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Trump completely directionless? (hexbear.net)
submitted 6 days ago by CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net
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I've seen some posts today pointing some interesting things. While Trump is terribly racist and fascist, there are white supremacists and Nazis for whom he does not go far enough. There are far-right kooks who think Trump is not far enough right. Some pointed out he is too much of a capitalist to go that far, that in looking out for his bottom line, he avoids too much extremism because he'd start losing money.

On the other hand, he seems to have no financial goal for the country. Constantly flipping tariffs on and off, switching "buckets." Making propositions that any businessman would know is completely unrealistic. He has no idea how to be a capitalist either, it seems! So is he completely directionless? He just kinda goes wherever feels good to him at the moment? Is he possibly in some kind of cognitive decline, unable to make reasonable decisions, but since his base worships him no one can take the reins from him?

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[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 13 points 6 days ago

And I think Biden was in decline. Not to excuse anything he did, just as he freezes and jumbled his word. Not shame for being in decline, but maybe don't be the president at that point.