Thursday, July 6, 2017

Putin and Trump

I am sorry to say that the American President, who shouldn't have become President, is sorely outmatched in the battle of egos, thought processes, strategies, intelligence quotients, and yes even ruthlessness --- versus the Russian President.  Both these men think of themselves as powerful and iconic leaders. But only one truly is.

I don't particularly like dictators -- but Putin at least has held his nation together, in spite of many moral, political, and human shortcomings. Trump has shown himself as a failure on many counts. As a human being he lacks: compassion, good sense, a sense of community, and nearly every other characteristic that has kept the US in world prominence for the past 70 years. Trump is a President who selfishly signals the decline of America in the world -- and that is perhaps a good thing for the world.

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