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Why do people seriously believe that presidential administrations are motivated by petty childishness? Do people really believe it to be possible that someone i
by nnfy 9y ago
Why do people seriously believe that presidential administrations are motivated by petty childishness? Do people really believe it to be possible that someone incompetent could make it as far as the presidency?
There's far more going on that we are unaware of, be it malice or good intentions, thus it is absurd to believe that our leaders are man children. We are too far removed from primary sources to know the truth.
- giarc 9y agoTrump handed Merkel a fake invoice for the amount of money Germany owed NATO. At what level of government is that a good idea?
- Sgt_Apone 9y agoThat actually didn't happen. http://globalnews.ca/news/3340159/donald-trump-angela-merkel-nato-bill-fake-news/ http://globalnews.ca/news/3340159/donald-trump-angela-merkel...
- sumedh 9y agoCan you give a proper source for that allegation preferably from the BBC.
- giarc 9y agohttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/germany-dismisses-white-houses-intimidating-300bn-bill-for-defence-dl7dk629k https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/germany-dismisses-white-h... The White House denies it, so who knows. Either way, there are many example's of him acting like a child. The inauguration debate for example.
- sumedh 9y agoSee this is why you have to be very careful when you make any statement about Trump.
- j2kun 9y agoWhen the president consistently acts childishly (with corroboration from his staff, videos of him pushing others aside for photo ops, and countless other shenanigans), does one rationally conclude he is childish, or that he is playing "10-dimensional chess?" (as his most zealous champions inevitably conclude) A serious question: what would the president have to do, within reason, for you to consider him petty, childish, or incompetent?
- lucio 9y agor u sure that you're well informed? >videos of him pushing others aside for photo ops Check it out. The Montenegro PM stepped on Trumps foot, both of them react to that. Ask yourself, What other information have you received in a biased form?
- pavlov 9y agoThat episode is completely irrelevant. To find out what Trump is like, it's enough to listen to what he says in interviews and writes on Twitter. You can't blame media bias for his own words.
- j2kun 9y agoThis is the point when you realize you've dodged the core of my comment in favor of nitpicking. (and where are you getting this foot information from, anyway?)
- mhh__ 9y agoMaybe he's not a man child, but what's his MO? His approval ratings are shite, so somethings not working
- 4msonny 9y agolast i checked, republicans (and pro-trump candidates) have won every special election since trump came to power. so much for "shite" approval ratings.
- mhh__ 9y agoNo, they really are shite: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/?ex_cid=rrpromo https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/... The only special election they should be disappointed about is georgia 6th. Many of the rest have been fairly encouraging, given that they have been competitive in red districts.
- ceejayoz 9y agoGA-06 hasn't had a Democratic rep in almost forty years. I'd be more disappointed about SC-05, where it was a close finish with little resources dedicated. If some of the GA-06 millions had been spent there, it might've been a win. I wouldn't be at all disappointed with the fact that both districts went Trump by 20 points, and were quite close less than a year later.
- mhh__ 9y agoWhen I say disappointed, I mean that they played up it's importance to a point where any result less than winning is a little embarrassing.
- bruceb 9y agoGA 6 was not won by 20 points by Trump. He won it by just over 1. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-georgia-6-special-election/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/everything-you-need-to-...