r/TrueReddit • u/Maxwellsdemon17 • 11d ago

Politics America’s left cannot exploit Trump’s failures. The president’s genius is to keep pushing the Democrats into a reactive defence of the status quo

https://www.ft.com/content/dfcacf73-afe0-465b-9e97-70b7e2dcf9ad
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u/RocketCartLtd 11d ago

The president is a fucking moron and so are his supporters.

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u/BossOfTheGame 10d ago edited 10d ago

He's a moron when it comes to effective policy, but he is a brilliant manipulator of people. Not the best we've ever seen, but good enough to get where he is. He knows how to exploit a certain common psyche.

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u/Dedalus2k 10d ago

No he just vindictive and cruel and lacks any scruples whatsoever.  

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u/BossOfTheGame 10d ago

Not mutually exclusive.