I've gotten emotional lately and somewhat irrational at times, which is out of character for me since I'm usually a level-headed Fren, and I usually just trust God. But the McCarthy confusion got me all discombobulated for a bit, knocked off the track of the plan. Now that I took some time to look at things from a bird's eye view, things are looking much more calm in my heart.
"Trump's likely scenario for supporting McCarthy is for gaining political capital. Consider Trump's actions [for supporting McCarthy] in terms of Las Vegas odds. I'll explain more about this later.
Trump has most likely considered and realized there are no other 'real' GOP contenders for the Speaker of the House position. Even Matt Gaetz just admitted this. Before people jump the gun and claim there is certainly other candidate for the Speakership, you are correct. There are other candidates like Byron Donalds, Andy Bigg and Jim Jordan. However, we have seen in Trump that he seems to pick 'winners' that are sometimes even contrary to his own ideals. Why? This is due to the realization that Trump knows he is most likely not going to affect the outcome of the vote anyway. Did you notice Trump became silent after McCarthy failed to garner the votes after the second round of voting? I believe Trump reevaluated the odds, studied the rules and became more familiar with the process. After this, it appears Trump has decided to remain endorsing McCarthy for Speaker. I'll get to this in a moment, but first correctly picking the winner, despite the ideology, has 'political capital'. This is really seeing Sun Tsu tactics in action.
By supporting McCarthy, Trump in the least shows McCarthy that he supported him and can even claim he helped McCarthy to win. It positions Trump to be in better standing with the inevitable candidate. Do I agree with this tactic? No. I am far more ideological and could never be in politics. Have you noticed how public Trump is in supporting McCarthy? Even Don Trump Jr. after being off the radar map for a while has suddenly and very publicly joined his father endorsing McCarthy. It sure seems like a clarion signal that obsequiously says-- "Look, we Trumps are supporting you" in the hopes of getting political capital in return."
It looks like Trump has succeeded in getting a return on his investment in terms of 'political capital'..
Once subjective filters are recognized their ability to distort reality can be overcome.
Pool players call learning how to compensate for how we distort reality, developing " your eye" so you're able to always "shoot straight"
Only ONE reason was offered as to why President Trump and his son's
publicly back McCs election; the desire for " political capital".
Is that because you currently can only imagine ONE reason? If so, the ONE reason imagined fits with the adverb choice "obsequiously".
Fortunately, Make Believe Trump =/= Real Trump.
However, , the belief that Make Believe Trump == Real Trump helps Real Trump succeed.
Hes explained this many times, especially in the 80s when he didn't yet hold his cards as tightly to his chest as he does now that he's older, wiser and everything he loves is at stake.
Gadzooks! You've spent waaaay too much time reading between the lines. I thought you were going to say next there's little tiny 'green' aliens between the letters of my missive.
Moves, countermoves, and KAYFABE :)
I've gotten emotional lately and somewhat irrational at times, which is out of character for me since I'm usually a level-headed Fren, and I usually just trust God. But the McCarthy confusion got me all discombobulated for a bit, knocked off the track of the plan. Now that I took some time to look at things from a bird's eye view, things are looking much more calm in my heart.
...praise God for the peace that passes understanding....
Yep, pretty much feel the same way.
It had to be this way. This fight was about unbinding McCarthy from the Uniparty. He is free because he now has cover.
...you have a firm grasp of the situational reality....
I stated yesterday on GAW this about Trump:
"Trump's likely scenario for supporting McCarthy is for gaining political capital. Consider Trump's actions [for supporting McCarthy] in terms of Las Vegas odds. I'll explain more about this later.
Trump has most likely considered and realized there are no other 'real' GOP contenders for the Speaker of the House position. Even Matt Gaetz just admitted this. Before people jump the gun and claim there is certainly other candidate for the Speakership, you are correct. There are other candidates like Byron Donalds, Andy Bigg and Jim Jordan. However, we have seen in Trump that he seems to pick 'winners' that are sometimes even contrary to his own ideals. Why? This is due to the realization that Trump knows he is most likely not going to affect the outcome of the vote anyway. Did you notice Trump became silent after McCarthy failed to garner the votes after the second round of voting? I believe Trump reevaluated the odds, studied the rules and became more familiar with the process. After this, it appears Trump has decided to remain endorsing McCarthy for Speaker. I'll get to this in a moment, but first correctly picking the winner, despite the ideology, has 'political capital'. This is really seeing Sun Tsu tactics in action.
By supporting McCarthy, Trump in the least shows McCarthy that he supported him and can even claim he helped McCarthy to win. It positions Trump to be in better standing with the inevitable candidate. Do I agree with this tactic? No. I am far more ideological and could never be in politics. Have you noticed how public Trump is in supporting McCarthy? Even Don Trump Jr. after being off the radar map for a while has suddenly and very publicly joined his father endorsing McCarthy. It sure seems like a clarion signal that obsequiously says-- "Look, we Trumps are supporting you" in the hopes of getting political capital in return."
It looks like Trump has succeeded in getting a return on his investment in terms of 'political capital'..
Hopefully helpful feedback:
"Obsequiously".
Self revealing adverb choice.
Once subjective filters are recognized their ability to distort reality can be overcome.
Pool players call learning how to compensate for how we distort reality, developing " your eye" so you're able to always "shoot straight"
Only ONE reason was offered as to why President Trump and his son's publicly back McCs election; the desire for " political capital".
Is that because you currently can only imagine ONE reason? If so, the ONE reason imagined fits with the adverb choice "obsequiously".
Fortunately, Make Believe Trump =/= Real Trump.
However, , the belief that Make Believe Trump == Real Trump helps Real Trump succeed.
Hes explained this many times, especially in the 80s when he didn't yet hold his cards as tightly to his chest as he does now that he's older, wiser and everything he loves is at stake.
Best wishes.
Gadzooks! You've spent waaaay too much time reading between the lines. I thought you were going to say next there's little tiny 'green' aliens between the letters of my missive.