Source: Eastern New Mexico News
by Kent McManigal
“If you have an unfriendly neighbor, do you threaten your own family in an attempt to force the neighbor to behave? What if he threatened his family first? If all your friends jumped off a roof, would you jump, too? What if your threat works and the bad neighbor changes his behavior like you wanted? Most people would still see your behavior as antisocial. Is it different if you’re threatening the entire country you rule and we call the threat a tariff? Does this change your act from abuse to a negotiation? Don’t get me wrong: I appreciate Trump’s willingness to go beyond what establishment types have been willing to do. I don’t trust him, or anyone who sits in a government office, but he is an accomplished disrupter, and government needs to be disrupted. … the problem is too much government, and it is not a problem that can be solved with more government.” (02/12/25)