Does President Trump Talk Too Much? By Karen Kwiatkowski

The title question answers itself. From Karen Kwiatkowski at lewrockwell.com:

I found myself on a recent Judging Freedom episode saying that Trump as statesman tweets too much.  In retrospect, who am I to tell the President or anyone else to stop talking; it’s anti-liberty and rude.  Yet, it may be good advice; saying too much can help “enemies” to shape public opinion, and even to target Trump specifically.

Getting the dirt on a country’s leader – the intentions, the predilections, their secrets and their open confessions, tweets and threats – and using that dirt strategically is an intelligence function.  It’s what humans do on their own and in the employ of governments and businesses.  It’s part of the competition.  The hunter and the hunted, the prey outwitting the predator, or vice versa.

In nature, prey animals try to stay quiet, and the predator does the same.  Trump’s favorite sport is also a quiet game.  Even so, in both animal and human worlds, sound and action are used to warn the group, to compete for the best mates, and even to trick prey through subterfuge and deceit.  There are a variety of creatures that exhibit camouflage patterns to hide their real vulnerability, and mislead potential predators.  They pose as foul-tasting or dangerous, or hide in plain sight.

Trump may be the political version of the Texas wasp moth, which appears to be a dangerous stinging insect to avoid being eaten. Is Trump the Mothman?

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