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Jerome's avatar

Trump has often spoken softly to bad guys while using a big stick. His actions with Russia in first term (my friend Vladimir combined with very stiff sanctions) for example. Is he in the process of doing the same with Iran now?

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“ You can [please] some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not [please] all of the people all of the time.”

This pretty accurately describes Trump’s efforts at staffing at all the various depts. - everybody’s got a favorite, or at the least an opinion.

But Trump is still very much the same Trump with regard to his stance on Israel, some of his personnel picks notwithstanding, and it is most assuredly premature to believe his policies will be much different than during his first administration.

His second term is coming in at a time where the pieces on the game board are all in very different places, and far more belligerent.

He is keeping his cards close to his vest, especially with regard to Iran, but once he has all

his people firmly in place things will gel quickly, and the first ones to feel the effects of that are going to America’s enemies: Iran in particular.

his people firmly in place,

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