Until @realDonaldTrump came into politics, every time a Republican was confronted by one of these rules, they rolled over and showed their soft bellies as they waved the white flag.
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So, I'm on a another platform with some very smart people that apparently got Jack's goat over the years, and late last night, I got a crazy idea.
The idiot shitlibs have been, with varying degrees of effectiveness, using a basic rulebook since the early 1970s.
Until @realDonaldTrump came into politics, every time a Republican was confronted by one of these rules, they rolled over and showed their soft bellies as they waved the white flag.
Here in the next tweets, I'm going to go over the "rules" and how Trump has broken, subverted, or appropriated their rules to beat them at their own game.
Trump's answer: This is straight out of the "Art of War": Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
Interesting dichotomy, isn't it?
By refusing to acknowledge Trump's power, the Democrats think that they are winning when really, they set themselves up for pain.
Trump takes this rule and lives it.
If you wonder why there is so much turnover in his administration, it's because he hires people for specific missions.
If you finish the job or can't, then you leave.
Do you notice how he talks about some of them?
“If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant”
That last point falls right into this one.
Trump is a businessman FIRST and foremost.
Most politicians, especially those on the left, couldn't run a Dairy Queen during the lunch rush.
So, for this rule, the Democrats actually ignores their own rule, and Trump embraces it.
Trump's answer?
Make EVERYONE live up to the rule of law.
No separate books, no double standards.
Every time the left has tried to make him "guilty" in the GOP's book, his response?
"You wrote the laws this way."
We covered this earlier, because this goes perfectly with "The Art of War":
This is where Alinsky proves that a blind squirrel can find a nut every once in a while, and Trump uses this to his advantage with mean tweets.
Trump rallies with chants of "Lock Her Up!"
Enough said, and another rule that Trump has appropriated from the enemy.
Trump knows this as well as anyone, hence why, under normal circumstances, his administration often has multiple irons in the fire at any given time.
Even with many balls in the air, Trump will still focus in on a problem, issue, or person.
He doesn't forget or forgive, he gets even.
This rule only works with an enemy who is showing their hand and trying to look powerful.
Trump always understates the threat.
By feigning weakness, he leads the enemy straight to the trap.
Again, Trump works best when his enemies lead themselves into a honey trap.
So many times during this administration...
Oops...
This is why the left tries to pin what BLM and Antifa do on the Proud Boys and Trump supporters.
This is why the left screams that Trump doesn't have a plan whenever he says he is about to do something.
They want THEIR plan to be implemented.
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OK. Chapter 7 of Book 4 of #WealthOfNations is tough going. It's long. It's serious. It's all about colonies.
We can take comfort, though, in knowing that the chapter #AdamSmith says is about colonies is, in fact, about colonies. (IV.vii) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
Colonies were a vexed subject when #AdamSmith was writing, and they’re even more complicated now. So, before we even get to the tweeting, here’s a link to that thread on Smith and “savage nations.” (IV.vii) #WealthOfTweets
The reason for the ancient Greeks and Romans to settle colonies was straightforward: they didn’t have enough space for their growing populations. Their colonies were treated as “emancipated children”—connected but independent. (IV.vii.a.2) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
(Both these things are in contrast to the European colonies, as we'll see.) (IV.vii.a.2) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
Ancient Greeks and Romans needed more space because the land was owned by an increasingly small number of citizens and farming and nearly all trades and arts were performed by slaves. It was hard for a poor freeman to improve his life. (IV.vii.a.3) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
We can take comfort, though, in knowing that the chapter #AdamSmith says is about colonies is, in fact, about colonies. (IV.vii) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
Colonies were a vexed subject when #AdamSmith was writing, and they’re even more complicated now. So, before we even get to the tweeting, here’s a link to that thread on Smith and “savage nations.” (IV.vii) #WealthOfTweets
We have to pause now, because we have to have a whole new tweet thread on #AdamSmith and \u201csavage nations,\u201d because he\u2019s going to keep using this kind of phrase, so we need to talk about it. #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
— @AdamSmithWorks (@adamsmithworks) January 4, 2021
The reason for the ancient Greeks and Romans to settle colonies was straightforward: they didn’t have enough space for their growing populations. Their colonies were treated as “emancipated children”—connected but independent. (IV.vii.a.2) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
(Both these things are in contrast to the European colonies, as we'll see.) (IV.vii.a.2) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
Ancient Greeks and Romans needed more space because the land was owned by an increasingly small number of citizens and farming and nearly all trades and arts were performed by slaves. It was hard for a poor freeman to improve his life. (IV.vii.a.3) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
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