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@spruce112358 saidAs long as he controls the narrative, he's affable, charming, a bit droll, and the incoherencies hardly matter. But scratch beneath the surface, and you discover there is no 'beneath the surface' -- he's all surface. That's why he moves on so quickly to another subject whenever anyone tries to dig deeper. Just listen to his rambling nonsense about 'those numbers are so much bigger than any numbers we're talking ....'
So I decided to listen to the Joe Rogan podcast w/ Trump. I figured I would last about 30 seconds, but I steeled myself - and I was surprised. Without seeing his face, it was easier, somehow.
Eventually I became enthralled. Three hours.You know how when you start watching some tiny little animal spin a cocoon or make a nest? They go back and forth, busily collecting t ...[text shortened]... h That Voice. Probably because he himself heard it. But on the radio, in the 1930's.
Fascinating.
WHAT NUMBERS?? It's complete drivel what he's saying there.
Even his supporters scramble to make any kind of sense out of this word salad. Apparently, he thinks he is going to impose a tax on foreign countries which export products to America and thereby finance childcare, but he does not actually say that. He rambles on about unspecified numbers being so much bigger than some other unspecified numbers, and winds up with his vapid appeal 'make America great again' to rapturous applause. Pathetic, simply pathetic.
As several economists have pointed out, imposing a tariff on imports does not force the foreign country to pay money into the US treasury. Supposing a 20% tariff were imposed on Bibles made in China -- China does not pay the 20% on top of the wholesale price; it is the US importer who does, and he passes the cost on to the buyer. DUH! Trump, the great businessman, who bankrupted five companies, really has no idea how economies work, neither domestic nor international. Little mystery how he managed to run up the third highest national debt of any US president in history, even before COVID hit. And yet, in Trump World, his supporters think he's the candidate who will be better for the US economy. Sarumon Effect in full force.
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@moonbus saidIt's like a hyperactive spider, running around inside its cocoon, spinning a few webs, then scampering somewhere else. Crossing and re-crossing the same area over and over and over...
As long as he controls the narrative, he's affable, charming, a bit droll, and the incoherencies hardly matter. But scratch beneath the surface, and you discover there is no 'beneath the surface' -- he's all surface. That's why he moves on so quickly to another subject whenever anyone tries to dig deeper. Just listen to his rambling nonsense about 'those numbers are so ...[text shortened]... orters think he's the candidate who will be better for the US economy. Sarumon Effect in full force.
EDIT: Trying to make rationale sense of 'what is this spider thinking?' is fruitless. It's just instinctively shooting out webs from whatever store of 'stuff' it has in its head.
@spruce112358 saidHis thinking is: tell people whatever I (Donald Trump) think they want to hear right now.'
It's like a hyperactive spider, running around inside its cocoon, spinning a few webs, then scampering somewhere else. Crossing and re-crossing the same area over and over and over...
EDIT: Trying to make rationale sense of 'what is this spider thinking?' is fruitless. It's just instinctively shooting out webs from whatever store of 'stuff' it has in its head.
His playbook as a rogue politician is the same as when he swindled banks out of loans at reduced interest rates: 'I'm too big to fail, it is a tremendous privilege for you, the bank, to loan me money, so make someone else pay for it.' Remember his claim that Mexico would pay for the wall? He's great at persuading people that someone else is gonna pay, that's what people like to hear: they're going to get something for free and he's the only one who can cut the deal. It's exactly the same cockamamie scheme as in his childcare babble: he thinks some American tax is going to make foreign countries pay for Americans' childcare, with 'really big numbers.'
The incredible thing to me is that people have bought this same fairy story off him yet again. Mexico did not pay for his wall. They're not going to pay for Americans' childcare either.
@moonbus saidAmerica has produced more swindlers than any country in history PROBABLY because we are more optimistic (and therefore gullible) than any people in history*.
His thinking is: tell people whatever I (Donald Trump) think they want to hear right now.'
His playbook as a rogue politician is the same as when he swindled banks out of loans at reduced interest rates: 'I'm too big to fail, it is a tremendous privilege for you, the bank, to loan me money, so make someone else pay for it.' Remember his claim that Mexico would pay for the ...[text shortened]... et again. Mexico did not pay for his wall. They're not going to pay for Americans' childcare either.
Sharks thrive in the best hunting grounds.
*I am completely making these statistics up. But it sounds kind of right, doesn't it?
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@spruce112358 said'Really big numbers, ... so much bigger than any numbers we're talking about ...'
America has produced more swindlers than any country in history PROBABLY because we are more optimistic (and therefore gullible) than any people in history*.
Sharks thrive in the best hunting grounds.
*I am completely making these statistics up. But it sounds kind of right, doesn't it?
Ah, you mean, like, a godzillion ? That'll go down well with Evangelicals.
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@moonbus saidThey told George Bush that 2 Brazilian soldiers had died in Iraq, and he was aghast.
'Really big numbers, ... so much bigger than any numbers we're talking about ...'
Ah, you mean, like, a godzillion ? That'll go down well with Evangelicals.
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"That's TERRIBLE!" he said. "How many is a brazillion?"
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Yeah, Bush Jr.'s IQ was severely misoverestimated. His dad was actually pretty smart though, but had the misfortune to be in Reagan's shadow.