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minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 day agoThis is how politics has worked for centuries.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·1 day agoThat’s not true at all … What the actual fuck about today do you think is normal for the entire existence of America?
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 day agoThe use of leaks to the press to gauge reaction to a hypothetical policy or announcement? The subject of this comment chain?
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 day agoYes… None of those are happening normally. If a bus slams into the bus stop at 90mph, you don’t just step onto it. Even if it arrived at the right time.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoNo idea what that’s supposed to be an analogy of. Are you actually claiming that Trump is the first to practice kite-flying? Because that’s a bold claim.
minus-squareGreenBeard@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoThey’re right though. “Floating a trial balloon” and “Testing the waters” wouldn’t be idioms if they weren’t a common behaviour.
This is how politics has worked for centuries.
That’s not true at all …
What the actual fuck about today do you think is normal for the entire existence of America?
The use of leaks to the press to gauge reaction to a hypothetical policy or announcement? The subject of this comment chain?
Yes…
None of those are happening normally.
If a bus slams into the bus stop at 90mph, you don’t just step onto it. Even if it arrived at the right time.
No idea what that’s supposed to be an analogy of.
Are you actually claiming that Trump is the first to practice kite-flying? Because that’s a bold claim.
They’re right though. “Floating a trial balloon” and “Testing the waters” wouldn’t be idioms if they weren’t a common behaviour.