Can the US fight a war with a jerk as secretary of defense?

Trump is really in a fix. He wants to come on as the guy with all the cards. He has no cards. He has been at war with the Pentagon on day one. He berated and fired all the generals. The Commander-in-Chief and the US military is out of sync. There are no battle-ready forces assembled for war. Trump billed himself as a deal maker.

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Kwek00 · 41-45, M

Trump billed himself as a deal maker.

This is what he said in 2025:

... about a deal he made in 2019-2020 ... after calling it:

America’s great USMCA Trade Bill is looking good. It will be the best and most important trade deal ever made by the USA. Good for everybody - Farmers, Manufacturers, Energy, Unions - tremendous support. Importantly, we will finally end our Country’s worst Trade Deal, NAFTA!

SOURCE: https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1204408551034228737

So yeah... That's your savior right there. 😅

sree251 · 41-45, M

@Kwek00

So yeah... That's your savior right there.

Why do you say he is my savior?

Kwek00 · 41-45, M

@sree251 Wasn't he going to save the country from all the ills it was having? I'm pretty sure he said: "only I can fix it".

sree251 · 41-45, M

@Kwek00

Wasn't he going to save the country from all the ills it was having? I'm pretty sure he said: "only I can fix it".

He did say it. Kamala said nothing.

Kwek00 · 41-45, M

@sree251 What does that even imply Sree? That politicians need to come out and tell you fairytales to comfort you. And that you as a citizen, just need to vote for the person that promises you the world even though there is no reasonable way that person will ever deliver?

sree251 · 41-45, M

@Kwek00

What does that even imply Sree?

It implies that Kamala had no capability. Trump was the only option.

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sree251 · 41-45, M

@Kwek00

So yeah... That's your savior right there. 😅

And who is your savior?

Kwek00 · 41-45, M

@sree251 I don't believe in saviors... I believe in slow change and boring politics. I'm weary of saviors, they take societies for a ride and the followers perceive that they can do some kind of weird magic. At the end of the day, these charismatic figures are just human beings, and their mistakes will be felt by everyone. The bigger what they are trying to do, the bigger the mistakes are going to be.

sree251 · 41-45, M

@Kwek00

I don't believe in saviors... I believe in slow change and boring politics

Slow change and boring politics come after saviors have done the job. Saviors are personifications of fundamental social changes.

Kwek00 · 41-45, M

@sree251 What, was a positive mentality for someone that listens to conservative politics. How many great saviors, were followed up by great fundamental social change that was maintable and worth all the blood that flowed for it?

sree251 · 41-45, M

@Kwek00

How many great saviors, were followed up by great fundamental social change that was maintable and worth all the blood that flowed for it?

I can only cite saviors in my lifetime. So far, there is only one: Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore. He took over from the British in the running of Singapore. He had to deal with the Americans and keep them at bay in order to establish his own form of democracy, a model that was adopted by China. No blood flowed, not that of the masses anyway.

Kwek00 · 41-45, M

@sree251 Well, at least your honest, you just want an authoritarian system. But this pretty far off from Trump though. I don't even get how you can vote for Trump, if this is an example of your ideal.

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