https:\/\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2018\/07\/25\/opinions\/michael-cohen-donald-trump-tape-strategy-zelizer\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\nThe liberal left and RINO Republicans were too focused on the public performances by Donald Trump to realize they were \u201cpublic performances<\/strong>.\u201c Trump knows how to work a room. He, like Ronald Reagan, is an actor. There is a reason he was wildly successful with Celebrity Apprentice. Yet somehow the MSM assumed that Trump was not capable of carrying on an ordinary conversation. Apparently they were unable to distinguish between the actor and the executive.\u00a0 The author is shocked to report:<\/p>\n\u201cNo, on this tape we hear a little bit of a methodical and controlled candidate who is trying to figure out how to handle a potential problem in his campaign — how to kill an embarrassing story. He listens, absorbs and responds. He knows what is going on, and he wants a workable plan.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nThe author suddenly realizes, with horror, that both friends and foes have continually underestimated Trump. He now realizes that\u00a0the man who\u00a0built a billion dollar business is actually a competent executive. Talk about being fooled by your own delusions?<\/p>\n
He even admits that:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe tape allows us to hear a Trump who has a game plan that will allow him to pursue policy initiatives that matter to him and control and direct the media narrative about his presidency — all the while working toward re-election in 2020. Whether it works is an unknown, but there is a plan.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nHe also admits that the liberal left made similar mistakes regarding\u00a0both Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan.\u00a0 Notice the pattern here?\u00a0It is astonishing to realize that anyone would underestimate the man who personally ordered the D Day invasion. It is easier to understand why a lot of people underestimated Ronald Reagan. Liberals have always assumed they are the brightest people in the room and they are always stunned to learn that some really smart people disagree with them.\u00a0In addition to constantly underestimating their opponents,\u00a0liberals have a hard time learning from their mistakes. It is harder to learn from your mistakes if you are too stupid to realize you were wrong in the first place.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know which is more amusing. That the liberal left could have so completely underestimated Donald Trump, or the panic they must be feeling now when they realize the price they will pay for this miscalculation.<\/p>\n
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