Donald Trump: America's Berlusconi?

[David Horn]

(01-15-2017, 04:47 PM)SomeGuy Wrote:

Quote:For the comments in BOLD: Already noted as you can see.

Ah, I see where you were going with that now.  My apologies.

Quote:On the rest, Trump is an enigma.  He says what sells today.  That's not exactly a reliable marker

Not necessarily indicative of anything, other than a knack for retail politics.  I am reminded of a comment made by one Clare Booth Luce to speak of FDR:

Quote:"Every great leader had his typical gesture.  Hitler the upraised arm, Churchill the V sign.  Roosevelt?"  She licked her index finger and raised it to the wind.

Again, not saying the one is all that similar to the other, just that most of the complaints here could just as easily be (and, at the time, in certain circles, were) made of both.

Of course, Claire Booth Luce was a Republican, so her impressions of FDR were from that perspective.  That said, FDR was good at reading the public and knowing his limits.