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Donald Trump is one of, if not the, most known and understood candidate for POTUS in a long time. Nothing that he's doing is surprising, first of all because we

Donald Trump is one of, if not the, most known and understood candidate for POTUS in a long time. Nothing that he's doing is surprising, first of all because we have his first term and second of all he told us what he would do! It is truly astounding how many people voted for the man and now sit back dumbfounded as Trump does exactly what he said he would do.

layer8 1y ago
He said he would stop the war in a single day.
- AnimalMuppet 1y ago
  Yeah, this. He said a lot of stuff. Some of what he said, he's doing. Some of what he said, he's not doing. Some of what he said he wasn't going to do (Project 2025), he's actually doing anyway.
  - mingus88 1y ago
    Project 2025 wasn’t even his. That’s his evangelical base’s run book. Trump is too lazy to actually want to do anything so ambitious. This time around he ceeded power to those who have that ambition, mostly to keep himself out of prison. Sadly, it worked
mingus88 1y ago
What he is doing now was telegraphed, certainly. However, he is at his core a salesman (conman if you wish) and he has said so many other things that he never intended or even had the capability to do. For example, lock her up. Did he even try? He rung that bell so loudly to get all the votes of those who hated Clinton. Then once in office, nothing. Just bluster to get attention. Part of his success is that he just says what people want to hear. You need to have a deeper understanding of him than most voters care to learn to figure out what he is actually planning.
amalcon 1y ago
Trump makes two kinds of statements about what he will do: that he will take an action, and that he will achieve an objective. He mostly takes the actions, but mostly does not achieve the objectives. Some exceptions of course, but mostly. The things people seem upset about are mostly objectives that he has not achieved. Which, duh, his promised actions had zero chance of achieving those. But that's what I'm seeing.

layer8 1y ago

He said he would stop the war in a single day.

AnimalMuppet 1y ago
Yeah, this. He said a lot of stuff. Some of what he said, he's doing. Some of what he said, he's not doing. Some of what he said he wasn't going to do (Project 2025), he's actually doing anyway.
- mingus88 1y ago
  Project 2025 wasn’t even his. That’s his evangelical base’s run book. Trump is too lazy to actually want to do anything so ambitious. This time around he ceeded power to those who have that ambition, mostly to keep himself out of prison. Sadly, it worked

mingus88 1y ago

What he is doing now was telegraphed, certainly. However, he is at his core a salesman (conman if you wish) and he has said so many other things that he never intended or even had the capability to do. For example, lock her up. Did he even try? He rung that bell so loudly to get all the votes of those who hated Clinton. Then once in office, nothing. Just bluster to get attention. Part of his success is that he just says what people want to hear. You need to have a deeper understanding of him than most voters care to learn to figure out what he is actually planning.

amalcon 1y ago

Trump makes two kinds of statements about what he will do: that he will take an action, and that he will achieve an objective. He mostly takes the actions, but mostly does not achieve the objectives. Some exceptions of course, but mostly. The things people seem upset about are mostly objectives that he has not achieved. Which, duh, his promised actions had zero chance of achieving those. But that's what I'm seeing.