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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (150751)	1/22/2020 2:28:46 PM
From: Katelew	1 Recommendation Recommended By Maple MAGA Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 359747

There's no compelling reason to disagree with your post. Trump is definitely a force. He came into office with firm objectives, and he's showed a willingness to go it alone to meet those objectives. Your background is government and objectives are dealt with by having many meetings accompanied by both long range plans and short term plans. Strategy sessions are group-thinks to some extent and require compromises be made between different people and even factions. Trump is not only from the business world, his businesses are private. With public companies, those that sell shares, etc., a CEO has to placate different factions plus meet additional legal requirements. In short, Trump has lived his life dictating what he wants done--no compromising and always having the last word. I also come from this world. Even my ancestors were frequently business owners and farmers. Our friends are mostly business owners, and then there are all the clients I had working at Merrill Lynch. For me, an authoritative, combative and dictatorial personality is quite OK. It's a definite oddity for the realm of public service and probably very hard for that type of personality to adjust to. I've often envisioned the Trump, just elected and starting to learn the nature of the world he's now in, and pictured him wandering around, mumbling and fretting 'what do you mean I can't do it this way' or 'what the hell does this regulation have to do with anything'. We've never had a POTUS like Trump, I don't think. No law degree, no Phd. in history, no military command and clearly an authoritarian. I happen to think, however, he is exactly the type of personality our country needed at this moment in history because big changes were called for. The changes Trump is pushing are like trying to change the direction of an oil tanker. As for tactics and strategy, I agree there can be confusion. They are often interchanged. In fact, whenever you have asked me to produce a Trump strategy, I tend to first think of his goals and then everything that follows is the strategy part, ha! Very sloppy. The truth also is that because a grand strategy has so many moving parts it is littered with all kinds of mini-strategies. I think anyone in charge of implementing a strategy also has to be able to move opportunistically, even though it can leave viewers confused. Fierce adherence to a strategy can be self-defeating in the end. I would put the killing of Soleimani in that category, i.e. an opportunistic move at first confusing but now looking pretty wise. As for your comment about leaving released offenders adrift, I think all pols are interested in reducing recidivism. I doubt a clear cut strategy could be formulated. Maybe just getting them out of prison faster will help. In my area, I know that parole officers are typically invested in helping with finding jobs and lodging. I'm in favor of returning the right to vote. Apparently California will no longer prosecute a theft unless the value of the stolen property exceeds $900. What do you think about the wisdom of that kind of change? It would reduce costs. Police spend a lot of time chasing down petty theft.