A 'Foreign' Policy: Trump the $h!t Talker
Not a politician, the President shows a deft touch negotiating on the world stage
When I was a kid, there were days when my mother would make the threat if I didn’t clean my room, then everything was going in a black garbage bag and getting thrown out.
That typically got me off my ass and moving.
On occassion, my wife and I have used the same veiled threats against our four children. Same result. They get moving.
It’s proven to be a very effective technique.
I share that in the hope it helps people come to understand President Donald Trump and his take on foreign policy.
I really doubt my mother would have ever thrown bags full of my clothes and toys out to the sidewalk on garbage day, but it had finally reached a point where she had had enough, and I no longer doubted her sincerity.
Trump is a bullshiter, full of bluster and big promises. It’s one of the ways he’s able to marry a model. He’s a New Yorker, through and through.
I grew up in New York, so maybe I’m used to this type of bravado. Some people are full of shit. They talk a good game. But you believe half of what they say.
That is Donald Trump.
But Trump also gets shit done1.
He’s won the presidency — twice. And now his first three weeks in office have been a whirlwind that have seen confirmations for his cabinet picks and internal actions taken against the Washington bureaucracy. Just as he promised while campaigning2.
It’s what makes Trump so effective as a leader, especially compared to Joe Biden and I would strongly argue, Barack Obama.
You can’t tell if he’s blowing smoke or he will actually implement some of his hairbrained ideas.
That’s why Putin behaves when he is in office, as opposed to Obama (Crimea) and Biden (Ukraine), and why Putin is coming to the table now.
It’s why the rest of Europe, after sitting idly by for the last three years, is finally having real discusions about Ukraine and a possible solution to Russia’s aggression and their own defense.
They received Trump’s message — “Pick up your goddam toys! Or I will!”
Does Trump really plan on rebuilding and developing Gaza as an American resort property? I think you’d be a fool to not think there’s some percentage he would love to do just that.
Guess who also understands that? Hamas and every other leader, king and dictator in the Middle East.
That’s why Hamas is back on with its agreement to release the the hostages on Saturday, according to the cease-fire plan. That’s why Egypt, Jordan, the Saudis and others are actually in serious discussions about what the hell needs to be done in Palestine, and the fact the 2-state scenario is not working, has never worked, and likely never will.
“Clean this region up before I come in and take it to develop Trump Gaza Resort & Casino!”
As bad as it might be for these nations to have Isreal part of the Middle East, they certainly don’t want the United States moving in.
Is it the most tactful approach to world diplomacy? No, absolutely not. Will it ruffle feathers? You bet.
Will it work?
We’ll see. But for my taxpayer money, it seems to be working already.
He got the name of the Gulf of Mexico changed for crying out loud!
No, we didn’t “vote for Elon” but he was clearly part of Trump’s plan and the people voted for Trump.