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D F Barr's avatar

I believe on one level it’s a bluff. Tough talk. He wants the comparison to Reagan and the release of those hostages upon Reagan’s inauguration. But if he fails to follow through? Another bumbling leader of the the empire in decline? Who knows with this guy. It truly is a mixed bag. But it was better than the alternative. Gonna be an interesting time

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Francisco d’Anconia's avatar

I’m getting a bad feeling that it doesn’t matter who the president is when it comes to the thrashing of an empire in its death throes. Will Trump figure out that his adversaries hold all the high cards before it’s too late? I have put a great deal of faith in him, out of optimism and the lack of a better place to put it but god, he may be the worst

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