Thin skinned politicians not used to push back from Trump
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I remember one professor who was from New York who could be especially tough on students who were not prepared for that day's case studies. One young lady told him she was not prepared and then later raised her hand to say something in response to his points. He gruffly said, "What do you have to say? You aren't prepared." She responded that actually she was prepared, she just did not want to talk to him at the time.
The class laughed and the professor said that he once asked his wife why his students were so afraid of him. His wife was also a lawyer from New York. She responded, "Your normal tone of voice is considered a verbal assault in Texas."
That pretty much describes the Washington reaction to Trump. Congressman Peter King recently said in an interview that he grew up in Queens too, and that is the way many people talked.
In my work as a lawyer, it was not that unusual to run across people like that especially in New York. If you are calm under fire you can work with them and get things accomplished. I think that is one reason why Trump is comfortable around Marine generals. They have been in the crucible and know how to respond. People like Corker only hear the "verbal assault" and not the substance.
I suspect that one of the reasons the NY Times has been calmer under fire than the Washington Post is because they recognize the personality and are not running around with their hair on fire all the time.
BTW, I am not saying that all New Yorkers are that verbally aggressive. Many are unusually kind. I have worked with both.
Trump aides scramble to manage the president’s outburstsOne of my best friends in law school was another former Marine Corps officer. As many of the first year students were intimidated by law professors using the Socratic method, he and I were calm under fire. He used to joke that after surviving the Marine Corps training command we had been intimidated by experts and the professors weren't that bad.
Frustrated by his Cabinet and angered by criticism of his administration’s response to hurricanes, the president has lashed out. In a matter of days, Trump has torched bridges all around him, nearly imploded an informal deal with Democrats to protect young immigrants known as “dreamers,” and plunged into the culture wars on issues such as the national anthem.
I remember one professor who was from New York who could be especially tough on students who were not prepared for that day's case studies. One young lady told him she was not prepared and then later raised her hand to say something in response to his points. He gruffly said, "What do you have to say? You aren't prepared." She responded that actually she was prepared, she just did not want to talk to him at the time.
The class laughed and the professor said that he once asked his wife why his students were so afraid of him. His wife was also a lawyer from New York. She responded, "Your normal tone of voice is considered a verbal assault in Texas."
That pretty much describes the Washington reaction to Trump. Congressman Peter King recently said in an interview that he grew up in Queens too, and that is the way many people talked.
In my work as a lawyer, it was not that unusual to run across people like that especially in New York. If you are calm under fire you can work with them and get things accomplished. I think that is one reason why Trump is comfortable around Marine generals. They have been in the crucible and know how to respond. People like Corker only hear the "verbal assault" and not the substance.
I suspect that one of the reasons the NY Times has been calmer under fire than the Washington Post is because they recognize the personality and are not running around with their hair on fire all the time.
BTW, I am not saying that all New Yorkers are that verbally aggressive. Many are unusually kind. I have worked with both.
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