Karen Tumulty Quotes

• Every revolution begins with the power of an idea and ends when clinging to power is the only idea left.

  Karen Tumulty

  Revolution

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• It's always easier in the Senate minority to maintain unity.

  Karen Tumulty

  Unity

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• The Donald Trump phone call with the president of Taiwan seems very much in line with his rhetoric during the campaign that he intended to be tough on China. And don't forget, we have seen a lot of presidential candidates, memorably, Bill Clinton, who used to criticize George Herbert Walker Bush for coddling dictators and then take the much softer line with China once he's in office.

  Karen Tumulty

  Office, Presidential, Tough

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I think that Donald Trump, how many times during the campaign did he tell us that his plan for dealing with foreign policy was to be unpredictable? Well, there we have it.

  Karen Tumulty

  Thinking, Foreign Policy, Unpredictable

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The evidence does look like this wasn't just a casual - world leaders don't just pick up the phone and call each other. It does appear that the Donald Trump phone call with the president of Taiwan was a deliberate move, a deliberately provocative move.

  Karen Tumulty

  Moving, Leader, President

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Other than they may or may not have discussed the relative merits of the Electoral College vs. the popular vote, what I am told by sources close to Al Gore is that this was at the instigation of Ivanka Trump, that she reached out to the former vice president recently to discuss climate change, and that he was really impressed with the way she was thinking about the issue, framing the issue.

  Karen Tumulty

  College, Thinking, President

  Source: www.pbs.org

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