Gary Kasparov, Chess Master, provides a strategy for rattling Trump, fore & aft.
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[li]One lesson is to not to play desperately if your position is worse but still reasonable,” he told Vox. “Lashing out wildly in an inferior position usually only hastens defeat.[/li][li]solid, stubborn defense can demoralize the attacker, make him lose confidence. When that happens, the tables can turn[/li][li]Keep fighting, stay steady, keep morale high — and public protests are good for all of these things.”[/li][li]It’s important that those protests remain peaceful so Trump cannot frighten away moderates with lies about violent radicalism[/li][li]“The courts are important, but things won’t really change unless enough Republicans start to see Trump as a liability to their fundraising and reelection chances,” Kasparov told the website. “That could be quite soon if he can’t fulfill his many campaign promises.”[/li][li]Trump is most vulnerable in his desperate need for validation and approval–“Making him look like a loser is crucial,” Kasparov told Vox. “Either the GOP will turn on him or he will be chastened and more likely to compromise. If a demagogue succeeds in claiming credit for wins and scapegoating his enemies for losses, he’s very hard to stop.”[/li][/ol]
My fear with this is that anytime Trump fails to achieve anything he and his supporters will fall back on the excuse that ‘this is because we didn’t give Trump more power’. They will claim a separation of powers, independent judiciary, independent media, congressional obstructionism and RINOs, etc is why the jobs aren’t coming back, why there are still terror attacks, why drugs are still a major problem, why brown people are still walking around freely, why cops are still dying on the job, Why ISIS still exists, etc.
This part worries me, because I’m guessing about half of Trump’s voters, about 30 million people, will fall on this excuse that the only reason Trump failed is because he didn’t have more autocratic powers to silence the media and act without consulting the judiciary or congress. Trump and his followers have a ready made excuse for why Trump will be a total failure, because we didn’t give autocratic power to Trump (the judiciary overturning the Muslim ban was just the beginning of this narrative).
I don’t know if I see the GOP standing up to those 30 million people (I assume about half of Trump’s voters are highly misinformed authoritarians, the other half are more reasonable). Will the GOP stand up to the most motivated half of their base? I doubt it from what I"ve seen so far. They have been pretty spineless.
Tommy loves vlad, like his political hero. Did you know he didn’t go to the white house with his team to see President Blackperson, oops I mean president Obama. And I say this as a New Englander.
Only because Russia has finally learned that Trump really is fucking crazy, and might just usher in trade wars and global instability, which would pretty much screw EVERYONE up.
Meaning “Well played!” I was just hoping you wouldn’t cite Alinsky because as a progressive I have no answer and must bow down to the point you have made.
BTW Hannity mentioned Alinsky yesterday too, defending his buddy now that there’s “blood in the water.” Coincidence?
I have noticed that when righties and cons are on the ropes they use the name Alinsky to ward off the need to actually be serious and talk about reality.
Is this a quote from somewhere?