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Sauce: https://www.threads.com/@ted1733/post/DW5PTDoDlBe
Mor Sauce: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-trumps-behaviour-most-plausible-explanation-stupidest/
StopTheWorldIWannaGetOff
Yep. Simply put, whatever will make him richer, make him look good to his constituency, and whatever hurts his enemies most. I say enemies, but it's really just anyone who doesn't worship him and cater to his ego.
shamwedding
"tHey deStrOyEd tRumP". No the fuck they didn't. He's still in power and is still leading us to hell. He's been called stupid all his life, it doesn't stop him. Stop pacifying yourself with other folks calling Trump stupid. Stand up and do something.
tarask
Exactly. I find it hilarious when pundits talk for hours about 30 different rationales for what Trump does. He is the most surface level, simplistic and crass individual there is. Period.
OfficialTrollInspector
I find it's the most generous option to assume that Republicans in general and Trump in particular don't know what they're doing. They know, and they are getting what they want.
bikergeek6249
Everything he does is either about retribution, extortion, or a grift.
NonstopRampage
or rape.
BananaForScaIe
*elbows up*
youreathing
The Globe is very right-wing friendly. Just keep that in mind.
emu314159127001
If Drmpf could read all those words he'd be pissed
KremlinOfAges
joshuasplinth
Don’t forget the dementia!!
SedatedSl0th
You will not be *wrong*
FTFY
Wapusk
Occam's Numbered Cayman Island bank account.
PenguinPete
"hermeneutical" is a helluva word
iConfirmAnythingAndEverything
For context, the globe and mail typically leans right of center.
That shows how far right trump has gone.
kittirai
I like it. it fits
Columbus43219
No it's not... Occam's razor is that if you have multiple explanations, the one that makes the least assumptions is the most likely.
TheRealArclight
eddbrowne
And cheated his way into "command" with the help of goons and ignorant voters.
michaelfire
The kazoo trope makes it too light/whimsical. Trump is cunning, not stupid but anti-intellectual, instinctual, and criminally insane: a malignant narcissist, Dark triad sociopath. He is self-admittedly a serial sexual predator, rapist, war criminal, and authoritarian actively trying to overthrow our democracy- and profit at the same time. Razor is close- think Sweeney Todd. With a poison coating- an assassins's blade. More on sociopath's real tools.../a/LGEtPMM 1/
nothingbettertodoandiwouldntdoitanyway
Well that pretty well 'splains it.
KinetoPlay
Why doesn't destroyed mean anything anymore? This didn't destroy anyone, this did nothing to him.
youreathing
You won't BELIEVE what happened NEXT!!! [red arrow]
DeusExPocky
Kudos to OP to supplying Sauce - but for those of us ootside of Canuckland, Globe & Mail is paywalled.
Cut and paste the URL into somewhere like removepaywall.com and there 'ya go:
https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-trumps-behaviour-most-plausible-explanation-stupidest/
Sorrontis
for those of us inside Canuckland, G&M is also paywalled.
youreathing
Keep in mind the Globe is owned by the billionaire Thompson family (one of the richest in Canada). They lean right.
WeHaventMet
He doesn't like renewable energy because he can see windmills from one of his golf courses and thinks it ruins the view.
Knifesmith
He doesn't like renewable energy because the people who control the purse strings tell him not to. He doesn't have any intellectual or moral stance on pretty much anything. It all seems to boil down to who is able to stroke his ego or pad his wallet.
HIVp0sit1ve69
I literally said Weds at 1:08 am to my buddy: $5 says trump's next move is to charge money for getting through the strait of Hormuz and ends up trying to attack NATO alley further crippling the US
darkstarmc
I'm Canada we have a saying. I don't read the globe and mail for the same reason I don't drink from the toilet. Glad they got one thing right.
duffman3335
If you start with the premise that he's ACTIVELY and DELIBERATELY trying to destroy our country, everything he does makes perfect sense.
CurlyBruce
Except Occam's Razor has nothing to do with simplicity, it has to do with the number of assumptions you have to make in order to arrive at a conclusion. A solution can be complex but have zero assumptions or "guesses" in it and be the preferred answer over a significantly more simplified solution that makes numerous assumptions and Occam's Razor would tell you to choice the more complex solution.
CurlyBruce
The point is that the more unknowns you have the more likely you are to make a mistake, so a solution with zero or few unknowns is less likely to be mistaken than one with multiple unknowns hence why the razor is concerned with "assumptions".
rcgom
market manipulation explains a lot
AtLeastImWearingUnderwear
Exactly. He's selfish enough to destabilise the entire world economy for the sake of shorting the market and a bit of insider trading
Bystandr
But not the lack of foresight about the consequences of it, nor the other policy failures in progress or planned.
Lugh314159
Here's the thing, though... As absolutely immoral as starting a war for personal profit would be... It makes logical sense. It's.... Evil. ....but logical.
I don't think he's smart enough for that.
MeMonty
yep, pretty sure it still was someone else's idea
rcgom
lol, but yeah absolutely
HopelessNecr0mantic
Yeahcthat plus insane ego crossed with wanting a major level epstein distraction is the real answer.
Elonth
You forget both the military dictatorships that have him on their puppets strings have everything to gain from him doing exactly what he is doing decision after decision every single time. They put him in place for a reason. To use america as an attack dog by isreal and a tool of self destruction for america by russia. Zionists in isreal believe every single person who isn't jewish is just an animal that looks like a human so its okay to use/abuse/lie/kill them. They see america as a tool.
Guantanamobaae
Trump is a sociopath. He used to be a malignant narcissist. He’s progressed into full sociopathy. He is incapable of caring about anything but himself. He would sink his whole family, this country, and the world if the truth of his actions came to light.
CallMeCourierSix
The "cease fire" caused the stock market to surge massively, and oil prices to drop instantly.
It's always market manipulation.
whereismymind86
Isnt that like…a crime? Feels like it should be
CallMeCourierSix
Of course it's a crime.
Do you think Congress will give a shit? The GOP controls it, and they're doing insider trading right alongside The Orange Shitgibbon.
OldFriendForDinner
Jonson71
For a man who's been "destroyed" so many times he sure seems to be every bit as dangerous and powerfully evil as he was the first time he was destroyed.
StephenDaniels
Destroying him can't happen with the US Congress constituted as it is. He could rape a 14 year old on TV and the MAGAS would twist themselves into pretzels to explain it away. Even still his actions should be documented and remembereed. Hopefully with the new Congress next January we can start taking our country back.
LicensedAdHominem
rossimus
Good point. We should stop going at him and accept our place. He is King, we merely playthings for him to enjoy. Submit, and accept his Inevitability. Anything else would be pointless.
Great point, Jonson71. Do you have a newsletter with other Great Points?
ellevacion7
We need to go after the enablers
DVSBSTrD
Because nobody on the left cares about stupid things like winning. We just like to show off how progressive and clever and inclusive we are.
Mehtoes
You sound unvaccinated.
DVSBSTrD
You sound like you'll only vote democrat if the candidate is black.
SuperSaiyanYamcha
So you’re unvaccinated AND racist. A true MAGAt.
DVSBSTrD
And you're why the left keeps losing.
FacelessAce
That's because Donald Trump is a con artist, like Harry Mudd from Star Trek. Destroying him does nothing, ruining his reputation is a slap on the wrist. As long as he has another con, and as long as he can fool some group of suckers into believing his nonsense, he will be just as powerful as before. The con artist's strength lies not in himself, but in the con. That's what you have to destroy.
vericon151
Don’t denigrate Mudd like that.
FacelessAce
Oh, if he became president, he would be ALMOST as bad as the Fascist in Chief.
redtruck
He's just that obtuse.
anarchoFeline
Trump really highlights the fact the we, the people of this country, don't actually have any influence on how it's run. the people in power will do what they want and they will always be shielded from consequences in ways we could only dream. it's always been this way, he just doesn't even try to hide it like people before him have.
freshthrowaway1138
Well, sortof yes but sortof no. You are correct, the people don't matter. But you're wrong because the voters do matter, especially the voters that ensure electoral victories. If you are just someone yelling in the street, everyone is going to ignore you. If, on the other hand, you organize a massive voting bloc, get out the vote, constantly tell your politicians what you want, and are willing to patiently spend decades pushing your ideology? You're gonna be a part of the power structures.
cgt9803
Whatever benefits him the most personally, in ego gratification or money, and to hell with the country.
Great job, Republican voters. /s
CheeseB0t
Don't forget the 100 million people who don't vote
StellarJay77
It's not at all surprising though, they idolize selfish narcissistic behaviours because thats exactly how they want to behave. It's just all these "socialist" bleeding heart liberals who keep getting in their way from screwing over immigrants and conning their way to wealth and power.
AtmaDarkwolf
/s is likely not needed....
MerriMod
Addendum: "in that exact moment". Trump does a ton of shit that actively harms him immediately because he doesn't think further ahead than the current moment he's in. He has no capacity for planning ahead.
DVSBSTrD
They vote for him because they're just like him.
muliphen
And always have been, he's just acted as the catalyst to unite all of them together.
AngurProne
They are NOT like him in very many facets. He is a highly skilled con man. Possibly one of the all time greats. Most of his voters... poor man's idea of a rich man, stupid man's idea of a smart man... and so on. They wish they were like him.
admiralawesome4213
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1Z2p2NGc3N24wZDYxNDFqNjZjMXhpc3puNzJqdjFzZ2JxcDh5ODIxdiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/3oz8xTl6sGKbuRPDDW/200w.webp
GenXHippie
At least they didn’t vote for someone who would be overly emotional and lash out without thinking first….
DVSBSTrD
You mean a Millenial?
tentacularfleshscape
How old are millennials, on average, do you think?
zFUBARz
Ugh, too fucking old, let me tell you. Things are starting to hurt.
tentacularfleshscape
I was born in a country that doesn't exist anymore lol
SlaaneshiRightsFront
Okay, Boomer.
Streicher32
Ok, Boomer
GenXHippie
lol.
Urgalicity
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hanlons-razor Already exists
LicensedAdHominem
Hanlon was a moron. You'd have to be to not realize evil men play dumb to avoid accountability.
bourbontheshieldanvil
I'm sure it applies in a lot of cases, but in this one, there 100% is malice.
Traquaire
Except malice is a primary motivator for his stupidity.
FacelessAce
Selfishness is, they're not the same thing. Trump doesn't hate the people he's hurting, he couldn't care less about them. The only person he cares about is himself, and he hurts others because it benefits him.
DukeDarkwood
They may be two separate things, but they are, I feel, intrinsically related. Selfishness is the root cause of any evil deeds I can think of. A person putting their desires first, willing to harm others to get it.
Once a person places others as of lesser importance than themself, evil deeds become possible.
blasphememez
Stupidity has ceased to be an adequate explanation for Trump's malignant idiocy. To paraphrase Tyrion: we've had stupid presidents, and we've had evil presidents, but we've never been cursed with a stupid evil president before now.
Flodos
Hanlon paints a false dichotomy, for the simple fact that evil rots the brain. Only stupid people become evil, and those who become or are evil naturally become stupid in turn.
Urgalicity
That's some big claim that needs big proof. No evil person was ever smart?
Flodos
Oh no, there have been plenty of smart evil people. They invariably became less smart the more evil they became though.
Urgalicity
Why?
Urgalicity
See, Hanlon was more pointing out that we assume that people are invariably trying to hurt us rather than just an amateur let loose with dangerous information. A child given a knife without instructions is far more dangerous than a child given a careful instruction before being given a blade.