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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow will the Trump administration handle a real crisis?
Source: Salon http://www.salon.com/2017/01/24/alternative-facts-in-the-situation-room-how-will-the-trump-administration-handle-a-real-crisis/
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Throughout his first weekend in office, it was abundantly clear that the new chief executive can be bullied into lashing out with lies and incoherent rage.
Now that the alternative facts memes have run their course and the hashtags have circulated, theres one very serious question we all need to ask: How will the Trump White House handle a major crisis? In such a case, will Trump, Spicer, Conway and the rest of the regime tell us the truth about things like troop deployments, civilian or military casualties, details about what happened and how they plan to address it, precipitating factors and so forth? No way.
We know that hes easily baited, as evidenced by his reactions to both the historic Womens March and inaugural Crowdgate, and we also know that he is intensely erratic and unpredictable (in a bad way) and has terrible judgment and an adversarial relationship with the truth.
Therefore, its entirely possible in fact, its practically inevitable that his temperament will precipitate some sort of an attack on the United States or its interests. Anyone with a basic understanding of international relations and national security knows that a weak and incompetent leader who simultaneously projects unearned bluster is exactly the kind of leader that enemies will be motivated to test. They will calculate that he is likely to make all the wrong decisions. If ISIS operatives and the like have been monitoring the American news media and internet recently, they will also know that the Trump White House probably wont be honest with the American people and will likely exacerbate a crisis due to fear, unsteadiness and incompetence.
Trumps White House may well make the George W. Bush White House look like a pillar of unwavering competence and steadfast veracity. Under that administration, an incompetent leader led us into two destructive wars based on lies, along with a $1.4 trillion deficit and the Great Recession. Faced with a truly dangerous crisis, and without objective truth as the foundation, this one could be even more devastating.
Now that the alternative facts memes have run their course and the hashtags have circulated, theres one very serious question we all need to ask: How will the Trump White House handle a major crisis? In such a case, will Trump, Spicer, Conway and the rest of the regime tell us the truth about things like troop deployments, civilian or military casualties, details about what happened and how they plan to address it, precipitating factors and so forth? No way.
We know that hes easily baited, as evidenced by his reactions to both the historic Womens March and inaugural Crowdgate, and we also know that he is intensely erratic and unpredictable (in a bad way) and has terrible judgment and an adversarial relationship with the truth.
Therefore, its entirely possible in fact, its practically inevitable that his temperament will precipitate some sort of an attack on the United States or its interests. Anyone with a basic understanding of international relations and national security knows that a weak and incompetent leader who simultaneously projects unearned bluster is exactly the kind of leader that enemies will be motivated to test. They will calculate that he is likely to make all the wrong decisions. If ISIS operatives and the like have been monitoring the American news media and internet recently, they will also know that the Trump White House probably wont be honest with the American people and will likely exacerbate a crisis due to fear, unsteadiness and incompetence.
Trumps White House may well make the George W. Bush White House look like a pillar of unwavering competence and steadfast veracity. Under that administration, an incompetent leader led us into two destructive wars based on lies, along with a $1.4 trillion deficit and the Great Recession. Faced with a truly dangerous crisis, and without objective truth as the foundation, this one could be even more devastating.
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How will the Trump administration handle a real crisis? (Original Post)
Jacob Boehme
Jan 2017
OP
I am afraid we are going to find out sooner than later with his antagonistic
democratisphere
Jan 2017
#4
It's pretty much a given that a crisis or incident is coming. We're fucked...maybe that's what it
TrekLuver
Jan 2017
#6
UN war planes bombing Washington will surely drive him to twitter in his bunker...
dubyadiprecession
Jan 2017
#7
Same way they handle EVERYTHING: Moon liberals and dance funky chicken for media. n/t
TygrBright
Jan 2017
#8
Afromania
(2,771 posts)1. With cowardice and stupidity
I fully expect him to find a hole in the ground to die in like Hitler.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)2. We can't trust anything he tells us!
We wouldn't have any idea if it was a "real crisis!"
eleny
(46,166 posts)3. Tweet them to death?
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democratisphere
(17,235 posts)4. I am afraid we are going to find out sooner than later with his antagonistic
goating of our adversaries.
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)5. "Real" meaning one they don't cause themselves? nt.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)6. It's pretty much a given that a crisis or incident is coming. We're fucked...maybe that's what it
will take to wake people up.
dubyadiprecession
(5,722 posts)7. UN war planes bombing Washington will surely drive him to twitter in his bunker...
"We're winning! so sad the international media spreads fake news!"
TygrBright
(20,767 posts)8. Same way they handle EVERYTHING: Moon liberals and dance funky chicken for media. n/t