06-29-2016, 10:15 AM
(06-29-2016, 07:38 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:(06-28-2016, 06:06 PM)Dan Wrote:(06-28-2016, 05:58 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(06-28-2016, 05:55 PM)Dan Wrote:(06-28-2016, 05:52 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: I guess that quote shows that even his economic nationalism has not been consistent; contrary to what I suggested on another thread. He WAS talking it up on Oprah on a video I saw from back in the later 1980s. So, he just changes his ideas back and forth like he changes his suit and tie.
I doubt he actually wrote the blog post.
Why do you say that?
1) I doubt he'd think it was worth his time
2) It's a very different tone than his tweets.
But that opinion does not depend on actual evidence that he didn't write his blogs.
I think he does spend time explaining his views on things. He came on talk shows back then to do it. His tone has become more strident in recent years; we all know that. Tweets of course give no occasion for nuance. He has changed all his other views over time, even recently; even within a span of one minute in some cases; so changing his views on trade is not inconceivable. We don't know to what extent his views are what he thinks will win him the presidency, or whether he is just not well-informed or not too concerned about being consistent. Certainly his behavior has been based on whatever gives him an advantage in business. Now he is a demagogue who has studied the techniques of Hitler. His approach to politics is to some extent deliberate, and based on his strategy for winning, in my opinion.
It's also because the blog was hosted by Trump "University" and the fact that he cited an economist something I don't think he'd bothered to do. I suspect the entire blog was ghost written in order to promote Trump "University".