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Trump Flips On Five Core Key Campaign Promises In Under 24 Hours
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as the hermit said in the middle of the desert"it's the only way I can get an intelligent conversation"
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During the election, I stated that if somehow Trump won (which I thought was highly unlikely) there's two way things can go....
Either the crazy stances he took were absolutely, 100%, completely sincere (my fear)
OR
The negotiator / bull**** artist in him was at work, and what he was doing was establishing a extreme end point to better facilitate negotiating to a more advantageous "middle" that was actually far more reasonable (my hope)
At this point, I can't say for sure which of those was the case; but I'm not appalled by the direction it's going, so that's something at least. I figured either his craziness was a ploy, OR it would never get through congress, so I wasn't overly worried. However, I am beginning to think it may've actually been a ploy from the start, and would make sense as a negotiating trick.
Time will ultimately tell, as we see what fully comes to pass with a variety of these situations.
Either the crazy stances he took were absolutely, 100%, completely sincere (my fear)
OR
The negotiator / bull**** artist in him was at work, and what he was doing was establishing a extreme end point to better facilitate negotiating to a more advantageous "middle" that was actually far more reasonable (my hope)
At this point, I can't say for sure which of those was the case; but I'm not appalled by the direction it's going, so that's something at least. I figured either his craziness was a ploy, OR it would never get through congress, so I wasn't overly worried. However, I am beginning to think it may've actually been a ploy from the start, and would make sense as a negotiating trick.
Time will ultimately tell, as we see what fully comes to pass with a variety of these situations.