Is that an article or just your thoughts? I did not see a link.
If you predict his behavior based on those things, then you will seldom predict his behavior incorrectly, and when you do, it's probably because he's throwing a body feint. And then of course, like all men, he too makes mistakes.
For those who think Ayn was evil because she was atheist or some other interpretation ... I am not talking about worshipping Ayn herself, and he doesn't. She merely put certain truths on paper. She did not put all truths on paper, and she is not required to have been 100% correct about everything. It's possible to love Ayn and disagree with her on some things.
My point is only that his behavior is predictable if you say 'what would a man who chose Fountainhead as his favorite book be likely to do, how would he do it, and what would it look like he was doing versus what he's actually doing.'
Thanks. It is a good article.
Donald Trump is an all-around smartie. The left underestimates him, which allows him to run circles around them.
Over the years, the belief has grown among the Trump Nation and has now baked into certainty that there is no longer any such thing as free trade, but rather manipulated trade controlled by an unholy collusion between multi-national corporations and both political parties, bought and paid for. This perceived collusion, through cynical, cleverly crafted "free trade" agreements, offshores American jobs to low-wage third-world countries, with finished goods and services imported back into the U.S. at first-world prices. (Search for NAFTA at The Last Refuge.)
The writer chose the world "belief". I wonder why? He then goes on to state the deleterious FACTS about so called "Free Trade". He uses that world, belief, as a disparagement IMO. This is a thinly veiled Never Trumper's attempt with coming to grips with reality.
All I know is this: I can think of no other example of a multi-billionaire who, at age 69, rather than enjoying his billions and his family, decided to throw himself into the shark-infested waters of politics. He has subjected himself to the most withering criticism imaginable, when he could have enjoyed himself, enjoyed great popularity and spent whatever quality time (as opposed to time in a wheelchair drooling all over himself) he had left with his family and friends. Why would anyone in these circumstances do this unless they had a deep and abiding love for their country?
I believe that we all owe Donald Trump a very great debt of gratitude. He is the prime example of someone who is willing to give up a lot for the sake of his country and his fellow citizens.
EXCELLENT Article!!!!!
I’m proud that he is OUR President!
Rest of the article (never sure how much we should post as extract):
If you scratch below the surface of a typical Trump supporter, you’ll see a roiling resentment. Many on the left see this as an indicator of “white rage,” of impotence or envy of a fading ruling group in an increasingly ethnically diverse culture of color.
These pejorative beliefs buttress the intolerant self-righteousness of the virtue-signaling left. But if you ask Trump supporters what’s driving their anger, you’ll get a different story.
Trump supporters feel deep betrayal by a number of our institutions, and chief among them is the Republican Party. In times past, many, if not most, Trumpeters were in agreement with, or at least indifferent to, the concept of free trade. It is, after all, free - and that word is a cornerstone in the edifice of beliefs of Trump supporters. Live and let live, self-reliance, self-responsibility, inward-looking - all hallmarks of the mental framework of self-determination for answers to one’s lot in life.
This stands in stark contrast to the Obamaphiles - where a repressive “society” is the default explanation for any perceived lack of personal actualization. It’s no surprise that Trumpeters hold The Donald in such extraordinary esteem (and the left in such utter revulsion), for he is the ultimate self-actualizer.
Over the years, the belief has grown among the Trump Nation and has now baked into certainty that there is no longer any such thing as free trade, but rather manipulated trade controlled by an unholy collusion between multi-national corporations and both political parties, bought and paid for. This perceived collusion, through cynical, cleverly crafted “free trade” agreements, offshores American jobs to low-wage third-world countries, with finished goods and services imported back into the U.S. at first-world prices. (Search for NAFTA at The Last Refuge.)
Trumpeters believe that this collusion is the reason the now reviled Republican Party has clearly refused to end the despised Obamacare. The Republicans want Obamacare in place in order to keep their paymasters’ spiraling corporate health care costs offloaded from their books to the ledger sheets of the government. So of course there’s no real attempt to end this collapsing monstrosity that many believe will eventually wind up as government-run single-payer.
The Trump Nation is also outraged at the refusal of the Republican Party to end massive illegal immigration that is driving down labor wages as well as respect for the law. The influx of hordes of Central and South Americans (along with ISIS bragging about sending “warriors” across our borders to take us out) over the last eight years of the Obama administration has already created significant voter dilution, making it all the more difficult to remove and replace corrupt RINOs.
Unable to control the immigration process through an orderly, legal system to welcome in those who love our values and want to share in our prosperity for their families, we’re now seeing the unbearable suffering of American families who’ve lost loved ones to the murderous evil of invading gangs, the desperate destruction of lives by incessant illegal drug traffic, and the unspeakable misery and suffering of human trafficking - all callously ignored by a recalcitrant Republican Party. It’s easy to see the basis of the anger and resentment felt by the Trump Nation.
To put it in a nutshell - we’ve had enough.
Trump has not only galvanized the Trumpeters by his outsized, dramatic, in-your-face assault and conquest of the boring, corrupt, contemptible, and compromised Republican Party. Moreover, he is the driving force, the unifying voice, the alpha male, the personification of all this pent up outrage. And we believe, as a group of sixty million or so, that Trump’s not an opportunist or an interloper. Rather, he is one of us.
He is us - just exponentially more successful.
His beliefs are our beliefs, his outrage is our outrage, his battles are our battles, and the fates have brought him to us at this moment.
Once it is understood that Trump’s political positions are authentic and spring from the core beliefs of our country established at its founding, that he is the tip of the spear and his intentions are trustworthy, then one can sense the awesome power he wields.
The Trump Nation, with few exceptions, could not care less about skin color or ethnic identification. Black America, after all, has suffered more grievously than any group under the yoke of the fetid, dismal Obama economy. The new normal? Give us a break!
The Trump Nation would love to lock arms with all ethnic groups to destroy the hold of the globalist politicians who’ve betrayed us and the American Dream so an economic boom along with a vibrant, competitive health insurance marketplace will spring up, bringing massive employment gains and wealth to all Americans.
That’s the real view of Trump by his vast legions of supporters. In him we see a fighter, fighting our fight to break the backs of the colluding cabal bringing economic suffering to our great and unique country and to shut down the drug cartels bringing death, misery, and destruction across our borders. If, in this epic fight, he uses some rough language and throws some precise arrows of insults at the corrupt political class along the way, if he offends the Peggy Noonans of the world with his “coarseness” or “vulgarity”, then so be it!
He’s got our backs. We’ve got his.
I don't like that word, perceived. It implies that Trump supporters are misguided. What he states following that word is documented fact. He slipped that word perceived in there for a reason. Read the sentence without that word in it. Totally different meaning and impact.
The difference between President Trump and the CONgressCritters..
Donald J Trump actually wants the the things he promises to deliver.
Agree, but for one thing: this is the best article describing PDJT that we’ve seen since he set foot on center stage. This is the same we Trumpsters have seen before he began his journey into the OO. A++ to Jim Dicks. The man gets it.
BTW - thanks for posting. What a pleasant way to begin the day. :)
And thank the Lord that Trump is in the White House. We have had nothing but zeros there for a long, long time. Unfortunately most other government positions are filled with zeros.
Just review where we are today. Debt that could be repaid only through bankruptcy or a form thereof. Loss of freedom of speech. A government controlled mostly by incompetents and ignoramuses. A so-called education system that is brainwashing students with lies and almost no education.
So sad he has to fight the liars in the MSM—the corrupt democrats and the hack GOPe wimps
He’s not a fake politician.
He is not an Ideologue, he is a Populist.
He is the Republican version of Harry Truman.
Unlike most of his Predecessors (especially the Clinton's and the Obama's), he will leave Office with less Wealth than when he attained it.
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