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That's way too 4D chess. He's essentially a drag performer who primarily performs for himself. It's the only context in which anyone would ban products that Ame
by jimz 6y ago
That's way too 4D chess. He's essentially a drag performer who primarily performs for himself. It's the only context in which anyone would ban products that Americans generally can't use or don't even know about, or write executive orders that can't actually be carried out, or tries to pull a coup through a court system that he doesn't have direct control over. It's like the fine art of gender impersonation or, for fans of The Crown, "Kinging/Queening", he's just presidenting, nothing to see here.
- LatteLazy 6y agoI'm never quite sure. Is he just a drag act like you say (he's definately that) or is there some weird background conspiracy as well? I like to think there is, but that's at least partly because I don't like the idea there is nothing here but distraction. Who knows.
- 8bitsrule 6y agoMore likely Lost down his own private-Idaho-rabbit-hole.
- CyberDildonics 6y agoEverything he has done has boiled to down to only four reasons: 1. Money 2. Adoration 3. Revenge 4. Preservation
- dahfizz 6y agoI used to think that Trump was secretly a mastermind who put on a certain persona in public that was advantageous for him. But as time went on, I became more and more convinced that he just does not have the capacity for something like that.
- LatteLazy 6y agoApparently he's on all sorts of drugs (amphetamines and tranquillisers etc). It's entirely possible he's out of it most of the time...
- mikepurvis 6y agoFor another hilarious analogy, Seth Meyers described the behaviour of the senators backing him up as "cosplaying as noble statesmen"; here it is queued up: https://youtu.be/umWOkozTejI?t=425 https://youtu.be/umWOkozTejI?t=425
- js2 6y agoThere was a "Stop the Steal" event in DC yesterday that Roger Stone attended and it is so incredibly bizarre I have trouble believing that I'm not watching a Mike Judge movie or SNL skit: https://youtu.be/USLCJ0mRq3M https://youtu.be/USLCJ0mRq3M
- jcpham2 6y agoI have two words, “Thank you Jesus”
- ficklepickle 6y agoHe looks like a Dick Tracy villain
- pjc50 6y agoI don't think the correct reference is the honorable art of drag but, either reality TV (recall Trump's history on The Apprentice) or "keyfabe" from professional wrestling. The link that went round about the analogies between QAnon and LARP also seems relevant here. If someone lives in and believes their own hype for long enough, have they created their own little bubble of reality? It's like watching someone try to perform a coup with a foam sword and a Nerf gun. On the other hand, a lot of bank robberies are done with fake guns; so the question is, how much does the plausibility of realness matter? All a bit Baudrillard for my taste.
- dubya 6y agoKayfabe appears to be correct: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkghtyxZ6rc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkghtyxZ6rc
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- alisonkisk 6y agoDrag, layfabe, and LARP aren't any more or less honorable than each other. Reality TV is a bit different in that it is intentionally deceptive.
- thursday0987 6y agodo you actually believe that 1) Trump is the one coming up with these ideas, and 2) he just bans stuff willy nilly as some kind of masturbatory performance? is that really your understanding of Trump?
- paul7986 6y agoDon't we think a lot more needs to be done about China and will Biden do more or less?
- alisonkisk 6y agoSomething needs to be done. But it's not "more" or "less" than what Trump hadms done. Trump just adds chaos.
- coldtea 6y ago>That's way too 4D chess. He's essentially a drag performer who primarily performs for himself. The President seldom if ever performs for himself on big decisions. There are so many lobbies and power interests moving their hands here and there, according to the tides of power. It's just convenient for the masses to believe the President to be some kind of idiot (despite the fact that he is the President and they are random people which couldn't get that position if their lives dependent on it - or even much easier ones to get). Trump is just uncouth and uncultured, with no filter. On some ways it's a disgrace. On others, it's a breath of honesty - between JFKs mafia types (and general non-worthiness, he was just made President by his family's money), Nixon's tapes, Reagans disastrous economics and policies, Bush's cowboyism, Bill Clinton's scandals, sex obsession and Epstein field trips, and Obama's backtracking on promises, warmongering, and empty rhetoric) most politicians are equally crass if not more, they just know how to not show it or show it in moderation. Since Trump doesn't come from a politics background, he hasn't internalized this automatic filtering, instead he has been brought up on sales and media businesses, so he automatically takes the role of salesman and entertainer. The Trade War with China thing was a long time coming for the interests of certain parts of the American establishment, and will be continued by Trumps successors. It wasn't some idiot's one-off. And in those cases, unless you're clearly on top of the other side, there are lots of false bragging and BS symbolic moves that don't amount to much, so expect more of the "Tik Tok" style gestures in the years to come. My 2 euro-cents.
- LatteLazy 6y agoI always had a soft spot for Clinton. His worst crime was getting a consentual blow job from a woman in her 20s. I never got why that mattered given the shit the others were up to... Trumps "trade war" was a storm in a tea cup at best. It was great cover for business as usual imho. I hope whoever takes it on actually fights it. He's sort of wrecked future efforts by alienating almost every other nation Ns doing nothing imho, so I understand by Biden doesn't want to "continue" it. We'll see I guess.
- jstarfish 6y agoHa, it was far from being "just a blowjob," nor even a single intern. That's just the only time he got caught, since all the other witnesses/victims had been gaslighted or coerced into silence. It's all in the Starr report.
- takeda 6y agoIf we are using board games analogy, that's hardly a checker's game. If you are POTUS your opinion affects the market. You can easily affect the market. Imagine how easy would be to make money through stock options if you had the power to affect any stock to go up or down. Only ethics would stand in your way and if you think ethics are for loses, nothing is stopping you from doing that. If you want reduce your risk further, you could simply get paid by your friends from Mar-a-Lago (by purchasing expensive rooms in your hotel) by letting them know your announcement ahead of time and let them do the investment. That will also reduce connections to yourself.