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> (1) Merkel is an accomplished scientist, Trump is a complete fraud. Trump is an accomplished businessman with a large array of enterprises built over ~50 yea
by theandrewbailey 6y ago
> (1) Merkel is an accomplished scientist, Trump is a complete fraud.
Trump is an accomplished businessman with a large array of enterprises built over ~50 years.
> (2) Merkel tends to act from her principles, Trump doesn't have any that I've been able to detect.
Trump's principles mean that he puts American interests first, even if it means being an bully about it. He has principles; whether they are good or bad is another question.
- jacquesm 6y agoTrump being an accomplished businessman is up for debate, when you start with a large fortune and you keep it that way or shrink it you may have a lot of business but you are not very successful. Even doubling your money in 30 years is not 'good business'. Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Paul Graham and so on are 'good businessmen', Trump, not so much. Trump puts his own interests first. He doesn't give a damn about America as such as long as it serves his interest. I would think that by now this was clear.
- theandrewbailey 6y ago> Trump puts his own interests first. He doesn't give a damn about America as such as long as it serves his interest. It would be in Trump's interest to not be controversial, as that would make it easier to be re-elected. Since Trump is rich, it would also be his (but not America's) interest to have a growing pool of cheap labor. A large part of his political platform is purposefully built to restrict the available labor pool (H1B limits, border wall).