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1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts) Thu Aug 20, 2015, 07:33 AM Aug 2015

Has anyone actually read Trump's ...

Art of the Deal? Has anyone actually listened to Trump talk about Foriegn Affairs?

Do people really want for the Head of State, someone that glories in screwing the other side?

Unlike in business, there are a finite number of players on the other side, and you get one shot at screwing them ... and making $$$ is not their primary motivator.

He talks about cutting the military ... well, if he becomes president, we'll need a much larger military, as we will be using them everywhere in the world he touches.

I could imagine in any negotiation he touches ... if by chance it goes well, it will all be undone when, on the following Monday, he goes on the TV to tell everyone how smart he is and how he took such advantage of the negotiating nation.

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Has anyone actually read Trump's ... (Original Post) 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 OP

He reminds me of dictators! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2015 #1

Reminds? He is the very caricature of a dictator....only white men can get away with being and Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #2

It's frightening many side with Trump. He beings out the ugly side of America which many worship. nt RKP5637 Aug 2015 #4

I think people forget/don't know ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #3

And that is a stark difference. Potential war vs. potential peace. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2015 #5

I wish the press would stop glorying in his trolling comments Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #6

The press makes $$$$$'s off Trump, and sadly that for many has become all that is RKP5637 Aug 2015 #7

He wants to build a fence along the border, but doesn't he know his party can't even approve B Calm Aug 2015 #8

But that is to protect blacks Takket Aug 2015 #9

His base thinks "glories in screwing the other side" is OK if the "other side" is Mexico or China. pampango Aug 2015 #10

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

1. He reminds me of dictators! n/t

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 07:54 AM

Aug 2015

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

2. Reminds? He is the very caricature of a dictator....only white men can get away with being and

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 07:59 AM

Aug 2015

advocating for a police state ruled by a dictator. A white one only, of course, the mass media certainly agrees.

A black man wants and tries to govern by consensus and bi-partisanship, for 6 years he tries and beseeches and explains, but is rejected at ever turn...apparently THAT is the dictator!??

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

4. It's frightening many side with Trump. He beings out the ugly side of America which many worship. nt

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:03 AM

Aug 2015

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

3. I think people forget/don't know ...

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:02 AM

Aug 2015

That is the world, in which, most CEOs live.

I think a key diffference between a CEO mindset and the Head of State mindset is the CEO seeks to create/exploit advantages, in order to beat the opposition/other side; whereas, a Head of State seeks to not be taken advantage of, in order to peacefully coexist.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

5. And that is a stark difference. Potential war vs. potential peace. n/t

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:06 AM

Aug 2015

Starry Messenger

(32,342 posts)

6. I wish the press would stop glorying in his trolling comments

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:10 AM

Aug 2015

The tawdry business deals he's been involved in over the years should be the news. He's a sleaze merchant.

Maybe he'll have the White House redone in a gold mirrored finish.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

7. The press makes $$$$$'s off Trump, and sadly that for many has become all that is

Reply to Starry Messenger (Reply #6)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:19 AM

Aug 2015

important.

B Calm

(28,762 posts)

8. He wants to build a fence along the border, but doesn't he know his party can't even approve

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:27 AM

Aug 2015

a foot or two height to the levees in New Orleans?

Takket

(21,620 posts)

9. But that is to protect blacks

Reply to B Calm (Reply #8)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:31 AM

Aug 2015

The border wall is to protect whites. Totally different! GOP logic.

pampango

(24,692 posts)

10. His base thinks "glories in screwing the other side" is OK if the "other side" is Mexico or China.

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Original post)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:41 AM

Aug 2015

The Democratic approach of negotiating mutually agreeable diplomatic solutions to global problems is lost on their base which loves it when the U.S. acts all macho and acts unilaterally without consultation, essentially "screwing the other side". And, as in the case of his mythical Great Wall of Mexico, perhaps his base even thinks we can make the "other side" pay to get "screwed".

The fact that to him the "other side" is also American workers - through promoting more 'right-to-work' and eliminating corporate taxes - seems to escape the notice of his supporters.

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