Just Trump or Biden ??
No Alan it is not as simple as that - what you get is Trump plus the unqualified and doubtfully honest and competent people he appoints, the encouragement of many aspects of America that contradict and undermine the good intentions and efforts of the Founding Fathers and the unnecessary and counter-productive alienation of the allies and partners that even a state as powerful and influential in the world still needs for it's own safety and prosperity. Or Biden who, if nothing else, could bring in his train a return to the processes of debate and considered political behaviour for which America is famed and in which it has played a large part in educating and guiding the world for over a century, where intelligent Americans and others who have bothered to study problems and produced recommendations based on knowledge and reason shape American and world policy, where allies and partners are encouraged to play important roles in aiding American influence for good in a dangerous and rapidly changing world.
It is not just Donald or Joe - would that it were as simple as that - but it isn't and cannot be - sadly !
We get that with anyone we elect, regardless of party.
We have had the
"intelligent Americans and others who have bothered to study problems and produced recommendations based on knowledge and reason shape American and world policy," and they pretty much screwed it up. Its was and is time to do things differently.
Let's make a comparison, not perfect I admit, but its what comes to mind.
Steve Jobs and Apple. Apple is currently a very well managed company by all accounts and I'll admit it has made me a bunch of money. But is Apple still the company it once was? I'll wager no. Why? because while they are well managed by Tim Cook the lack vision of Steve Jobs that made them the company they are now. Jobs was willing to fail, he was willing to shake things up, he was willing to piss people off, he was willing to tell prople they didn't know want they wanted and then he gave them things they had no idea were coming their way. He was by all accounts a terrible people manager and business manager, but he was a salesman - and reality star of sorts. And his main focus was Apple first.
Trump is a lot like Jobs in many respects. He thinks big, he thinks out loud, he doesn't really care if some folks think is his ideas are crazy, and he is not afraid to fail. He wants AMERICA FIRST. America has had many "statesmen" as President who didn't really make a dent. We don't need the safe now. We need BOLD. We need someone like Trump. Warts and all he has performed. Him pissing off the people is not a bug, its a feature. He has a vison and people like it. Its not unlike why Bernie has his following.
Trump, like Jobs, says he wants something, now find a way to do it.
We hear a lot of talk about how international politics is nuanced and difficult and requires lots of careful discussion and learning. Not a gut level thing.
But thats not really true is it? When you cut to the chase and get past all of the posturing and talk, in the end it comes down to the gut level thing between two men ( or women). The leaders decide, after all of the diplomats and advisers have their say, if the deal feels right to then...in their gut. A SINGLE MAN on each side of the table makes a choice.
For me, I want a guy like Trump ( or Steve Jobs) making the gut level calls, because they have been doing it their entire lives. Win, Lose or Draw.
