<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">T has put a lot of his ego into the wall, and his own party won't give it to him. Now he'll shut down the gov. until he gets it. ?? If this does not lead to impeachment, nothing will. OTOH, he wants troops out of Syria, in defiance of his military advisors, so he is not supporting a combative view 100%, which surprised me.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Apparently pointing out that he is wrong several times a day has no effect on him. I don't know that I have ever seen a person like him and have no theory to go to. Of course there is a negative correlation between expertise and ideas of competence and certainty - known for a long time.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 6:20 PM John Clark <<a href="mailto:johnkclark@gmail.com">johnkclark@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><font size="4">OK now I'm really worried. The last remaining adult in the entire Trump administration, Secretary of Defence General Jim (madman) Mattis<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> has just resigned in protest; I understand why he did it but I wish he hadn't because despite his nickname he was unique in the Executive branch in being both smart and honorable. Now there will be no calming <span class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">intelligent </font></span>voice between the order being given and the missiles flying. </font><div><font size="4"><br>Perhaps this can explain what's going on in Washington: </font><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW9R6jgE7SQ" target="_blank">The Dunning-Kruger Effect.</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">PS: The financial markets were already skittish and I don't think they are going to like this any better than I do. Merry Christmas.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">John K Clark </font></div><br class="gmail-m_-9164996271332900202gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div></div>
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