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One can say that about any business that fails on the peripheries. There have been, of course, those who have testified that it benefitted them greatly.
My feeling about Trump’s accomplishments is that some are not really proven by time (North Korea), others are welcome but could have been done by any Republican president (pro-life judges) without Trump’s character baggage and inconsistent behavior and were only done because his Republican handlers guided him on it (and he knows it’s in his best interest).So, he had first hand participation in it? He’s a billionaire. This could have just been set up by those using his name.
I’ll take stopping ISIS and North Korea at the negotiation table 7 days a wee over genocide and nuclear war.
I’ve watched North Korea for a long time (I have in-laws that live in Japan, well within the NoKo missile range). They don’t usually keep their promises - much as one would expect from a rogue state.One Republican was elected president. I certainly wouldn’t count on Cruz, Rubio or others as having been able to be elected. If one says one of them could have… name them, I’m sure I can find plenty of criticisms on them as well if we are just putting others down. One really can’t on Rubio, however, with Cruz’s campaign, saying Kasich was being funded by Soros, saying Rubio said something about the Bible he didn’t, claiming Carson was dropping out in Iowa or Rubio was dropping out in Hawaii. And believe me, the list goes on. All of this can be verified if one just needs to find fault.
So, it would be good to hear who this ideal candidate was who would have made pro-life judicial nominees as well.
I wasn’t necessarily for Trump before hie was nominated. That things are so much better now though is obvious.
Sure, so North Korea is not proven, maybe it would be better if North Korea was firing missiles at Guam that could or could not have nuclear weapons in them.
So we are far from a peaceful resolution.Why is Pompeo so controversial?
Last week, during a US Senate subcommittee hearing, Mr Pompeo was asked if he would agree with descriptions of Mr Kim as a “tyrant”, he then responded: “Sure, I’m sure I’ve said that.”
This was met with a strong reaction from North Korean foreign ministry official Kwon Jong-gun, who said that Mr Pompeo “spouted reckless remarks, hurting the dignity of our supreme leadership… to unveil his mean character”.
Mr Kwon also blamed Mr Pompeo for the abrupt ending to the Hanoi summit.
With North Korea? How so?The South Koreans and Abe of Japan seem to be a lot more comfortable with the direction of issues than they were before. Their opinion will count highly with me.
North Korea can’t be trusted ultimately, until we know North Korea is denuclearized. Good luck with that. But we do have something.
And we did not invade, we did not drop bombs.
One can easily research it and to repeat myself, the previous 3 presidents helped create the difficult situation we have found ourselves with.
So again, I only say one can research it for oneself. Sources are biased without a doubt but if one looks into it enough, they can probably come up with enough information to form an opinion.For this reason, Mr. Bush stopped diplomatic relations with North Korea early in his presidency. The cold diplomatic relations increased tensions.
Jack Pritchard, who at the time of Mr. Bush’s “Axis of Evil” speech was special U.S. envoy to North Korea, said in an interview that the president’s blunt language “ultimately did undermine” his diplomatic efforts.
Kerry says diplomacy is compromise, inferring that Mr. Bush’s policy with North Korea is responsible for “letting a nuclear nightmare develop,” as Kerry is quoted in Monday’s New York Times.
Bush, Kerry & North Korea - CBS News
I would have voted for anyone on the Republican ticket (for a while I favored Carly Fiorina) but the guy who actually won the nomination.I think Kasich would have been a competent president but one would have to look and say he didn’t win many primaries.
So, even though, the Ted Cruz campaign was involved with a number of dirty tricks, those are okay. Those may not have had Cruz’s hand directly in them, we don’t know but it happened time and time again. If one is being judgemental, I think one needs to be consistent too.I would have voted for anyone on the Republican ticket (for a while I favored Carly Fiorina) but the guy who actually won the nomination.
Okay, you are putting your word over Bolton’s. To dismiss North Korea’s relationships with the previous 3 presidents whom in parts, helped NK in the process of nuclear plants such as Albright under the Clinton administration now seems totally unrealistic.I’d be curious to know what Bolton thinks but the bottom line as I see it is that ultimately China is responsible for North Korea because they wanted a buffer state between themselves and South Korea, and there are no good options for dealing with North Korea especially now that they have nuclear weapons, so it’s wrong to assume that previous presidents somehow mishandled North Korea; it’s kind of out of our hands short of starting a disastrous war.
So the Dems answer? Run an openly gay guy, who openly lives in a gay “marriage”, and supports abortion on demand.There’s no doubt that Trump has made strides to align himself with the evangelical right, most notably with his decision to tap Vice President Mike Pence as his running mate.
A slight quibble - I think they’re ‘running’ everybody.There’s no doubt that Trump has made strides to align himself with the evangelical right, most notably with his decision to tap Vice President Mike Pence as his running mate.