Excuse me, but I am not clueless.
Yes Trump's cabinet choices are all business people. The problem with that is the government is not a business. These people may know how to run a business; however they need to know how to govern and this is a very different thing. The primary objective of business is to make a profit. The primary objective of government is to take care of the needs of the people. The people need, among other things, national defense, interstate infrastructure, crisis intervention for large scale disasters, immigration control, foreign relations, commerce, research and development, education, etc.
The GOP, including the Senate and House Of Representatives is far from 100% behind the President-elect. The leaders have made it clear they are not 100% behind Mr. Trump and are far from happy with the outcome of the election. His proposals do not have a guaranteed pass through Congress and Congress will always have to worry about their own reelections. In the Senate, you also have the filibuster to contend with.
I doubt that Mr. Trump is 100% smarter than I am. I have a Ph.D. He is very good at manipulating the system and conning people. I know someone who worked closely with him, so I have direct knowledge. He is as smart as a used car salesman. Yes he knows how to work the system. That does not really make him smart, just manipulative under the right conditions.
He does not know the Constitution and apparently neither do his supporters. Otherwise he and those who supported him would have realized he is unable to carry out his campaign promises because of the limitation of the office. He cannot build a wall, he cannot deport people, he cannot overturn laws, these and other things he wants to do are not within the powers of the president.
He does not have Congress and the Supreme Court in his control. Try doing some research and looking past what Mr. Trump says. Like I said he is a supreme manipulator.
Mr. Trump is not or never will be unstoppable. At some point in time he will have to realize he is not a king or a dictator. He is not CEO of the country. He is the president. The head of one of the three branches of our government, designed by our founders to be the weakest branch. He is already in trouble because he will not divest himself of his financial assets. Giving control to his children is not good enough. It is unconstitutional for a president to make a profit from being president. He is already courting impeachment.
Many of our presidents were very wealthy. Washington, Jefferson, both Roosevelts, Kennedy, both Bushes just to name a few. President Kennedy did not take a salary. None of them thought they had the power of a king or dictator. None of them thought people were not permitted to criticize them. They did not get insulted when someone disagreed with them. They knew the First Amendment guaranteed freedom of speech as part of the democratic process. Presidents need to have people around them who disagree with them in order to govern. Dictators and kings reign without hearing a word of disagreement. Presidents do not their power is not absolute. They do not reign, they govern. Mr. Trump's numerous tweets aimed at people who he feels disagree with him or whom he feels have insulted him or Vice President-elect Pence are worry some. These are not even very important people, in my opinion. They are certainly not of the stature of Mr. Trump or Mr. Pence. They are entertainers. The cast of the play "Hamilton" or "Saturday Night Live". I wonder how Mr. Trump will react when important people disagree with him, people who are foreign leaders. People who will be his peers. President Obama had to repair our relationship with most of the world because of the damage done by President Bush. The world loved the Obamas because they were gracious, kind, and respectful to foreign leaders. They developed friendships with many of our allies. I hope Mr. and Mrs. Trump can continue these cordial, friendly relationships with our allies. The world is no longer a place where we can be isolationist and survive economically and culturally.
As far as the Democrats being pro Constitution. Most Democratic Presidents have advanced degrees. Most are lawyers, except President Carter who has a Ph.D in Nuclear Engineering. President Obama is a lawyer. He is also a former Professor of Constitutional Law at the University Of Chicago, former State Senator and former US Senator. His name is not Barry it is President Obama.
That is the difference between President Obama and President-Elect Trump.
The difference between you and me is, I am educated and civil and while I know nothing about your level of education, you do not seem very educated, you seem to rely on right wing propaganda for your information and you are definitely not civil.
I sincerely hope that our country is in good hands with President-elect Trump. He will be our president on January 20 and for all of us and for all of the world, I wish him great success. I also wish that the sniping at President Obama would stop. It accomplishes nothing.
Dr. Erlich
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Sluggr-3
8 years ago
Being educated doesn't mean you are smart. Smart people have a lot of money, educated people have pocket protectors. Been that way for decades.
My Chimp DNA seems to have lost its password temporarily. Sluggr-2
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privatepracticedoc
8 years ago
Hi Slugger-3
Actually you cannot be educated unless you are "smart". However the word has several definitions. Smart can mean intelligent. You need to be intelligent in order to benefit from an advanced education, book smart. Then there is emotional intelligence, being emotionally smart. That is when you know how to keep your emotions under control and not allow them to overwhelm you and behave in a thoughtless way. One can also be mechanically smart or intelligent. Where would we be without the people who can build, maintain, or repair our machines and devices? Another one I would like to mention is street smart. These are people who can negotiate their way through the world and be successful with very little training or education. It is mostly instinctive and personality based.
I am intelligent and have an advanced education, a PhD. I am also emotionally intelligent. I do not desire to have a lot of money. My main goal in life is to help people. That is why I am a psychologist. That is why I object when people call my practice a business. The primary goal of a business is to earn a profit. My primary goal is to help people. I am smart enough to do this successfully. I am smart enough to have done original research that yielded new information that was important to the well being and health of people.
I believe that the smart people who have a lot of money, that you are talking about are the street smart people. They may have other types of smartness, but they definitely have street smartness. They also have little or no empathy. They tend to care for their own needs above all others and are profit driven. They care little for who they harm on their way up the ladder. In fact they see this as "just doing business". They tend have sociopathic personalities and are thin skinned and bombastic.
By the way, no one wears pocket protectors any more. We have smart phones, ipads, and computers like everyone else. The difference is the way we use them.
Dr. Erlich
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