The peace clock is ticking: Trump, the master manipulator, has set a 100-day deadline to end the Ukraine war and will deploy every huckster’s trick to bend Putin to his will.
I agree with what you said about Trump regarding the act of declaring a thing for consumption by a political base that doesn’t engage in following up. For example, Trump revoked a security clearance for out of control John Brennan, but only later do you find an obscure article saying that it never took effect. Similarly, the liar of liars, Speaker McCarthy promised that on day one when he took over, those 87,000 IRS agents would be gone. I followed up with my congressman and Senators and they obfuscated. We are prone to believe and move on without following up and then demanding accountability.
I agree with what you said about Trump regarding the act of declaring a thing for consumption by a political base that doesn’t engage in following up. For example, Trump revoked a security clearance for out of control John Brennan, but only later do you find an obscure article saying that it never took effect. Similarly, the liar of liars, Speaker McCarthy promised that on day one when he took over, those 87,000 IRS agents would be gone. I followed up with my congressman and Senators and they obfuscated. We are prone to believe and move on without following up and then demanding accountability.
Nice read!
To be sure, Biden did say “we’ll be with you until the end”. One wonders if the “end”’was ever defined ….
With every statement Trump makes about this war and the “deal” he owns it more and more. Whether he wants it or not.