By clinging to American primacy through force and intimidation, Donald Trump is, ironically, undermining US global power. A saboteur trying to subvert US interests from the inside could hardly do better than what he’s accomplished through sheer incompetence.
When is it going to stop being “He’s so incompetent, it’s like he’s doing it on purpose!” and start being “Oh, he’s doing this on purpose…”? This has been obvious for so long now.
I’d say it’s part incompetence, part intentional sabotage. He truly is a fucking moron, but he also hates the US.
He’s easily manipulated by corrupt people, including those who don’t have the best interests of the U.S. at heart.
Like seeing Tim Cook gift him that golden statue so apple gets no tariffs…like everyone can see and stroke his ego.
Which is funny because its like he’s an 8 year old boy. Ohh gold. Doesn’t yet realize Platinum is worth more, etc.
I’ll take Russian Asset for 1000, Alex.
it doesn’t take much intelligence to destroy things under you over the course of 4-8 years. He’s very obviously incompetent because he’s doing this on purpose.
“A bull in a China shop” is a comparison I often use.
It’s fast and easy to break things. Any idiot can swing a sledge hammer at random stuff they don’t understand.
Fixing and building takes a lot longer. Also takes a lot more knowledge, skill and expense.
No, please don’t give him that much credit. If you saw him run a casino, you’d swear he was doing it on purpose, but he isn’t. He really just is that dumb.
I’m not saying he’s not also in Putin’s pocket, but don’t try to convince me that he has the brains necessary to make sabotage look like incompetence. He’s nowhere near that clever.
I’m not saying he’s “brilliantly” obfuscating his intent. For one, it’s blatantly obvious. Second, it doesn’t take intelligence to do what he’s doing. Third, my original point is that everyone from media to government officials are clearly in denial about what’s obviously happening, and are constantly downplaying the seriousness of his actions by attributing them solely to incompetence. There’s no chance of countering somebody if you can’t accept the reality of what they’re doing.
At this point, I assume only future historians will have the wherewithal to actually point out the intent behind it all.
There hasn’t been a doubt about his intentions for a long time. He is, however, likely taking many actions because someone told him to, he heard a sound bite on Faux News, or he perceived some slight from social media.