Donald Trump understands on one hand that he IS the President….
But he has been frustrated in learning something he could have learned if he had listened to his predecessors ….
President’s have a LOT of power….
President also DO NOT. have unlimited power…..
While he ran against his establishment party and believes his ‘gut’ works better than the experts?
He seems to be increasingly lost….
Following rightwingnut media talking heads instead the very government he seems to despise…
Changing and not following the rules can take a piece out of your hide and more….
And…..More people are getting worried and tired of him and his actions…
New York Times: “When President Trump grows frustrated with advisers during meetings, which is not an uncommon occurrence, he sits back in his chair, crosses his arms and scowls. Often he erupts. ‘Freaking idiots!’ he calls his aides. Except he uses a more pungent word than ‘freaking.”
“For two years, Mr. Trump has waged war against his own government, convinced that people around him are fools. Angry that they resist his wishes, uninterested in the details of their briefings, he becomes especially agitated when they tell him he does not have the power to do what he wants, which makes him suspicious that they are secretly undermining him.”
“Now, the president who once declared that ‘I alone can fix’ the system increasingly stands alone in a system that seems as broken as ever. The swirl of recent days — a government shutdown, spiraling scandals, tumbling stock markets, abrupt troop withdrawals and the resignation of his alienated defense secretary — has left the impression of a presidency at risk of spinning out of control.”
image…Fox News…
Full story, by Peter Baker & Maggie Haberman of The New York Times here (metered-usage site):
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/22/us/politics/trump-two-years.html:
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When President Obama ingloriously fired Jim Mattis, I gave him a second chance. Some thought I shouldn’t, I thought I should. Interesting relationship-but I also gave all of the resources that he never really had. Allies are very important-but not when they take advantage of U.S.
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If anybody but your favorite President, Donald J. Trump, announced that, after decimating ISIS in Syria, we were going to bring our troops back home (happy & healthy), that person would be the most popular hero in America. With me, hit hard instead by the Fake News Media. Crazy!
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Brett McGurk, who I do not know, was appointed by President Obama in 2015. Was supposed to leave in February but he just resigned prior to leaving. Grandstander? The Fake News is making such a big deal about this nothing event!
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I will not be going to Florida because of the Shutdown – Staying in the White House! #MAGA
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Senate adjourns until December 27th.
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I won an election, said to be one of the greatest of all time, based on getting out of endless & costly foreign wars & also based on Strong Borders which will keep our Country safe. We fight for the borders of other countries, but we won’t fight for the borders of our own!
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The crisis of illegal activity at our Southern Border is real and will not stop until we build a great Steel Barrier or Wall. Let work begin!
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Will be having lunch in White House residence with large group concerning Border Security.
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I am in the White House, working hard. News reports concerning the Shutdown and Syria are mostly FAKE. We are negotiating with the Democrats on desperately needed Border Security (Gangs, Drugs, Human Trafficking & more) but it could be a long stay. On Syria, we were originally…
….going to be there for three months, and that was seven years ago – we never left. When I became President, ISIS was going wild. Now ISIS is largely defeated and other local countries, including Turkey, should be able to easily take care of whatever remains. We’re coming home!
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https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump
When contemplating General Eisenhower winning the Presidential election, [Harry S] Truman said, “He’ll sit here, and he’ll say, ‘Do this! Do that!’ And nothing will happen. Poor Ike—it won’t be a bit like the Army. He’ll find it very frustrating.”
Richard E. Neustadt, Presidential Power, the Politics of Leadership, p. 9 (1960).
https://www.bartleby.com/73/1514.html
Or when President John Kennedy found out that the American misses had NOT been taken out of Turkey like he thought during the Cuban Missle Crsis…
U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN TURKEY? DIDN’T JFK ORDER THEIR REMOVAL?