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Trump thrives in mediatic chaos and a lot of things going on around. His worst fear is ... a calm boring period, be it in domestic or international politics. Be

Trump thrives in mediatic chaos and a lot of things going on around. His worst fear is ... a calm boring period, be it in domestic or international politics. Because then, people may start asking real questions. As long as can flood the headlines with whatever he wants, people will be busy with those. And not ask for example why he pardoned a guy who pretty much gave him 2 Billons $ ? Or what's up with that Epstein list ? He needs however bigger and bigger things to keep the show on.

FridayoLeary 11mo ago
He's probably the first politician in history to carry out every single one of his campaign promises in the first 5 minutes of getting into power... Trump does big things, huge things, the bigliest things ever... That's not in itself problematic, unless you think the things he's doing are all bad. The chaos can be glorious, like the time when he informed Israel, Iran and the rest of the world that their war was over and a ceasefire had been agreed upon seemingly without their knowledge. It feels like reality now is just an ongoing season of the Trump Show. He knows how to seize every moment to make himself the centre of everything. One surreal example is Trump warmly welcoming kier starmer to his residence in Scotland. The Prime Minister being treated like a guest in his own country!
- bediger4000 11mo ago
  Wasn't one of his big campaign promises to release the Epstein files? That hasn't happened in any meaningful sense.
  - TheAlchemist 11mo ago
    America First ? Spending cuts ? Looks like people already forgot about DOGE ! Edit: Wow - I've just checked DOGE website - no updates since mid-August. Amazing
    - bediger4000 11mo ago
      That confirms that DOGE was institutional vandalism, doesn't it?
      - TheAlchemist 11mo ago
        Of course, and probably a lot of shady stuff going on - Musk got full access to government data... How crazy is that ?
- SG- 11mo ago
  did he make groceries cheaper yet? how about making America 'great' again?
  - jleyank 11mo ago
    America grates just fine. Uncertainty roils the market and currency. Mid/long term planning almost impossible due to tariff and cost uncertainty. And maybe the government workers or the government itself might come back to work…
red-iron-pine 11mo ago
He needs the show to go on so that he can consolidate power and create a police state. The wars and drama and ballrooms are just to keep the gradual power grab out of headlines. "Flood the zone" is the GOP media policy, keep everyone too busy to focus on the very deliberate power grabs.

FridayoLeary 11mo ago

He's probably the first politician in history to carry out every single one of his campaign promises in the first 5 minutes of getting into power... Trump does big things, huge things, the bigliest things ever... That's not in itself problematic, unless you think the things he's doing are all bad. The chaos can be glorious, like the time when he informed Israel, Iran and the rest of the world that their war was over and a ceasefire had been agreed upon seemingly without their knowledge. It feels like reality now is just an ongoing season of the Trump Show. He knows how to seize every moment to make himself the centre of everything. One surreal example is Trump warmly welcoming kier starmer to his residence in Scotland. The Prime Minister being treated like a guest in his own country!

bediger4000 11mo ago
Wasn't one of his big campaign promises to release the Epstein files? That hasn't happened in any meaningful sense.
- TheAlchemist 11mo ago
  America First ? Spending cuts ? Looks like people already forgot about DOGE ! Edit: Wow - I've just checked DOGE website - no updates since mid-August. Amazing
  - bediger4000 11mo ago
    That confirms that DOGE was institutional vandalism, doesn't it?
    - TheAlchemist 11mo ago
      Of course, and probably a lot of shady stuff going on - Musk got full access to government data... How crazy is that ?
SG- 11mo ago
did he make groceries cheaper yet? how about making America 'great' again?
- jleyank 11mo ago
  America grates just fine. Uncertainty roils the market and currency. Mid/long term planning almost impossible due to tariff and cost uncertainty. And maybe the government workers or the government itself might come back to work…

red-iron-pine 11mo ago

He needs the show to go on so that he can consolidate power and create a police state. The wars and drama and ballrooms are just to keep the gradual power grab out of headlines. "Flood the zone" is the GOP media policy, keep everyone too busy to focus on the very deliberate power grabs.