11-14-2016, 06:01 PM
"I like to be unpredictable" -- Donald Trump.
Contrast Barack Obama, who may have been able to make unlikely deals because he is trustworthy -- one hallmark of predictability. If he says that he will do something, then he will do it. Maybe he can make a hard bargain because he knows what he can give and what he can;t. He does not make a deal just to make a deal.
But that's over. The world becomes a much more dangerous place on January 21, 2017 as the United States will have a mercurial, dictatorial leader.
Contrast Barack Obama, who may have been able to make unlikely deals because he is trustworthy -- one hallmark of predictability. If he says that he will do something, then he will do it. Maybe he can make a hard bargain because he knows what he can give and what he can;t. He does not make a deal just to make a deal.
But that's over. The world becomes a much more dangerous place on January 21, 2017 as the United States will have a mercurial, dictatorial leader.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.