President Trump Threatens to "Totally Destroy" North Korea.

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DonFerrari said:

Machiavellian said:

I totally agree he probably got elected because of grade school language.  That says alot about America more than it does Trump.  You basically using words that any 5 grader should know is not difficult or subterfuge.  When you are in your preteens and teens you insult people this way because thats what everyone does but at some point you grow up.  In a position of power that effect billions, you learn that someone your enemy can easily become your ally and treating people with respect but still be firm in your position is what separate a leader from the average bum off the street.  As you say if politicians go down the namecalling, personal attacks route discourse becomes harder and it takes us closure instead of futher from a solution that does not involve war.

Threating someone with respect is all good, but not everyone deserves it. But case in point I was saying that using direct language instead of using high level language when the intent is the same, agression and etc to me is the same. As a writter I care a lot about the language and usage, but as a person I value the actions and intentions far more than the words used, so on politics I get nauseated with all the hidden insults in all the polite language used.

Who said anything about deserving respect.  You treat them with respect because disrespecting them gains you absolutely nothing.  This is just basic negotiating tactics.  The only time you disrespect someone is when you want a situation to go south.  

 Once you go down the desprect route you are closing the door to negotiation.  Politics is the game Trump is playing even though he wants to play it different.  The rules are different and how you conduct yourself is different.  That’s like a baseball player coming to the NBA thinking he will apply baseball rules to that sport.  It sounds silly and stupid and so does the approach Trump does within the office.   Also what Trump does is not direct language, its grade school immature language.  Would you in a meeting with CTO, CEO and high executive people use name calling to describe another customer, co worker etc.  Maybe this is how Trump runs his business but the US government isn’t a business.  This is why you do not put someone into a position he/she is not qualified for or even have the basic political skills to do the job effectively.  Having your evey man type of leader who does not know how to speak to other leaders is not effective.  What we have seen from Trump is that this is one of his biggest weakness.