That’s not just Trump making excuses for the fact that things got screwed up. That’s a republican thing. They know that their base is full of really horrible people who are idiots so they just appeal to their hate and ignorance to excuse their screw ups.
He's like a five year old playing Risk. Only, he's not smart enough to do that first. Every war he started, same out come. Surprises he didn't consider. Send him to his room immediately with no supper and no cetchup packets.
When history’s worst businessperson becomes history’s worst president, failures and disasters are to be expected. Deranged Don is going full speed on the path to destruction.
More and more of his MAGATS will be turning against him and not because he’s a pervert, a criminal, a coward a liar, an insurrectionist, a thief but because things are gonna get more expensive for everybody and they’re gonna have to pay a lot more money to fuel up there big cast guzzling pickup trucks. They certainly will not turn against him for altruistic regions because these are hedonistic MAGATS that we’re talking about.
It’ll be a tiny fraction of percent of them who will vote Democrat hopefully a lot of them won’t even vote. There are probably independent MAGA who may vote for Democrats. I think if the Democrats knew how to talk to people instead of with their elite snap bullshit they might be able to convince some Republicans to vote for them.
In his classic work on the psychology of military incompetence, Norman Dixon wrote that the #1 distinction between capable and inept commanders is their ability, or inability, to manage their own anxiety. Commanders with weak and fragile egos, such as Trump and Hegseth, are likely to react to uncontrolled anxiety in one of two ways. They panic, ordering a suicide attack or retreating from a key position. Or they become paralyzed, hunkering down in foxholes and failing to take advantage of tactical opportunities.
We are already seeing both from the Trump crew. TACO Trump has gone from throwing in the towel on Russian and Iranian oil exports (paralysis) to threatening to bomb Iran's energy infrastructure (panic).
In The Guns of August, Barbara Tuchman described how European powers sleep-walked into WWI. We are seeing some of that same playbook in Trump's multiple wars as they coalesce into political and economic calamity. In her other book The March of Folly, Tuchman all but predicted what is happening now when she wrote:
“Folly often does not spring from a great design, and its consequences are frequently a surprise. The folly lies in persistence – pursuit of a policy contrary to the self-interest of the constituency or state involved, despite the fact that a workable alternative course of action was known to exist.”
By your definition Gen Patton was a failure. Not so, guts and glory helped win the war even if he did not make any friends. With success, bad habits get excused.
I don't see how you can take that from my comment. General Patton had supreme control over his own anxiety and no one, including me, ever accused him of being an incompetent military commander. I don't get it - are you comparing Trump and Hegseth to Patton?
No he did not. He slapped a sick soldier with shellshock and no telling how much other misbehavior was covered up. Guys at the top get all kinds of cover if in the end they are successful. Had Patton been allowed he might have won the war a lot sooner. Having said that Patton was not perfect and his ego was outrunning his supply lines. Eisenhower had to rein him in, gently.
As for Trump and Hegseth, these characters fall better into your discussion on lack of impulse control and anxiety. I consider neither leaders, just bullies who by celebrity and money have gotten where they are. Neither exhibit any traits e traditionally deemed as leadership. If these two are the future of America, we do not have one.
My comment on Patton related strictly to his not allowing anxiety to interfere with his military command, not his personal behavior. Eisenhower was an exemplar of emotional intelligence.
Trump and Hegseth are pathological liars and sociopaths. To call them bullies is to let them off too lightly.
Remember Trump say he and he alone can fix it, and he knows more than the generals. Guys like this don’t get anyway because they don’t like the listen to other people. What keeps Trump going is Sean Hannity Fox News and CNN, carrying his water bottle!
Absolutely, this is the Apprentice on steroids. Just what the US needs President who cannot learn and does not listen. If he goes down, takes everyone with him, blaming others all the way.
Can you imagine the humiliation that professional generals have to endure listening to Hegseth and Trump treat them like recruits. If we survive this, I expect the next admin generals may call Hegseth back into uniform and reduce him to private. Trump will pardon him to ensure that does not happen, which is an admission of guilt and incompetence.
Soooo just another day of the fanta menace and his clown car cabal flailing wildly about and pointing fingers at everyone but themselves. Remember this is a man who knows more about everything and anything than any person in history, until things start to sour. Then its bidens fault, its Obama fault, soon it will be crusty gnomes fault. Ffs im tired and sick of all the outrage and alarming trends being generated every damned day. C'mon big Mac do your job.
We have accelerated the decline of the USA empire. Not sure at what point the cost of living and national debt renders USA bankrupt.
What intrigues me the most is why do other countries continue to buy our debt? Japan national debt is worse than ours and they hold over a trillion$$ of Treasure debt paying just a few percent in interest. All told foreigners hold over $9 trillion of US debt. Makes no sense.
You're being a too optimistic that we will last another 10 years going this direction. Day of reconning could well come sooner. US will just declare bankruptcy and if we are lucky start over. Our dollar would be worth maybe 10 cents.
Yup gas in Oregon is at $5.69 per....pack of chicken breasts $35....wake the F up CONGRESS! SAVE US AND YOURSELVES....BUT OH YEA YALL DONT GIVE A GOOD DAMN ABOUT ALL OF US WHO PUT YOU WHERE YOU ARE! BUNCH OF 💩 STAIN COWARDS TOO AFRAID OF A FING LUNATIC LYING CONVICTED FELON RAPIST WHO DOESNT CARE ABOUT ANYONE!! YOU IN THE GOP WILL BE UNDER THE BUS SOON!! KARMA'S COMING FOR YALL IN NOVEMBER! IF NOT SOONER!
We've been waiting--WAITING!!--for something he can't spin. Epstein would have done fine, but I guess if it has to be the economy and the war, we'll take it. I hate to see that occur because a LOT of people are going to get hurt now and in the future (whereas Epstein is essentially in the past, as he is dead). I suppose we should make ourselves comfortable with the economy tearing itself apart, and then put Trump in a corner in November, and then try to rehab the economy at our earliest opportunity. God help us if that isn't until early 2029!
Both parties have done their unfair share to put us into financial collapse. We need to overhaul the system with term limits, mandatory on time and balanced budgets, no insider trading, no nepotism, mandatory pay for essential workers, no more political govt shutdowns, no pardons for friends. We will only be trading one disaster for another.
We have reached the limits of democracy where any idiot can vote and this is what happens an idiot gets elected.
It still amazes me that anyone thinks this guy in the White House can solve any problems or make their lives better. He does not care about you, or anyone else not named Donald. He's been a failure his entire life and now he is weak and cornered with no way out. And just a reminder he was not eligible to run for president due to his participation in the January 6th insurrection.
Too bad they didn’t prosecute him for the J-6 crimes! They acquitted him and he was emboldened to push for a new term in office. He is the downfall of our Nation and now he has started Armageddon and his base are dancing with joy! They think JESUS is coming to help them! To help them?!?! More like judge and condemn them!
He's never been one to let facts get in the way.
He will just blame in on Biden as he stands there pointing at nothing...
That’s not just Trump making excuses for the fact that things got screwed up. That’s a republican thing. They know that their base is full of really horrible people who are idiots so they just appeal to their hate and ignorance to excuse their screw ups.
He's like a five year old playing Risk. Only, he's not smart enough to do that first. Every war he started, same out come. Surprises he didn't consider. Send him to his room immediately with no supper and no cetchup packets.
When history’s worst businessperson becomes history’s worst president, failures and disasters are to be expected. Deranged Don is going full speed on the path to destruction.
More and more of his MAGATS will be turning against him and not because he’s a pervert, a criminal, a coward a liar, an insurrectionist, a thief but because things are gonna get more expensive for everybody and they’re gonna have to pay a lot more money to fuel up there big cast guzzling pickup trucks. They certainly will not turn against him for altruistic regions because these are hedonistic MAGATS that we’re talking about.
They may turn against him, but do not expect them to vote Dem. Best you can hope for not to vote. That works.
It’ll be a tiny fraction of percent of them who will vote Democrat hopefully a lot of them won’t even vote. There are probably independent MAGA who may vote for Democrats. I think if the Democrats knew how to talk to people instead of with their elite snap bullshit they might be able to convince some Republicans to vote for them.
In his classic work on the psychology of military incompetence, Norman Dixon wrote that the #1 distinction between capable and inept commanders is their ability, or inability, to manage their own anxiety. Commanders with weak and fragile egos, such as Trump and Hegseth, are likely to react to uncontrolled anxiety in one of two ways. They panic, ordering a suicide attack or retreating from a key position. Or they become paralyzed, hunkering down in foxholes and failing to take advantage of tactical opportunities.
We are already seeing both from the Trump crew. TACO Trump has gone from throwing in the towel on Russian and Iranian oil exports (paralysis) to threatening to bomb Iran's energy infrastructure (panic).
In The Guns of August, Barbara Tuchman described how European powers sleep-walked into WWI. We are seeing some of that same playbook in Trump's multiple wars as they coalesce into political and economic calamity. In her other book The March of Folly, Tuchman all but predicted what is happening now when she wrote:
“Folly often does not spring from a great design, and its consequences are frequently a surprise. The folly lies in persistence – pursuit of a policy contrary to the self-interest of the constituency or state involved, despite the fact that a workable alternative course of action was known to exist.”
By your definition Gen Patton was a failure. Not so, guts and glory helped win the war even if he did not make any friends. With success, bad habits get excused.
I don't see how you can take that from my comment. General Patton had supreme control over his own anxiety and no one, including me, ever accused him of being an incompetent military commander. I don't get it - are you comparing Trump and Hegseth to Patton?
No he did not. He slapped a sick soldier with shellshock and no telling how much other misbehavior was covered up. Guys at the top get all kinds of cover if in the end they are successful. Had Patton been allowed he might have won the war a lot sooner. Having said that Patton was not perfect and his ego was outrunning his supply lines. Eisenhower had to rein him in, gently.
As for Trump and Hegseth, these characters fall better into your discussion on lack of impulse control and anxiety. I consider neither leaders, just bullies who by celebrity and money have gotten where they are. Neither exhibit any traits e traditionally deemed as leadership. If these two are the future of America, we do not have one.
My comment on Patton related strictly to his not allowing anxiety to interfere with his military command, not his personal behavior. Eisenhower was an exemplar of emotional intelligence.
Trump and Hegseth are pathological liars and sociopaths. To call them bullies is to let them off too lightly.
Thanks for commenting.
Clap, clap, clap. Bravo, well said. Eisenhower steady as he goes, right man for the job. His inability to rein in McCarthy only failure.
But it only took Joseph Welch one question to stop McCarthy: At long last have you no sense of decency?
Of course for today's Republican party leadership the answer to that question would be a categorical no.
Rick Wilson says everything Trump touches dies. I'd add that every Republican Trump touches turns yellow.
Remember Trump say he and he alone can fix it, and he knows more than the generals. Guys like this don’t get anyway because they don’t like the listen to other people. What keeps Trump going is Sean Hannity Fox News and CNN, carrying his water bottle!
Absolutely, this is the Apprentice on steroids. Just what the US needs President who cannot learn and does not listen. If he goes down, takes everyone with him, blaming others all the way.
Can you imagine the humiliation that professional generals have to endure listening to Hegseth and Trump treat them like recruits. If we survive this, I expect the next admin generals may call Hegseth back into uniform and reduce him to private. Trump will pardon him to ensure that does not happen, which is an admission of guilt and incompetence.
It’s easy to see how he bankrupted casinos. Business genius? Ha!
Soooo just another day of the fanta menace and his clown car cabal flailing wildly about and pointing fingers at everyone but themselves. Remember this is a man who knows more about everything and anything than any person in history, until things start to sour. Then its bidens fault, its Obama fault, soon it will be crusty gnomes fault. Ffs im tired and sick of all the outrage and alarming trends being generated every damned day. C'mon big Mac do your job.
This is what's meant when they say war is expensive. it's not just the cost of bullets and bombs. America's going to feel this for a decade.
We have accelerated the decline of the USA empire. Not sure at what point the cost of living and national debt renders USA bankrupt.
What intrigues me the most is why do other countries continue to buy our debt? Japan national debt is worse than ours and they hold over a trillion$$ of Treasure debt paying just a few percent in interest. All told foreigners hold over $9 trillion of US debt. Makes no sense.
"America's going to feel this for a decade."
You're being a too optimistic that we will last another 10 years going this direction. Day of reconning could well come sooner. US will just declare bankruptcy and if we are lucky start over. Our dollar would be worth maybe 10 cents.
Fortune reports that the US Treasury has determined the US to be insolvent
donnie will go down with the ship on this one. It's the economy stupid.
Yup gas in Oregon is at $5.69 per....pack of chicken breasts $35....wake the F up CONGRESS! SAVE US AND YOURSELVES....BUT OH YEA YALL DONT GIVE A GOOD DAMN ABOUT ALL OF US WHO PUT YOU WHERE YOU ARE! BUNCH OF 💩 STAIN COWARDS TOO AFRAID OF A FING LUNATIC LYING CONVICTED FELON RAPIST WHO DOESNT CARE ABOUT ANYONE!! YOU IN THE GOP WILL BE UNDER THE BUS SOON!! KARMA'S COMING FOR YALL IN NOVEMBER! IF NOT SOONER!
David, I have seen no media coverage of a statement Trump made Monday;
FLYING IS DANGEROUS!
He included this warning in the comments he made when first informed of the fatal crash at LaGuardia on Sunday night. He seemed to be blaming the pilots (use of plural word, THEY). The exact quote, “Terrible. They made a mistake. It’s a dangerous business. That’s terrible.” Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/air-canada-aircraft-from-montreal-crashes-into-ground-vehicle-at-la-guardia-airport-sustains-significant-damage/article_4b08524d-1c87-4ae4-b45b-8cd310e67d7c.html?source=newsletter&utm_content=a02&utm_source=ts_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=8FB2B7F888ECDFDC22C3BBC5E7997BA1&utm_campaign=next_up_32823
But maybe he is just doing a civic duty of trying to reduce the lineups at the country's airports by discouraging people from flying.
We've been waiting--WAITING!!--for something he can't spin. Epstein would have done fine, but I guess if it has to be the economy and the war, we'll take it. I hate to see that occur because a LOT of people are going to get hurt now and in the future (whereas Epstein is essentially in the past, as he is dead). I suppose we should make ourselves comfortable with the economy tearing itself apart, and then put Trump in a corner in November, and then try to rehab the economy at our earliest opportunity. God help us if that isn't until early 2029!
Both parties have done their unfair share to put us into financial collapse. We need to overhaul the system with term limits, mandatory on time and balanced budgets, no insider trading, no nepotism, mandatory pay for essential workers, no more political govt shutdowns, no pardons for friends. We will only be trading one disaster for another.
We have reached the limits of democracy where any idiot can vote and this is what happens an idiot gets elected.
It still amazes me that anyone thinks this guy in the White House can solve any problems or make their lives better. He does not care about you, or anyone else not named Donald. He's been a failure his entire life and now he is weak and cornered with no way out. And just a reminder he was not eligible to run for president due to his participation in the January 6th insurrection.
Too bad they didn’t prosecute him for the J-6 crimes! They acquitted him and he was emboldened to push for a new term in office. He is the downfall of our Nation and now he has started Armageddon and his base are dancing with joy! They think JESUS is coming to help them! To help them?!?! More like judge and condemn them!
There's going to be a lot of ketchup on the walls in the White House.