Trump Blames Everyone But Himself
To the Reader’s Forum:
Great leadership, a rare and wonderful gift, is something this country has often been blessed with during its most troubling times. Some of the many examples are the magic of the Constitutional Convention and leadership of the Founding Fathers, Lincoln’s guiding the nation through the Civil War, Roosevelt’s steady hand during the Great Depression, and Eisenhower’s masterful balancing act which led to victory in World War II. One of the many traits required of great leaders is their ability to take responsibility. Taking responsibility implies ultimate ownership of a problem and great leaders assume the responsibility because it is their leadership that will solve it.
It was with dismay to read that Donald Trump is now blaming Attorney General Sessions for his problems with the Russia probe. It is an all too familiar theme, Trump blaming others. I decided to do a Google search on the term “Trump blames.” I’m sure the lights dimmed in Sunnyvale as the Google computers returned 18 million results. Here are a few of them:
Trump blames Sessions
Trump blames FBI
Trump blames media
Trump blames TV news
Trump blames criminal justice system
Trump blames victims
Trump blames dems
Trump blames immigrants
Trump blames Obama
Trump blames intelligence community
Trump blames ‘brutal’ North Korea
Trump blames China’s Xi Jinping
Trump blames Puerto Rico
Trump blames movies and video games
Trump blames FBI for Parkland massacre
Donald Trump blames constitution for chaos of his first 100 days
Donald Trump blames Samsung
Trump blames Congress
Trump blames ‘many sides’
Trump blames Senator Durban
Trump blames Amazon
Trump blames armed officer
Trump blames generals
Trump blames Lawrence, NH
Trump blames Mexico
Trump blames Texas
Trump blames ‘so-called leaks’
Trump blames Putin
Trump blames Qatar
Trump blames free-riding foreign states
Trump blames NATO
Trump blames Cuba
Trump Blames Bad Poll Numbers on Existence of Numerical System (satire from Andy Borowitz)
DONALD TRUMP BLAMES EVERYONE BUT HIMSELF FOR FAILED CAMPAIGN PROMISES
It appears that Mr. Trump’s leadership style differs considerably from past great American leaders. For him, the buck stops anywhere but here.
Tom Meara,
Jamestown
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