Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Fire the First Lady? Oh, boy.

Melania is Three times a Lady and her husband loves her dearly.

BTW: a concept you will never understand, you don't make peace with sworn enemies, you defeat them. Trump, and all of us who support his efforts, are fighting to do just that.

eden

Your fealty is admirable. I did not set out to change anybody’s mind, just voice an opinion which of course you are perfectly entitled to challenge me on. That is the purpose of this forum. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

PLT Sarge Loc: Alabama

I'm going back to your first post and try to tie it into this post. Class. You are not going to get class from President Trump. He is a street fighter. You get in his face, he's gonna get back in yours. On the other hand we have a First Lady that has class. In my lifetime the First Ladies with true class where Laura, Barbara, Rosalynn, Nancy and of course Jackie. Nancy and Jackie are my favorites. Our Lady now is all about children. Which is all that really matters. Everywhere she goes, she brings class and grace. She even had the Pope laughing. All that being said. Do you not think that she might at times hold him back ? I know that my wife did. I was a street fighter, a pool shark. H*****g out, being a dog. My precious Angel got me on the porch. This First Lady has more influence than we know. President Trump is crude, combative and controversial. But he has a good woman, our First Lady to keep him in check. She will get him on the porch.

eden

Thank you for your honesty and sharing about your wife. Sounds like you are a lucky man.
I have said all I need to say and I wish you good evening.

eden

BTW: a concept you will never understand, you don’t let the world know your enemies bother you. It just makes you sound like a whiny victim and it’s difficult to intimidate your enemies when you are constantly losing it and making blustering threats. Real leaders don’t make threats, they just take action at the appropriate moment. Walk softly and carry a big stick.
Forget the art of the deal. Read Sun Szu’s The Art of War.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Let's try to deal with the Chinese first, if you don't mind.

eden

Agreed but read Sun Szu first. I have been to China many times and choosing people to lead foreign policy initiatives on the basis of cronyism or party loyalty is foolish when it comes to dealing with China and other Asian nations. They do not think like we do.

Super Dave Loc: Realville, USA

Yeah, that worked out really well with Clinton and Obama, didn't it?

It's not enough to carry a big stick. You have to show you aren't afraid to use it. Obama sucking up to terrorists didn't help any more than Clinton sucking up to the previous Pot-Bellied dicktater Kim, did it?

World Leaders aren't making big decisions by watching Trump's Twitter feed. They're watching their own intel reports of ISIS being virtually wiped off of the face of the planet. They're listening to Trump demand other NATO countries pick up their responsibilities. They're watching Trump initiate tariffs against countries that steal American's intellectual property and place tariffs against America.

NK may or may not continue the process of un-nuking their failing country. But you just can't admit it's only starting because of Trump, can you?

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

I belong to the "I thought he was going to hit me so I hit him back first" school of warfare. Comes from too much time in prison and too much Andy Capp.

eden

Not at all. I would give Trump credit for some parts of what you post, particularly against China and North Korea, but the devil is in the details. Opening a peanut with a sledgehammer will work but is the peanut you extract worth having? The wily Nork dictator isn’t neutralized yet and China and Russia seem to be on a war footing with us now. You would hope Trump would have a plan to extract a benefit from all this international instability. Time will tell.