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Originally Posted by skeddy
President Trump realizes the Democratic Party is in crisis. He's trying to offer a hand up to them, whether they're smart enough to take it is another story.
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Both the Republican and the Democratic parties are in crisis. The crises are both similar in some ways and different in others at the same time.
Both parties have internal divisions. That's the greatest similarity. The greatest differences is one has to show it can govern, while the other has to show it can lead the nation again.
Trump attempts to use one party against the other to get his way.
So far, it's very hard to say if that will work for him or not, as nothing as come from his maneuvering that has amounted to anything substantial.
Playing one party against the other could be effective for Trump, but the man has the unfortunate tendency to make a decisive decision one day and then try to reverse the decision the following day.
That can actually be effective sometimes, but when it's done too often, all it does is create more indecision. And indecision creates a state of suspension, while Congress has to wait until the President finally acts. The President can propose, but it is Congress that must dispose.
Until Trump begins acting more decisively, all Congress gets is one empty proposal after another.
That's why I think he will ultimately resign.
All his life, Trump has been able to propose, and has always had many underlings to take over and make the proposal work in a united fashion.
When a proposal fails, Trump has always had the ability to lay the failure at the feet of others.
When a proposal succeeds, Trump has always had the ability to take all the credit. His underlings all get other rewards for the success.
Now, as President, he faces something he has never faced before; over 300 other people who all hold jobs very similar to his, who have to show their voters they all can create proposals that can succeed. Many of those other people are intent on gaining their success on his failure, and they are both in the opposition party and within his own.
And now, for the first time in his life, Trump must share the credit for a success. He can only claim a portion of it at most, even in the best circumstance.
In some instances, he can't claim any of the credit. The triumph belongs to others alone. This is entirely new to him, and entirely distressing, as recognition is the very thing Trump has craved most all his life. Now that he has the ultimate recognition, as President of the United States, all other recognition of him alone is now denied. Others always have a portion of it, often the greater portion.
But when something fails, it ultimately lands at his feet because he is the President, and the back stops there.
For the first time in his life, he cannot pass the blame to any others, and he cannot shoulder defeat himself and carry on with the load of it weighing down on him. No matter how hard he tries to throw that weight off.
And that's why he will eventually leave. That's the only choice that will be left to him, and when all other choices fail, he will take the only one left.
Ironically, the fact that Trump reached the highest political position in the land will be the reason for his downfall. All the others in Congress are politicians, and every other person has risen through the political ranks, each experiencing all the things that are brand new to Trump many times.
Even when a politician has never lost, which is very rare, they have all experienced the dread of losing. And all have experienced the necessity of sharing the victory when it is won. Many times. Times when a defeat was small, and times when a defeat was huge. Times when victories were the same. And times when everything went sour, no matter what else happened, and they all had to carry the burden with them for as long as they remained.
Working his way up allows a man to learn how to handle all that. Starting at the top allows nothing in that regard.
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