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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 8 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

That response leads me to think he really is on death's door. He cares not a whit for the nation he currently rules over, nor for any other person more than for himself.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

Every rich and powerful person gets spiritual before they die, and that includes "brain backup" delusions of techbros.

They're faced with the one thing money can't always solve, and anything is better than dying

Even causing Armageddon because rapture isn't technically dying.

Or the AI singularity because you think it'll "appreciate" you enough to preserve you.

The problem is, there's always people on deaths door. The solution is only picking leaders who have something to live for after office.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

The narrative path of “Epstein files are all over the news which Trump hates even if he’s never going to see real consequences, Trump learns he has X amount of time left, realizes he doesn't want to live his last days constantly hearing how much people not only hate him but see him for the disgusting monster he is, starts an war that is guaranteed to at least keep the news cycle occupied until he dies even if everyone else dies with him” does make some twisted sense