He's a Gordian Knot cutter.

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He's a Gordian Knot cutter.

Author: Curly1918 (16436 Posts - Joined: Aug 30, 2017)

Posted at 10:10 am on Jun 25, 2025

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I can't stand his personality or expressions... but on some issues he gets the

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_Knot

Replies to: "He's a Gordian Knot cutter."

Much as it pains me to admit, I give Trump credit here. Long overdue. [NT] [LINK] - Frank L - 9:58am 6/25/25 (33) [View All]
- Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. [NT] - ND521 - 4:24pm 6/25/25
  - What a d bag response. [NT] - Frankx - 6:48pm 6/25/25
    - Your Don calls supporters 'basement dwellers' & Vets 'suckers and losers'. All yours, Senior Chief. [NT] - ND521 - 7:59pm 6/25/25
      - Wrong again, I have a star. You’ve bought into the hate just to be right. Sad [NT] - Frankx - 9:29pm 6/25/25
        Corrected. Headed down for 4th. Sea 'N Air and fam time. [NT] - ND521 - 10:35pm 6/25/25
        Holes 2 3 and 4. Hit a 4 iron from the left fairway bunker on #4 to a foot from 185 [NT] - Frankx - 10:58pm 6/25/25
  - Oh he has his own agenda which is to make them shoulder their own defense without us. [NT] - Frank L - 5:09pm 6/25/25
- Previously, you & other Dems thought his negotiating position was his final position. - NedoftheHill - 1:07pm 6/25/25
  - Stand by all of those comments. And yeah no one ever thought he ever changes positions. Hence the - Frank L - 1:24pm 6/25/25
    - Every negotiation entails setting a goal, and taking an initial position that will be compromised. - NedoftheHill - 1:37pm 6/25/25
      - Oh please shoring up NATO was never his goal. His goal is to not have to fulfill the Article 5 [LINK] - Frank L - 4:17pm 6/25/25
        You are giving him credit for something you think he never intended. Um, ok. - NedoftheHill - 5:00pm 6/25/25
        Oh I think he intended to push them to raise their contributions. I also think that he has no - Frank L - 5:13pm 6/25/25
        Interesting viewpoint. I think he is not a subtle person like that. But, meh. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 7:01pm 6/25/25
        It’s not subtle at all. He has always disliked NATO and our commitment of having to directly defend - Frank L - 7:24pm 6/25/25
        
        TDS. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 4:33pm 6/25/25
- I’ll give Trump credit for this: - Chris94 - 12:16pm 6/25/25
- We all hump our own shit. [NT] - LanceManion - 11:42am 6/25/25
- NATO still hears DJT's words in last year's campaign questioning 'Article Five' along with - TyroneIrish - 11:33am 6/25/25
  - Of course. That's Trump's goal. Don't use Article 5 to seek US protection. What does 5% mean? - Eli - 12:44pm 6/25/25
    - “Do a math”. Can you at least try a little harder? [NT] - Domer From Hell - 1:00pm 6/25/25
- You should also give Putin credit. He’s the one who made it happen. [NT] - Chris94 - 11:18am 6/25/25
  - That's the excuse sold to their citizens by EU establishment. They know US is leaving. The center of - Eli - 12:08pm 6/25/25
    - The US isn’t leaving and it’s Russia Russia Russia because Russia… - Domer From Hell - 12:57pm 6/25/25
      - Rolling back US footprint in Europe is no longer a secret. It's a plan. Slow and ignorant. [NT] [LINK] - Eli - 1:18pm 6/25/25
        You’re uninformed and a traitor. The Pentagon… - Domer From Hell - 1:29pm 6/25/25
  - Putin made his attentions clear decades ago... the Euros blinded themselves to the truth. [LINK] - Curly1918 - 11:32am 6/25/25
    - The truth is that Trump supported Nordstream 2...(see linked article explaining this) [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 11:56am 6/25/25
- Agree 100% [NT] - Domer From Hell - 10:52am 6/25/25
- Ok, but the US doesn't spend 5% of it's GDP for defense, so why require others? [NT] - Quest4twelve - 10:22am 6/25/25
  - Because let’s face it in this alliance we do the rules. Moreover the sheer volume of our GDP - Frank L - 10:26am 6/25/25
- He's a Gordian Knot cutter. [LINK] - Curly1918 - 10:10am 6/25/25
  - 'Knot' here...and 'Knot' in the Middle East either ;-) [NT] - TyroneIrish - 11:59am 6/25/25