Reaction & Commentary
Trump made his plans clear he told radio host Howie Carr I’ll just say not guilty and that’s exactly what he did he has also repeated that he did nothing wrong and he’s pointing to what he regards as a two-tiered system of justice that has repeatedly targeted him while repeatedly
Letting his political opponents off the hook notably Trump will be speaking at an event with supporters in New Jersey tonight and I’ll of course be giving updates on the story throughout the week but there’s something bigger Happening Here in fact I’d say it’s really the big picture to understand what’s happening you need
To understand Trump one of the more telling statements of what’s going through his mind came from Trump’s spokesperson Alina Haba who spoke outside the Miami Federal Courthouse Trump is apparently feeling defiant watch today is not about President Donald J Trump who is defiant it is not about the Republican Party
It is not about the 2024 election it is about the destruction of the long-standing American principles that have set this country apart for so long now not only that but immediately immediately after the arraignment Trump went to a restaurant in Miami where supporters have gathered and he said I
Think it’s going great watch I think it’s going great I think it’s a rig deal here we have a rigged country we have a country that’s corrupt we have a country that’s got no borders we have a country that’s got nothing but problems We’re a nation in Decline and then they do this
Stuff now for anyone who’s read some of Trump’s books this actually says a lot about where he’s at why is that well put simply it suggests that his mentality has not changed one bit let me explain now Trump’s book art of the deal that’s probably the best known it used to be
Regarded as a must read in business circles but one of his less remembered books was interesting as well it’s from 2008 it was called never give up how I turned my biggest challenges into success what Trump describes in that is his philosophy when he faces adversity and
Hardship and what he outlines is the secret behind his incredibly stubborn nature which he’s generally known for he describes his mental strategies for being unshaken by troubles why he is the way he is and how he turns situations around even when the otherwise seem hopeless he explained what goes through his mind
When he hears the word no when he started his real estate business you know this whole empire back in Manhattan in the 1970s that was a time when everyone else was warning against it they said don’t go to New York the city was going bankrupt all the way from
Local policy all the way up to federal policy it looked like everything was working against New York ever making a comeback and facing something like this well most people would look at the Hard facts and start their business somewhere else but that may be where Trump is different
To an extent again that he at first could seem even unreasonable he writes this if I had only considered the facts which weren’t too Rosy there was no way I would have ventured into real estate but I did why because when I hear the word no it becomes a challenge to me
The explain is deeper philosophy and why that is he writes I believe the so-called impossible is actually very often possible if you’re willing to work very hard and if you realize that problems can become opportunities New York City was having problems but maybe I could do something about those
Problems that kind of attitude can give you the power to conquer obstacles and succeed in the face of long odds and Trump starts his book interestingly by describing the lowest point in his life although maybe he’ll update the book once his later latest chapter in Miami
Is said and done but it goes back to the 1990s when Trump was facing bankruptcy as he put it his business was billions and billions of dollars in the hole he questioned what do you do when the entire world tells you it’s over and he notes that he had such a massive
Comeback from that situation that he was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for the biggest Financial turnaround in history in March of 1991 the New York Times and Wall Street Journal they declare that Trump was over they both ran front page stories and what looked like his total
Financial ruin the story went Global and the general narrative everywhere in the world was that Trump was finished that was the 90s and Trump wrote this that was the lowest moment I had yet encountered in my life and when his phones went quiet he gave
Him so he gave him some time to think he reflected on himself and he realized that he had become complacent and what did they do he worked on turning the situation around he explained giving up was never something that had entered my mind not for one second and I think
That’s the reason I can I confounded my critics they were trying to skewer me but it had the opposite effect it made me want to make a comeback and in a big way I knew I could prove them wrong by being stubborn by being tenacious and
Not giving in or giving up I became a stronger person very quickly during this time and he writes if you’re met with some setbacks refusing to give up is probably your best strategy and the ads as well I’d also already learned that problems are often opportunities in Disguise I began
To see my situation believe it or not as a great opportunity I had a big chance to show the press and my critics and my enemies that I was a force to be reckoned with not a flash in the pan success with no staying power that’s heady incentive and that’s looking at
The situation positively and then there was a turning point and that turning point was my attitude now of course this philosophy is actually not limited to Trump many of the greatest men in history actually held generally the same views Marcus Aurelius regarded as one of the five good Emperors of the Roman
Empire wrote this the impediment to action advances action what stands in the way becomes the way the idea is that challenge is an opportunity the difficulty becoming becomes a springboard towards success if you choose to utilize a situation rather than be crushed by it the ancient Sage loudsu expressed a similar Concept in
His book The daote Ching he explained this the best of men is like water why is that because water is adaptable when it runs into an obstacle it immediately finds a way around it and there was also the same in ancient Rome Luke and wrote in farsalia that
Caesar declared an oath to his country to save it from the people who would harm it and Caesar stopped before Crossing the Rubicon and it was there that he abandoned what he said was desecrated law he explains as well the philosophy of Kings serpents thirst burning sand all are welcomed by the
Brave endurance finds pleasure and hardship virtue rejoices when it pays dear for its existence now back to Trump and as if echoing his beliefs going back to the 1970s and the 1990s he explained when he announced his run for office again in 2024 when he said he was going
To do it all over again that he knew he would be attacked he was expecting it he said it and he declared also how he planned to face it watch we will be resisted by the combined forces of the establishment the media the special interests the globalists the Marxist radicals the woke corporations
The weaponized power of the federal government the Colossal political machines the tidal wave of dark money and the most dangerous domestic censorship system ever created by man or woman the most dangerous system we’ve ever had we will be attacked we will be slandered we will
Be persecuted just as I have been I mean I have been but many people in this room have been but we will not be intimidated we will persevere we will stand tall in the storm we will March forward into the torrent and we in the end will win our country
Will win we will win now whether Trump is actually embodying these virtues or not that’s your call but without a doubt it’s the philosophy that he has repeatedly expressed it doesn’t appear that he plans to give up anytime soon and it does appear as well that his decision to keep going
Regardless of everything he’s facing is very much helping with the polls uh folks stay tuned after the break we’ll be speaking with representative Andy ogles about Trump’s indictment and how it could impact his campaign
