Trump Is Giving This Country Its Identity Back

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(04-16-2017, 09:37 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Unfortunately the world is not a middle school playground.

The bloodthirsy war hawks were also thrilled when the US "manned up" and showed the world how great we were when we invaded Iraq?

Making decisions based on trying to show the world how tough we are is very, very stupid.  Our country will go broke spending on military.  We already spend almost as much as the rest of the world combined.  The US accounts for 40% of military spending.

the rest of the world is laughing at us spening so much money on the military while going deeper and deeper in debt as a country.  North Korea is in China's realm of influence.  They would love for us to spend a few billion trying to fix that problem for them.

It's not a middle school playground, which is why you can't let other countries pick on the little kids, like its own citizens.  There needs to be someone to control the playground, either a teacher or a kid who's just going to kick the shit out of any bullies.

We do spend that much and it's sad that we have to police a lot of the world, but we have to do so for the safety of our own people and also because we can't just sit back and turn a blind-eye to atrocities that are being committed.  

(04-16-2017, 09:57 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Actually I believe that resorting to violence and threats of violence to settle any dispute is very much a "bully type way".

Ha!!!!!!!

Typical!!!!!

So you're saying that the kid in this video that knocks out the other kid that's picking on a blind kid is being a bully?!

Give me a second...........  

   

Ok, I'm back.

We've tried being peaceful, as I've said and you keep ignoring, but sometimes you need to be a hard-ass to protect yourself and your people.

Do you want us to keep saying "Ok, Kim Jung-un, we know you haven't listened to anyone else in the world, including us, when we've tried to be peaceful and asked you to stop trying to develop nuclear weapons, but we're asking you VERY NICELY this time:  PRETTY PLEASE WILL YOU STOP?"?

Sometimes you have to show might and hit first.

(04-16-2017, 02:04 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: America is not getting respect because of Trump, we're losing it.

Trump's flip-flopping on positions is interesting, definitely a different thing whenever you get in the big chair. The Syria thing, I'm against the decision, I was against it when Obama asked Congress for the permission to act against Assad, I was against our involvement in Libya. For the MOAB thing, it is my understanding that Trump wasn't a part of that decision making. They have moved those decisions out of the White House from all accounts I have read, but if someone has more information on that, let me know.

Job creation in the first month? It takes months, if not years, for economic policies from the White House to have impacts. The job creation is no different than what had been happening for a while under Obama. What's also interesting is the rest of the world still saw us as hawkish during Obama's tenure as well.

But hey, don't let facts get in the way of delusions.

Trump is adapting his positions as-needed to fit the current problems.  That's what great leaders do.

How can you be against the Syria thing?  We didn't risk any American lives and we just sent a message that Assad's actions won't be tolerated.

For the MOAB thing, Trump won't say whether he directly authorized it, but, even if he didn't, he obviously authorized someone who knew what the best move was to make the call.  He trusted his officials and staff.  

I guess the job creations and other improvements are just a coincidence?  Even if it was happening under Obama, which I don't see, it still shows the confidence that the people and business world have in Trump to keep things going in a positive direction.