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They may be figuring out some things about Trump and changing their tune. I won't hold my breath on that - but obviously they, or at least this author, has been paying attention.
After opening about how Trump has had to deal with mobsters in the NYC business world...
There is growing reason to believe that Donald Trump understands the thug mind a whole lot better than the people who attended our prestigious Foreign Service academies.
North Korea
The first piece of evidence is North Korea. When Trump was trading crude, back-alley swipes with “Little Rocket Man,” Kim Jong-un, about whose nuclear button was bigger, it sounded as if we were heading for a nuclear holocaust led by a pair of overgrown prepubescents.
In fact, Trump’s bellicosity seems to have worked. It’s impossible to know how things will pan out, but the situation with North Korea today is a lot better than it was six months ago.
China
Over the past few decades, the Western diplomatic community made a big bet: If we all behaved decently toward Chinese leaders, then they’d naturally come to embrace liberal economic and cultural values and we could all eventually share a pinot at the University Club.
The bet went wrong. Today’s Chinese elites are polite and coolheaded, but their economic, political and military behavior remains pure thug.
Iran
I do know that the argument that many of the Obama people relied on as predicate for the deal is wrong. They argued that, deep down, the Iranian leaders are worldly sophisticates who, if we just gave them the welcome mat, would want to join our community of nations.
This is the vanity of the educated class going back for centuries. Since we’re obviously so superior, everybody else secretly wants to be like us. It’s wrong. Thugs gotta thug.
That's an "Op Ed". This means it's someone's opinion and they submitted the story to the newspaper. I generally ignore the Opinion section of all news sites and newspapers because they are subjective.
That's an "Op Ed". This means it's someone's opinion and they submitted the story to the newspaper. I generally ignore the Opinion section of all news sites and newspapers because they are subjective.
Which would explain why you're on the politics and controversies section of this board.... because the opinions of people are of no interest or worth discussing?
That's an "Op Ed". This means it's someone's opinion and they submitted the story to the newspaper. I generally ignore the Opinion section of all news sites and newspapers because they are subjective.
There is very little news available today that is not subjective unfortunately.
That's an "Op Ed". This means it's someone's opinion and they submitted the story to the newspaper. I generally ignore the Opinion section of all news sites and newspapers because they are subjective.
The entire newspaper is subjective. To think otherwise is folly.
Which would explain why you're on the politics and controversies section of this board.... because the opinions of people are of no interest or worth discussing?
You have a good point. Here on C-D - the ignore button comes in handy. The one-sided closed minded hacks are generally ignored.
All I could think of when I read his first paragraph was that scene in Back to School where Rodney Dangerfield’s character is schooling the professor about the actual cost of doing business in NYC.
All I could think of when I read his first paragraph was that scene in Back to School where Rodney Dangerfield’s character is schooling the professor about the actual cost of doing business in NYC.
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