"Marillyn Lockheed" pic.twitter.com/9hUbrTeXlq— Dave Brown (@dave_brown24) March 22, 2018
The Warzone/The Drive: 'Marillyn Lockheed' Tells President Trump The F-35 'Absolutely' Is Invisible
Yet again, Lockheed Martin's CEO Marillyn Hewson told the president exactly what he wanted to hear and that's not a good thing.
Yet again, President Donald Trump has offered evidence that he may think Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is literally invisible. What’s worse, the firm’s top executive, Marillyn Hewson, agreed with his remarks and made no attempt to correct him at a time when her company finds itself in increasingly acrimonious negotiations with the U.S. military over the stealth fighter’s costs.
The comments came after Trump signed a presidential memo on March 22, 2018, calling for tariffs and other trade measures against China, which could impact up to $60 billion worth of goods that country exports to the United States each year. Before, during, and since the 2016 presidential election, Trump has repeatedly criticized Chinese trade practices and theft of private intellectual property, which experts believe includes industrial espionage and scooping up data on sensitive military technology. Hewson was on hand for the signing and press conference afterwards, which prompted the president to introduce her – as “Marillyn Lockheed,” with particularly heavy stress on Lockheed – and make the comments about the F-35.
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WNU Editor: For those who think President Trump is a "moron" .... they are convinced that the President believes that the F-35 can actually become "invisible". For those who think otherwise .... believe he is referring to its stealth abilities. It all comes down to one's political beliefs. Now calling Lockheed Martin's CEO Marillyn Hewson "Marillyn Lockheed" .... I found that to be hilarious, because she certainly has brought a lot of business to Lockheed Martin.
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Actually I don't think it comes down to one's political view. What I think it comes down to is understanding how things work in the business world and not allowing one's ideology to blind them.
I have a background in the business world working with small, medium, and a few large businesses. As such, I know that referring to the CEO of a company by the name of the company especially when that CEO has been successful in bringing business and profits to that company is not only common but is actually expected. In fact to not do so would be considered an insult. This practice dates at least to the mid 1990s and probably longer.
As for the "invisible" part, this is very likely a metaphor. I have seen this used on several occasions where large sums of money are spent. An example of this might be go something like this. Business partner # 1: "Check out this new copy machine and all of the features this baby has." Business partner # 2: (after sizing up the machine and seeing it is quite sophisticated and wondering if it even fits company needs) asks "how much did it cost?" Partner # 1: $10,000.00 Partner # 2: "For that price this machine better be able to take itself to the store, buy its paper, replace its own printer cartridges, refill itself with paper, and drive itself down the street!!"
In this context, this is obviously a metaphor. This is a real world example dating from circa 1998 or so. Others can be cited. The F-35 has been enormously expensive, of dubious benefit to our national security, and a huge allocation of precious resources away from other very pressing needs. Essentially this is a metaphor whereby POTUS is placing this CEO on notice that this thing had better deliver. In fact, if we were to assume this was not a metaphor and is to be taken literally extraordinary proof would need to be supplied. In the abscense of such extraordinary proof and the fact that metaphors are common in the English language the only reasonable course of action would be to assume that this is a metaphor.
I think a case could be made that one who assumes it is a not a metaphor is in fact a "moron." As to calling the CEO by the name of the company they represent, any business person would get this instantly. For those who do not have such a background, perhaps they may not pick up on this right away. With that said to instantly jump to conclusions without even asking basic questions tends to make one a "moron."
"At a military briefing in Puerto Rico in October, Trump said that "you literally can't see" the F-35, then quipped that "it's hard to fight a plane you can't see." He repeated this claim on Thanksgiving, telling the Coast Guard that he spoke to "some Air Force guys" about an "invisible" plane that the military possesses.
“They said, ‘Well, it wins every time because the enemy cannot see it, even if it’s right next to it, it can’t see it,’” Trump insisted"
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.bustle.com/p/trump-thinks-stealth-jets-are-actually-invisible-its-not-his-first-mistake-like-that-8582702/amp
LMFAO
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