From a week ago but still relevant.

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    6 hours ago

    It should really be called the zionist’s attack on Iran. Trump insists its not a war, last I checked.

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    22 hours ago

    Given Trump’s visit to China, the Iran war is likely being used as an excuse. Not that we aren’t low on munitions, but Xi likely convinced Trump that he doesn’t need or want to defend Taiwan.

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        21 hours ago

        I wouldn’t be surprised, but Trump seems very easily manipulated. It seems like his stance on Ukraine, for instance, depends on if he’s last spoken with Putin or Zelensky.

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          18 hours ago

          That could be it too, my point is that Trump got diddly from Xi, just like he is getting diddly for helping Putin.
          China tried to appease Trump with personal favors to his companies in his first term, I don’t think they care to do that anymore.
          Xi is pretty pissed with Trump, which is very clear from how Xi said to Trumps face that USA is a declining power.

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        18 hours ago

        No, Xi probably convinced Trump that they are in it together, and Trump doesn’t have to worry about him.

        Allegedly that’s what’s Putin did, Putin gave him nothing, except claiming they were friends, and experienced the same things.

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          13 hours ago

          It’s like the kid in high school whose parents are gone for the weekend, the liquor cabinet is stocked, and he thinks that by throwing a rager, he’s in the club. No dude, we’re just here to eat up all your food and drink your beer. Your parents are going to be pissed when they figure out someone fucked in their bed and there’s an upper-decker lounging in the powder room toilet, but fuck off loser.

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          18 hours ago

          I thinks it’s foolish to see trump as a moron and not someone that makes bad decisions because it lets him manipulate the market. It probably suits him to be seen as an idiot.

          There isn’t a doubt in my mind that Russia has dirt on him. I think Putin said a lot more than that.

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            18 hours ago

            Trump is absolutely a moron, otherwise he wouldn’t put the entire earth in danger with his moronic climate policies.
            The only question is what kind of moron he is, apart from being a malignant narcissist, which makes him extremely dangerous.

            I use the climate thing as an example, because that would be a personal interest to everybody who isn’t a moron.
            Lack of empathy is also lack of social intelligence, and on empathy it has been solidly proven that Trump is a moron.
            That also makes him easy to manipulate, because he is simply too stupid and doesn’t get it when he is manipulated.

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              17 hours ago

              What if his goal is to own a small island nation or a city state (the kind you see in cyberpunk). Then destroying current world order and economy, while speed running into a massive crisis is kind of the only thing that would let him play dictator with a private militia.

              I’m guessing most billionaires think they can toughen out the hard times and come out as the new monarchy if it happens. As they start to feel threatened, many of them will probably be in favor of it.

              Idk, I just feel like I see people under estimate him and it feels good to laugh but you don’t get to where he is by being a moron. Most people see him losing but his goals don’t align with the nation, so losing an extra 300 billion might actually help his objectives (or the objectives of those pulling the strings). I guess he might be a stupid puppet, but in that case, it wouldn’t be him actually deciding.

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                16 hours ago

                To your example, that still makes him a moron, no actually it makes him even more of a moron.

                I’m guessing most billionaires think they can toughen out the hard times

                Yes there is very solid evidence that billionaires are generally delusional.
                For instance people that inherit money, think they are rich, not because they inherited their money, but because they are smart.

                Idk, I just feel like I see people under estimate him

                I can really recommend watching some of Dr Russels videos of Trump. He explains much about Trumps behavior.
                And when he behaves with seemingly perfect fascist strategies, it is not intelligence, it’s because he a malignant narcissist, and that kind of behavior is natural to him.

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jRs3mMmc4k

                He lies and he cheats not because he is smart, but because he doesn’t give a shit about anything or anyone but himself. If Trump had grown up poor, he would by overwhelming likelihood be in jail, possible even on death row.

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    23 hours ago

    The US is pausing a $14bn (£10.4bn) arms sale to Taiwan to ensure it has enough weapons for the Iran war, acting Navy secretary Hung Cao has said.

    “The reason we can’t help fight against evil is that we’re too busy doing evil ourselves.”