I think folks on both the right and the left trying to retrofit a theory to Trump's actions really do miss the degree of not just thoughtlessness but outright resistance to thought that characterizes Trump and nearly everyone with whom he has chosen to surround himself.
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No matter what he does, no matter how unhinged, ignorant or callous, they find a way to excuse him.
The real question is WHY???
"grok, create an image of a king "
https://bsky.app/profile/anaphoristand.bsky.social/post/3lm35j6t4gc2a
Ugly as sin itself
That's the only explanation for his actions that was ever actually relevant.
So his actions may be self-defeating in certain respects…
I suspect an AI would be far more clued up about the basics of international commerce than the mango Mussolini.
Except Bernie.
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity
Dudes who got rejected by women or jobs.
He's just gonna keep on upping the ante to ensure, as here, the whe world has to hang on his every word.
Jared
Ivanka
Don Jr*
Ingraham
Carlson
Flynn
Manafort
Tillerson
Pompeo
Page
Gabbard
Sessions
Kash
Shelby
Thune
Johnson
Kennedy
Rand
Stein
Rybolovlev
Sater
Arif
Deripaska
Lavrov
Peskov
Shoygu
Prighozin
* (also thoughtless)
"Trump doesn't have thoughts, he has irritable mental gestures".
It just means that people who are trying to theorize Trump's actions in public policy terms are making a category error.
Trump is vindictive and impulsive, but these are not thoughtless actions. They are planned & coordinated, with motivation to achieve specific results.