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I think you're misunderstanding the context. This is not criticizing voters who thought that candidate Trump was good. It's criticizing people who are not reacting strongly enough to Trump now.

Actually, we have research on the quality of his speeches that shows his brain is not functioning the way it used to. There's no doubt that old age is getting to him. Remember the scene when he was dancing? That's not a man who is 100%.

But as you said, it sure looks like he's trying to do a lot of the horrible things that he is successfully doing. Why are you giving him the benefit of the doubt and assuming it's only malice when it sure looks like both malice and incompetence?

Hey now we know Reagan was more or less senile by his second term and he was still very much a bastard. Multiple things can be true at the same time.

Thank you for saying this. People are gradually sobering up that Trump and co. know what they are doing. For many years, people are insulting him as dumb. But would a dumb person not be elected twice into the world's most powerful position? If he is dumb, who is the one wielding the power right now? Who is the one lording over us right now? There is the ongoing notion that the concept of intelligence means being smart in broad cognitive aspects. But academics are re-evaluating what intelligence means because we can clearly see that everyone being good at specific things, but not so with the others. Can we call a successful rich banker dumb for being bad at biology and vice versa? A demagogue may not know what "transgenic" means, but he certainly knows what levers to pull to incite the base emotions of voters into supporting him/her. That takes certain skills.

I would still laugh if someone tries to dismiss Trump as "dumb" even after these comments. The principles of Sun Tsu's "Art of War" can still be conceptually applied into everyday life, and one of the key tenets is to never underestimate your opponent. Keep calling Trump dumb, but who is the one in charge right now? Sure, his government policies are irrational amd harm everyone else, but not to himself and his cronies. He just performed insider trading in last two days after all. That still takes certain skills that most of us can't do.

Is Trump calling the shots?

I'd say yes, but I'd like to analyse the source of his policies. Who really wanted to play the tariff game?

partisan politics means that dem words mean fuck all. there needs to be full throated commentary by the fourth estate. alas it's just a branch of the republicans now.

Well, we keep seeing articles about former blind loyalty voters now regretting their Mad King elimination their former rock solid Gubmint Jobs.

They only care when it hurts them, or their family, personally.

Too late, too bad, so sad.

Please the tariff war was stage. He bragging just how much billionaire made off of it. It's only us not on in who suffered. That not dementia that trumps handlers using him to make themselves richer.

Wasn't there a time where a married man got a blow job in the oval office and people got very upset? Seems like morals didn't mean shit to the side that pushes "family values" and their idea of "morality." The conservatives nowadays remind of the dad in Moral Orel.

It's called narcissism.

A shining gem here in the shithole called Texas. We need more like her.

You blocked them and now you're using the fact that you don't see similar posts from the people you say you've blocked to justify that your blocks were correct?

Ngl one of the reasons I stick around this place as my final social media vestige is that there tends to be a lot of people who - and I mean this respectfully - are suspiciously similar to my own mind

I wonder why no one questions the volume of executive orders this guy issues.

I'm right there with you. Particularly in light of this tweet...

You're literally commenting on a post where they are finally questioning it in the media.

Maybe you meant sooner cuz yes, fuck yeah

Dementia doesn't follow a linear decline. He could have good days and worse days

While he does paint a quieter, more sympathetic image of Trump, it sounded less "mentally acute" and more just vibing along.

But WGAF about how nice Trump is in person if he cosplays as a crazy dictator in public, manipulating the market, destroying international trade and terrorizing the citizens?