Enough of this. Nobody took him seriously in 2015 and we got what we got. You’re not going to head him off by talking or not talking about him.
Trump does not have a sense of humor or a long-term tactical mindset. He speaks whatever is on his incomprehensibly selfish mind. When he says over and over and over again that he could run for a 3rd term, he means it. When he says over and over and over again that he thinks Canada should be annexed, he means it.
Thank you. It’s just so f’ing baffling how many people still think the right approach to Trump is to underestimate, ignore, or otherwise write him off. We know what happens when we do that. This lesson has been taught to us time and time again and it’s carried Trump to the White House twice.
This whole thing came out of accidentally calling Trudeau ‘govenor’. Trump made a simple mistake, but it’s the reaction he got that caused this to keep going. Trump is a bully and bullies thrive on getting reactions. It could have been stopped early if we ignored his dumb ass then, but now it is too late and we need to show strength to get him to back down.
No, it didn’t. This whole thing came out of Trump randomly deciding to punish Canada with huge tariffs for no apparent reason* and he made the insinuations against Canada’s sovereignty in furtherance of that.
My opinion is that Trump negotiates this way - Ask for something outlandish and breathe a sigh of relief when he settles for something less. Gets press — but you’re right about power. However the news being the way it is on a continuous cycle, content is needed. He understands that.
The most disturbing part is that everyone is still discussing it.
You give him power by taking his mouth diarrhea as something more than just that.
Enough of this. Nobody took him seriously in 2015 and we got what we got. You’re not going to head him off by talking or not talking about him.
Trump does not have a sense of humor or a long-term tactical mindset. He speaks whatever is on his incomprehensibly selfish mind. When he says over and over and over again that he could run for a 3rd term, he means it. When he says over and over and over again that he thinks Canada should be annexed, he means it.
Thank you. It’s just so f’ing baffling how many people still think the right approach to Trump is to underestimate, ignore, or otherwise write him off. We know what happens when we do that. This lesson has been taught to us time and time again and it’s carried Trump to the White House twice.
This whole thing came out of accidentally calling Trudeau ‘govenor’. Trump made a simple mistake, but it’s the reaction he got that caused this to keep going. Trump is a bully and bullies thrive on getting reactions. It could have been stopped early if we ignored his dumb ass then, but now it is too late and we need to show strength to get him to back down.
No, it didn’t. This whole thing came out of Trump randomly deciding to punish Canada with huge tariffs for no apparent reason* and he made the insinuations against Canada’s sovereignty in furtherance of that.
(* actually, to manufacture casus belli)
My opinion is that Trump negotiates this way - Ask for something outlandish and breathe a sigh of relief when he settles for something less. Gets press — but you’re right about power. However the news being the way it is on a continuous cycle, content is needed. He understands that.
You feed his mouth diarrhea back to him. Waterboard his face with it.