Don’t take Trump literally, but do take him seriously

Monday-Tuesday blog

I thought I’d just write a short piece by quoting someone much smarter than myself. This person, an Iranian living in Britain, said “don’t take Trump literally, but do take him seriously”.

We should all know that The Donald has a more than minor problem in expressing himself. Moreover, a tendency to exaggerate is a criticism one could confidently make. However, when Trump says something, while he may express himself clumsily, unlike almost every politician in the world, Trump does what he says he will do:

• He promised he would close down the southern US border, cut illegal immigration and deport thousands of illegal migrants. And he did it.
• He said that the Anthropogenic Global Warming cult was a scam and he scrapped all Biden’s renewable energy schemes.
• He said he would impose tariffs on countries he believed had been ripping America off and he did it.
• He said he would force NATO countries to increase their defence spending and he did it.

But he often leaves himself open to attack by the way he expresses himself.

Most recently, he threatened he would destroy a whole civilisation in Iran. What he really intended to say, I believe, was that he would end the oppressive, murderous rule of the Islamist crazies. But I believe he just expressed himself poorly.

He said he would block the Strait of Hormuz. I think what he really meant was that the US would blockade all Iran’s ports while, at the same time, clearing any mines laid by the IRGC and open up a safe shipping route through the Strait.

But mainstream media journalists, most of whom suffer from a severe case of TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome), have a field day blasting Trump for the words he uses – “destroy a civilisation”, “blockade the Strait of Hormuz” – as that’s much easier than attacking his real intentions.