Trump Has Shown Us Who He Really Is
Trump Has
Shown Us Who He Really Is
Junious Ricardo Stanton
Maya Angelou is reported to have famously said, “When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.” In this world and in life, everyone shows us who they are. We all reveal ourselves every day one way or another; whether we are honorable or vile, whether we are truthful or disingenuous, productive or a slacker. There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, there is nothing done in the shadows that will not come to the light. By this reckoning Donald J. Trump has revealed to the world, he is doubleminded, wishy-washy, disingenuous, impetuous, vindictive and unstable.
His admirers say he is playing three-
or four-dimensional chess that his moves are brilliant while his detractors say
he is an imbecile, he’s like a reckless child playing with matches. Donald Trump
has crafted a media persona that depicts him as the consummate deal maker, he’s
the man, a world class wheeler dealer, but his record shows him to be unscrupulous,
a multi-failure businessman who has fenagled more second chances and come backs
than the average guy could ever imagine. Perhaps that is his best strength, he
a survivor.
We will see Trump in rare form this
weekend when he and Vladamir Putin sit down face to face in Alaska to discuss a
myriad of topics which will have a major bearing and implications on world
events. Trump will not be able to bully, browbeat or intimidate Putin who is
well aware of his track record in business and politics.
Putin is no slouch. He is the
former head of the Russia intelligence machinery. He is a world class martial
artist who is sharp and astute. He helped bring Russia back from the abyss of
bankruptcy and corruption. He restored a sense of pride in the Russia people.
Today Russia is a top ranked nation economically and militarily.
Despite the best efforts of the West to undermine
and break Russia, Putin has time and time again thwarted their efforts and come
out victorious. He has weathered the US’s economic sanctions which are economic
warfare, he has survived domestic intrigue and direct threats to Russia’
sovereignty yet both he and Russia have survived, are standing tall and doing
fairly well.
Putin is waging a war against
Ukraine a war he knows the US and its NATO acolytes encouraged, are funding and
supporting with logistics, technology and personnel. Putin is winning the war
and he holds all the cards. NATO is cutting off its nose to spite its face just
to remain America’s lapdog.
Meanwhile Putin is a major player in
the BRICS+ alliance, a consortium of nation’s working to build mutual trade and
commerce partnerships and soon security and military alliances as a powerful
counterbalance to the US/NATO thuggery.
Trump campaigned on a pledge to be
a peace president, he lied. He said he would end the carnage in Ukraine within
days of being sworn in, that hasn’t happened and in many ways his actions are
keeping the conflict going. He said he and Putin would meet and work it out. Yet
in recent days and weeks, Trump has uttered threats against Putin, he has given
ultimatums and pulled them back when he saw he was being ignored when Russian
became even more aggressive against Ukraine.
Putin has stepped up the fighting
and is taking more and more territory in Ukraine and Trump has to as we used to
say lump it. Trump and Dimitry Medvedev the former Russian president and
current Deputy Head of the Russian Security Council (a powerful position) got
into a verbal tit for tat and Trump said he dispatched two nuclear submarines presumably
as a show of force. I bet the Russians are shaking in their shoes.
Leopards don’t change their spots
so don’t expect Trump to tone down the bluster, reign in his ego or stop his
chest pumping and threats. He will be cordial; he will listen but he will not try
to Bogart Putin or demean him like he has other leaders. Trump is a blowhard but
he isn’t a gangster or an idiot. Putin would not tolerate that! Trump has shown
us who he is many times, let’s hope this time he doesn’t get beside himself or
tear his behind.
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posted by Junious Ricardo Stanton @ 7:35 PM
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