HSFBfan Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/08/opinion/anti-trump-opposition.html?_r=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarterBlue Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 6 minutes ago, HSFBfan said: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/08/opinion/anti-trump-opposition.html?_r=0 Below is cut and paste directly from the article. If you think that it is complementary, that this is a good place, then I am at a loss. David Brook's main argument in the opinion piece is that the Anti-Trumpers, of which he is one, should not lower themselves to the same standards as his strident supporters. That is, see the Trump administration for what it is, but don't detract from the fact that for better or worse, it is accomplishing a number of goals that will transform our society (at least for the immediate future). "First, people who go into the White House to have a meeting with President Trump usually leave pleasantly surprised. They find that Trump is not the raving madman they expected from his tweetstorms or the media coverage. They generally say that he is affable, if repetitive. He runs a normal, good meeting and seems well-informed enough to get by. Second, people who work in the Trump administration have wildly divergent views about their boss. Some think he is a deranged child, as Michael Wolff reported. But some think he is merely a distraction they can work around. Some think he is strange, but not impossible. Some genuinely admire Trump. Many filter out his crazy stuff and pretend it doesn’t exist. My impression is that the Trump administration is an unhappy place to work, because there is a lot of infighting and often no direction from the top. But this is not an administration full of people itching to invoke the 25th Amendment. ... It’s almost as if there are two White Houses. There’s the Potemkin White House, which we tend to focus on: Trump berserk in front of the TV, the lawyers working the Russian investigation and the press operation. Then there is the Invisible White House that you never hear about, which is getting more effective at managing around the distracted boss. ..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSFBfan Posted January 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 minute ago, DarterBlue said: Below is cut and paste directly from the article. If you think that it is complementary, that this is a good place, then I am at a loss. David Brook's main argument in the opinion piece is that the Anti-Trumpers, of which he is one, should not lower themselves to the same standards as his strident supporters. That is, see the Trump administration for what it is, but don't detract from the fact that for better or worse, it is accomplishing a number of goals that will transform our society (at least for the immediate future). "First, people who go into the White House to have a meeting with President Trump usually leave pleasantly surprised. They find that Trump is not the raving madman they expected from his tweetstorms or the media coverage. They generally say that he is affable, if repetitive. He runs a normal, good meeting and seems well-informed enough to get by. Second, people who work in the Trump administration have wildly divergent views about their boss. Some think he is a deranged child, as Michael Wolff reported. But some think he is merely a distraction they can work around. Some think he is strange, but not impossible. Some genuinely admire Trump. Many filter out his crazy stuff and pretend it doesn’t exist. My impression is that the Trump administration is an unhappy place to work, because there is a lot of infighting and often no direction from the top. But this is not an administration full of people itching to invoke the 25th Amendment. ... It’s almost as if there are two White Houses. There’s the Potemkin White House, which we tend to focus on: Trump berserk in front of the TV, the lawyers working the Russian investigation and the press operation. Then there is the Invisible White House that you never hear about, which is getting more effective at managing around the distracted boss. ..." Trump is running the WH like a business. Its the boss vs the workers. Trump calls out people people tend to work harder to prove to their boss one way or another what they are about. So there are people with 3 views about him. That makes sense when there are 100s of people in government. Your gonna have all different views. Most places in this world are a very unhappy place to work. Trump doesnt want this fairy tale of everyone is so happy and complacent. he wants you to work. And as you can see people are retiring from congress every week. By the time trump is done youll see more people leave. And if you look at when some of these people were elected to office they have been there forever time to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarterBlue Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 49 minutes ago, HSFBfan said: Trump is running the WH like a business. Its the boss vs the workers. Trump calls out people people tend to work harder to prove to their boss one way or another what they are about. So there are people with 3 views about him. That makes sense when there are 100s of people in government. Your gonna have all different views. Most places in this world are a very unhappy place to work. Trump doesnt want this fairy tale of everyone is so happy and complacent. he wants you to work. And as you can see people are retiring from congress every week. By the time trump is done youll see more people leave. And if you look at when some of these people were elected to office they have been there forever time to go I AM at a loss to respond to you. I am done ... SMH! That is why by your own self admission you are unhappy. God bless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSFBfan Posted January 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, DarterBlue said: I AM at a loss to respond to you. I am done ... SMH! That is why by your own self admission you are unhappy. God bless! Certainly not unhappy with Trump at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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