Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

[alfablue]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Glass houses, sir. Take a good look at what the past couple administrations have been doing with the Constitution these past few years...

Can you be more specific about that?

I hear people say that all the time, but when I ask for a few specific examples, they come up rather short.

[ScoobyDoo]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Would you say anything different had it been any other Republican to win the White House?

Yeah, I would.

[St. Clown]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

I see no evidence based on hires 1 and 2 that he has a clue who the best people are for anything.

Would you say anything different had it been any other Republican to win the White House?

[Scarlet]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

I was watching the show "Designated Survivor" last night and kept thinking to myself - "How would Trump handle these situations?" I get that it's a TV show, but there was one scene where Kiefer Sutherland (as the president) was talking to his wife up in the residence about a family matter and was called away for a meeting about an international crisis. Now, the crisis was TV fantasy, but just the idea that a president needs to be on call like that made me wonder if Trump would be like "Wait, what? I'm off duty now! What do you mean I have to interrupt something I'm doing for this??!?"

[ScoobyDoo]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

It will be interesting to see how he delegates. He is not suited for complex diplomacy, so he should rely heavily on others, and he has, all along, said he would hire the best people for those jobs. But he is so self-centered and arrogant, I'm not sure he will be able to listen to counsel.

I see no evidence based on hires 1 and 2 that he has a clue who the best people are for anything.

[burd]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Regarding president Trump's foreign policy. He has certainly taken a soft stance with Russia. And there are questions of whether Mike Pence will be the most powerful VP in history (as Trump was willing to position with other candidates). He seems to have no stomach for China, Russia, Turkey, etc treatment of their own people. After some bluster, Trump may have a particularly weak foreign policy...which by default pushes power held by foreign leaders upwards.

It will be interesting to see how he delegates. He is not suited for complex diplomacy, so he should rely heavily on others, and he has, all along, said he would hire the best people for those jobs. But he is so self-centered and arrogant, I'm not sure he will be able to listen to counsel.

[5mn_Major]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Regarding president Trump's foreign policy. He has certainly taken a soft stance with Russia. And there are questions of whether Mike Pence will be the most powerful VP in history (as Trump was willing to position with other candidates). He seems to have no stomach for China, Russia, Turkey, etc treatment of their own people. After some bluster, Trump may have a particularly weak foreign policy...which by default pushes power held by foreign leaders upwards.

[dxmnkd316]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

This should be entertaining.

If by entertaining, you mean a grown man making a continued *** of himself.

[burd]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Such as...

This should be entertaining.

[dxmnkd316]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

It's been suggested (mostly by righties but not quite entirely) that in January, Trump will ascend to the position of the Third Most Powerful Man in the World -- right behind Xi Jinping and Putin. I don't subscribe to that myself but I do see the point.

That's ludicrous. The POTUS will likely be the most powerful person in the world until the day I die. Putin is not that powerful. The media plays him up like he actually impacts the world as much as the US does. He doesn't. People can make arguments that he got Trump elected but that's balderdash as well.

It's China, the EU, and the US. Period. And really the EU and China are still playing second fiddle to the US.

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

Glass houses, sir. Take a good look at what the past couple administrations have been doing with the Constitution these past few years...

Such as...

[Wisko McBadgerton]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Fair enough. And I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I also want to remind people of the ongoing diplomatic struggles in the South China Sea. That, for me, is kind of like a silent or cold version of the Middle East. We've relied on the Philippines to be our ally in the territorial claims being made by China. That's a critically important stretch of water. Wikipedia says that around 1/3 of the world's shipping traffic goes through the SCS. That's a lot of commerce. Turkey is extremely important, but we often forget just how important this diplomatic battle is with China.

It's been suggested (mostly by righties but not quite entirely) that in January, Trump will ascend to the position of the Third Most Powerful Man in the World -- right behind Xi Jinping and Putin. I don't subscribe to that myself but I do see the point.

[aparch]

Aren't you in Illinois? You weren't the guy that said "50-mile stretch of I-90........four bulldozers oughta do it", were you?

No, I was the one on site counting to make sure they did only use four bulldozers for the whole project.

I have Chris Christie for you on line 1, Chris Christie on line 1....

One quick FOIA-free phone call and I could have helped him get his results instead of the e-mails he was part of.

[burd]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Fair enough. And I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I also want to remind people of the ongoing diplomatic struggles in the South China Sea. That, for me, is kind of like a silent or cold version of the Middle East. We've relied on the Philippines to be our ally in the territorial claims being made by China. That's a critically important stretch of water. Wikipedia says that around 1/3 of the world's shipping traffic goes through the SCS. That's a lot of commerce. Turkey is extremely important, but we often forget just how important this diplomatic battle is with China.

Good points dxmn. We do forget, especially since many of us, myself included, take a Eurocentric view of the world.

[ScoobyDoo]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Glass houses, sir. Take a good look at what the past couple administrations have been doing with the Constitution these past few years...

omfg.