(10-06-2020, 05:38 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(10-06-2020, 04:58 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I honestly don't think he takes into account any feelings of the American people or how it effects them. I think he sees everything as a business deal and his ultimate goal is to get the better of the other party. As long as he thinks he outmaneuvered China, he's happy. It's a feather in his cap. I don't think he even considers how the deal works out for average Americans. 

As far as executive orders, I think it's all about winning public support. I truly believe he'd sign anything if it won him some "brownie points" with voters. It's all about making himself look good. I believe this 100%, because I really believe the man lacks empathy. For him it's all about winning. Nothing else matters. It's about how many executive orders he can sign, how many trade deals he can "one up" China on and how many Obama things he can tear down. He likes bragging about the amount of things he does and he believes these things will win him voters. He just likes the numbers. Numbers in his favor, make him giddy.

I don't want you to take this as a personal attack on you, but your point of view is very sad.  It's a reflection of what this country has become, especially those on the far left (not saying you are).

The China trade deal might have been a "feather in his cap" and was in fact a business deal, but why did he do it?  You and many others think that it's all about him when it really was all about us.  Our country has been getting screwed by China for many years and he stood up to it.  Nobody has stood up to them for the last couple of decades, yet he did.

Take the time and read the executive orders that he has done.  It's always been about and for the people.  Take your blinders off that tell you that "it's all about winning public support" or "brownie points".  Look at each one and ask yourself if it's good for the American people or not.

As I said before, he wasn't my first choice but he is exactly what this country needed.

He did it because he likes to win "deals". He knew he could get something better and it would be something else he could brag about. Nothing more, nothing less. I feel sorry for people who actually believe Trump cares about them. So naive. That man only cares about himself. 

Whether or not those orders benefit the American people, I guarantee that is not his motive for doing them. Dude, he doesn't care about you or me or any other person on this Earth. He may tolerate some people more than others, but I genuinely believe in my heart and soul, that he does it to gain the approval of others, in the form of votes to keep him in power. 

I really never thought this way before about any other president, but I've been following Trump a long time. Way before he was president. This is how he has always been and a leopard never changes their spots. He's always been about the money, the attention and the power. That's what he was taught from his father and it shaped him as a person. It's all about winning and grinding your opponent into dust. He looks at each deal that way. Before he was president, he was even a Democrat, but he knew as a rich, white man the nation was probably only going to back him as a radical Republican. He knew there was a base of people he could lead around like the pied piper, so he switched parties and like everything else he does, he kept winning. He needs the approval of his base. He needs the adoration and he needs the votes and by doing what he does, he's been getting them.

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