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just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 24 days ago

Everything Trump is doing makes perfect sense if you understand one simple fact

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Everything Trump is doing makes perfect sense if you understand one simple fact

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just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 24 days ago
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Everything Donald Trump is doing and will do makes perfect and sudden sense if you understand one simple fact: For him, it’s all a show.He views the White House as a sound stage, like the set made to look like a boardroom where he performed for NBC on The Apprentice. He sees the people around him as...
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  • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    It’s not him … it’s the establishment of politicians, funders, supporters, wealthy elites and managers who all want this to happen. They want Trump up there to destroy everything for their own agenda.

    50 years from now everyone will blame Trump the man for everything … it wasn’t him, it isn’t him … it’s all the people and power brokers that brought him up and are keeping him in place.

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    He is the byproduct of our system. He is not the source, he is merely the most unflattering look in the mirror of our own society.

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    So, in other words…he’s delusional and thinks this is a TV show and he’s the main character?

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      Yes

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    He’s a stupid mob boss. He threatens and abuses people to get what he wants. “It would be a shame if I imposed 145% tariffs on you, I guess I’ll do that since you’re not calling me.”

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    He is a rapist.

    does explain everything.

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    Some of it only makes sense if you factor in collusion with hostile foreign governments.

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    It’s a stage for reality tv but its impacting me and you. And not in an entertaining way, or in way that it can be undone.

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    It succeeded because Donald had no control over it; he just showed up and did what the show’s writers and Burnett told him to do.

    Everyone always says that he was unpredictable and they had to cut and edit around what he said to make the thing make sense. Which is it? I’m more inclined to believe he was unpredictable, so I stopped reading when I got to this.

    Edit: I agree with the premise, however.

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    It’s perfectly explained by the fact that the ruble is now worth more than the dollar…

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      Let’s not start lying about stuff. The rubble is not worth more than the dollar.
      1.00 RUB = 0.01 USD

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        I misstated… here is the (an) article…

        https://financialpost.com/news/economy/ruble-top-performing-currency-trade-war-hits-us-dollar

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          It’s still only worth a penny.

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      The ruble is worth more than the penny, but it’s way down from 2008 when it was almost a nickel.

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        I misstated the situation… article: https://financialpost.com/news/economy/ruble-top-performing-currency-trade-war-hits-us-dollar

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