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re: the new administration

riedel 2y ago
There is claims that the current dutch administration kind of invented their new US counterpart: https://www.politico.eu/article/the-man-who-invented-trumpism-geert-wilders-netherlands-pvv-vvd-populist/ https://www.politico.eu/article/the-man-who-invented-trumpis...
- Fnoord 2y ago
  That guy ain't doing EO's. He ain't even leading the country; Dick Schoof does. Well, on paper, at least.
- vanderZwan 2y ago
  That's… a very naive take imo. Wilders is a far-right populist like Trump, and they have many other similarities, but they also have some very crucial differences. A very important one being that Trump is a figure-head leader but actually a puppet of other forces, while Wilders avoids being prime minister at all costs so he can keep playing the role of a reactionary politician complaining about bad leadership while making everyone dependent on him.
  - AnimalMuppet 2y ago
    Who, specifically, do you claim that Trump is a puppet of, and why?
    - deleted 2y ago
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    - vanderZwan 2y ago
      If you still are not noticing how quickly Trump changes his mind on literally anything depending on who is prepared to pay him, then no "specific" argument I can make will convince you otherwise. So I'm not in the mood to waste either of our time "debating" this here.
  - bobxmax 2y ago
    Wilders is also a fair bit more extreme than Trump.
bluGill 2y ago
Trump has a high statistical odds of dieing before the end of his term because of old age. (I doubt anyone will assassinate him, but that is also possible for any leader of a country). There will be more changes in administration - there always are.
- Larrikin 2y ago
  There is no statistical evidence of this when compared to presidents and not the general public. Seems like most presidents after World War 2 live a very long time if they are not assassinated. https://potus.com/presidential-facts/presidents-age-at-death/ https://potus.com/presidential-facts/presidents-age-at-death...
  - bluGill 2y ago
    I'm not quite sure how to calculate these statistics, but as I read the charts, it looks like someone his age has about a 25% chance of dieing in the next 4 years. Even in the worst (best?) case, he has near zero change of 25 more years, which means most reading this will outlive him.
    - dylan604 2y ago
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    - prmoustache 2y ago
      but most aren't morbidly obese no?
  - InitialLastName 2y ago
    The 4 post-WWII ex-presidents who outlived Trump circa 2028 (Bush Sr, Reagan, Ford, Carter) were all notable for their health and athleticism, which Trump isn't.
    - rafram 2y ago
      I would not say that Reagan, who famously developed Alzheimer’s while in office, was notable for his health. But he was already fairly old when he took office.

There is claims that the current dutch administration kind of invented their new US counterpart: https://www.politico.eu/article/the-man-who-invented-trumpism-geert-wilders-netherlands-pvv-vvd-populist/ https://www.politico.eu/article/the-man-who-invented-trumpis...

Fnoord 2y ago
That guy ain't doing EO's. He ain't even leading the country; Dick Schoof does. Well, on paper, at least.
vanderZwan 2y ago
That's… a very naive take imo. Wilders is a far-right populist like Trump, and they have many other similarities, but they also have some very crucial differences. A very important one being that Trump is a figure-head leader but actually a puppet of other forces, while Wilders avoids being prime minister at all costs so he can keep playing the role of a reactionary politician complaining about bad leadership while making everyone dependent on him.
- AnimalMuppet 2y ago
  Who, specifically, do you claim that Trump is a puppet of, and why?
  - deleted 2y ago
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  - vanderZwan 2y ago
    If you still are not noticing how quickly Trump changes his mind on literally anything depending on who is prepared to pay him, then no "specific" argument I can make will convince you otherwise. So I'm not in the mood to waste either of our time "debating" this here.
- bobxmax 2y ago
  Wilders is also a fair bit more extreme than Trump.

bluGill 2y ago

Trump has a high statistical odds of dieing before the end of his term because of old age. (I doubt anyone will assassinate him, but that is also possible for any leader of a country). There will be more changes in administration - there always are.

Larrikin 2y ago
There is no statistical evidence of this when compared to presidents and not the general public. Seems like most presidents after World War 2 live a very long time if they are not assassinated. https://potus.com/presidential-facts/presidents-age-at-death/ https://potus.com/presidential-facts/presidents-age-at-death...
- bluGill 2y ago
  I'm not quite sure how to calculate these statistics, but as I read the charts, it looks like someone his age has about a 25% chance of dieing in the next 4 years. Even in the worst (best?) case, he has near zero change of 25 more years, which means most reading this will outlive him.
  - dylan604 2y ago
    [flagged]
  - prmoustache 2y ago
    but most aren't morbidly obese no?
- InitialLastName 2y ago
  The 4 post-WWII ex-presidents who outlived Trump circa 2028 (Bush Sr, Reagan, Ford, Carter) were all notable for their health and athleticism, which Trump isn't.
  - rafram 2y ago
    I would not say that Reagan, who famously developed Alzheimer’s while in office, was notable for his health. But he was already fairly old when he took office.