{"id":203,"date":"2018-07-26T14:15:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T21:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lloydhanford.com\/?p=203"},"modified":"2018-07-26T14:15:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T21:15:13","slug":"a-message-to-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lloydhanford.com\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"A MESSAGE TO DONALD TRUMP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mr. President, running the Country is very different from running the Trump organization because when you made poor decisions only you or your investors suffered the consequences.\u00a0 But, when, as POTUS you make poor decisions they can, directly have negative impact on the populations of entire Countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You are probably not the \u201cgenius\u201d of a business man you think you are. This is because of your \u201clistening to your gut\u201d instead of studying and listening to advisors. Unquestionably, you are a supremely persuasive and successful promoter of your own interests but managing a Country requires a \u201cthinker\u201d not a brazen Barnum like promoter. <\/strong><\/p>\n

When your Casinos went bankrupt the only ones to suffer the result of your folly were the lenders, junk bond holders and the people forced into unemployment.\u00a0 But, those effects didn\u2019t range far and wide. When you made losing investments in a major New York hotel and an airline, again the suffering was confined to a very few.\u00a0 But, when you pull out of the Paris Climate Accord based on the flawed belief that climate change is a hoax denying the science behind climate change, your decision potentially impacts the entire world population now and in the future.\u00a0 A decision like that mandates much more study and consultation with other world leaders than you gave it. There was no \u201cshowing\u201d as to how that decision \u201cmade America Great Again\u201d and seemed to be based on nothing more than a desire to reward the fossil fuel industry while maliciously trying to destroy any Obama legacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal similarly not only impacts Iran but threatens the near term security of the region and possibly the security long term. You never disclosed the basis of your withdrawal other than to condemn it as a \u201cbad deal\u201d.\u00a0 Why was it bad? And, why if it was so bad did other major countries so vigorously support the agreement. Was your rejection of the agreement based on just wanting to undo another Obama accomplishment? Please disclose which of your advisors convinced you that \u201cpulling out\u201d was good for the USA? And, tell us why engaging in a war of words with the leader of Iran is a good thing and more than just a diversion from your other failures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your reputation as a negotiator may be entirely contrived because you don\u2019t exhibit the patience, preparation and style of a good negotiator.\u00a0 Your penchant for name calling and denigrating others suggests that you are a negotiation bully.\u00a0 Negotiating by \u201cbullying\u201d may get a deal occasionally but if the person on the other side is skilled you will walk away empty handed. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Why do you persist in continuing to attack the investigation of Russian interference in our elections as a \u201cwitch hunt\u201d even after indictments and guilty pleas have resulted (even though so far nothing yet disclosed has pointed to any wrong doing by you)? Is it because you already know of things that, if they come out, would clearly point to your complicity? An innocent person, who has not been formally accused of wrongdoing would not go to such lengths to discredit an investigation. Your actions cry out GUILTY!.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your zero tolerance policy was a clear blunder and looks like a knee jerk policy lacking a thorough prior study as to both probable effectiveness and possible unintended consequences.\u00a0 Obviously, there was no PLAN in place before the policy was implemented. Despite the policy, most Americans are very decent, empathetic people who view the policy as contra to who Americans are.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You mistakenly announced that you had solved the nuclear crisis represented by North Korea only to later learn that you solved nothing.\u00a0 Your announcement of success was designed by you to bolster your image. Your ego and self interest took over when a more measured announcement would have been appropriate. <\/strong><\/p>\n

There is nothing wrong with trying to engage other leaders in productive dialog even if those leaders are nasty dictators and thugs.\u00a0 But, there is something very wrong with trusting them absent some act (not words) proving that trust is not misplaced. There is something very wrong with praising and trusting dictators while \u201cblasting\u201d allies and friends. Presidents just shouldn\u2019t do that. Presidents who are statesmen would take up disagreements with other leaders through diplomatic channels rather than tweets and press comments If they really want to solve a perceived problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Playing the bully in the area of trade doesn\u2019t stimulate cooperation from trading partners. Articulating a punch list of items needing to be improved through skilled trade negotiators is the way to accomplish the task. Threats of \u201cpulling out\u201d or imposing tariffs are just bullying strategies that will ultimately come back to hurt our economy. That fact has already been demonstrated by the harm done to certain U S producers. Promoting financial relief for certain sectors of the economy negatively impacted by your trade policies puts an unnecessary burden on taxpayers and could have been avoided by a coherent trade policy instead of knew jerk actions trying to pass as constructive policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Constantly attacking the media and calling every story you don\u2019t like \u201cFAKE NEWS\u201d just demonstrates that you don\u2019t know the difference between news reporting and the editorial page of a newspaper. The clear majority of print journalism scrumptiously vets news stories for accuracy before going to print and thus do not purposely print fake news. What appears on the editorial pages is intended to be opinion and is not, in any case, presented as NEWS. If your base believes your taunts, then they don\u2019t understand either. Apparently, you never considered the unanticipated consequences of wrongly confronting the media on a constant basis.\u00a0 You just provoke them into doing a better job of documenting your faults, mistakes, lies and dictator like reactions in ignoring or wishing to ignore rules of law <\/strong><\/p>\n

A President with a low regard for the truth would make a very poor witness on his own behalf in a court of law. Over 2,000 documented lies or distortions of the truth would convince any thinking jury that, as a witness, you were not believable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You promised to drain the swamp but it is getting filled up with incompetent appointees who seem to toe the line of loyalty instead of providing what you really need \u2013 unadulterated, objective and truthful advice.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keep it up and you will win the unchallenged title of the WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY.\u00a0 That will be your legacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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