03-14-2018, 11:35 AM
(03-14-2018, 01:35 AM)Dill Wrote: Until NOW every president had a deep bench. This one does not. Further, even if he had his choice of "the best," his cabinet choices show that he does not select them.
And where did you hear that Trump's style leads to people "speaking up"?? He has set a record for firing important subordinates for speaking up or otherwise warning of illegal actions and unwise policy. If that gets you fired, why would you ever do that? Others notice this. Stable people are not interested in White House jobs.
And why ever should a president's style be "cutthroat"? For a successful foreign policy (remember the topic of the thread?) to be successful, it has to be clear to allies and adversaries. At the moment ours is manifestly not. Trump refuses to respond to an attack on the US by Russia, but invites nuclear escalation with North Korea. Then suddenly announces he will meet with NK without a direct invitation, or any diplomatic connections in place. Then fires his secretary of state. And he repeatedly says he wants to trash the Iran Deal. How does that sound to China, France, Great Britain, Russia and Germany, who worked so hard to get the deal?
You say that we should stand by the UK against Russia. But what will Trump actually do? He has yet to even implement Congressional sanctions.
You are saying that in response to an attack on a NATO member, Obama would respond by attacking U.S. police?
There is a lot of rambling here.
Have you never had a job where coworkers were Pitted against each other to provide the most competition making the group? This is an old school style. Lou Holtz had a similar leadership style.
A successful foreign policy is whatever is good for the USA. We have a clear policy.
Where did refuse to respond to an attack from Russia? He did that the first week on the job.
Where did he invite nuclear escalation with NK?
Doubtful this meeting was set out of the blue By trump. South Korea was instrumental in setting it up. You know working with our partners and all.
Tillerson has been on short leash for a while . He was never meant to be in threat job long.
I have said the possible reasons to not pushing additional sanctions might be because he is working with them on NK. Who knows if Turin but it would explain.
Obama wouldn’t take the lead in anything. He would let the internal community take the lead. Which is a joke.
