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I try not to take anything Trump say too seriously, but we have to remember that the USians chose him... twice.

by etiennebausson 15d ago

martythemaniak 15d ago
Why would you not take him seriously?
- ChrisRR 15d ago
  Because we have decades of evidence to show that he's incredibly stupid?
- etiennebausson 15d ago
  Because he can't string together a coherent sentence?
  - jacquesm 15d ago
    That doesn't really matter. What matters is that he commands the most powerful (probably?) offensive force on the planet and has already shown that he is more than willing to use it to achieve his nonsense objectives.
    - JTbane 15d ago
      Personally, I take everything he says and does seriously. I advise non-citizens visiting to turn their social media to private and bring a burner phone to immigration checkpoints. For citizens, turning off your phone should be enough.
      - ninalanyon 15d ago
        I think a lot of us outside the US will go further and simply never visit the US ever again. That certainly applies to me despite having spent quite a lot of time in the US and having ex-colleagues who I regard as friends there.
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  - dofm 15d ago
    It doesn't matter. L'etat, c'est Trump.
  - aylmao 15d ago
    He can. His charistma is a large part of why he was elected. Not taking him seriously already cost the Democrats two presidential terms.
    - atomic_cattlepr 15d ago
      > His charistma is a large part of why he was elected. He has the charisma of a mouldy grapefruit. It certainly wasn't his charisma. He was elected because he was able to convince many, many people that there are simple solutions to complex problems and that he was the only person in the world "brave" enough to implement them.
- noir_lord 15d ago
  Usually because he'll say the opposite next week (or same day at 4am on Truth Social). That said he is the symptom not the disease and that we absolutely should take seriously. Even if it doesn't come to pass the trajectory the US is on is possible enough we have to consider it.

I try not to take anything Trump say too seriously, but we have to remember that the USians chose him... twice.

martythemaniak 15d ago

Why would you not take him seriously?

ChrisRR 15d ago
Because we have decades of evidence to show that he's incredibly stupid?
etiennebausson 15d ago
Because he can't string together a coherent sentence?
- jacquesm 15d ago
  That doesn't really matter. What matters is that he commands the most powerful (probably?) offensive force on the planet and has already shown that he is more than willing to use it to achieve his nonsense objectives.
  - JTbane 15d ago
    Personally, I take everything he says and does seriously. I advise non-citizens visiting to turn their social media to private and bring a burner phone to immigration checkpoints. For citizens, turning off your phone should be enough.
    - ninalanyon 15d ago
      I think a lot of us outside the US will go further and simply never visit the US ever again. That certainly applies to me despite having spent quite a lot of time in the US and having ex-colleagues who I regard as friends there.
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- dofm 15d ago
  It doesn't matter. L'etat, c'est Trump.
- aylmao 15d ago
  He can. His charistma is a large part of why he was elected. Not taking him seriously already cost the Democrats two presidential terms.
  - atomic_cattlepr 15d ago
    > His charistma is a large part of why he was elected. He has the charisma of a mouldy grapefruit. It certainly wasn't his charisma. He was elected because he was able to convince many, many people that there are simple solutions to complex problems and that he was the only person in the world "brave" enough to implement them.
noir_lord 15d ago
Usually because he'll say the opposite next week (or same day at 4am on Truth Social). That said he is the symptom not the disease and that we absolutely should take seriously. Even if it doesn't come to pass the trajectory the US is on is possible enough we have to consider it.