Putin Summit May Prove to Be Trump's Finest Hour

[Bigun]

Putin Summit May Prove to Be Trump's Finest Hour

By Roger L Simon July 16, 2018

What?  Did you just read that headline correctly?

Yes, you did.  Writing it I assumed people's heads would explode.  It's about as far as you can can get from today's conventional wisdom (i.e. what David Gergen thinks).  Virtually every member of the smart set from Pelosi to McCain to some ninety-five percent of the media, including several cowards on Fox News, to, alas, Lindsey Graham (who should know better) are going out of their minds excoriating Trump for being soft on Putin, even for being "owned" by the neo-Soviet strongman. John Brennan -- once a communist himself, so he should know -- accused Trump of treason.

Okay, time for that familiar cliche -- the thought experiment.  Suppose Trump had done the opposite, exactly what these people demanded -- verbally and viciously assaulted Putin for all his totalitarian tropes from annexing the Crimea to humiliating John Podesta for being so dumb as to fall for a phishing attack (all right -- I'll be fair. For invading the computers of Democratic Party operatives, allegedly to elect Trump) and so forth?

What would that have accomplished? The obvious answer is zilch.  Again the opposite would most likely have occurred.  Things, already bad, would have been set back further.  It's human nature. You don't have to be a personal acquaintance of Vladimir Putin to know that.  You only have to be breathing.

Excerpt!  Much more at link: https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/putin-summit-may-prove-to-be-trumps-finest-hour/

[Frank Cannon]

Don't know if it was his finest hour but it wasn't half bad.

[Silver Pines]

Lmao

[XenaLee]

Putin Summit May Prove to Be Trump's Finest Hour

By Roger L Simon July 16, 2018

What?  Did you just read that headline correctly?

Yes, you did.  Writing it I assumed people's heads would explode.  It's about as far as you can can get from today's conventional wisdom (i.e. what David Gergen thinks).  Virtually every member of the smart set from Pelosi to McCain to some ninety-five percent of the media, including several cowards on Fox News, to, alas, Lindsey Graham (who should know better) are going out of their minds excoriating Trump for being soft on Putin, even for being "owned" by the neo-Soviet strongman. John Brennan -- once a communist himself, so he should know -- accused Trump of treason.

Okay, time for that familiar cliche -- the thought experiment.  Suppose Trump had done the opposite, exactly what these people demanded -- verbally and viciously assaulted Putin for all his totalitarian tropes from annexing the Crimea to humiliating John Podesta for being so dumb as to fall for a phishing attack (all right -- I'll be fair. For invading the computers of Democratic Party operatives, allegedly to elect Trump) and so forth?

What would that have accomplished? The obvious answer is zilch.  Again the opposite would most likely have occurred.  Things, already bad, would have been set back further.  It's human nature. You don't have to be a personal acquaintance of Vladimir Putin to know that.  You only have to be breathing.

Excerpt!  Much more at link: https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/putin-summit-may-prove-to-be-trumps-finest-hour/

I think it's pretty obvious (by now)..... that no matter what Trump did, said or didn't do/didn't say....

these same anti-Trumpers were going to bash him.  He is literally in a lose-lose scenario with those that hate and oppose him.  Is it any wonder that he misspoke?   Wouldn't anyone eventually make a misstep when they are being continually, 24/7, bashed, opposed, criticized, attacked and mocked/made fun of?  When you have political opponents that make vile simulations and "artwork" illustrating your beheading.... wouldn't the pressure of that kind of violence and murderous symbology finally get to you?   

I'm still no fan, really, of Trump.... but I somehow feel compelled to defend him whenever this kind of hyper-bullshit critique of him occurs.   EVERYONE misspeaks and EVERYONE makes mistakes.  It's called being human.  Considering the heinous, every minute of every day assault he is under, I think he's not doing that bad at all.  Not compared to what most people and/or his opponents would be doing under similar circumstances. 

That said, he does seem to be giving his haters a lot of fodder with which to froth about.  I have to wonder (at times) if that isn't a little bit intentional on his part...lol.