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General Category => Editorial/Opinion/Blogs => Topic started by: corbe on June 16, 2018, 02:10:44 am
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Trump's 5 Rules for Ruling the World
Trump isn’t reacting to the world. The world is reacting to him.
June 15, 2018
Daniel Greenfield
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical left and Islamic terrorism.
Politics has a way of turning everything upside down.
Flit over to Twitter and the same government media echo chamber that was loudly defending the Iran deal is concern trolling about strong inspections of North Korea’s nuclear program and worrying that President Trump’s suspension of military exercises is far too great of a concession to the tiny tyrant.
The clever ones ask, “What’s the difference between the Iran deal and the North Korean negotiations� Isn’t Trump’s stated willingness to meet with dictators a lot like Obama’s no preconditions pledge?
And then there are the trade wars. What is he thinking by upsetting the Chinese and the Europeans?
It’s 2018. And after spilling several small rivers of black ink (digital and virtual) analyzing, smearing, belaboring, insulting and fact checking President Trump, the media still doesn’t understand him.
That’s not surprising. The media has been writing about America for much longer than that and has even less of a clue about how people live outside its preciously hip urban and suburban bubbles.
But there are 5 simple rules for understanding President Trump. They define how he’s lived his life until now. And what still drives him at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. If you understand them, you will get what he’s doing. If you don’t, there’s always a job waiting at the New York Times.
1. Act, Don’t React
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https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/270456/trumps-5-rules-ruling-world-daniel-greenfield (https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/270456/trumps-5-rules-ruling-world-daniel-greenfield)
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Interesting topic
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@corbe Thanks for putting the "Greenfield" in the title. I might have missed this, and I'm a huge fan of Daniel's.
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In spite of his First Class Ticket on this Runaway Train, I still read and admire his intellect.
Another 'good' guy that happens to like Trump.
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https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/270456/trumps-5-rules-ruling-world-daniel-greenfield (https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/270456/trumps-5-rules-ruling-world-daniel-greenfield)
TRUMP'S 5 RULES FOR RULING THE WORLD
Trump isn’t reacting to the world. The world is reacting to him.
June 15, 2018
Daniel Greenfield
Politics has a way of turning everything upside down.
Flit over to Twitter and the same government media echo chamber that was loudly defending the Iran deal is concern trolling about strong inspections of North Korea’s nuclear program and worrying that President Trump’s suspension of military exercises is far too great of a concession to the tiny tyrant.
The clever ones ask, “What’s the difference between the Iran deal and the North Korean negotiations� Isn’t Trump’s stated willingness to meet with dictators a lot like Obama’s no preconditions pledge?
And then there are the trade wars. What is he thinking by upsetting the Chinese and the Europeans?
It’s 2018. And after spilling several small rivers of black ink (digital and virtual) analyzing, smearing, belaboring, insulting and fact checking President Trump, the media still doesn’t understand him.
That’s not surprising. The media has been writing about America for much longer than that and has even less of a clue about how people live outside its preciously hip urban and suburban bubbles.
But there are 5 simple rules for understanding President Trump. They define how he’s lived his life until now. And what still drives him at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. If you understand them, you will get what he’s doing. If you don’t, there’s always a job waiting at the New York Times.
1. Act, Don’t React
2. Try Everything
3. Chaos is Power
4. Never Show Your Hand
5. Don’t Be Afraid to be the Bad Guy
Please see URL above for full article.
It's a good one!
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Topics merged.
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1. Act, Don’t React
2. Try Everything
3. Chaos is Power
4. Never Show Your Hand
5. Don’t Be Afraid to be the Bad Guy
Italy in the 1920s to perfection.
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In my book are plus and minus columns for President Trump – yes, I have a number of disagreement points with the president, I just don’t air them out on every thread like some people delight in doing.
Needless to say, the plus column far outweighs the minus. In fact, I’ve been more encouraged now about the future than I have been for a very long time. And that’s due solely to Trump’s energy, optimism and drive, and to the broad demographics of people that I see enthusiastically supporting him.
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In spite of his First Class Ticket on this Runaway Train, I still read and admire his intellect.
Another 'good' guy that happens to like Trump.
Yes, I'll read it because it's Greenfield, not because of the topic.
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In my book are plus and minus columns for President Trump – yes, I have a number of disagreement points with the president, I just don’t air them out on every thread like some people delight in doing.
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And, I appreciate that!
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I'm picking up on a pattern around here. If a topic is about anything else, say the weather, it becomes a thread about Donald Trump. If a topic is actually about Donald Trump, it becomes a thread about Briefers.
Fascinating.
So....you make your comment about Briefers? Interesting.
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I'm picking up on a pattern around here. If a topic is about anything else, say the weather, it becomes a thread about Donald Trump. If a topic is actually about Donald Trump, it becomes a thread about Briefers.
Fascinating.
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Physician, heal thy self.
(Thrown in any other appropriate bromides here...)
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(Thrown in any other appropriate bromides here...)
Good stuff. Cures what ails ya.
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Where did I do that? A pattern can be noticed without judgment.
Yes, I'm glad you noticed that.