Building Bridges, Not Brick Walls

[WateringHole]

After the Presidental election in 1951, Democrat Senator Alan Ellender of Louisiana made an appointment to see General Eisenhower. The first thing Ellender did when he saw the General was shake his hand and congradulate him for becoming our next President. Senator Ellender told the Genaral during his Presidency, he & his staff can contact his office for anything he feels he can assist him with 24/7. Senator Ellender also invited the General to his office after his inauguration to have lunch which consisted of seafood gumbo, crawfish bisq & sweet potato pie. The lunch became so popular that it became a tradition after every Presidental inauguration, the President would have lunch at Senator Ellender's office.
Senator Ellender built bridges for communication, not brick walls so thick it'll take a nuclear bomb just to put a crack in it like Trump wants to do.
Diplomacy is something very rare with politicians these days.