or, how I learned to fear golf as much as the Bomb ...
Back in the good old days of normally devious and corrupt politics, the cast of characters were just as chock full 'o nuts as our current crop, they were just a bit smoother and subtler. Most of the time.
Richard Nixon famously wanted his 'enemies' to think he was a Madman. He figured if they believed he was unstable they wouldn't push him (or America) too far, and they might fear him enough to let him (and American interests) push farther.
Now, we have a President who may actually be crazy. There's no public face of stability with a covert Nixonian 'leak' pointing to secret madness, there is just plain nuttiness while publicly speaking or tweeting. It would be comforting to think this was as much a ploy as Nixon's, but sadly the chance is nil.
Trump has a fine form of natural looniness that would be charming if he could turn it off when things got serious. It was in fact kind of entertaining when he was just reality show realtor magnate Trump. For many of his core base, it was what made them fall in love with candidate Trump. It's not so entertaining now, since its so clear that his inherent crazy is an always-on never off state of being.
Faced with serious issues that could literally cost millions of lives, our President's behavior isn't a benefit. Even Nixon would probably agree with that.
So now we get to stand by and watch our President tweet threats from the golf course. That's truly Mad ...
Back in the good old days of normally devious and corrupt politics, the cast of characters were just as chock full 'o nuts as our current crop, they were just a bit smoother and subtler. Most of the time.
Richard Nixon famously wanted his 'enemies' to think he was a Madman. He figured if they believed he was unstable they wouldn't push him (or America) too far, and they might fear him enough to let him (and American interests) push farther.
Now, we have a President who may actually be crazy. There's no public face of stability with a covert Nixonian 'leak' pointing to secret madness, there is just plain nuttiness while publicly speaking or tweeting. It would be comforting to think this was as much a ploy as Nixon's, but sadly the chance is nil.
Trump has a fine form of natural looniness that would be charming if he could turn it off when things got serious. It was in fact kind of entertaining when he was just reality show realtor magnate Trump. For many of his core base, it was what made them fall in love with candidate Trump. It's not so entertaining now, since its so clear that his inherent crazy is an always-on never off state of being.
Faced with serious issues that could literally cost millions of lives, our President's behavior isn't a benefit. Even Nixon would probably agree with that.
So now we get to stand by and watch our President tweet threats from the golf course. That's truly Mad ...
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