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Let's not fall into the trap of thinking that Trump is stupid. He may be a lot of things, but stupid people don't make it into the White House. And speaking of

Let's not fall into the trap of thinking that Trump is stupid. He may be a lot of things, but stupid people don't make it into the White House. And speaking of people who may be smarter than we think: http://keithhennessey.com/2013/04/24/smarter/ http://keithhennessey.com/2013/04/24/smarter/

jacquesm 10y ago
> He may be a lot of things, but stupid people don't make it into the White House. No, he's like a smart person. (Trump in speech to the CIA).[1] Really, if this isn't proof that stupid people do make it into the White House I don't know what is. If Trump was really smart he would be in control of the situation and not headed for an impeachment (hopefully sooner than later). The guy is a living trainwreck and he's taking America with him, that his main advisor has actually stated that his goal is to burn it all down[2] and does not seem to care if he destroys the civilized world as we know it as collateral damage doesn't help one bit. For every day that this passes it will take a year or more to undo the damage, assuming it can be rectified at all. A couple of months of this and it will have gathered momentum to the point where the divisions have become so enraged that a shooting war is a real possibility, which could be one of the goals, to purposefully lit the fuse so momentum will take over and they can enact even more ridiculous measures with the cover of an actual emergency situation. It's not like that trick didn't work countless times in the past. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OG6itojBiI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OG6itojBiI [2] https://www.google.com/search?q=bannon+wants+to+burn+it+all+down https://www.google.com/search?q=bannon+wants+to+burn+it+all+...
- glandium 10y ago
  > headed for an impeachment (hopefully sooner than later). Not a rethorical question, I just don't know. If there is impeachment and Trump is removed from office, what's supposed to happen? VP replaces him? That doesn't really sound like an improvement.
  - sangnoir 10y ago
    > That doesn't really sound like an improvement Perhaps not to Americans, but to the rest of the world the VP seems like the stabler choice. The administration's alignment would move from Chaotic to Lawful. I happen to value predictability and forces that can be reasoned with.
    - jacquesm 10y ago
      I suspect this is part of someone's game plan. Get the disaster elected then impeach him so someone else who would never in a lifetime manage to be elected president on his own power can take over to then do a whole bunch of stuff that would have never happened otherwise. Trump was using the GOP just as much as the GOP was trying to use Trump, the question now is how is the GOP going to control the problem they created without ending up in the gutter themselves. They are all scared and probably with good reason, any impeachment proceedings with Trump as the subject will automatically include a horde of very angry and potentially dangerous people. Right now they might be wondering if it is better to let things go to hell under Trump than to risk the wrath of a good 30% of the population.
joshbert 10y ago
Truly a riveting read. I had no idea Bush was like that behind closed doors.
ludicast 10y ago
I remember hearing on the Presidential podcast (from the WP), that after losing a congressional election, GWB promised to never be out-churched or out-countried again.

jacquesm 10y ago

> He may be a lot of things, but stupid people don't make it into the White House. No, he's like a smart person. (Trump in speech to the CIA).[1] Really, if this isn't proof that stupid people do make it into the White House I don't know what is. If Trump was really smart he would be in control of the situation and not headed for an impeachment (hopefully sooner than later). The guy is a living trainwreck and he's taking America with him, that his main advisor has actually stated that his goal is to burn it all down[2] and does not seem to care if he destroys the civilized world as we know it as collateral damage doesn't help one bit. For every day that this passes it will take a year or more to undo the damage, assuming it can be rectified at all. A couple of months of this and it will have gathered momentum to the point where the divisions have become so enraged that a shooting war is a real possibility, which could be one of the goals, to purposefully lit the fuse so momentum will take over and they can enact even more ridiculous measures with the cover of an actual emergency situation. It's not like that trick didn't work countless times in the past. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OG6itojBiI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OG6itojBiI [2] https://www.google.com/search?q=bannon+wants+to+burn+it+all+down https://www.google.com/search?q=bannon+wants+to+burn+it+all+...

glandium 10y ago
> headed for an impeachment (hopefully sooner than later). Not a rethorical question, I just don't know. If there is impeachment and Trump is removed from office, what's supposed to happen? VP replaces him? That doesn't really sound like an improvement.
- sangnoir 10y ago
  > That doesn't really sound like an improvement Perhaps not to Americans, but to the rest of the world the VP seems like the stabler choice. The administration's alignment would move from Chaotic to Lawful. I happen to value predictability and forces that can be reasoned with.
  - jacquesm 10y ago
    I suspect this is part of someone's game plan. Get the disaster elected then impeach him so someone else who would never in a lifetime manage to be elected president on his own power can take over to then do a whole bunch of stuff that would have never happened otherwise. Trump was using the GOP just as much as the GOP was trying to use Trump, the question now is how is the GOP going to control the problem they created without ending up in the gutter themselves. They are all scared and probably with good reason, any impeachment proceedings with Trump as the subject will automatically include a horde of very angry and potentially dangerous people. Right now they might be wondering if it is better to let things go to hell under Trump than to risk the wrath of a good 30% of the population.

joshbert 10y ago

Truly a riveting read. I had no idea Bush was like that behind closed doors.

ludicast 10y ago

I remember hearing on the Presidential podcast (from the WP), that after losing a congressional election, GWB promised to never be out-churched or out-countried again.