{"id":83783,"date":"2018-12-29T11:18:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T15:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=83783"},"modified":"2018-12-29T11:18:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T15:18:12","slug":"democrats-continue-to-run-into-president-trumps-traps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=83783","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Continue to Run into President Trump&#8217;s Traps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-70183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/nancy-pelosi-shocked-268x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/nancy-pelosi-shocked-268x333.jpg 268w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/nancy-pelosi-shocked-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/nancy-pelosi-shocked.jpg 629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I heard a story about how Sailors did swim call, in the middle of the ocean, with man eating sharks not that far away. The claim? <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">They would locate a shark and then shoot it. It bled. Eventually, the blood attracted other sharks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The other sharks came in and ate that bleeding shark. In the feeding frenzy that followed, sharks ripped each other up and created more bleeding. Result? More sharks joined the frenzy. The turbulence, occurring in the water, ended up masking the turbulence created by sailors swimming near the ship.<\/p>\n<p>I never saw this play out while I was in the Navy. Safety was paramount. Whether this is urban legend, or has actually been tried before, it&#8217;s underlying concept relates to President Trump&#8217;s apparent strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his campaign, and then into his presidency, President Trump utilized his understanding of the media, and its audiences, to &#8220;shoot sharks&#8221;. The media goes into a frenzy every time he does this.<\/p>\n<p>During this frenzy, President Trump continues forward with his objectives.<\/p>\n<p>He knows that he has not done anything wrong. However, he also knows that his detractors will stop at nothing to follow a fool&#8217;s errand. Their &#8220;El Dorado&#8221; and their &#8220;Fountain of Youth&#8221; happens to be President Trump&#8217;s removal.<\/p>\n<p>The left is blinded in their drive to portray President Trump in unrealistic terms. These efforts, driven by emotion, ties up energy that otherwise could be used to derail President Trump&#8217;s plans.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From CNN:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While Democrats publicly talk up their interest in focusing on legislative priorities like health care and voting rights &#8212; not to mention ending the ongoing partial government shutdown &#8212;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong> they are quietly preparing for what will likely be the largest congressional investigation of a sitting president in recent memory.<\/strong> <\/span>Party leaders and committee chairs have spent months ironing out potential targets, from President Donald Trump&#8217;s taxes and business dealings to the conduct of current and former Cabinet members.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Just like the Mueller investigation, a soon to be Democrat-controlled house is going to spend a lot of time investigating. However, they will turn up shorthanded. By then, President Trump will have paid out enough rope for the Democrats to hang themselves with in the 2020 presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>Take this fiasco with regards to his tax returns. This could be something that he could&#8217;ve released without worry. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">However, he has a background in entertaining audiences. A part of that equation involves knowing viewer psychology<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>His refusal to release his tax returns could be a ploy&#8230; A trap. Refuse to release, and watch your adversaries stumble over themselves trying to force that release.<\/p>\n<p>If the House succeeds in getting his tax returns, what the Democrats discover may prove embarrassing to them and beneficial to President Trump.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">More from CNN:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Neal &#8212; a business-minded Democrat who has earned a reputation as a willing negotiator &#8212; had hoped Trump would be willing to negotiate and turn over his tax returns without a fight. But in recent weeks, comments from Trump&#8217;s allies have made it clear that asking nicely would be a waste of time. A source close to the process told CNN that <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Neal was prepared to make a formal request to the Treasury Department in the new Congress.<\/span> <\/strong>When that would take place was still undecided.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The mainstream media, and the Democrats, continue to refuse to learn from their mistakes. With all other things being equal, they&#8217;re looking for a repeat of the disappointment they felt when the last presidential election was called for then candidate Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2018\/12\/28\/politics\/house-democrats-investigations-lawyers-hiring\/index.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I heard a story about how Sailors did swim call, in the middle of the ocean, &hellip; <a title=\"Democrats Continue to Run into President Trump&#8217;s Traps\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=83783\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Democrats Continue to Run into President Trump&#8217;s Traps<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}