[FRIAM] Hope or Despair

[Merle Lefkoff]

There's no need for a he/she, Owen.  The term has no relevance when talking
about the presidency.

On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net> wrote:

> Clearly you need to attend to Kissinger and Bremmer.
>
> In terms of Russia, Kissinger's analysis of the Nation State suggests we
> have been far too shallow. There are very good reasons for the Russian
> people to feel exposed by the west's encroachment, and why they approve of
> Putin to the degree they do.
>
> Trump is no threat. I personally have not given up even one of my 25 Damns
> over him. Any threatened Rape and Pillage will likely just cause another
> economic implosion which we survived pretty well.
>
> I am curious, however, which of Bremmers 3 Americas Trump tends to, or
> what blend of the three. And what Trump thinks of Kissinger's recent
> defense of the nation state .. I know Kissinger is meeting with Trump.
>
> Presidential politics are unique. Presidential historians agree that,
> whatever a president has promised, he/she is always formed by unexpected,
> exogenous events. At a guess, they will be foreign affairs in Trump's case.
> I hope he takes the MoneyBall stance.
>
>    -- Owen
>
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