volfanhill
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Don't know how to quantity thisHas Trump made any comments on how he plans on getting US hostages in Palestine home?
Sounds like a pre-baked convenient excuse for failureI’m about to throw a grenade into your thread @McDad
So what about every promise that Trump didn’t keep, or policy he didn’t deliver on, cannot be held against him whatsoever. Rather……He just simply changed his mind.
Boom!
Can we pin this? It’s a legit good thread.
Thread OP contains a pretty good list of promises.It's going to be somewhat difficult to track because the goal posts have moved.
For example, Trump origi ally claimed he would resolve the war in Ukraine on his first day. He has changed that to be that to be some undefined "months" from now.
So it's not like you can measure much.
It's going to be somewhat difficult to track because the goal posts have moved.
For example, Trump origi ally claimed he would resolve the war in Ukraine on his first day. He has changed that to be that to be some undefined "months" from now.
So it's not like you can measure much.
It's going to be somewhat difficult to track because the goal posts have moved.
For example, Trump origi ally claimed he would resolve the war in Ukraine on his first day. He has changed that to be that to be some undefined "months" from now.
So it's not like you can measure much.
Fair, count that one as a broken promise.
Gotta disagree here. If he makes a specific detailed statement then it should be taken at face value. I mean why infer anything else if he gives a task descriptor and completion date? “End the war on day 1.”I think in general that’s how we should take Trump statements. When he says “day one”, he means “quickly”.
Gotta disagree here. If he makes a specific detailed statement then it should be taken at face value. I mean why infer anything else if he gives a task descriptor and completion date? “End the war on day 1.”
I don’t necessarily believe you are wrong on what he meant but as PJ says when he speaks in absolutes then take the comments at face value.
3mos probably means something to a person who has spent the last 11yrs in prison.I agree he shouldn’t speak in absolutes. But the reality is he does. Once you accept that reality, is there really any reason to be upset if it takes him 3 months to reach a resolution?
I’m not upset either way. For the record just keep a running toll. Today I’d say it’s a broken promise. If he manages to end it in say April it becomes a “promise kept*” with * = He initially said day 1 but it took him 90 days so yes he kept it but on an extended timeline. For the scenario I presented I’d submit that’s a fairly straightforward and factual tale of the tape? Which in the end is all that matters I’d say.I agree he shouldn’t speak in absolutes. But the reality is he does. Once you accept that reality, is there really any reason to be upset if it takes him 3 months to reach a resolution?
If he ends it within 6 months, I'd count that a win of major proportions. Between the Biden and EU doctrine to this point, anyone seeing an end in sight?Gotta disagree here. If he makes a specific detailed statement then it should be taken at face value. I mean why infer anything else if he gives a task descriptor and completion date? “End the war on day 1.”
I don’t necessarily believe you are wrong on what he meant but as PJ says when he speaks in absolutes then take the comments at face value.