Where debating everything under the sun is only the beginning

Has he done anything yet that really gets your panties in a twist? I mean, other than being Trump?

I don't consider Trump the messiah like the Dems did Obama,

he can't. Only Congress can. (Did you never take a civics course?)

[…] in 2002, Bush had a 30% tariff imposed on Chinese steel which cost more jobs than it saved. In 2009, Obama had a tariff put on Chinese made tire so the tires were simply sourced from other countries. What the constitution says a president can do and what politically he can get done are entirely different things.

[…] you know as well as I do that [a] president can form alliances with members of congress to attempt to push through proposals that are outside the president's constitutionally defined powers

Joined Jan 21, 2006

[…] I do not think the civil service is ever eager to declare any job redundant; certainly their union never has. It is also certain that it will take the cooperation of Congress to drain the swamp. But note that the Republican Establishment, having said that having both Houses of Congress were insufficient to let them do anything, now is seeking common cause with the Democrats on the grounds that they need a more popular President. One suspects that if they bet that, they’ll have other reasons for leaving the Establishment alone.

If the Executive has no power to hire and fire the government officers, just who is responsible to the people? Anyone? Why is that better than a king? As Parkinson observes, kings can waste money on favorites and mistresses, but there is a limit on how many they want, or indeed can endure; but of psychologists, sociologists, experts in voodoo sciences, there is absolutely no limit. Ever.

I made the mistake of turning on CNN yesterday and saw all the hypnotized pundits trying to work the secret persuasion word “chaos” into every comment about President Trump. That’s your tell that none of the pundits are offering independent opinions. They are part of the hive mind led by some uncredited persuader on their side. Someone told them to say “chaos” a lot, and so they do.

Does it make sense to compare President Trump’s performance to past presidents who got a lot done in the first week? Well, maybe, if such a person existed. No one has ever tried moving at Trump’s speed before. We expect the slow-moving traditional leader to create less “chaos” than the entrepreneurial and disruptive leader. But don’t you have to include the benefits in this comparison? The whole point of Trump’s flurry of activity is that he’s trying to create good outcomes. We don’t know if the good outcomes will pan out. All we know is that it was a bit messy at the start.

Is being a bit messy a sign of a problem?

Not if you’re the entrepreneurial, disruptive, candidate of change who just got elected.

You’re probably seeing the best persuasion you will ever see from a new president. Instead of dribbling out one headline at a time, so the vultures and critics can focus their fire, Trump has flooded the playing field. You don’t know where to aim your outrage. He’s creating so many opportunities for disagreement that it’s mentally exhausting. Literally. He’s wearing down the critics, replacing their specific complaints with entire encyclopedias of complaints. And when Trump has created a hundred reasons to complain, do you know what impression will be left with the public?

Yeah, it's science... People are irrational and their decisions are based on emotion, influence, and random variables. Reason is mostly an illusion.

Which of the many candidates for president this season is familiar with the SCIENCE of persuasion? Only Trump, until recently. He saved time and money by ignoring the stuff that doesn’t matter (facts) while putting all of his energy into the stuff that does. And it is working.

I wonder what's the world waiting for Americans not be allowed to enter any country.

You realise that Trump is nothing but a clown in a very powerful position, don't you?

Now, the above quote makes no sense at all (particularly when you are used to the way the Dilbert comic strip provides adequate commentary-through-irony on modern urban work environment, it makes me ask: Is this really the same author?), but there are occasionally more elaborated attempts to reason to his conclusion,

I don't need your help to make Trump a joker. He does it by himself.
But I just couldn't help. 

The last thing the world needs

You do know the derivation of the term "banana republic," right?