Politics –
Temperament Not Changing
For Trump
If you’re among the many delusional Republicans who believe Donald Trump will eventually make some magical pivot and change his temperament, guess again. With Trump, what you see is what you get!
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Donald Trump ain’t changing. Not for the Republican Party. Not for his sinking poll numbers. Not for anyone. In fact, for those who may be unclear on this point, Trump himself has now made it crystal clear.
“I’ve always had a good temperament and it’s gotten me here. We beat a lot of people in the primaries and now we have one person left and we’re actually doing pretty well there. But we’ll see how it all comes out,” Trump said on Fox News last week. “I certainly don’t think it’s appropriate to start changing all of a sudden when you’ve been winning. I mean I’ve beat many people and now we’re down to one. And we’ll see how it all works out. But I think it’s going to work out well.”
The temperament of the naive neophyte Trump has been out of control for some time. After calling a federal judge unqualified because he is Mexican, picking a fight with the Muslim parents of a fallen American soldier, and calling America’s first African-American president “the founder of Isis” (among other gems), Trump believes that politics is all about going with his gut — or in other words, when his gut tells him to say or do something, he pulls the trigger without blinking (or thinking).
“No one puts words in his mouth, and nobody decides what he says other than him,” longtime adviser Roger Stone said. “Politics is nine-tenths discipline.”
However, for party officials, the Trump campaign has become like the safety sign inside factories: X days without an accident, with the tally regularly resetting to zero.
“I think what he wants to do and what he does do are two different things,” a senior GOP official said.
“He’s almost like someone with an addiction who can’t stop,” Sara Fagen, the political director for former President George W. Bush said. “Until he gets help and admits it, he won’t be able to change.”
Donald Trump seems to be the last to know that serving as Commander-In-Chief and leader of the free world has no room for a “shoot-from-the-hip” mentality. He also seems unwilling to accept that perception is everything and that the world and its leaders are taking his words at face value. So, there’s no room for jokes or sarcasm or confusion when it comes to being presidential.
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Still, Trump refuses to change no matter how many times party officials or his family pleads for him to clean up his act. Apparently, the GOP nominee is still reeling from being forced into the decision of selecting Mike Pence as his running mate, instead of his soulmate, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey. He has also grown tired of using a teleprompter and having to follow rules. So, it’s back to gut instincts and rapid-fire Twitter attacks for “The Donald.”
On Thursday, a defiant and stubborn Trump made clear that he has no intentions of backing off his brash claims, even if it causes him to lose. He wants the world to know that he’d be fine losing because he’s got lots of money and he’s the one telling the truth. So there!
“Whatever happens, happens,” he said. “I’m giving it straight. I don’t know that it will work because I’m a nonpolitical person and I’m proud of that. But I’m giving it straight.”
When asked what might happen if he didn’t win, Trump said “I don’t think you’re ever going to see me again, folks. I think I’ll go to Turnberry and play golf or something.”
Hmmm…well you might want to start getting those golf clubs ready, Donald!
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WATCH FOX NEWS QUESTION TRUMP ON TEMPERAMENT
Ny Times:
Advisers who once hoped a Pygmalion-like transformation would refashion a crudely effective political showman into a plausible American president now increasingly concede that Mr. Trump may be beyond coaching. He has ignored their pleas and counsel as his poll numbers have dropped, boasting to friends about the size of his crowds and maintaining that he can read surveys better than the professionals.