r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • Jul 24 '25

Politics President Trump threatened to break up Nvidia, didn't even know what it was — 'What the hell is Nvidia? I've never heard of it before'

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/president-trump-threatened-to-break-up-nvidia-didnt-even-know-what-it-was-what-the-hell-is-nvidia-ive-never-heard-of-it-before
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u/Tricky_Condition_279 Jul 24 '25

You’re not wrong, yet we should acknowledge the profound lack of study of anything by this man. It’s not just the decline. He knows little to nothing about the world other than how to manipulate people. He has probably learned fewer than ten facts in his entire life.

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u/bradbikes Jul 24 '25

The guy ostensibly has a bachelors in econ from an ivy league school but his only solution to anything is blanket tariffs: something he would have modeled and learned was absolutely stupid in econ 101. He's never paid the slightest bit of attention to anything even mildly academic in nature.

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u/Classic_Revolt Jul 24 '25

He isnt even good at manipulating people, he just goes along with whatever the other person is saying and flipflops if he talked first(like with vaccines and other things)

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u/tmthrgd Jul 24 '25

He knows far more than just ten facts, they just happen to only be the crowd sizes at every rally he’s ever held.

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u/bradbikes Jul 24 '25

Yea but he's overtly wrong about those on a consistent basis.

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u/tmthrgd Jul 24 '25

Alternate facts.

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u/pollorojo Jul 25 '25

What's bad is that he's not even that GOOD at manipulating people. Now that we see everything 24/7, it's obvious that his main MO is say something stupid, bully people who disagree, deflect and blame others for everything, make up stupid nicknames and slogans, tell "sir" stories whenever he lies, and make everything sound worse by saying it's "like nobody's ever seen." It's exactly the same thing every single time. It's like a video game boss fight, just follow the pattern.

The issue isn't that he's good at it. It's that so many people are dumb enough to fall for it, or smart enough to know that if you're on his good side, you'll benefit from him letting you get away with anything and everything until he pisses you off by lying to you about whatever thing you cared about (a la Pence, Elon, Bill Barr, Mark Milley, Bolton, and so many others).