[Magdalen] New York Times op-ed piece

[Eleanor Braun]

I was, of course, quoting the Charles Blow piece.  But it's clear that on a
short term basis, his tweets are designed to distract from the actual
policy he is putting into place.  And his history as a "businessman"
indicates he uses a wearing down strategy, only using lawsuits,
bankruptcies and similar tactics, perhaps learned from Roy Cohn.

Eleanor

On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Bob Rea <petard at petard.us> wrote:

> On Monday, July 03, 2017 11:20:42 AM Eleanor Braun wrote:
> > "Donald Trump is depending on people’s fatigue. He is banking on your
> > becoming overwhelmed by his never-ending antics. He is counting on his
> > capacity to wear down the resistance by sheer force.
>
> I'm not sure I would attribute some much agency to Trump. I suspect he is
> just
> flailing around with not much by the way of planning or strategy.
>
> --
> Bob Rea
> www.petard.us
> www.petard.us/blog
>
> America, it was a wonderful country
> Til they took it private
> and made it a theme park of itself
>
>