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> I don't understand the utter incompetence Simply put, it’s a reflection of Trump’s own incompetence, or perhaps carelessness and his utter refusal to recogni

> I don't understand the utter incompetence Simply put, it’s a reflection of Trump’s own incompetence, or perhaps carelessness and his utter refusal to recognize and make use of expertise in others. I’m about halfway through “Lucky Loser” (Buettner & Craig) which traces his financial history. His disdain for objective data over “intuition” has always been alarming. I suspect his hiring for cabinet positions follows a similar carelessness.

mandeepj 2y ago
> Lucky Loser Thanks for that ref! I've always maintained T is extremely dumb, He goes towards far left on the Dumb scale on the levels which you'd have never seen before. But, at the same time, he has all the luck which no one else has. Glad, I'm not the only one to see him that way.
- selcuka 2y ago
  > he has all the luck which no one else has Well, the tagline of the book is "Inheritance. Fraud. Deceit.", so "Lucky" might not be the right word.
- HDThoreaun 2y ago
  Its a little more than luck. Trump has the best political instincts I have ever seen. He is able to control the narrative in a way dems can only dream of.
  - tstrimple 2y ago
    I don't think he has very good political instincts at all. He just fell into a time when the conservative party was looking to exercise their spite and he gave them an outlet just by being the crude bigoted asshole he has always been. Doesn't matter what he does as long as he continues to be cruel and hurt the "right people". This is what conservatives have been asking for and are showing up to vote for. You can tell it's not about things like the economy as they often lie about because "the price of eggs" was one of the most important things before the election and they aren't saying shit about the faltering GDP and increasing inflation. It's interesting to look at opinion polls pre/post election. All through Obama's last term the conservative rallying cry was the economy was bad and migrant caravans were coming. As soon as Trump was elected, there was a 40 point swing on conservative's opinion on the economy. It's not just the economy. It's every position. When Bill Clinton has an affair, then family values are incredibly important. When Trump brags about grabbing women by the pussy without consent, it's just locker room talk.
    - thunky 2y ago
      > I don't think he has very good political instincts at all I think the political instinct trump brought, and that you're alluding to, was his ability to never admit being wrong about anything. Yes politicians have always done this to some extent but he's taken it to a whole new level. It's the method of saying what you want people to believe and think over and over with complete confidence until they actually do, even if it has no basis in reality or is stupid and wrong. It's incompetence as a political platform. And other politicians have noticed how well it works, so now they do it to (see: hegseth).

mandeepj 2y ago

> Lucky Loser Thanks for that ref! I've always maintained T is extremely dumb, He goes towards far left on the Dumb scale on the levels which you'd have never seen before. But, at the same time, he has all the luck which no one else has. Glad, I'm not the only one to see him that way.

selcuka 2y ago
> he has all the luck which no one else has Well, the tagline of the book is "Inheritance. Fraud. Deceit.", so "Lucky" might not be the right word.
HDThoreaun 2y ago
Its a little more than luck. Trump has the best political instincts I have ever seen. He is able to control the narrative in a way dems can only dream of.
- tstrimple 2y ago
  I don't think he has very good political instincts at all. He just fell into a time when the conservative party was looking to exercise their spite and he gave them an outlet just by being the crude bigoted asshole he has always been. Doesn't matter what he does as long as he continues to be cruel and hurt the "right people". This is what conservatives have been asking for and are showing up to vote for. You can tell it's not about things like the economy as they often lie about because "the price of eggs" was one of the most important things before the election and they aren't saying shit about the faltering GDP and increasing inflation. It's interesting to look at opinion polls pre/post election. All through Obama's last term the conservative rallying cry was the economy was bad and migrant caravans were coming. As soon as Trump was elected, there was a 40 point swing on conservative's opinion on the economy. It's not just the economy. It's every position. When Bill Clinton has an affair, then family values are incredibly important. When Trump brags about grabbing women by the pussy without consent, it's just locker room talk.
  - thunky 2y ago
    > I don't think he has very good political instincts at all I think the political instinct trump brought, and that you're alluding to, was his ability to never admit being wrong about anything. Yes politicians have always done this to some extent but he's taken it to a whole new level. It's the method of saying what you want people to believe and think over and over with complete confidence until they actually do, even if it has no basis in reality or is stupid and wrong. It's incompetence as a political platform. And other politicians have noticed how well it works, so now they do it to (see: hegseth).