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In this brief solo episode of 2030podcast.com, we explore another similar case of two historical icons and see if the parallel of history repeating itself could possibly occur.
One icon is General George Patton (the historic leader in World War II); the other is the 45th president of the USA, Donald Trump.
- Case point #1: Both were leaders of the USA (one in war, one in relative peace time), although Patton was a military man who was educated at West Point, NY, and Donald Trump was a real estate mogul and television producer from New York.
- Case Point #2: Both had very strong personalities and sometimes they did rub others the wrong way.
- Patton flew in the face of other allied generals in the European Campaign in World War II, and he was not liked at all (and sometimes marginalized);
- Trump flew in the face of his opponents in the political party of the Democrats, and he was not liked at all (and most of the time, he was censored and marginalized by a very biased press and media as well as the monopolies of the Silicon Valley platforms in the 21st century;
- Case point #3: Both Patton and Trump exercised their leadership with a very strong will and did not adhere to the politics within even his own organization.
- Patton had generals convinced that he should lose his command and be given a desk job in Washington, where others can keep their eyes on him at all times — in fact, it was Eisenhower (the Supreme commander) that saved him from a very unpopular and disgraceful discipline for speaking his mind and not being “politically correct.”
- Trump was marginalized by the media and the press and sometimes by some of his appointees and advisers, thus bringing negative impact to him on the news.
- Case point #4: Both could lose their desired commands and be used more as publicity hounds or decoys
- Patton was not allowed to be the leader of Operation Overlord (the invasion of France on D-Day in 1944), although the German armed forces assumed it would be he — instead, he was a decoy with a decoy army that would fool the Germans into thinking that he would land on France at the shortest point between England and the continent of Europe (and the Germans mobilized much of its force to meet him and stop his advance);
- Trump was faced with the possibility of not being president for a second consecutive term; instead, he would have to be a strong figure for 4 years so he could mobilize the American people against the fraud and evils of the administration that had stolen the election from him.
- Case point #5: The return of both to the center stage would be a sign of the need for him, despite the personalities.
- For Patton, his command of the armored division led straight to a reason for the German defeat, and for his saving thousands of American lives in places like Bastogne to break through and save the surrounded 101st Airborne Division — and then press on to Germany;
- For Trump, it could mean a return to the presidency after the miserable failures of the administration — and like Grover Cleveland, he could be a president that served 2 terms, but not consecutively.
- Case point #6: Both could then serve dutifully until they were “retired” from public life and public office.
- For Patton, it was the end of the war in Europe;
- For Trump, it could be the possible end of his possible second term.
- Case point #7: For Patton, his name was “blood and guts”; for Trump, his nickname was the “orange man” who tried to “Make America Great Again” instead of building back better with a great reset that could put the world into a horrible similarity of what the motion pictures “1984” and “Soylent Green” depicted.
For the year 2030, it is very possible that a president could have a second term, non-consecutive, after the many mistakes that the other administration will make and cause misery to the American people. We shall see.
And if history does repeat itself, then the stage will be set just on the eve of 2030 as to the direction, the strength, the strife and the situation of the USA in regards to leadership.
Perhaps you will need to consider the consequences of the repeat of history, if that, in fact, does happen.
So, although many would argue that they were very much “hated” by the people and the press, one could argue that they were the “best man for the job” during these tough times — and they did accomplish much of what was needed.
We shall wait to see what history will say (unless it is “changed” or rewritten by the woke movement) in the near future.
Thank you for your attention.
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