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Donald Trump loves to bluff, despite being bad at it
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:35 pm
Not my title. But I do agree with the title.
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...It was a promise, however, that the American president had no intention of keeping. Trump vowed “fire and fury” in response to North Korean threats, which naturally led to more North Korean threats. The Republican, confronted with the provocation he’d just said would be unacceptable, responded quickly – by complaining about Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Kim Jong-un didn’t hesitate to cross Trump’s bright red line, just as Trump didn’t hesitate to back down from the “fire and fury” promise he’d made for all the world to see....
The president, in other words, was bluffing – something Trump does often, despite being horrible at it.
Indeed, it’s become one of the underappreciated hallmarks of the president’s style. A month before taking office, for example, Trump declared, “I don’t know why we have to be bound by a One-China policy unless we make a deal with China having to do with other things.” Two weeks into his presidency, Trump, in a rather pathetic display of groveling, Trump reversed course, declaring his support the “One-China” policy – publicly and in writing – in exchange for nothing.
A month later, when the House was weighing its first health care bill, Trump’s team at one point declared that the bill was closed, negotiations had ended, and members should stop asking for changes. Several House Republicans quickly discovered, however, that they could go directly to the president, who’d reopen the bill in the hopes of making skeptics happy.
A month after that, Trump said he was prepared to shut down the government unless Congress included funds for his border wall in a temporary spending bill. Members of both parties risked the shutdown, assumed the president was bluffing, and were proven right: Trump quietly slinked away from his threats when no one found them credible.
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Two months after that, Trump threatened former FBI Director James Comey with the release of secret tapes. Comey wasn’t intimidated in the slightest – in fact, he welcomed the release of any recordings – and the president was forced to concede his bluster was hollow and the tapes didn’t exist.
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This post was edited on 8/10/17 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:37 pm to LSUTANGERINE
It is pretty easy to bluff someone in real estate, or well easier than in politics.
He was probably very successful with these tactics as a business professional, but they didn't translate to as well to governing like he (or his supporters) thought.
He was probably very successful with these tactics as a business professional, but they didn't translate to as well to governing like he (or his supporters) thought.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:37 pm to LSUTANGERINE
We all loathe the LSUTANGERINE, the LSUTANGERINE, the LSUTANGERINE
This post was edited on 8/10/17 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:38 pm to LSUTANGERINE
That MOAB sure in the hell was not a bluff.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:38 pm to LSUTANGERINE
He's the leader of the free fricking world yet you idiots still try to make him out to be a buffoon.
Stay you, please.
Stay you, please.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:39 pm to bamarep
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He's the leader of the free fricking world yet you idiots still try to make him out to be a buffoon.
oh, he does that himself.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:41 pm to LSUTANGERINE
no nice way to put it. you are a dumbass. he is a billionaire in real estate he can bluff.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:41 pm to bamarep
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He's the leader of the free fricking world yet you idiots still try to make him out to be a buffoon.
Yeah that would never be something you would do right?
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:46 pm to cajunangelle
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no nice way to put it. you are a dumbass. he is a billionaire in real estate he can bluff.
I am pretty sure she was talking about in his role as president of the United States. In fact I am certain of it. But you go on and continue to deflect.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:49 pm to LSUTANGERINE
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Trump vowed “fire and fury” in response to North Korean threats, which naturally led to more North Korean threats.
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The president, in other words, was bluffing
This is real cute. The threats he was referring to were the missile launches, not just the crazy talk from Fat boy. Now he can call Trump's bluff by launching more missiles, but since all this started and Trump made his comments, no missiles have been launched. We won't know whether Trump is bluffing until another missile is fired off.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:49 pm to LSUTANGERINE
surprise. hes bad at everything
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:50 pm to LSUTANGERINE
What a stupid article.
Let's just consider Comey, for example. Rumors were rampant that "close sources say that James Comey basically says nothing Trump is true" but then Trump bluffed about tapes and suddenly when Comey testifies, his testimony contradicts all those sources and confirms what Trump says happened.
I won't bother dissecting the rest of that stupid article.
Come on man , you have got to stop going all in on every single negative article about Trump. Start thinking for yourself.
Let's just consider Comey, for example. Rumors were rampant that "close sources say that James Comey basically says nothing Trump is true" but then Trump bluffed about tapes and suddenly when Comey testifies, his testimony contradicts all those sources and confirms what Trump says happened.
I won't bother dissecting the rest of that stupid article.
Come on man , you have got to stop going all in on every single negative article about Trump. Start thinking for yourself.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:50 pm to LSUTANGERINE
quote:You care more about brinign down our president then rallying around the flag when a foreign enemy threatens american lives.
LSUTANGERINE
you are a pathetic, unpatriotic a-hole. And your lack of condemnation for the broome administration is deafening.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:51 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
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We won't know whether Trump is bluffing until another missile is fired off.
I kinda agree here. If they do fire, then they were going to fire regardless. I think tough talk and then a military response to any action taken by NK was/is the right move
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:52 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
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The threats he was referring to were the missile launches, not just the crazy talk from Fat boy.
Lmao. Are you sure you don't work for trump's cleanup team?
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:52 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Yeah hes terrible at it
Posted on 8/10/17 at 2:52 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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You care more about brinign down our president then rallying around the flag when a foreign enemy threatens american lives.
you are a pathetic, unpatriotic a-hole
Back to the Bush, you are either with us or against us. Love it or leave it.
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