Funny story.
When Trump 'wrote' his book "The Art Of The Deal" he gave his ghost writer full cover credit and half the profits. The writer has never stopped talking about how stupid Trump is.
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025
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Trump's so stupid that it has alleviated any sense of imposter syndrome for me, and it should for you if you have it too.
I'm not successful enough to have imposter syndrome
not yet...
I think he's smart enough, but intelligence is not the only determinant of success.
is he smart though? staring into the sun, Tim Apple, hamberder guy?
Malice is a good metric
One can be both smart and stupid at the same time.
That largely depends on the position imo, and this is not one of the positions where being smart enough is enough…if youre trying to do a job that helps the most people possible.
I think he is smart enough to know that causing chaos will help only those that he favors tho.
My question: was the whole Canada / Mexico thing just a smoke screen for the newly increased China tariffs?
Meh. He'll use it as another distraction every month or whatever frequency he wants. Just like the Republicans would only approve stopgap budgets, so they can turn up the drama and claim some negotiating victories every time to just keep the lights on. It's all theater.
At 10%? I don't think so.
Wait, did he drop the tarifs?
Temporarily for a month for Canada and Mexico. China has new tariffs
Real question here… I keep seeing people say this, but what are the concessions that Canada and Mexico “gave” that they were already doing? I couldn’t find anyone mention it in the post.
Basically appointing an investigator for fentanyl smuggling for Canada and sending troops to the northern border for Mexico.
We already have a cZaR in the ministry. The whole thing is laughable if not terrifying.
#doloytsarizm! Aurora gave her command.
I had to do a double-take on the fact that Trump's approval rating has been steadily improving since the beginning of January. Jesus fuck people are ignorant. I guess I shouldn't be surprised with the wealth inequality, the media consolidation, the education standards the way they are...
You have to stop and think, where are they getting the data? I'm not even sure if you call it confirmation bias, or journalists with guns to their heads.
Whenever I think "man, the people around me can't be that stupid right?" Then I get in my car and drive around for about 15 minutes and realize that yes in fact they are that stupid.
I think that's all about who's doing the polling and how they are doing it: https://abcnews.go.com/538/trump-approval-polling-average-works/story?id=117999010
Thats what happens when the average joe gets his news from Xitter or Fox News. They get rid of all critical thinking skills for the sake of owning the libs and freeze peach.
Trump could literally burn down their studio and Fox news would still spin it like “The democrats would have done even worse”
I had a conservative admit they receive the the bulk of their news from Twitter, and Tim Pool. But simultaneously exclaims without evidence that AP/Reuters are not to be trusted. JFC.
Trump said he was going to raise the price of Canadian and Mexican things by 25%, then he didn't do that.
Wouldn't that improve your opinion of him?
No, it would make me pissed off that he’s instigating shit with our neighbours.
The fact that his approval rating still exists after that first term shows that he can do whatever he wants and his followers will still support him. It's a cult, nothing will change that.
The best ratings you can buy!
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I also believe this is all just peacocking and him and all his billionaire buddies and the ultra rich corporations all got to use the VERY predictable stock market changes to get even richer. Of course he doesn't care if the tariffs hurt anyone. He is busy making the 1% money so they don't starve or go without healthcare or education. Didn't you hear? Republican is the new working class party. Just ask all the government employees that Muskrat just fired ....
Yeah but he still frames it as a win. That's the problem. Loose goals so he can frame anything as a win and his supporters don't think twice (or once for that matter)
As an onlooker from Europe eagerly awaiting the fall of the US, this is disappointing. :( But congrats to the people of these three countries I guess.
At least US is still shooting itself in the foot with the China tariffs.
I mean, he still manage to bring the very divided Canada together. Most people around me cancelled every US based subscription services they had, and people will pay attention not to buy americans products. The world needs to come together to bring this undereductaed and dangerous country down.
As an American living in America. Trumps actions make me not want to buy anything American either.
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Trump is such a coward. He can't commit to anything he says. I thought actually implementing the tariffs was the goal? What about that whole schtick on eliminating income taxes with tariff revenue? Do people just dream big on Trump's pie-in-the-sky fantasies, get on board, and then get brought back down to reality and conveniently forget all that big talk only to still have the audacity to call it a fucking W? The threat of the tariffs accomplished nothing. Trump is incompetent beyond belief.
They have replaced their god with trump. Trump did it therefore it was good. Trump criticised it therefore it was bad. You're asking them to retain information and think logically and critically about it instead of cheering on their lying and very false god. All the statistics say that support for right wingers drops off heavily the more education you have. His supporters aren't the smart cookies. They like what he says and they like how he says it and he never tells them they're stupid. They're not fact checking him, that's what libs do. They're not libs, they're red blooded Americans. Trump can absolutely do no wrong in their eyes.
This is the real TDS.
Trump has loudly announced his presence on the world stage and made sure nobody can ignore him. Starting with high or ridiculous demands is his way of getting concessions.
We don’t know what negotiations are taking place behind closed doors.
Trump has loudly announced his presence on the world stage and made sure nobody can ignore him.
Sure they can. China already is. The last time Trump tried to hit China with tariffs, they retaliated and then the Trump administration bailed out the farmers by giving $60 billion in welfare to red states to offset the cost of his failed trade war. Why would they do anything different this time?
Starting with high or ridiculous demands is his way of getting concessions.
What concessions?
No, seriously, answer the question.
The "concession" that he got from Trudeau was already an agreement that Canada had made under the Biden administration.
The "concession" that he got from Sheinbaum for sending 10k troops to the southern border was something that Mexico regularly agrees to do - it happened during Biden's term and also during Trump's first term. Evidently, all you have to do is ask politely.
So far, neither country has conceded anything that they haven't already previously agreed to or have historically been willing to do without threats of economic sanctions or tariffs.
We don’t know what negotiations are taking place behind closed doors.
Then if we don't know what he actually negotiated for, how can he or anyone else for that matter claim it was effective? We have no evidence that he's getting anything more than what was already promised to him for backing down.
You can stop simping for Trump now, he's not going to call you back.
Trump has loudly announced his presence on the world stage and made sure nobody can ignore him. Starting with high or ridiculous demands is his way of getting concessions.
We don’t know what negotiations are taking place behind closed doors.
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