The madcap meeting with Trump on guns, which was meant to add clarity and more urgency to the debate, instead saw the president undermining the importance of «due process,» calling for «comprehensive» gun control, and even humoring the idea of an assault weapons ban — all somewhat unexpected positions for a GOP president to hold. (vox.com)
Representatives of a number of organizations made speeches and took «some rather unexpected positions,» says Halliday. (sciencemag.org)
He didn't set out to be a leader rather a novelist and experimenter but leadership is influence, and so he finds himself in an unexpected position of power. (premierchristianity.com)