27 points

Funny story.

When Trump ‘wrote’ his book “The Art Of The Deal” he gave his ghost writer full cover credit and half the profits. The writer has never stopped talking about how stupid Trump is.

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Trump’s so stupid that it has alleviated any sense of imposter syndrome for me, and it should for you if you have it too.

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He still has more drive than me. Really, I cannot do anything :<

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I’m not successful enough to have imposter syndrome

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1 point

not yet…

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I think he’s smart enough, but intelligence is not the only determinant of success.

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3 points

Malice is a good metric

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is he smart though? staring into the sun, Tim Apple, hamberder guy?

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That largely depends on the position imo, and this is not one of the positions where being smart enough is enough…if youre trying to do a job that helps the most people possible.

I think he is smart enough to know that causing chaos will help only those that he favors tho.

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One can be both smart and stupid at the same time.

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My question: was the whole Canada / Mexico thing just a smoke screen for the newly increased China tariffs?

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At 10%? I don’t think so.

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Meh. He’ll use it as another distraction every month or whatever frequency he wants. Just like the Republicans would only approve stopgap budgets, so they can turn up the drama and claim some negotiating victories every time to just keep the lights on. It’s all theater.

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Real question here… I keep seeing people say this, but what are the concessions that Canada and Mexico “gave” that they were already doing? I couldn’t find anyone mention it in the post.

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Basically appointing an investigator for fentanyl smuggling for Canada and sending troops to the northern border for Mexico.

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We already have a cZaR in the ministry. The whole thing is laughable if not terrifying.

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#doloytsarizm! Aurora gave her command.

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I had to do a double-take on the fact that Trump’s approval rating has been steadily improving since the beginning of January. Jesus fuck people are ignorant. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised with the wealth inequality, the media consolidation, the education standards the way they are…

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You have to stop and think, where are they getting the data? I’m not even sure if you call it confirmation bias, or journalists with guns to their heads.

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Whenever I think “man, the people around me can’t be that stupid right?” Then I get in my car and drive around for about 15 minutes and realize that yes in fact they are that stupid.

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Thats what happens when the average joe gets his news from Xitter or Fox News. They get rid of all critical thinking skills for the sake of owning the libs and freeze peach.

Trump could literally burn down their studio and Fox news would still spin it like “The democrats would have done even worse”

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I had a conservative admit they receive the the bulk of their news from Twitter, and Tim Pool. But simultaneously exclaims without evidence that AP/Reuters are not to be trusted. JFC.

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I think that’s all about who’s doing the polling and how they are doing it: https://abcnews.go.com/538/trump-approval-polling-average-works/story?id=117999010

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48 points

The fact that his approval rating still exists after that first term shows that he can do whatever he wants and his followers will still support him. It’s a cult, nothing will change that.

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The best ratings you can buy!

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Trump said he was going to raise the price of Canadian and Mexican things by 25%, then he didn’t do that.

Wouldn’t that improve your opinion of him?

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No, it would make me pissed off that he’s instigating shit with our neighbours.

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Approval ratings tend to go up as people fear to speak against their oppressor.

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