“Trump’s Luck” Explained: When preparation meets opportunity

There is an old formulation, often attributed to the Roman philosopher Seneca, that luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. It is a useful lens for examining the last eighteen months of the Trump administration, because it exposes the intellectual laziness — and, more often, the cynical political motive — behind the Democrat-media complex’s favored explanation for nearly every Trump-era success: that he simply got lucky.

Palestine and The Nature of Things-George Mcclellan 

Palestinians, I was told, offer nothing to Jordanian society except hostility, conflict, and woe. Egypt, where I have twice been, has nothing but sneering contempt for the Palestinians and wants nothing to do with them.