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No one really knows for sure, but it would not surprise me if Trump is playing his Trump games, attempting to convince the rest of the world that there is a thr
by IAmGraydon 2y ago
No one really knows for sure, but it would not surprise me if Trump is playing his Trump games, attempting to convince the rest of the world that there is a threat so they build up their forces and hold up their end of the deal. With Europe, that's pretty easy because Putin is a present threat. How do you light a fire under Canada, though? You convince them that their enemy is right next door. Trump is convinced that they're all a little too comfortable, and things will not change until they feel some fear. If I had to place a bet on this situation, that's what I would wager is going on.
- belter 2y agoKeeping in mind that HN is the land of “temporarily embarrassed billionaires”, I’ve attempted almost as a gesture of hope, to analyze as objectively as possible whether your claim might hold true, namely that Trump could genuinely grasp something as nuanced as “chess”. However, that hopeful notion quickly falters when we recall he once nominated Matt Gaetz for Attorney General. "False or misleading statements by Donald Trump" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements... "..Donald Trump has made tens of thousands of false or misleading claims, including during his first and second terms as President of the United States. Fact-checkers at The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims during his first presidential term, an average of 21 per day.The Toronto Star tallied 5,276 false claims from January 2017 to June 2019, an average of six per day..."
- IAmGraydon 2y agoYeah I mean that Wikipedia article kind of proves what I'm saying though - he could be fabricating things to get his way.