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struggle4progress

(118,301 posts) Thu Apr 6, 2017, 01:49 PM Apr 2017

Learning the hard way that being President is tough

By Frida Ghitis
Updated 12:26 PM ET, Thu April 6, 2017

... We've seen Trump in action when he faces self-inflicted political crises. Now we'll find out what he does when the problems are violent, dangerous, potentially catastrophic international conflicts.

Trump's instinctive response was in keeping with what we have seen in the past: revert to campaign mode, shifting blame to domestic rivals. Then launch blustery threats.

What's unclear is what the third step is ...

The danger is that by fulminating against the errors of his predecessors and puffing himself up as the one who will do what it takes, Trump is boxing himself in and creating pressure -- including political pressure -- to act rashly ...

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/06/opinions/trump-foreign-policy-ghitis-opinion/

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Learning the hard way that being President is tough (Original Post) struggle4progress Apr 2017 OP

Trump has already said the world is a mess and we will fix it. I assume the 'we' is riversedge Apr 2017 #1

Trump: The World Is A Mess, I Inherited It, And I Will Fix It (Did he say 'I' or "we") riversedge Apr 2017 #2

And Feb 2: Trump--Thats what I do. I fix things. Were going to straighten it out. Believe me..... riversedge Apr 2017 #3

riversedge

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1. Trump has already said the world is a mess and we will fix it. I assume the 'we' is

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 01:51 PM

Apr 2017

him and his merry band of military advisors.

riversedge

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2. Trump: The World Is A Mess, I Inherited It, And I Will Fix It (Did he say 'I' or "we")

Reply to riversedge (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 01:54 PM

Apr 2017

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/04/05/trump_the_world_is_a_mess_i_inherited_it_and_i_will_fix_it.html

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Trump: The World Is A Mess, I Inherited It, And I Will Fix It
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On Date April 5, 2017

In a joint news conference with King Abdullah II of Jordan, President Donald Trump said Syria is now his responsibility. Trump said Syria has crossed "more than a red line" and that he has inherited a mess and will fix it.

"I have to say that the world is a mess. I inherited a mess," Trump said Wednesday. "Whether it's the Middle East. Whether it's North Korea. Whether it's so many other things. Whether it's in our country, horrible trade deals. I inherited a mess. We are going to fix it. We are going to fix it."

riversedge

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3. And Feb 2: Trump--Thats what I do. I fix things. Were going to straighten it out. Believe me.....

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 01:58 PM

Apr 2017

Trump promises to fix the world

Got a minute? ‘That’s what I do. I fix things,” president says … Australia diplomacy fail … Schwarzenegger taunts Trump … and everything else today in US politics. By Tom McCarthy
1 Mr Fixit

“The world is in trouble – but we’re going to straighten it out, OK?” Trump said at the National Prayer Breakfast, after a testy call with the Australian prime minister in which he threatened to scuttle a refugee resettlement deal.

That’s what I do. I fix things. We’re going to straighten it out. Believe me. When you hear about the tough phone calls I’m having – don’t worry about it. Just don’t worry about it. They’re tough. We have to be tough, it’s time we’re going to be a little bit tough, folks. We’re taken advantage by every nation in the world, virtually. It’s not going to happen any more.

– Donald Trump

Mr Fixit

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2017/feb/02/donald-trump-fix-things-world-leaders

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