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Other than your run of the mill President Trump haters no one will give a whit about this poll.
It was much more exciting when we had polls about Russian collusion.eace
Trump pals around with terrorists and dictators like Putin, Kim jong un, and Mohammad Bin Salman. Will he surpass Neville chamberlain as the biggest appeaser in world history?
Trump pals around with terrorists and dictators like Putin, Kim jong un, and Mohammad Bin Salman. Will he surpass Neville chamberlain as the biggest appeaser in world history?
I'd have to say Chamberlain
For those who don't understand the term or the historical context, the term 'appeaser' is a loaded insult, so it's not much use in the wrong hands.
Yet there is an underlying truth to it. Appeasing an enemy is pursuing a policy giving him at least some of what he wants in the hope that he won't ask for more, that it will avoid conflict or that it may somehow benefit one's own country in the short or long term. It didn't work for Chamberlain for a number of reasons: when dealing with acquisitive dictators it rarely does. There's a question of whether he had a choice or made the right one at the time, but there is no question he did it for his country.
Now Trump is not making any of these political calculations. He's simply playing nice to someone he sees as a personal sponsor in order to maintain sweet business deals for himself, or possibly hide compromising information about himself. He's even doing so in contravention of his country's stated policy which as of this moment is condemnation of said sponsor's actions. He's not doing it for his country, in fact he is going against his country's interests in favour of a foreign power. Appeasement is not the word for that. There is another.
I'd have to say Chamberlain.
For those who don't understand the term or the historical context, the term 'appeaser' is a loaded insult, so it's not much use in the wrong hands.
Yet there is an underlying truth to it. Appeasing an enemy is pursuing a policy giving him at least some of what he wants in the hope that he won't ask for more, that it will avoid conflict or that it may somehow benefit one's own country in the short or long term. It didn't work for Chamberlain for a number of reasons: when dealing with acquisitive dictators it rarely does. There's a question of whether he had a choice or made the right one at the time, but there is no question he did it for his country.
Now Trump is not making any of these political calculations. He's simply playing nice to someone he sees as a personal sponsor in order to maintain sweet business deals for himself, or possibly hide compromising information about himself. He's even doing so in contravention of his country's stated policy which as of this moment is condemnation of said sponsor's actions. He's not doing it for his country, in fact he is going against his country's interests in favour of a foreign power. Appeasement is not the word for that. There is another.
Now Trump is not making any of these political calculations. He's simply playing nice to someone he sees as a personal sponsor in order to maintain sweet business deals for himself, or possibly hide compromising information about himself. He's even doing so in contravention of his country's stated policy which as of this moment is condemnation of said sponsor's actions. He's not doing it for his country, in fact he is going against his country's interests in favour of a foreign power. Appeasement is not the word for that. There is another.
Trump pals around with terrorists and dictators like Putin, Kim jong un, and Mohammad Bin Salman. Will he surpass Neville chamberlain as the biggest appeaser in world history?
didn't you claim to be a Trump supporter? so are you going to try to answer this silly poll twice? a vote for each choice?
Where's Barry?
Probably enjoying his defeat of obl.
I thought he was the anti Bush candidate but he turned out to be Bush 2.0. A coward that is spending our country in to ruins, destroying the economy and surrendering to our enemies.
You did fine talking about reality until you got to this part. Then you dove head first into your own alternate reality.
Too bad.
Trump pals around with terrorists and dictators like Putin, Kim jong un, and Mohammad Bin Salman. Will he surpass Neville chamberlain as the biggest appeaser in world history?
Too early to tell. Assuming we survive all this, we'll know more in 5-10 years.
LOL. He's got a long way to go just to catch up with Obama.
I thought he was the anti Bush candidate but he turned out to be Bush 2.0. A coward that is spending our country in to ruins, destroying the economy and surrendering to our enemies.
You mean after Trump's second term is over? Bout time you guys got realistic.
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