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1 hour ago, 3rdnlng said:

I've never heard so many echoes and I can't even find a chair to sit on. Living in your head is a real biitch.

Poor 3rdthing. I guess I'll just ignore you then so you won't have to deal with it. 

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2 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

I think he will be. The question is will the other parties keep to the same path? There are plenty in that group that would happily tank the global economy in exchange for ousting Trump.

 

 

He definitely has the upper hand. Everyone who's opposing him is on shaky ground back home.  They could lose more if they overplay their hand.  

 

That's why this is encroaching into dangerous territory if it's getting personal.  

 

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15 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

Poor 3rdthing. I guess I'll just ignore you then so you won't have to deal with it. 

Yes, gleeful gator, put me on ignore so you won't get to see the wonderful things I say about you.

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8 minutes ago, GG said:

 

He definitely has the upper hand. Everyone who's opposing him is on shaky ground back home.  They could lose more if they overplay their hand.  

 

That's why this is encroaching into dangerous territory if it's getting personal.  

 

 

I have a suspicion that Trump intentionally gets personal publicly, so when it comes to private talks he can take a more rational approach which leaves people off-balance, having prepared for personal attacks.  It's not a well-founded suspicion, and I'm prepared to be wrong...but he just seems to come out of private discussion having accomplished more than he should if he were stuck on "perma-!@#$" status.

 

I also suspect that he finds international politics relatively easy, since heads-of-state tend to be more politic in discourse, meaning he's not seeing much of what he sees as personal conflict and attacks, thus is less inclined to "take his ball and go home" than he was as a real estate tykecoon.

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1 minute ago, DC Tom said:

 

I have a suspicion that Trump intentionally gets personal publicly, so when it comes to private talks he can take a more rational approach which leaves people off-balance, having prepared for personal attacks.  It's not a well-founded suspicion, and I'm prepared to be wrong...but he just seems to come out of private discussion having accomplished more than he should if he were stuck on "perma-!@#$" status.

 

I also suspect that he finds international politics relatively easy, since heads-of-state tend to be more politic in discourse, meaning he's not seeing much of what he sees as personal conflict and attacks, thus is less inclined to "take his ball and go home" than he was as a real estate tykecoon.

 

I can vouch for this second hand. Lots of people who have worked with him, know him who I've spoken to describe him in person as being VERY empathetic and draws you in. Even Bill Maher admitted as much on his show (before he was president). 

 

Public image does not match the in person persona people meet.

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1 minute ago, DC Tom said:

 

I have a suspicion that Trump intentionally gets personal publicly, so when it comes to private talks he can take a more rational approach which leaves people off-balance, having prepared for personal attacks.  It's not a well-founded suspicion, and I'm prepared to be wrong...but he just seems to come out of private discussion having accomplished more than he should if he were stuck on "perma-!@#$" status.

 

I also suspect that he finds international politics relatively easy, since heads-of-state tend to be more politic in discourse, meaning he's not seeing much of what he sees as personal conflict and attacks, thus is less inclined to "take his ball and go home" than he was as a real estate tykecoon.

The biggest difference is that when he was in real estate and got into trouble, he rarely had the upper hand, and the banks whacked him.

 

This will be different. 

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29 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

I can vouch for this second hand. Lots of people who have worked with him, know him who I've spoken to describe him in person as being VERY empathetic and draws you in. Even Bill Maher admitted as much on his show (before he was president). 

 

Public image does not match the in person persona people meet.

Do you remember "The Coach", Chuck Dickerson? I sat with him at a luncheon and he was a hell of a nice guy. The TV cameras came into the room and he immediately transformed into a bombastic jerk. Trump has always been a showman and from all accounts from people that know him, he's extremely smart. His act works in his favor. If you were Kim Jon Un who would you take seriously as an adversary, Trump or Obama?

 

The latest criticism of Trump is over his comment that he didn't need to prepare any more for his Summit  with Kim. In response to later questioning he said "I don't need to prepare any more, I've been preparing for this all my life."

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