The political filter misses the story completely. As usual.
Here's the real story. You need a business filter to see it clearly. In my corporate life I watched lots of new leaders replace old leaders. And there is one trick the good leaders do that bad leaders don't: They make some IMMEDIATE improvement that everyone can see. It has to be visible, relatively simple, and fast.
Why?
Because humans are not rational. Our first impressions rule our emotions forever. Trump has a second chance to make a first impression because his performance as President is fresh ground. Trump is attacking the job like a seasoned CEO, not like a politician. He knows that his entire four-year term will be judged by what happens before it even starts. What he does today will determine how much support and political capital he has for his entire term.
So what does a Master Persuader do when he needs to create a good first impression to last for years? He looks around for any opportunity that is visible, memorable, newsworthy, true to his brand, and easy to change.
Enter Ford.
Enter Carrier.
Trump and Pence recognized these openings and took them. Political writers will interpret this situation as routine credit-grabbing and exaggerated claims. But business writers will recognize Trump's strategy as what I will call the "new CEO Move." Smart CEOs try to create visible victories within days of taking the job, to set the tone. It's all about the psychology.
If you are looking at Trump's claims of success with Ford and Carrier in terms of technical accuracy and impact on the economy, you will be underwhelmed. But if you view it through a business filter and understand that psychology is the point of the exercise, you're seeing one of the best new CEO moves you will ever see.
I'll say this again because it's important. We're all watching closely to see if President Elect Trump has the skill to be president. And while you watch, Trump and Pence are pulling off one of the most skillfully executed new CEO plays you will ever see. Remember what I taught you in the past year: Facts don't matter. What matters is how you feel. And when you watch Trump and Pence fight and scratch to keep jobs in this country, it changes how you will feel about them for their entire term. This is a big win for Trump/Pence disguised as a small win.
The political press will dismiss Ford and Carrier with fact-checking. But the stock market will be smarter. Experienced business people recognize the "new CEO" move and they know how powerful and important it is.
If you are worried about Trump's talent for leadership, this should help set your mind at ease. He hasn't even started the job and he's already performing better than any past president in the same phase.
The article tells a lie... Which president was judged at the end of his tenure by what he did just after being elected but before getting in?
I call BS.
Trumps first impression was set in stone when he spouted xenophobic language.. Why else do you think there are people protesting in the streets of America... Snowflakes don't care that Trump will undo the liberal nazi agenda... As if any sane person would endorse the liberal nazi agenda if they knew what it was. They simply are terrified of the image of Trump. The racist, sexist and outright xenophobic image. That's why these people are protesting... Whether Trump is any of that stuff or not is besides the point, this is why the millenials who will be Americas future are protesting.. The liberal media might have other agendas but the mob is simple in its logic.