President Trump is not a bureaucrat. ... and this drives the bureaucrats crazy. And it is also an opportunity for his haters in the media to attack him with snarky questions. A case in point: the media accuse him of playing doctor when he pushes the use of hydroxochloroquine as a possible treatment for the Chinese virus. Yes, if he strictly played by the rules, he would zip his lip. But, Trump is a rule breaker ... a trait that has served him well as a major builder. This has given him total confidence in his instincts.
Should he? Does he create enemies with this bull-in-a-chinashop approach? You betcha. Does he sometimes make mistakes? Obviously ... just count up his bankruptcies and all his many lawsuits. But he has made enough correct calls to make him a billionaire ... and get him elected president ... no small feats.
Some have compared Trump to General Patton ... another larger-than-life figure. I can see the juxtaposition. Patton too broke many rules ... and pissed off many of his higher-ups. But he got the job done ... and so does Trump. But, in Trump's case, his higher-ups are the American people ... forcing him to be more of a politician ... not his natural style ... yet a growing percentage of voters like his rule breaking style. Keep it up Orangeman!
Why do think he's a billionaire? Many reports say he is about to go belly-up in many of his resort properties. If he truly were rich he would have shared his tax returns instead of hiding behind them. It's not a question of saying the wrong thing, it's a question of getting people killed by his mistakes. Time for you to get off the train wreck and join the rest of the people who want to disable his mouth.
ReplyDeleteI suspect many Dems hope that he goes belly up. His properties have specifically been excluded in the bailout bill. That would be called a Bill of Retainer which is specifically outlawed in the Constitution. Hmmm?
ReplyDeleteGen. Patton was clearly flawed. but weren’t we lucky we had him on our side.
ReplyDeleteJust looked it iup. It’s called a Bill of Attainder ... Sorry!
ReplyDelete(Wiki) "...act of a legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them..." I don't think Bill of Attainder applies here.
ReplyDeleteThe provision of the bill that excludes Trump (or other official) from benefiting from the bail-out was a backlash from his flagrant use of his own proprieties for government paid business. The optics would have been cringe-worthy for a normal person.
Wouldn’t specifically excluding the Trump hotels from benefits that others were getting be “punishment?”
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