shockedcanadian
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Here is my take on this ( this will be a long read I imagine), take it for what you will:
Their comments are motivated by self preservation. Cheney is feeling the heat for betraying Trump supporters and their voters and they are quickly realizing, "oh yeah, it's 2021 isn't it?". She exposed what she is, happily willing to throw GOP supporters under the bus if MSM narrative demands it. Then there is CPAC on the 28th...
Interesting timing from McConnell and Romney saying what they said knowing that Trump is going to go on a rampage against them in just a few days at CPAC. Even Fox News (anyone surprised?), did their best to promote Romneys comment and even give Mitch a full sit-down interview, just days before CPAC. All a coincidence I'm sure.
These two are "a politicians politician". They now see that Trump is viewed as more conservative than them, he's not following the failed policies of the past 30 years, promoted by the most unimpressive across many fields, and the short-sighted. Definitely the short-sighted. He's a brawler and he is enraged about his treatment, especially during impeachment #2. All of this suggests a rough ride for many in the Establishment at CPAC and they know it.
Thus, they are hoping that if they say some nice things, maybe they can smooth circumstances over with the America First crowd, save their Senate hopes in two years (good luck). Instead of understanding (or caring?) why their policies have been so bad for America, and Trumps so popular, they just want to keep their well rewarded plots.
They should have been fighting for Trump when he was in office and when the 2020 election was being held. For the simple reason that this is what the American Voter wanted. HIS policies, not theirs. They couldn't put principle ahead of their donors ideology.
They were mute on election mail-outs and any concerns people had. The following is key in my estimation, If they had fought hard with him, even if they lost; the voters would all have supported them. That support is gone now, for them and many other carer politicians, their own hubris and lack of foresight, just as the West has been asleep on China for decades. They thought Trumps policies were a fad because they are out of touch.
Is it too late? Probably. China runs the show now, for all intents and purposes. They have a fully committed and patriotic nation of citizens, and very few outspoken or courageous opposition. Options are limited now that the EU signed their trade deal with China the moment it was certain Trump would not be president.
The most important issues, such as the fight for three bathrooms in every McDonalds or which pronouns to use, rages on in the West whil China is fully focused on expansion, influence and replacing the U.S dollar as the global standard. Book that. Even as so many Western companies help them achieve this. There are a few of us with the courage to call this out, but we are generally nobodies. We aren't political patsies, and thus, we are forced to the sidelines. We will be joined by many of them soon enough.
Even for Trump, tackling China was going to be a difficult task, we saw how much resistance his own Party gave. For Biden/Harris, the task is even more monumental. When countries like France have high profile leaders rejecting "woke" culture coming from the U.S, it's clear there is much more in play here than simply economics.
We are watching the shift in influence that I predicted. I think Biden and his adminstration see this themselves, they might even be willing to fight. Let's hope it's not too late...
Their comments are motivated by self preservation. Cheney is feeling the heat for betraying Trump supporters and their voters and they are quickly realizing, "oh yeah, it's 2021 isn't it?". She exposed what she is, happily willing to throw GOP supporters under the bus if MSM narrative demands it. Then there is CPAC on the 28th...
Interesting timing from McConnell and Romney saying what they said knowing that Trump is going to go on a rampage against them in just a few days at CPAC. Even Fox News (anyone surprised?), did their best to promote Romneys comment and even give Mitch a full sit-down interview, just days before CPAC. All a coincidence I'm sure.
These two are "a politicians politician". They now see that Trump is viewed as more conservative than them, he's not following the failed policies of the past 30 years, promoted by the most unimpressive across many fields, and the short-sighted. Definitely the short-sighted. He's a brawler and he is enraged about his treatment, especially during impeachment #2. All of this suggests a rough ride for many in the Establishment at CPAC and they know it.
Thus, they are hoping that if they say some nice things, maybe they can smooth circumstances over with the America First crowd, save their Senate hopes in two years (good luck). Instead of understanding (or caring?) why their policies have been so bad for America, and Trumps so popular, they just want to keep their well rewarded plots.
They should have been fighting for Trump when he was in office and when the 2020 election was being held. For the simple reason that this is what the American Voter wanted. HIS policies, not theirs. They couldn't put principle ahead of their donors ideology.
They were mute on election mail-outs and any concerns people had. The following is key in my estimation, If they had fought hard with him, even if they lost; the voters would all have supported them. That support is gone now, for them and many other carer politicians, their own hubris and lack of foresight, just as the West has been asleep on China for decades. They thought Trumps policies were a fad because they are out of touch.
Is it too late? Probably. China runs the show now, for all intents and purposes. They have a fully committed and patriotic nation of citizens, and very few outspoken or courageous opposition. Options are limited now that the EU signed their trade deal with China the moment it was certain Trump would not be president.
The most important issues, such as the fight for three bathrooms in every McDonalds or which pronouns to use, rages on in the West whil China is fully focused on expansion, influence and replacing the U.S dollar as the global standard. Book that. Even as so many Western companies help them achieve this. There are a few of us with the courage to call this out, but we are generally nobodies. We aren't political patsies, and thus, we are forced to the sidelines. We will be joined by many of them soon enough.
Even for Trump, tackling China was going to be a difficult task, we saw how much resistance his own Party gave. For Biden/Harris, the task is even more monumental. When countries like France have high profile leaders rejecting "woke" culture coming from the U.S, it's clear there is much more in play here than simply economics.
We are watching the shift in influence that I predicted. I think Biden and his adminstration see this themselves, they might even be willing to fight. Let's hope it's not too late...
