Damn, is /pol/ realizing they elected a dementia-ridden Russian asset that's more concerned with enriching himself than he is actually making the country a better place? Y'know come to think of it, I haven't heard people talking about Q lately either.
That's more fault of a USA political system itself, because from all existing poilitians in country, USA put people in front of choice between two dementia-ridden guys. Russia didn't even had to do anything, americans voted themselves into such situation.
Plus Biden had decades of genuine political experience beneath him, such that he could kinda cruise on autopilot through situations when he wasn't at his sharpest. Trump does the same thing, but he defaults to his 2008 Twitter persona of talking shit about random celebrities he's never met and making jokes that no one understands.
There is no plan. Trump just 100% believes whatever the last thing said to him was. Policy change just reflects the tempo of meetings with him to change his mind.
I wonder if there are any lessons from history where an egomaniacal authoritarian leader insists everyone does as he says, then loses his mind and makes bad decisions??
Russian tzars are probably the best comparison. The erratic behavior of the tzar during the congress of Vienna, which was supposed to start a new era of peace after the napoleonic wars, almost started new wars immediately. Good videos: https://youtu.be/QtOXq9SwarQ?si=vCfxuWX_qPYM-A4L
That's overthinking it in my opinion - it's just trump being trump, chaotic as always. Honestly we gotta stop believing there's some kind of evil masterplan behind all this, like some grand anti Ukrainian plot with Putin. That's not what's happening. Trump is behaving as erratically and unsteady as he always did.
He may deliver for a few months, he may stop again. He may stick to his agreements, he may not. We'll see.
There's a big difference between what he says on camera/internet and what the folks behind the scenes are doing. This isn't even entirely unique to trump it's just that normally, the talking head is more in-tune with the body under other presidencies. To think their is no plan is naive but to think Trump himself KNOWS the plan is questionable, possibly even absurd to consider at this point.
There is definitely a plan of some kind, but (A) Trump didn't come up with it, and (B) Trump doesn't give a shit unless it involves golfing and/or scamming people/getting rich
Dude is the embodiment of a NEPO baby who never had to take actual responsibility for anything
Until Trump actually delivers something to Ukraine that isn't just completing a Biden-era order, he has done nothing to help them
In fact giving the impression that he might send something without actually doing it is worse than just outright saying "I don't give a fuck about Ukraine and I'll never send them anything" because it induces a stupid fucking paralysis in European leaders thinking they might get to save a few euros/pounds if America will provide what Ukraine needs instead.
At least if Trump confirmed he was withdrawing everything and not looking back, people would stop coming up with these ridiculous plans that rely on him suddenly having a change of heart and drastically increasing American commitment to Europe when he obviously won't do that
Does no one think Trump clearly has someone whispering in his ear? Like he doesn't give a shit about Ukraine or want to support them but clearly someone keeps yanking him back on message?
I'm not suggesting it's advisors, I'm suggesting it feels like coercion either by money or power say the opposite of what he thinks. Trump and the department of state have been very consistent on this for months and now Trump looks like a schizophrenic. You think Marco Rubio talked him into it? I don't.
I mean his cabinet is kinda inconsistent, this probably create a lot of this "schizophrenia". Between the hawk in defense and state that are Rubio and hegseth and the absolute isolationism of tulsi gabard. Inconsistency in not unexpected.
There's an AI that analyzes the comments from the last 24 hours on truth social, and gives a recommendation every morning of what would be the most popular thing to do.
My brother in christ, he is so much worse. Biden was never gone enough to fit four 180 flips on the same policy in 1 week. He zoned out/had mental fog at times was otherwise consistent on his policy and objectives. When he said “send weapons to ukraine” we never had to wonder if he’d send a tweet saying “stop all weapon shipments to Ukraine NOW” at 1am the next day.
Gerontocracy in the modern US scares me af because the same thing was happening in the 1980s Soviet Union when the average age of Politburo politican was 70 years
pocketgravel@reddit
Nobody can plot against me if I don't know what I'm going to do next.
Takerofpiss@reddit
I thinks he’s on his period
silmarp@reddit
He seems just like your bipolar ex. Doesn't it?
Misinko@reddit
Damn, is /pol/ realizing they elected a dementia-ridden Russian asset that's more concerned with enriching himself than he is actually making the country a better place? Y'know come to think of it, I haven't heard people talking about Q lately either.
Artemas_16@reddit
That's more fault of a USA political system itself, because from all existing poilitians in country, USA put people in front of choice between two dementia-ridden guys. Russia didn't even had to do anything, americans voted themselves into such situation.
Berkuts_Lance_Plus@reddit
This isn't greentext.
TrenchSquire@reddit
Where green text?
LitmusPitmus@reddit
*Draughts
We spent months talking about Biden's decline and completely Ray Charles'd Trump's obvious dementia onset
Saiyan-solar@reddit
I mean Biden was obviously in mental decline, but he was still of sound mind outside of his episodes where he blankly stared at a wall.
Trump is very obviously also in mental decline, except he's obviously dementing which is so much worse than Bidens mental fogs.
I've literally.seen people during campaign say that Trump is in mental decline but at least he isn't staring at walls
Chr0nicConsumer@reddit
Did people forget that time he zoned out and held a spontaneous 45 minute dance party?
Saiyan-solar@reddit
Look, people who vote for.him will say that makes him relatable
HighlightSerious3348@reddit
Plus Biden had decades of genuine political experience beneath him, such that he could kinda cruise on autopilot through situations when he wasn't at his sharpest. Trump does the same thing, but he defaults to his 2008 Twitter persona of talking shit about random celebrities he's never met and making jokes that no one understands.
stillmahboi@reddit
Fam, mentally declined Biden was still more qualified than prime Trump for foreign policy.
LitmusPitmus@reddit
Yes that's what I'm saying mate
The_Tuxedo@reddit
It's simple, really.
Trump was always a con man.
CorruptedFlame@reddit
There is no plan. Trump just 100% believes whatever the last thing said to him was. Policy change just reflects the tempo of meetings with him to change his mind.
He's literally losing his mind.
Known-Ad-1556@reddit
I wonder if there are any lessons from history where an egomaniacal authoritarian leader insists everyone does as he says, then loses his mind and makes bad decisions??
Cykablast3r@reddit
Well yeah, USA 2016-2020.
anti-gerbil@reddit
What did Biden (i suppose) did that was anywhere near as authoritarian and egomaniac as trump?
Cykablast3r@reddit
You might need to get a calendar.
BrownieIsTrash2@reddit
The year is 2025
Andrelse@reddit
Russian tzars are probably the best comparison. The erratic behavior of the tzar during the congress of Vienna, which was supposed to start a new era of peace after the napoleonic wars, almost started new wars immediately. Good videos: https://youtu.be/QtOXq9SwarQ?si=vCfxuWX_qPYM-A4L
Known-Ad-1556@reddit
I mean, we’ve had this issue since mad Kings and Emperors of Rome…
hagamablabla@reddit
Which deported American is going to come back and cause a socialist revolution?
Andrelse@reddit
Mamdani is on a good track
El_Cringio@reddit
Well that reminds me of a certain failed Austrian artist who lived in the XXth century
code_gremlin@reddit
Y'know, with Hitler, the more I learn about the guy, the less I care for him.
yumstheman@reddit
Ernst Haas?
GuerillaGandhi@reddit
Ah yes, Dietrich, that shit!
El_Cringio@reddit
Exactly
amidoes@reddit
He's so dumb he believes Putin works like him, where you just lick his balls for a while and he'll give you what you want.
Putin is playing him constantly
Mythic343@reddit
If he spoke to a janitor, he'd be passionately declaiming about a fucking mop.
CompressedWizard@reddit
I honestly believe he is just doing whatever his advisors tell him will get him on the news every day. OOP case in point.
Applitude@reddit
Alzheimer’s
jeann0t@reddit
Having a consistant foreign policy is not a priority
SilianRailOnBone@reddit
Letting Ukraine believe they will get more weapons when he won't deliver so they use up stockpiles at higher rates is the priority
Historical-Wear8503@reddit
That's overthinking it in my opinion - it's just trump being trump, chaotic as always. Honestly we gotta stop believing there's some kind of evil masterplan behind all this, like some grand anti Ukrainian plot with Putin. That's not what's happening. Trump is behaving as erratically and unsteady as he always did.
He may deliver for a few months, he may stop again. He may stick to his agreements, he may not. We'll see.
HanselSoHotRightNow@reddit
There's a big difference between what he says on camera/internet and what the folks behind the scenes are doing. This isn't even entirely unique to trump it's just that normally, the talking head is more in-tune with the body under other presidencies. To think their is no plan is naive but to think Trump himself KNOWS the plan is questionable, possibly even absurd to consider at this point.
redstercoolpanda@reddit
The thing is the people controlling Trump are equally as dumb and shortsighted as he himself is.
ToolkitSwiper@reddit
There is definitely a plan of some kind, but (A) Trump didn't come up with it, and (B) Trump doesn't give a shit unless it involves golfing and/or scamming people/getting rich
Dude is the embodiment of a NEPO baby who never had to take actual responsibility for anything
PrrrromotionGiven1@reddit
Until Trump actually delivers something to Ukraine that isn't just completing a Biden-era order, he has done nothing to help them
In fact giving the impression that he might send something without actually doing it is worse than just outright saying "I don't give a fuck about Ukraine and I'll never send them anything" because it induces a stupid fucking paralysis in European leaders thinking they might get to save a few euros/pounds if America will provide what Ukraine needs instead.
At least if Trump confirmed he was withdrawing everything and not looking back, people would stop coming up with these ridiculous plans that rely on him suddenly having a change of heart and drastically increasing American commitment to Europe when he obviously won't do that
SpaceBug176@reddit
And he didn't even come up with the idea himself.
WhenceYeCame@reddit
Does no one think Trump clearly has someone whispering in his ear? Like he doesn't give a shit about Ukraine or want to support them but clearly someone keeps yanking him back on message?
jeann0t@reddit
Yes the president of the first world power has some advisors that understand specific issues better that he does, what is your point?
WhenceYeCame@reddit
I'm not suggesting it's advisors, I'm suggesting it feels like coercion either by money or power say the opposite of what he thinks. Trump and the department of state have been very consistent on this for months and now Trump looks like a schizophrenic. You think Marco Rubio talked him into it? I don't.
jeann0t@reddit
I mean his cabinet is kinda inconsistent, this probably create a lot of this "schizophrenia". Between the hawk in defense and state that are Rubio and hegseth and the absolute isolationism of tulsi gabard. Inconsistency in not unexpected.
hagamablabla@reddit
He's the embodiment of American doctrine: The enemy can't know what we're doing if we don't either.
Valuable_Pear9654@reddit
bro thinks he's carol 2
Tikene@reddit
Is that the horse from horsing around
Whenwasthisalright@reddit
The true goal is to have a consistent foreign policy as a top priority
Alokir@reddit
There's an AI that analyzes the comments from the last 24 hours on truth social, and gives a recommendation every morning of what would be the most popular thing to do.
Advanced_Court501@reddit
too bad it’s the other way around, he does something and truth social will glaze it no matter what it is
The_Freshmaker@reddit
strange how for the last 169 days it's just been saying 'eat a gun'
Friesthefries@reddit
war profiteering?
AtomicMonkeyTheFirst@reddit
Serious answer:Madman theory
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory
EccentricNerd22@reddit
Trump is secretly deciding everything with the flip of a coin like he's Two Face.
ExoTheFlyingFish@reddit
Me edging my foreign policy. Me edging Ukraine. Me edging Russia.
kahnindustries@reddit
Tantric Politics
darksidathemoon@reddit
Sometimes it takes a Deadpool to defeat a Taskmaster
Exciting-Mall-8005@reddit
"be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness."
Or maybe Trump is just a crazy lunatic.
ManHasJam@reddit
He's such a genius we truly might never know
Mr-Spherical@reddit
Trump is becoming Joe Biden, causing his dementia to think he's on a different phase of his grand plan for world domination every morning
No_Temporary9696@reddit
He’s a tsundere
AlpacaTraffic@reddit
"The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma"
splashtext@reddit
Dementia, yes men, his ego, trying to take away attention from the fact hes a child rapist
Take your pick, im sure it was one of these
themightyscott@reddit
It's based on whoever last spoke to him.
yumstheman@reddit
No one can game theory you if even you don’t know what you’re going to do next
Snazzle-Frazzle@reddit
What else would you expect from a guy who's declared bankruptcy 6 times and has 18 failed businesses to his name
CompactAvocado@reddit
populism
say thing to get your voter base happy, do thing to make investors happy, call anyone noticing a liar. profit.
G3nghisKang@reddit
Never let them know your next move
DEEP_SEA_MAX@reddit
Trump's policies are very easy to understand. He believes strongly in whatever he last saw on TV.
RdmNorman@reddit
Do i look like a guy with a plan ?
The_Guy_From_Drive@reddit
Trump is very, very inconsistent and less predictable than he was before, It works in the benefit of the Russians, other times it doesnt.
MrSourYT@reddit
Post Nut Clarity usually
BadArtijoke@reddit
I swear trump bases that on whether he last saw topless Putin riding a bear or ukranian women while doomscrolling
Yorunokage@reddit
That's literally the strat. Say 300 conflicting things and your cult followers will pick their favourite ones to believe and ignore the rest
He just perfected populism
slow_engineer@reddit
Every time Trump opens his mouth market either grows or crashes in a totally unexpected way. Makes you think.
Blotsy@reddit
Here's the answer
Prestigious-Fig1172@reddit
The worst thing about Trump isn't himself, but how countless people chose to react to him.
CeraRalaz@reddit
He cause market swings by which he enrich himself
AbyssWankerArtorias@reddit
His goal is to play both sides of the field so that no matter the outcome, he can claim success.
bush_killed_epstein@reddit
Trumps geopolitical strategy is just having the emotional temperament of a bratty Latina in Cookie Monster pajamas and hoping for the best
Level_Solid_8501@reddit
He is just as demented as Joe was.
The_Knife_Pie@reddit
My brother in christ, he is so much worse. Biden was never gone enough to fit four 180 flips on the same policy in 1 week. He zoned out/had mental fog at times was otherwise consistent on his policy and objectives. When he said “send weapons to ukraine” we never had to wonder if he’d send a tweet saying “stop all weapon shipments to Ukraine NOW” at 1am the next day.
Renopton@reddit
Dementia.
void_17@reddit
Gerontocracy in the modern US scares me af because the same thing was happening in the 1980s Soviet Union when the average age of Politburo politican was 70 years
InstrumentalCore@reddit
He is playing all sides so he is always winning with thr right and always lossing with the left
mustafa_i_am@reddit
What plan? He just does whatever he feels like
Lasolie@reddit
The goal is to aid Putin as much as he can while still appearing friendly to Ukraine / EU
NuWuX@reddit
Never let them know your next move, not even yourself.
bodi55555@reddit
Dementia
OldManChino@reddit
it depends on how many times putin thanked him that week, evidently he is low on thanks this week
SirDiesel1803@reddit
His want of power is only secondary to his need to grift. He just can't not make a shitty dollar in a shitty way shitting on as many people as he can.
The more noise he gets from the anger of people the more he thinks he has controlled those people.
He really is a stain on human morality.
mumaume@reddit
He got left on read in the world powers group chat
Known-Ad-1556@reddit
The advantage of a self-serving authoritarian dictator is that things get done because everyone has to do as he says.
The disadvantage of a self-serving authoritarian dictator is that things get done because everyone has to do as he says.
SaltyFlavors@reddit
Legitimately Donald Trump’s foreign policy
DowntownSasquatch420@reddit
Tbf there’s no defense for that offense
Jujumofu@reddit
Hes just gaming the stock market and the stock market doesnt want to accept that Wall Street is absolutely fugazi.
If you own something of everything and you know exactly when the funny lines are going to move, it doesnt matter in which direction they move.
Aslong as something is happening, he and his oligarch boons are getting richer.
ChangingMonkfish@reddit
Either he’s a proponent of the “madman” political philosophy, or more like he is literally mad.
TheRadishBros@reddit
Likely a bit of both. We know he likes the madman philosophy, as per his first term.
bigelangstonz@reddit
Arstanishe@reddit
Trump is like a narcissistic psycopathic girlfriend.
And Putin is like a blackpilled boyfriend.
Made for each other
bigelangstonz@reddit
Yo yo ass foreign policy 😅
patluh@reddit
Yubei00@reddit
It’s having president with untreated borderline syndrome
neoqueto@reddit
Manufactured geopolitical uncertainty