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To: reasonisfaith

Not passive agressive at all.

I agree with that statement about his intelligence.

But there have been some problems with execution. He’s had some really good cabinet and executive hires (e.g. Pompeo, Mulvaney, DeVos) and some pretty bad ones (Sessions, Pruitt). That’s par for the course, though in any administration.

SECDEF Rumsfeld’s statement of (paraphrase) “... you go to war with the army you have...” is applicable here. President Trump knew what Congress was like when he won the election, and so should supporters. He has to make do with what he has to work with.

Again, both he and supporters need to recognize this. I believe he’s gotten played badly politically by Speaker Ryan and McConnell and then later Speaker Pelosi on the immigration issue, and especially the just passed bill.

It’s not enough to just have intelligence - he has to be able to execute using that intelligence given the political climate.


341 posted on 02/17/2019 12:07:42 PM PST by Fury
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To: Fury

Pay closer attention to what Sessions did with MS 13.

In my opinion more of what Sessions did right will come out later, and it will be irrefutable.

Pruitt was hated by the left because he had good sense. The left hates good sense. (Funny—nobody who wants to make America great again wanted Pruitt out.)

Trump has extremely high intelligence, but his ability “to execute” is even higher.

Trump’s enemies are very stupid.


342 posted on 02/17/2019 4:33:42 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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