Posted by Tina
Those who read fake news reports and listen to the haters of President Trump want us to think Donald Trump is the least respected leader ever to step on the world stage. Some go so far as to liken him to Hitler. So, there’s a baked in expectation that leaders from around the world will have difficulty even speaking to our new leader. Surely he’s toast before he even has a chance to show what he can do, right? Well, not so fast. Often we can get a better sense of how things will go from little noticed events that reveal remarkable opinions. One such example comes from a little dinner party given by the Ambassador from Afghanistan.
Benny Johnson of the Independent Journal Review was recently invited to attend a dinner hosted by Dr. Hamdullah Mohib, the current Afghan Ambassador to the United States. Those in attendance included members of the military and Gold Star wives. The Ambassador graciously received his guests and thanked them for the sacrifices they’ve made for his nation. He asked what he could do “to better serve those in the military community who gave so much for his country.” During the Q&A period someone asked him how the people of his nation viewed President Trump and they were surprised by the Ambassador’s response. The following is his full response as reported by Benny Johnson at the above link:
“I’ve personally met with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago and the president has had two phone conversations with President Ghani [The president of Afghanistan]. One call was after he won the election and one after [Trump] became president. Before the calls, we were advised to keep conversations short because, we were told, Trump will not be interested in the details of the call and does not have a long attention span, so it would be pointless to have a long call.
However, we were pleasantly surprised at how much time President Trump spent asking very informed questions. The first time the presidents spoke, the questions Trump asked impressed us. “How can you win in this fight [against terrorism]?” he asked. “What do you need to become financially independent?” and “How can American business invest in Afghanistan? How can we develop businesses and mining in your country?”
Trump would listen intently after each question, often asking follow-ups. Trump’s second call with our president was even longer than the first. Asking these types of questions for our country is something the Obama administration never did. The Obama administration was the most academic administration we have ever had to deal with but the Trump administration has been the most thoughtful and intelligent.
Trump continually asked “How can you win? What does Afghanistan need to win?” in reference to our fight with terrorism. Trump wants to win. Sincerely. All the Obama administration wanted to do was not lose.
The Obama administration was hesitant with us. The enemy could sense that. When the Obama administration announced its plans to pull troops out of the region, they announced the exact date they would do it. All our enemies had to do was wait [Obama] out. They knew the date they had to hang on until — which gave them the will to fight. They used that time to recruit and build up resources.
To bring real reform, we must be able to defeat enemies outside our country and inside. We must overthrow the Afghan warlords who are profiteering off the war. Every time we tried to remove one of them from power, [Secretary John] Kerry would say “no” because it would potentially make it unstable and require more troops be brought in. The entire Obama administration was too cautious, but Kerry was the most cautious. Perhaps the Obama administration was fatigued by the time we assumed power. [President Ghani assumed power in September of 2014.] But Trump is very different from Obama in this way.
This is good, for the future of Afghanistan.”
Trump’s critics are making a very grave error when they assume he has no capacity for effective policy or generosity and grace in dealing with the world’s leaders. Trump is not a one dimensional guy. He’s not the cartoon cutout his critics see. He is a man of the world with years of experience. As Glenn Frey once said of Joe Walsh, he’s “is an interesting bunch of guys.” We can expect him to shake things up.
Our politicians have acted as typical politicians for decades. The record is fraught with failures as well as some successes. Given the state of the world under our most recent leadership, given the state of our nation, a leader that operates outside that box may be precisely the thing that’s needed right now. It’s certainly worth giving Trump a chance.
Message to Trump’s detractors: Time to set aside first impressions and prejudices and think again. This man’s approach is different and will surprise you too.
Isn’t it odd? I was thinking along entirely different lines. I was thinking that if things go on the way they are going (e.g., if Trump cannot be restrained from these humiliating 3 a.m. twitter binges), we will have a President with zero (0) global credibility, a political non-entity. Then, something dreadful will happen, a tube bombing in London, and The Donald will get onto the phone to Theresa … and she will palm him off on a subordinate … “Do I have time for that idiot?”, she will be thinking … “No, I do not.”
That will certainly be a new and interesting state of affairs.
Nice fantasy Libs…stay with it.
Oh, it gets better … again with the twitter ranting, over the leaked tax return pages this time … but he forgets that he has been a public figure for many years, and all his little ways are known, and now speculation runs riot over the possibility that he leaked the 2005 return pages himself. He has done that sort of thing before.
If you were a world leader, would you take calls from such a person?
Oh, fun, fun, fun.
Yep Classic Trump I put my money on that it is to divert attention from his current returns.
He failed.
Those of us who know Trumps behavioral patterns of past know it is suspicious and classic trump.
He Plays the media like a master. That is his best asset.
Bottom Line we need to see his returns and it is a National Security Issue.
Tina he is embarrassing us to the World.
You read Fake News. Real News exists.
Look I will give the man credit for any good he does just as I did for Obama. I am not an Obama fan.
Lately there has been nothing.
So far the Man is a Failure costing taxpayers an unprecedented amount of money for his lavish lifestyle.
The World does not think Trump is a World Leader that is just a fact.
They want to break ties with us. They do not trust sharing intel.
Trump has put our National Security at Risk Bar NONE
How about we get real here.
I wasn’t a Trump supporter and didn’t vote for him, but I have to admit he sure has my attention now in a positive way. His EO to cut our out of control gov’t by 20% is what a business person would do to become more efficient and to provide a better product and service. Who in their right mind would be against that?
Worth hearing is Dinesh D’Souza’s speech at Trinity Univ. where his primary topic is President Trump.
http://www.dineshdsouza.com/news/dinesh-dsouza-goes-unchained-at-trinity-university/
Well said Peggy, I right there with you too!
Just the fact that TheDonald has KEPT many of the promises he made during the campaign in just 100 days give rational folks hope that his presidency will be a success!
And it will CERTAINLY be a much greater presidency than we had with the last 8 years!
And then Ivanka can run in 8 years . . . . . .
She has a much better shot at success than Chelsea Clinton.
LOLOL Ivanka?
The citizens do not want any more Trump, Bush’s or Clinton’s.
You act like these people are anointed. We do not need the oligarchy millionaires to treat us like servants while they enrich themselves.
Breaking NEWS!
Former Tea Party darling Steve Stockman (TX) arrested for felony election law violations!
Yes let us get more of these idiots regardless of party!