The strange greatness of Donald Trump
The Hill,
by
Grady Means
Original Article
Posted By: MissMolly,
5/8/2019 5:55:04 AM
With the Democrats still trying to throw a Hail-Mueller Pass with time out on the scoreboard and with the economy humming, it’s time to confront the central issue: “Has Donald Trump been an awful, OK, or great president?” The president, unquestionably, is often appalling in his style.(Snip) And yet, over his first two years, he has enjoyed remarkable political, diplomatic, policy and leadership success. I personally don’t care for his style of management and governance, but I think there is a case to be made that he has been a great president.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
HisHandmaiden 5/8/2019 6:09:54 AM (No. 81443)
‘...there is a case to be made that he has been a great president.’
‘In the field of “corruption,” he has been thoroughly investigated and there is nothing to match the smarmy signs of pay-to-play kickbacks alleged in the Clinton State Department.’
... and this was just the first half.
Well done, Grady Mesns.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Pepper Tree 5/8/2019 6:52:01 AM (No. 81432)
It’s hard not to like the guy who says about people publicly what we dare only say in our living rooms.
I knew Hillary had lost the election when Trump called her “crooked” and she just stood there gobsmacked with no reply. There isn’t much of the old, “my esteemed opponent” smarminess in being called a crook who belongs in jail.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 5/8/2019 7:11:05 AM (No. 81448)
PDJT’s “appalling style” is why I voted for him. He ain’t no wussie, he fights. After 8 years of the Kenyan Clown, America needed a grenade rolled into the deep State’s hootch.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Rinktum 5/8/2019 7:48:19 AM (No. 81420)
FTA: “If we’re looking for strong leadership to provide real opportunity for economic advancement for all Americans and a strong defense of America and its interests, then Trump has a claim to greatness over his current opponents and his predecessors.”
We are and he is it. One more major accomplishment for the President. He has done more to restore the rightful place that Christianity has had in this country than any other President in my lifetime. God bless him for it. I believe that is one reasons that the democrats hate him so violently and it, of course, one of the reasons Christians love and support him. Despite what the left says, Donald J. Trump has a keen sense of right and wrong that I believe has been shaped by his belief in God. He is the right man at the right time and I pray fervently that he is re-elected in an astounding landslide.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
The Remnants 5/8/2019 8:01:42 AM (No. 81430)
His opponents keep telling us that he lied about this thing or that thing, but I think he is an inherently honest man. I like Rinkum´s comment that he has a keen sense of right and wrong, and he and The First Lady do acknowledge that God exists which upsets a lot of people who think that they, themselves, are gods.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
dolphin 5/8/2019 8:03:51 AM (No. 81422)
I give thanks to God every day for President Donald J. Trump.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
golfer1 5/8/2019 8:29:21 AM (No. 81428)
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
golfer1 5/8/2019 8:30:26 AM (No. 81445)
I tried to post the original article, and received a message telling me "message couldn´t be sent because it includes content that other people on Facebook have reported as abusive."
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
The Remnants 5/8/2019 8:37:50 AM (No. 81438)
#9 - I am sure you mean this as a sarcastic joke, but nowadays you cannot be too sure - which is kind of scary. I remember when AT&T was once a monopoly and someone did something about it.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
gone2pot 5/8/2019 9:09:30 AM (No. 81426)
FTA:"Trump’s awkward attempt to equate the behavior of the white nationalist thugs who precipitated the Charlottesville carnage with the Antifa thugs who came prepared to inflict violence of their own was off the mark"
And yet again, another media elitist who refuses context. Trump DID NOT do what the author said he did. Damn, again, Trump was referring to the NON white racists on one side and the NON Antifa thugs on the other as being "good people" on both sides. And to put that on balance, on the Antifa side-MOST of them were members of Antifa while the white racist side, VERY, VERY FEW were in fact white racists. One of the white racist morons was a murderer and so as usual, the press implies that everyone on that side were supporters of murder which is simply light years away from the truth.
FTA:"and there is no “crisis.”"
Yes there is and it´s at the border thanks to the elected Marxists, the Depends wearing GOP and the Marxist judges. And, it´s REALLY bad. One thousand illegals flooding into 1,000 to 5,000 population US border towns PER DAY bad and being completely ignored of course because the truth helps Orange Man Bad and we can´t have that.
Other than my two beefs above, the author got much of the rest correct.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
bpl40 5/8/2019 9:38:47 AM (No. 81434)
Do you want fake dignity, pretended grace and orderliness or do you want real jobs and safety in the streets? The statement "it should not be an either or" is a cop out.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Rather Read 5/8/2019 9:39:37 AM (No. 81435)
I don´t mind President Trump´s style at all. He is tough and straight talking. Not faux straight talk either.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
bighambone 5/8/2019 9:40:20 AM (No. 81442)
Just about everyone knew that Donald Trump had a rough and tumble business life years ago in a very tough New York City. That does not mean that he violated the tax laws and you can bet your boots that since Trump was a well known personality that if he had, the IRS would have prosecuted or otherwise sanctioned him years ago. To say that Trump lost more money in his business affairs than any other American is a great big politically based stretch, as the media routinely reports that business people and interests lose billions of dollars.
What does all that past history have to do with the job that Trump is now doing as President?
Besides a lot of that material could actually be fake?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
coldborezero 5/8/2019 10:25:59 AM (No. 81424)
There is nothing strange about the President´s greatness. He says what he will do and he does what he says. That is the essence of personal integrity. The man keeps his word.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
VietVet68 5/8/2019 10:31:18 AM (No. 81423)
If Barack Hussein Obama or William Jefferson Clinton, or their wives for that matter, ever faced the scrutiny Trump has bee subjected to they would all be wearing matching orange jumpsuits.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
planetgeo 5/8/2019 10:59:42 AM (No. 81444)
The only thing "strange" about his greatness is the bizarre insanity of his detractors who either can´t bring themselves to acknowledge the patently obvious or who purposely lie about it.
In fact, just objectively observing how he has been dealing with the non-stop obstruction to his every move and hyperbole about his motivations, his demeanor has been remarkably even-keeled and respectful of legal process. He is the antithesis of the false assertions of being a Hitler.
I suspect that that cool, calm moderation is exactly what drives his detrators nuts. They want so badly to infuriate him or be noticed by him, but they don´t even manage a blip on his radar. And they get nuttier by the day.
Donald Trump is a truly great President. Perhaps even the greatest ever, given how relentlessly and savagely he has been unjustly maligned. (Trigger warning to snowflakes and RINOs)...really, he should be added to Mt. Rushmore.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Arby 5/8/2019 11:08:57 AM (No. 81436)
Trump has been a great president. Period. Full stop. His job is to improve the economy and protect the people. Period. Full stop. Imagine the august Fauxbama attempting to do what he has done.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
judy 5/8/2019 11:32:57 AM (No. 81429)
The people are so upset with 3 years of trashing Trump, fake investigations, corruption in agencies , 35 million $$$ one sided report, they consider him a victim of the vile dems & media. People an only take so much from Nadler & Schiff.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
FormerDem 5/8/2019 12:04:13 PM (No. 81421)
As far as grace and manners, imo manners requires first of all putting others at ease, which Trump does, and also being true to friendships, which he is, and thirdly giving and receiving true hospitality that others enjoy - he gets A Plus. As far as grace goes, a faraway impression is that he can when he wants but at times grace and manners conflict, and when so he goes for Putting Others at Ease, and quite right of him too. I am not going to be pushed into finding fault just because Democrats scream their wrong opinions in our faces 24h a day.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Texastealady 5/8/2019 12:05:08 PM (No. 81439)
I absolutely LOVE this man. Greatest president since Reagan...
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
ZeldaFitzg 5/8/2019 12:13:34 PM (No. 81433)
During their debate when Trump gave Clinton her comeuppance by talking directly about her character, I remember thinking that he probably would lose but seeing her treated thusly was worth the whole thing to me. Our President is an international businessman who does not fear anyone. He’s a bit of a lose cannon, but he’s just what we need right now.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
NotaBene 5/8/2019 12:56:08 PM (No. 81425)
Donald the Great is exactly what America needs to stop the advance of Marxism and impoverishment of our nation state. I also keep Donald Trump and his safety in my daily prayers.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
freffy16 5/8/2019 1:46:37 PM (No. 81427)
And with out-stretched necks we look upward.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Franz 5/8/2019 2:03:29 PM (No. 81437)
FTA:"Trump’s awkward attempt to equate the behavior of the white nationalist thugs who precipitated the Charlottesville carnage with the Antifa thugs who came prepared to inflict violence of their own was off the mark"
Both during and after the Civil War (aka, War between the States), General Robert E. was respected as an honorable man on both sides of the conflict. He fought for states rights for Virginia, not slavery. After the war, he did much to heal the wounds of the war and restore the union.
As Reply 11 points out, Grady Means misquotes what Trump said. Trump understood that Lee´s history was more complex and there were valid arguments on both of the peaceful sides of the Lee statue issue.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Smart11344 5/8/2019 2:18:20 PM (No. 81447)
I am so glad the Eisenhower and Reagan were republicans. They did more good, morally and ethically than any democrat that followed them. Class is a republican trait. Donald Trump will be added to that list.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Javelin 5/8/2019 2:31:59 PM (No. 81449)
Trump´s supporters told us he was a successful businessman. He wasn´t.
Trump´s critics told us he was an egotist. He isn´t. He´s a mass of insecurities in constant need of affirmation and unable to abide even the slightest criticism. A whiner by his own admission.
What he has done is lower political discourse to the level of a bar fight.
Some approve of that.
More don´t.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
JoElla Bee 5/8/2019 2:37:13 PM (No. 81440)
I agree with #5. Well said as usual.
Also believe that his life - all whom and that he dealt with and learned - up to his candidacy actually prepared him to be the person our country needed at this time in our history. That and his belief in God, himself and the greatness of our country.
That´s why I loved Ronald Reagan. It´s also why I love Donald Trump.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 5/8/2019 2:40:23 PM (No. 81441)
I appreciate how the President has used a "keep them down and keep them mad" schtick for managing the left, the msm, and their international special interest groups. I always believed if we could get a President who was willing to tell these groups to shove it up their $&s, that there would be opportunity to destroy them. And so it is happening.
MAGA
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
RenoVet68 5/8/2019 4:13:09 PM (No. 81431)
If they were to put another face on Mt Rushmore it would be his.
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