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Tracking when Trump chickens out

69 points by JMiao 6mo ago

4corners4sides 6mo ago
This is a pretty unique aesthetic. Does the author have other works / a blog? Can v0 / Claude Design do this these days?
- adlpz 6mo ago
  v0 / Claude Design does this these days. As in, I may be wrong here, but this aesthetic is a good clue that the site was designed by AI. These models seem to love this brutalist high contrast look.
- andrem 6mo ago
  It's Claude Design. How do I know? A site I was working on has the same aesthetic... Which is disappointing but not unexpected.
  - 4corners4sides 6mo ago
    Ah okay, thanks. We've come a long way since the purple gradients and glowy buttons but I suppose there is still a tell.
- JMiao 6mo ago
  i should've included more context. https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1sqdj98/i_made_a_website_that_tracks_every_time_trump/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1sqdj98/i_made...
Arodex 6mo ago
Aside from the clear insider trading (any news on who may be behind it, or have we reached the point where it is all untraceable and officials can exploit their position with absolutely no consequences whatsoever?), some trading firms have certainly started to try to model Trump to forecast when he flips.
hagbard_c 6mo ago
When Trump orders an attack he is a war-monger. When Trump does not order an attack he 'chickens out'. Maybe the author of this page should create another version for when he does the former, call it thewarmongertracker.com so that all sides are covered.
- Arodex 6mo ago
  The fact that my dog doesn't know what to do when it catches the car doesn't mean that my dog is not an idiotic car-chaser.
- cosmicgadget 6mo ago
  He could easily avoid this conundrum by not promising the destruction of a civilization. People saying he's chickening out from war don't want him to go the war, they're just using a nickname that came from simpler times (tariffs) but is still accurate.
bko 6mo ago
> Settles Columbia $400M funding freeze for $221M university payment > Settles for 15% EU tariff after threatening 30% in July 12 letter Many of these seem like pretty basic negotiations. > Posts himself as Jesus healing the sick, deletes it, claims it was a doctor What did he chicken out of? I guess posting a meme? I'm not a fan of a lot of the things going on at the federal level but I feel like many critics just lost the plot.
- tonyedgecombe 6mo ago
  >I'm not a fan of a lot of the things going on at the federal level but I feel like many critics just lost the plot. As a rule of thumb you can ignore everything people say before the "but".
  - bko 6mo ago
    Okay I guess his critics just lost the plot. What's your point?
    - criticisehim 6mo ago
      [dead]
- pavlov 6mo ago
  You’re sanewashing Trump’s absolutely bonkers behavior by focusing on the critics. The man can barely form a sentence and posts on social media on the mental and writing level of a ten-year-old. Americans are choosing to accept this from their leader. He is 80 years old and obviously very unwell. Terminal-stage Soviet Union had more competent leadership.
  - palmotea 6mo ago
    > You’re sanewashing Trump’s absolutely bonkers behavior by focusing on the critics. I think it's legitimate to focus on his critics, because they've been oddly ineffective. His 2024 victory should never have happened, but it did thanks to the incompetence of his opponents and critics. Their "losing the plot" may be an important part of that: he says crazy things, but that goads his critics into also saying crazy/wrong things, which probably helps neutralize whatever advantage they'd have. Sure, partisans wouldn't be affected because hate him, but they don't really matter, because they hate him. > The man can barely form a sentence and posts on social media on the mental and writing level of a ten-year-old. Americans are choosing to accept this from their leader. He is 80 years old and obviously very unwell. Terminal-stage Soviet Union had more competent leadership. I don't think that line of attack works. It may be true, but many of his opponents hate him and would say that regardless of if it were true or not.
clonedhuman 6mo ago
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antisol 6mo ago
Yes, yes, this is all very clever and funny and whatnot. I chuckled. Well done you. ...But has it occurred to you that by putting this online and publicising it, you're effectively daring this lunatic with nuclear codes to actually go through with his threats? I for one am relieved every time he "chickens out".
- cosmicgadget 6mo ago
  This website is not going to cause nuclear war.
  - antisol 6mo ago
    You don't know that. I wish I was kidding.

69 points by JMiao 6mo ago

This is a pretty unique aesthetic. Does the author have other works / a blog? Can v0 / Claude Design do this these days?

adlpz 6mo ago
v0 / Claude Design does this these days. As in, I may be wrong here, but this aesthetic is a good clue that the site was designed by AI. These models seem to love this brutalist high contrast look.
andrem 6mo ago
It's Claude Design. How do I know? A site I was working on has the same aesthetic... Which is disappointing but not unexpected.
- 4corners4sides 6mo ago
  Ah okay, thanks. We've come a long way since the purple gradients and glowy buttons but I suppose there is still a tell.
JMiao 6mo ago
i should've included more context. https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1sqdj98/i_made_a_website_that_tracks_every_time_trump/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1sqdj98/i_made...

Arodex 6mo ago

Aside from the clear insider trading (any news on who may be behind it, or have we reached the point where it is all untraceable and officials can exploit their position with absolutely no consequences whatsoever?), some trading firms have certainly started to try to model Trump to forecast when he flips.

hagbard_c 6mo ago

When Trump orders an attack he is a war-monger. When Trump does not order an attack he 'chickens out'. Maybe the author of this page should create another version for when he does the former, call it thewarmongertracker.com so that all sides are covered.

Arodex 6mo ago
The fact that my dog doesn't know what to do when it catches the car doesn't mean that my dog is not an idiotic car-chaser.
cosmicgadget 6mo ago
He could easily avoid this conundrum by not promising the destruction of a civilization. People saying he's chickening out from war don't want him to go the war, they're just using a nickname that came from simpler times (tariffs) but is still accurate.

bko 6mo ago

> Settles Columbia $400M funding freeze for $221M university payment > Settles for 15% EU tariff after threatening 30% in July 12 letter Many of these seem like pretty basic negotiations. > Posts himself as Jesus healing the sick, deletes it, claims it was a doctor What did he chicken out of? I guess posting a meme? I'm not a fan of a lot of the things going on at the federal level but I feel like many critics just lost the plot.

tonyedgecombe 6mo ago
>I'm not a fan of a lot of the things going on at the federal level but I feel like many critics just lost the plot. As a rule of thumb you can ignore everything people say before the "but".
- bko 6mo ago
  Okay I guess his critics just lost the plot. What's your point?
  - criticisehim 6mo ago
    [dead]
pavlov 6mo ago
You’re sanewashing Trump’s absolutely bonkers behavior by focusing on the critics. The man can barely form a sentence and posts on social media on the mental and writing level of a ten-year-old. Americans are choosing to accept this from their leader. He is 80 years old and obviously very unwell. Terminal-stage Soviet Union had more competent leadership.
- palmotea 6mo ago
  > You’re sanewashing Trump’s absolutely bonkers behavior by focusing on the critics. I think it's legitimate to focus on his critics, because they've been oddly ineffective. His 2024 victory should never have happened, but it did thanks to the incompetence of his opponents and critics. Their "losing the plot" may be an important part of that: he says crazy things, but that goads his critics into also saying crazy/wrong things, which probably helps neutralize whatever advantage they'd have. Sure, partisans wouldn't be affected because hate him, but they don't really matter, because they hate him. > The man can barely form a sentence and posts on social media on the mental and writing level of a ten-year-old. Americans are choosing to accept this from their leader. He is 80 years old and obviously very unwell. Terminal-stage Soviet Union had more competent leadership. I don't think that line of attack works. It may be true, but many of his opponents hate him and would say that regardless of if it were true or not.

clonedhuman 6mo ago

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antisol 6mo ago

Yes, yes, this is all very clever and funny and whatnot. I chuckled. Well done you. ...But has it occurred to you that by putting this online and publicising it, you're effectively daring this lunatic with nuclear codes to actually go through with his threats? I for one am relieved every time he "chickens out".

cosmicgadget 6mo ago
This website is not going to cause nuclear war.
- antisol 6mo ago
  You don't know that. I wish I was kidding.