Mr. Shaman
Seer
Yeah....he's CRAZY, alright.....
October 7, 2016 - "Trump has long embraced many of his personal attributes that worry his critics, according to a review of his writings and statements.
He has acknowledged that he has fired those who disagree with him and has argued that shallowness is a virtue because it helps him make quick decisions.
“The day I realized it can be smart to be shallow was, for me, a deep experience,” he wrote in “Think Like a Billionaire,” his 2004 book.
Trump said in an interview with The Washington Post earlier this year that he has never read a biography of a president and has little patience for detailed reports or briefings. He said he makes decisions “with very little knowledge other than the knowledge I already had, plus the words ‘common sense,’ because I have a lot of common sense and I have a lot of business ability.”
While a president has to deal with countless issues, relying on advisers and the ability to absorb and distill vast quantities of information, often from competing interests, Trump has prided himself on being a “one-man army.”
“You’re not only the commander in chief, you’re the soldier as well. You must plan and execute your plan alone,” he wrote in “Think Like a Billionaire.”
Clues to Trump’s approach to the presidency can be found in his many books. As he explored a run for the presidency on the Reform Party ticket in 2000, Trump suggested that as president, he would attack North Korea to destroy its nuclear weapon capability. “Am I the only one who thinks it might make more sense to disarm the North Korean nuclear threat before it shows up in downtown Seattle or Los Angeles?” Trump wrote."
William Cohen, a Republican who served as President Clinton’s secretary of defense, said a commander in chief must choose his words carefully. “There has to be a filter between his thoughts and words, and one hopes his thoughts are deeply anchored,” said Cohen, who has endorsed Hillary Clinton. What I see is [Trump] just shoots whatever is in his mind.”
Leon Panetta, a Democrat who served as President Clinton’s chief of staff and President Obama’s secretary of defense and CIA director, said a president must be able to “remain calm and to have control of your emotions.” Panetta said he is concerned that Trump would be “so easily provoked that he thinks more about himself and the consequences to his name and image.”
Similar concerns have been cited by other former national security officials, Democrats and Republicans alike, in their decision to oppose Trump’s candidacy. In August, a group of officials that included Michael Chertoff, who led the Whitewater investigation into Clinton dealings and became President George W. Bush’s secretary of homeland security, wrote a letter saying that Trump “lacks the temperament to be president . . . lacks self-control and acts impetuously.” Chertoff has endorsed Clinton.
Trump has waved off the attacks, referring to such critics as “political hacks.” His campaign last month countered with a letter signed by 88 retired military generals and admirals endorsing the Republican nominee and criticizing Clinton, pointing to Trump’s “commitment to rebuild our military, to secure our borders, to defeat our Islamic supremacist adversaries and restore law and order.”
Shiflett, the ghost writer, recalled that when he went to talk to Trump to gather material for “The America We Deserve,” the businessman was surrounded by beautiful women and by three men in pinstripe suits, who expressed agreement with whatever Trump said. Shiflett began to refer to them as the “Amen Charlies.”
