In fact, who could trust Trump on anything that requires calm consideration that's not to be outweighed by testosterone driven* one-upmanship? How contradictory can one candidate get - to be promising that Iranians boats which harass US Navy ships would be blown out of the water; that ISIS has to be crushed, immediately, with overwhelming force [I hope you're all hearing this in your head in Trump's ridiculous voice]; that America must spend more money on its military; and yet he'll be slower to get involved in international conflicts that aren't really in America's interest? But if they do - he'll keep the oil. What is he meant to be, the Reluctant Imperialist?
OK: you could say that his Syria response was not "testosterone driven", but the general drift about how could anyone rely on him not to rush into military attacks stands...
so am I
ReplyDeleteAs I wrote in September last year:
ReplyDeleteIn fact, who could trust Trump on anything that requires calm consideration that's not to be outweighed by testosterone driven* one-upmanship? How contradictory can one candidate get - to be promising that Iranians boats which harass US Navy ships would be blown out of the water; that ISIS has to be crushed, immediately, with overwhelming force [I hope you're all hearing this in your head in Trump's ridiculous voice]; that America must spend more money on its military; and yet he'll be slower to get involved in international conflicts that aren't really in America's interest? But if they do - he'll keep the oil. What is he meant to be, the Reluctant Imperialist?
OK: you could say that his Syria response was not "testosterone driven", but the general drift about how could anyone rely on him not to rush into military attacks stands...