There are going to be a lot of "oh fuck, he was serious?" moments over the next few months from people who've spent their entire adult life dealing with an America that never backed up the finger wagging and "red lines" in a meaningful way.
It is why I argued that, regardless of what you thought about Syria itself, him doing that mass Tomahawk strike on it early in his first term was one of the most important things he did. Because he said "If anyone uses chemical weapons, Imma shank them." Someone laughed it off and used chemical weapons. Trump flattened their biggest air base, and then walked away saying "That'll learn ya."
Then from that point on, all he had to do was say "HEY! Do you want me to take you outside?!" And everyone responded "DO WHAT HE SAYS! HE'S CRAZY!"
This is one of the things that sold me on Trump and what I point out to people all the time. He's Speak Loudly and Beat the Shit out of you with a Tree. Which is what we need after all this time of America being subservient
There are going to be a lot of "oh fuck, he was serious?" moments over the next few months from people who've spent their entire adult life dealing with an America that never backed up the finger wagging and "red lines" in a meaningful way.
It is why I argued that, regardless of what you thought about Syria itself, him doing that mass Tomahawk strike on it early in his first term was one of the most important things he did. Because he said "If anyone uses chemical weapons, Imma shank them." Someone laughed it off and used chemical weapons. Trump flattened their biggest air base, and then walked away saying "That'll learn ya."
Then from that point on, all he had to do was say "HEY! Do you want me to take you outside?!" And everyone responded "DO WHAT HE SAYS! HE'S CRAZY!"
You have to have mutual respect in any negotiation or else it's not going to have a good outcome for anybody involved.
This is one of the things that sold me on Trump and what I point out to people all the time. He's Speak Loudly and Beat the Shit out of you with a Tree. Which is what we need after all this time of America being subservient