100 Days of Trump Only Learning the hard way:
An excerpt:
Most countries are more than happy to work with us, but if given no other option, they’ll go without in order to avoid being forced into unfair trade conditions. This is the order that Trump gave Canada for example: Curb the imaginary flood of fentanyl crossing our border or we will impose tariffs. Canada responded with tariffs of their own and in recent elections, handed the Conservative Party a defeat despite them having held a 25 point advantage earlier this year.
After repeatedly claiming that he would end the Russo-Ukrainian war in a day, he’s now at the point of expressing anger at Putin for his attacks on Kiev. Far from ending the war in a single day, he’s learned that he can’t just waltz into such a complicated geopolitical conflict and dictate his preferred ending – in February, he went so far as to attempt to negotiate an end with Russia without a Ukrainian delegation present. Trump now claiming that the US may step away from negotiations certainly reveals that he has failed to accurately appraise his own abilities. Apparently, he was kidding when he said he would end the war in a day. It is funny but not in the way that he thinks.
Yet another hard lesson that most people have no need to experience to understand is that if you put unqualified idiots in charge of important government departments, they will inevitably reveal their shortcomings. Like one would expect a car salesman to botch a root canal, we should also expect an ex-Fox News presenter to do something like accidentally text war plans to a reporter.
https://www.dailynews.com/2025/05/04/100-days-of-trump-only-learning-the-hard-way/
Most countries are more than happy to work with us, but if given no other option, they’ll go without in order to avoid being forced into unfair trade conditions. This is the order that Trump gave Canada for example: Curb the imaginary flood of fentanyl crossing our border or we will impose tariffs. Canada responded with tariffs of their own and in recent elections, handed the Conservative Party a defeat despite them having held a 25 point advantage earlier this year.
After repeatedly claiming that he would end the Russo-Ukrainian war in a day, he’s now at the point of expressing anger at Putin for his attacks on Kiev. Far from ending the war in a single day, he’s learned that he can’t just waltz into such a complicated geopolitical conflict and dictate his preferred ending – in February, he went so far as to attempt to negotiate an end with Russia without a Ukrainian delegation present. Trump now claiming that the US may step away from negotiations certainly reveals that he has failed to accurately appraise his own abilities. Apparently, he was kidding when he said he would end the war in a day. It is funny but not in the way that he thinks.
Yet another hard lesson that most people have no need to experience to understand is that if you put unqualified idiots in charge of important government departments, they will inevitably reveal their shortcomings. Like one would expect a car salesman to botch a root canal, we should also expect an ex-Fox News presenter to do something like accidentally text war plans to a reporter.
https://www.dailynews.com/2025/05/04/100-days-of-trump-only-learning-the-hard-way/
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