Why would anyone believe he would deescalate something? Why would anyone believe anything he says?
TACO is a thing, but you’re correct in believing that isn’t the case here, at least yet.
It must be pissing them off so damn badly that we won’t behave the way that they would, and aren’t giving them any excuses. They know, at this point, that they look desperate even to some of their hardcore base.
NEVER EVER BELIEVE A WORD THIS REGIME SAYS
There’s a word for this I saw in another post a few days ago but can’t find it now?
The authoritarians dial the shit storm up to 11, everyone protests, the authoritarians back down to 10 and everyone celebrates and goes home.
“I showed up to your house uninvited and killed your dog. Let me have all your stuff for free and I might let your cat live!”
The Art Of The Deal, some A-class de-escalation there.
