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elleng

(130,714 posts)
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 10:53 AM Jul 2018

For Trump, Failure Is the Only Option.

*It’s all of a piece. Whatever claims Trump makes about other countries’ misbehavior, whatever demands he makes on a particular day, they’re all in evident bad faith. Mr. Art of the Deal doesn’t want any deals. He just wants to tear things down. . .

What’s his motivation? Part of the answer is that anything that weakens the Western alliance helps Vladimir Putin; if Trump isn’t literally a Russian agent, he certainly behaves like one on every possible occasion.

Beyond that, Trump obviously dislikes anything that smacks of rule of law applying equally to the weak and the strong. At home, he pardons criminal bigots while ripping children away from their parents. In international relations, he consistently praises brutal strongmen while heaping scorn on democratic leaders. . .

He doesn’t want negotiations with our allies and trading partners to succeed; he wants them to fail. And by the time everyone realizes this, the damage may be irreversible.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/opinion/trump-nato-failure.html

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For Trump, Failure Is the Only Option. (Original Post) elleng Jul 2018 OP
IDIOT CLOWN ROB-ROX Jul 2018 #1

ROB-ROX

(767 posts)
1. IDIOT CLOWN
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 05:25 PM
Jul 2018

Those who KNOW, see a man with mental problems who fails to behave like a thinking adult. His speaking pattern is very childish. He lacks any professional skills. I do not know why people voted for him unless those same people are brain damaged? Today, those same brain damaged people continue to fail to hear, see, or read about his newest failures. I am just glad a minority in this country have a diminished ability to think normally........RESIST

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