# On which issues is Trump teachable? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 10, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-which-issues-is-trump-teachable/771368 "2016-11-10T16:37:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-which-issues-is-trump-teachable/771368/1 "2016-11-10T16:37:48Z")
I think the easiest issue on which Trump can be swayed by his advisors and people in the military is that the NATO alliance is \*\*serious business \*\*and you don’t welch on that just because you don’t feel like defending Estonia - that if a NATO partner is attacked, you uphold Article Five and send in the military, period. I doubt he will budge much on the Syrian refugee issue - that’s one of the easiest things for him to stick to his guns on, given that there are almost no consequences to him for upholding his vow to reduce their immigration - but what other things can Trump be persuaded to change his mind about? ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-which-issues-is-trump-teachable/771368/2 "2016-11-10T16:44:58Z")
Trump is teachable on every issue. He’s a narcissist, not a policy wonk. The problem is, what has Article 5 ever said that was nice about Trump? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-which-issues-is-trump-teachable/771368/3 "2016-11-10T16:49:19Z")
Virtually all of them. Based on his all over the map views in recent years. I do remember a few months back how conservative Hispanics got Trump to tell them how he was going to moderate a lot of his immigration ideas, only for them to see Trump in the following days to do his infamous Nuremberg like speech. AFAIK Trump was going to be more conciliatory but the Breitbart guys and others noticed what was going to happen and set Trump “right”. It will all depend with one of the big lessons I always tell others about dealing with the modern world: We will have to demand that Trump gets better sources of information and that he gets better personnel than the nightmare ones that he has been using so far. [https://newrepublic.com/minutes/138643/donald-trump-prizes-loyalty-everything-means-cabinet-going-nightmare](https://newrepublic.com/minutes/138643/donald-trump-prizes-loyalty-everything-means-cabinet-going-nightmare) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-which-issues-is-trump-teachable/771368/4 "2016-11-10T16:49:42Z")
Anything that makes him money. I’ll bet he’d even turn on the refugee issue if he could profit from it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-which-issues-is-trump-teachable/771368/5 "2016-11-10T16:51:31Z")
If the lesson doesn’t involve bringing him profit, he won’t bother to learn it. he didn’t go through all this out of altruism or love of country. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-which-issues-is-trump-teachable/771368/6 "2016-11-10T18:00:53Z")
It’s possible Trump is fully aware of the consequences of his NATO views and embraced than as part of a deal with Russia in exchange for Russian support during his campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Caldazar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Caldazar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caldazar)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-which-issues-is-trump-teachable/771368/7 "2016-11-10T18:45:25Z")
“Teachable” is a relative term. I think it’s more fair to say that he can be persuaded to adopt many different viewpoints. so long as it 1. Will result in people praising him and flattering his ego, or 2. Comes from someone who flatters his ego, or 3. Makes him money ---
**Author:** ![greenmario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/97f17d/32.png) [@greenmario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenmario)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-which-issues-is-trump-teachable/771368/8 "2016-11-10T18:49:51Z")
He might already be softening on one of his more unconstitutional policies > **[Donald Trump's proposed Muslim ban briefly disappeared from his website](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-proposed-muslim-ban-was-quietly-removed-from-his-website/)** > > Trump called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the U.S. while campaigning for president