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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's Alpha Male Foreign Policy
. . .Just listen to Sebastian Gorka, the Breitbart propagandist and Hungarian ultranationalist turned White House national security aide. Hes been saying it loud and clear for a couple months now whenever hes asked about Trumps foreign policy and how the new president will shake things up globally: The alpha males are back. . . .
Now that hes president, Trump has taken the gendered politics of foreign policy to a whole different level. As the Alpha Males slogan suggests, its both a worldview for Trump and his teamand a philosophy of who and how to get the job done. It helps explain why hes staffed his national security team and the power positions in his Cabinet with brawny, uniformed military officersand also his oft-stated regard for various authoritarian strongmen leaders, such as Russias Vladimir Putin or Egypts Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi.
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Tough talk is quite easy. Bullying is quite easy, says Wendy Sherman. Getting something done in the world is quite complicated.
One of the lessons for the alpha males, adds Michele Flournoy, is to actually start with the facts.
I asked Sherman and Flournoy, two of Washingtons most alpha of Alpha Ladies, to talk about Trumps macho foreign policyand what its really like to be a woman in the Situation Roomin an interview for this weeks edition of our new podcast, The Global Politico. Flournoy, the top policy official in Obamas Pentagon, was in line to become the first woman secretary of defense had Clinton won the election; Sherman, who served as the chief negotiator of Obamas Iran deal as his undersecretary of state for political affairs, was mentioned as a possible secretary in a Clinton administration. They were joined by Madeleine Albright, who became the first woman ever to hold the job of secretary of state when Bill Clinton appointed her to the post in his second term. . ."Tough talk is easy, but actually advancing American interests in a way that's smart is a lot harder. (Michele Flournoy)
Now that hes president, Trump has taken the gendered politics of foreign policy to a whole different level. As the Alpha Males slogan suggests, its both a worldview for Trump and his teamand a philosophy of who and how to get the job done. It helps explain why hes staffed his national security team and the power positions in his Cabinet with brawny, uniformed military officersand also his oft-stated regard for various authoritarian strongmen leaders, such as Russias Vladimir Putin or Egypts Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi.
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Tough talk is quite easy. Bullying is quite easy, says Wendy Sherman. Getting something done in the world is quite complicated.
One of the lessons for the alpha males, adds Michele Flournoy, is to actually start with the facts.
I asked Sherman and Flournoy, two of Washingtons most alpha of Alpha Ladies, to talk about Trumps macho foreign policyand what its really like to be a woman in the Situation Roomin an interview for this weeks edition of our new podcast, The Global Politico. Flournoy, the top policy official in Obamas Pentagon, was in line to become the first woman secretary of defense had Clinton won the election; Sherman, who served as the chief negotiator of Obamas Iran deal as his undersecretary of state for political affairs, was mentioned as a possible secretary in a Clinton administration. They were joined by Madeleine Albright, who became the first woman ever to hold the job of secretary of state when Bill Clinton appointed her to the post in his second term. . ."Tough talk is easy, but actually advancing American interests in a way that's smart is a lot harder. (Michele Flournoy)
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/trumps-alpha-male-foreign-policy-214830
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Trump's Alpha Male Foreign Policy (Original Post)
CousinIT
Feb 2017
OP
Stupid is beta ... stupid is in no way alpha male. Talking tough and being a coward is what I've
uponit7771
Feb 2017
#1
I agree about alphas. Obama & Hillary are true Alphas. True Alphas don't have to bully
WePurrsevere
Feb 2017
#2
uponit7771
(90,336 posts)1. Stupid is beta ... stupid is in no way alpha male. Talking tough and being a coward is what I've
...seen out of Benedict Donald's crew so far
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)2. I agree about alphas. Obama & Hillary are true Alphas. True Alphas don't have to bully
To get things done and don't whine and pitch a hissy fit like a bratty toddler when they don't get their way.
CousinIT
(9,241 posts)3. +1 n/t