Corinthians." When Donald Trump talks to God, he never apologizes, because he's never made a mistake: "Why do I have to repent or ask for forgiveness, if I am not making mistakes? I work hard, I'm an honorable person." No religious person in human history has had this perspective. Trump is religious, so long as he has a mirror available.
In an odd way, Trump resembles President Obama. He's a thin-skinned egotist who identifies his own success with the success of the country. President Obama treats attacks on him as attacks on the United States; he treats personal affronts as national slights. Trump would be the same way. Trump's less ideological than Obama - Obama sees every conservative as an enemy, while Trump doesn't discriminate based on baseline ideology. That's why Trump wouldn't be an effective conservative egotist.
But he could be effective, if he happens to stumble on the right enemies.
Trump wouldn't make America great again - he'd make Trump great again, and by his lights, America would follow. So long as Trump temporarily attacks the right enemies, enough conservatives might follow him. But that doesn't make him trustworthy.
| Has experience at governing? | No | No |
| Spent time in a goverment job? | 3 years | No |
| Most likely governing style ... | Nixon | Obama |
Are those Obama’s Roman columns out front?
The worst I can say of 0bama, clinton, sanders, et al. is that they are committed communists dedicated to the destruction of America. In fact, I believe this to be true. NOTHING we can do will influence them in the slightest. They wield any power given them in the most destructive, anti-American manner.
So yes, Trump at his worst is vastly better than Hildebeeste.
He’s not a politician unlike the other people.
He absolutely could.
The bankruptcy thing is silly.
When you have as many different businesses and corporations as he does, some of them are going to go south. It happens. You cut your losses and move on.
And corporate bankruptcies are not personal bankruptcies. His companies defaulted on debt, he didn’t personally.
I am sometimes surprised how the capitalist conservatives on this site are ignorant about how the business world operates.
“he has no central guiding values other than his own glorification.”
The same could be said for Bill Clinton or Barack Obama, two of the most popular and successful democrat presidents of the last 100 years.
In post 3 you posted that same photo again that you always post, it’s of a stunning not guilty woman in a white dress with awesome breasts. How does that fit in with your argument?
I don’t care if Trump ...
... wears magic underwear.
... thinks Muslims are communists.
... thinks the pyramids align to spell Trump in ancient Egyptian.
... *is being attacked like a Port-a-Potty at a chili festival.
He’s got my vote. Period.
*Thanks to Greg Gutfeld for that one.
I’m sure each of us could improve on this but here is a start.
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CABINET
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3386583/posts
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/president-trumps-cabinet/
VP - Ted Cruz
Sec of State - Rob Portman
Sec of Treasury - Larry Kudlow
Sec of Defense - General James “Mad Dog” Mattis
See link for 22 selections and discussion.
I love that Trump and his sons were at the NSSF’s SHOTshow today.
It’s amazing, you can’t even see Adelson’s lips move when Shapiro talks.
Don’t do your job in his administration and “You’re Fired!”
That will be found in the TEA leaves.
I, for one, would be more than happy to give it a go at this moment in time. Spring has passed with another coming soon. There is a great deal of Spring cleaning to be done. The faster we start, the better it will be..the better our AMERICA will be.
You know, we keep hearing this...but what evidence, aside from the assertions of hostile writers, actually exists to suggest this?
“Besides he has said that as president, he would not talk as much, be less combative and have a much different tone than as candidate.”
I’ve thought about that. They all become more presidential when they get in there but Trump would be the BEST at restoring some lustre to this raped and vanquished office.
Haha. I agree. At this point, I am voting for him to go in and pull everyone’s pant down. The more they scream and squirm, the more I like it.
Plus, more seriously, if this guy, who is used to winning and making deals, glorifies himself with this ability by slamming America back onto the right track...isn’t that ok? I’d love nothing more than to watch him strut and dance after flushing the toilet and making us great again. He does that and he can HAVE the glory as far as I’m concerned.
while the photo is true, even though posted very small by an html illiterate, the reason for posting is to promote a lie.
the thought that is the lie is that Trump favors the Clintons and is guilty by association. that thought is from a weak mind and naive person who lacks social graces and the ability to get along in a social circle exceeding perhaps the local PTA or Garden Club
it is very likely that Hilary wanted to enhance her own self esteem by having a photo with the Donald and bubba wanted his photo with the boobs
Great work!
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