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(01-23-2017, 06:53 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Let me just sum up my feelings on Trump by saying that I want him to succeed but the guy has a history of over-promising and under-performing.  His private and, now political, practices involve a lot of "selling the sizzle, not necessarily the steak" and a goodly bit of outright fraud.  The guy sells grandiose ideas and plans that don't always yield the astoundingly high results promised.

What I find interesting is that he either can't, or won't change his tactics as in this case where just saying he'd defeat ISIS would be logical and supportable enough.  But nope, he's got to promise some absurd time frame because that seems to be the way he does things.  The issue is that he CHOSE to say "30 days" and people are asking him to name that tune and follow-up and do what he said he'd do in the time frame he decided to give himself.

If someone said "Ok Trump, you're president now so you have a month to destroy ISIS!" that would be vindictive, nit-picky and unrealistic.  But Trump (being Trump) decided he'd promise something unrealistic on his own accord and god forbid anyone attempt to hold him accountable for his latest promise.  It just seems like he simply can't stop himself from making the grandest of promises. 

He reminds me of that one kid we all knew growing up.  Whatever your bike was worth his was worth more.  His big brother was the biggest and baddest guy in town.  He could run faster, jump higher, and throw further than you could...whether he showed you or not.  Also, he had like 10 Nolan Ryan rookie cards in his attic but he wasn't going to show you.

Time will tell.  He's been if office three days.  Open mindedness be damned.