The absurdity of Donald Trump

[Clodfobble]

I do find it a little weird that everyone's wringing their hands over what Trump agreed to. When has Trump ever followed through on an agreement he made? The consequences of being known as a liar in international politics are certainly something to worry about, but in the short term, there's no way any of those concessions will actually happen.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I do find it a little weird that everyone's wringing their hands over what Trump agreed to. When has Trump ever followed through on an agreement he made?

He just did - he agreed to escort Kim to the world stage and lavish praise on him.


As for anything else he promised, yeah. No reason to think he or Kim will follow through on anything else in the "agreement".

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

When has Trump ever followed through on an agreement he made?

He respects his promises routinely whenever it promotes him and when it throws others under the bus. He routinely executes promises that screw others. So he has lawyers such as Cohen. He breaks agreements that do not entice his ego or increase his wealth.

No accident that Ivanka and Kushner are reaping increased profits ($87 million) due to their family in government. Just another example of where The Don's interests lie. We are simply a convenience.

He will not break promises to Putin - if that is not yet obvious.

He promised to destroy the TPP. He promised to attack and tarriff trade with all major American allies and trading partners. He only withdrew on promised harm to Chinese trade when they threatened to make him look bad. He is avidly destroying NAFTA - as promised. He promised to give tax cuts to the rich.

He promised to take a first step in abandoning America's support of N Korea. Only reason he will not do that is if it hurts his image.