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The Chinese are about to abandon Kim Il Un and they are likely to make NK a province of China.

BRC
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Trump knows strategy, tactics and risk to reward. And to top that all off, he’s loyal to US interests (unlike some past feckless presidents) which is very gravitas-enhancing, no? He’s able to see the patterns in very complicated situations and structure himself to win (Love or hate him, that’s the reality. He has the trophys to prove it)

And be sure that your cry room has fresh sheets should you lean into the main stream media and their polls/opinions.

And you better be prepared to play should you call his bluff.

Go ahead and launch Chubby. But I’m not so sure that the risk to reward is in your favor this time around.

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Yeah, well, Fred, apparently it was a RESET button. We didn’t realize the Russians were going to be resetting us. Thank you for your additions to a truly sorry chapter in the history of American foreign policy.

BRC
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Also, in regards to the Russian reset: the button Mrs. Clinton presented Mr. Lavrov with erroneously had the word “overcharged” written on it, not “reset”.

And since the introduction of that “reset” button, Russia went on to annex Crimea, helped foment unrest in eastern Ukraine, and challenged NATO member states with provocative military actions. Lets not forget the Russian Su-24 aircraft streaking by the guided-missile destroyer USS Ross in the Black Sea (the jet was roughly 1,600 feet from the side of U.S. Navy destroyer at an altitude of 600 feet).

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Excellent analysis. Agreeing more with you than you do with yourself.

BRC
http://www.themusingsofthebigredcar.com

Instead, my guess is that long ago in business Trump saw the need and ways to get needed “gravitas”, sense (culture, environment) of seriousness, end of “fuzzy-bunny play time,” any left over Spring Break attitudes, and other goofing off, attention, everyone fully awake and paying attention, basic discipline, etc.

Pulling this understanding, technique, practice, etc. into the White House, Trump saw Assad violating the various treaties, norms, etc. on use of chemical weapons, killing babies, and in general, from the MSM, the Democrats, Paul Ryan, Russia, North Korea a lot of pissing in pants and spitting to windward, and decided to stop it.

Maybe the situation is a little like in the military when a new leader takes over a unit, puts on a face of “gravitas” like Patton used, does an inspection, and reacts harshly to the first case of slacking off he sees. The result is that everyone understands that anyone can get chewed out or worse, just what is good enough is not so clear, and everyone better try their hardest on everything, small or large. Maybe the situation is the difference between the German military and the French military just before the German invasion of France in WWII — the French with the “world’s largest, best trained, best equipped army” got totally defeated in a few weeks. Or, the French just didn’t take enough time out from lunch with Beaujolais to see what Manstein saw — a great opportunity to attack with tanks and close air support through both Belgium and the Ardennes forest, encircle the French and British forces, force e.g., Dunkirk, take Paris, and have the French totally surrender.

The situation is common enough to be in a Star Was movie:

[Darth Vader steps out of his shuttle on the Death Star.]

Moff Jerjerrod: Lord Vader. This is an unexpected pleasure. We are honored by your presence.

Darth Vader: You may dispense with the pleasantries, Commander. I am here to put you back on schedule.

Jerjerrod: I assure you, Lord Vader, my men are working as fast they can.

Vader: Perhaps I can find new ways to motivate them.

Jerjerrod: I tell you that this station will be operational as planned.

Vader: The Emperor does not share your optimistic appraisal of the situation.

Jerjerrod: But he asks the impossible! I need more men!

Vader: Then perhaps you can tell him when he arrives.

Jerjerrod: [alarmed] The Emperor’s coming here?

Vader: That is correct, Commander, and he is most displeased with your apparent lack of progress.

Jerjerrod: We shall double our efforts.

Vader: I hope so, Commander, for your sake. The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am.

So, right, the Emperor had “gravitas”.

So, now, the MSM, Chucky Schumer, the Democrats, Paul Ryan, illegal immigrants, the mayors of the US sanctuary cities, the Mexican drug cartels, the terrorists, Baghdadi and ISIS, Fat Boy in North Korea, Xu and the Chinese, Putin, and not just Assad, got the memo, the message, etc. The message is not that Trump will anything like what Bush 43 tried to do in the Mideast, is not that Trump has gone back on his campaign promises, and is not even that Trump is dedicated to saving all the babies in the world. Trump is still following his promise of America first, President of the US and not President of the World, etc.

It’s not too far from something common enough in K-12: Say, on the first day of class in plane geometry, the class is noisy, talking about the football team, teasing the girls, showing lack of respect, etc. So, the teacher takes a yard stick and slaps it on the desk with a loud “crack!” and follows with an assertive “Quiet class!”. Some guy in the class who wants to be the leader of the goof offs and challenge the authority of the teacher keeps talking, and the teacher walks to them, stares, looks angry, and says,

“Just what is it you don’t understand about ‘quiet”? One hour of detention and writing 500 times on the board ‘I will not talk in class.'”.

http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/gravitas-us-foreign-policy-gravitas/

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