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Wounded Bear

(58,653 posts)
Fri May 31, 2019, 09:54 AM May 2019

When your only tool is a hammer, all your problems start to look like nails...

Trump is flailing, again. He ran on the whole "I can fix the immigration problem" ticket.

He's failing, of course. But with no nuance or subtlety in residence, he is forced to fall back on his personal toolbox. The only tool in his box is intimidation. It worked well with small sub-contractors and customers without the deep pockets to fight things out in court, but on the international scene, there isn't a lot that can be done to bend foreign governments to his will short of war or economic threats.

So he threatens economic war. There isn't much Mexico can do to stop the flow of immigrants short of invading her southern neighbors, a decidedly dicey proposition that they don't want any part of.

The only thing Trump can do is wreck things.

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When your only tool is a hammer, all your problems start to look like nails... (Original Post) Wounded Bear May 2019 OP
The man couldn't put together a deal if his life depended on it, Chin music May 2019 #1
"The only thing Trump can do is wreck things" Cracklin Charlie May 2019 #2

Chin music

(23,002 posts)
1. The man couldn't put together a deal if his life depended on it,
Fri May 31, 2019, 10:16 AM
May 2019

unless part of the deal is major concessions of AMerican rights and properties as part of the offings. His style is break things that have been done, and call it governing. He's way over his head, out of his league, and in cahoots with every axis of evil country in the world.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
2. "The only thing Trump can do is wreck things"
Fri May 31, 2019, 10:45 AM
May 2019

Praise be that he only works a couple hours a day.

Don’t go in today, Assface! Just sit there in your robe and watch teevee!

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