Since Trump has been repeating this idea even today after others in his admin tried to walk it back, I’m starting to think he really believes that if he builds the most beautiful resort the world has ever seen, everyone in the Middle East will be so proud of it and they will all stop killing each other. All because of his wonderful gift to them!
Remember, he is an adherent of “The Power of Positive Thinking”. That’s worked pretty well for him so far so he might really think he can make this happen. And obviously, nobody is trying to tell him any different, no matter what they say otherwise. It will be interesting to see how he reacts to pushback, if there is any.
A golden pager! And didn’t ITT or AT&T present Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista with a golden telephone in 1957? And we all know what happened to him a year and a half later after accepting the golden telephone.
Be careful, Mr. Trump. Accepting anything golden doesn’t have a great track record for dictators.
I think it was similar to the field guidance that Kim Jun Un goes around North Korea giving out. Of course Trump could not have expertise in all, or maybe any, of the technical areas he gives direction on. It’s a variation on “when you’re rich they think you really know.”
Another rich-really-know Trump example was when he opined on the causes of the airliner crash., If that’s someone definition of confusion, fine for them.