Slacker - You sound too pessimistic, and you apparently don't really know Donald Trump.
This is the guy who spent 5 years as a teenager in a military academy and was captain of the football team, star baseball player who a pro team tried to recruit, finished as captain of the whole place, and wouldn't let the big guys pick on the little guys. How often do you see a big guy at high school age who doesn't join in and pick on the little guys? I saw very very few. And I was the little guy...He was known to excel at everything he did, no matter what it was. Baseball, football, soccer, marksmanship, military drill, academics...
He's the guy who found out a lady was losing her farm after her husband died, got together with a wealthy friend and they paid off her mortgage, went to see her and burned it after handing her the clean deed to the property. A little boy 3 or 4 years old needed to fly across the country to a hospital and none of the commercial airlines would touch it so someone called Trump. He sent his personal plane the same day, got the boy to the hospital and didn't take a penny for it. It costs $100,000 to get the thing off the ground. While he sat at a table during critical negotiations with other high caliber business types, his two sons ran around the room playing with Tonka trucks. Who else even brings his kids to the office at all? If they did, wouldn't the kids be banished to the secretary's office for high level meetings?
He's not the bungling, inept racist who doesn't have a clue what he's doing the press tries to portray him as. He's been dealing with world leaders for years, knows what he's doing, and given what he's been doing for a living for 40 years I wouldn't be surprised to see a written out plan to win the election hidden somewhere in a room in Trump Tower only he has access to.
It's not so much a matter of "making a deal" as it is finding a way to come to a solution with troublesome spots like China. That is a tough one, but remember Donald Trump is a person who looks at a problem and finds a solution. That's another of his traits, he's been a problem solver for a long time. That's a big part of his business. He figured out and dealt with a lot of problems by talking to the guys on the ground. He has been known for a long time to go to his job sites and walk around and talk to the workers. The average guys who finish the concrete, run the wires, weld the I-beams, not just their bosses. Who else does that? Not many. Most sit in a high rise office and run things without ever setting foot on the job except to get their picture taken doing that first shovel of dirt. With a new shovel...probably silver plated...
Did you look up the documentary on his plane and watch the kind of loyalty and respect his top employees have? His pilot for 20 years puts on gloves and polishes the trim on the plane. In uniform. Do you think the pilot of Air Force One even looks at the trim? Or cares if it's polished? Do you think he will do whatever it takes to make the boss happy, as long as it's legal? Including go way over and beyond the call of duty...Trump's pilot helps clean the plane. If it's not spotless, Trump will notice it. I'm sure AF 1 has a good pilot, but I doubt he's the caliber of person Trump's pilot is...he's just another government employee, probably doesn't care about a thing but getting there safe and keeping his pension.
We're not dealing with a politician here, or even a typical national leader. Nothing typical about the guy. I don't claim to know what he'll do, but he is already thinking about how to deal with China, has been for a long time. Remember he's been really harsh about China and their trade practices. He won't be out playing golf while they're buzzing our ships, you can be sure that will stop. I don't know what he'll do, but I'm sure there are more than two ways to handle it, and he's probably thought of something we haven't even considered.
One other thing...Trump is hard wired to win. It's in his genes. He just put that in the White House. He's picking people who have kind of get things done attitude he wants to see. I can't predict how he will do it, I just know we're in good hands, he wants to do exactly what he's been saying all along. When he says this country will start winning again he means it. That's why politicians have been terrified of him getting into the Oval Office, their gravy train is about to be derailed.
Example - The guy he picked to head the EPA is one who has filed suit against them to stop some of their heavy handed regulations. Know what's about to happen to all the EPA regulations that are killing businesses? That's just a small part of his promise to bring jobs back. Rick Perry said he would shut down the department of...and couldn't remember it...Energy...Now he's in charge of it. OK he probably won't shut it down and eliminate his own job, but he'll streamline it, trim the fat and cut waste, make it work like it should, or face an angry boss, Donald Trump, who he doesn't want to see angry...
Remember what I said in my previous post. Never underestimate Donald Trump. I think that's exactly what you're doing. Step back, have some patience, give him a chance to do his job. He hasn't even been sworn in yet and we see positive results, and strong indications he will do what no politician has done in 50 years, keep his promises. And never let yourself be deceived by his detractors and their disinformation, he has much greater abilities than they want you to think. Their number one objective is to get us to doubt his ability to do a good job. So relax a little and give him a chance, the good guys are back in control. You might not like some of his cabinet choices, but I have no doubt he knows what he's doing, he knows what he wants, and he is picking people who will get the job done, whether we like them or not.
This is the first time in my life I've been able to vote for someone I wanted to win, instead of against someone I wanted to lose. I wanted Trump to run long before he announced he would, I had already been looking into him because of his comments on the Fox morning show when he called in on Monday mornings. After a few calls, I started noticing he was exactly what I've wanted to see in the White House for 30 years. The more I looked, the more convinced I was he also has the principles we need in there. That small thing that he wouldn't let the big guys in the academy pick on the little guys says a lot. The guy who was interviewed was the little guy, and he said the other guys found out quick when Trump said don't pick on him, he meant it. He still has that kind of principles. His comments about China's trade practices aren't new, he said the same thing about Japan 30 years ago, and it was true then and still is now. We're in good hands, try to be less skeptical, give him some credit for knowing what he's doing, and let him do his job. I don't know what he'll do, but he'll figure out a way to work out problems all over the place. It might even be something none of us ever though of...he's like that...
Have faith man, have faith. It's a lot better than you may think. We have a true leader in charge, give him a chance to do his job. We haven't had a real leader in the White House since I was a kid. All of them have been controlled by lobbyists. Trump just kicked the lobbyists out. Don't underestimate the guy.
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