By clinging to American primacy through force and intimidation, Donald Trump is, ironically, undermining US global power. A saboteur trying to subvert US interests from the inside could hardly do better than what he’s accomplished through sheer incompetence.
  • Ech@lemmy.ca
    124·
    4 months ago

    When is it going to stop being “He’s so incompetent, it’s like he’s doing it on purpose!” and start being “Oh, he’s doing this on purpose…”? This has been obvious for so long now.

    • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      511·
      4 months ago

      I’d say it’s part incompetence, part intentional sabotage. He truly is a fucking moron, but he also hates the US.

      • N0t_5ure@lemmy.world
        34·
        4 months ago

        He’s easily manipulated by corrupt people, including those who don’t have the best interests of the U.S. at heart.

        • joekar1990@lemmy.worldEnglish
          14·
          4 months ago

          Like seeing Tim Cook gift him that golden statue so apple gets no tariffs…like everyone can see and stroke his ego.

          • BCsven@lemmy.ca
            3·
            4 months ago

            Which is funny because its like he’s an 8 year old boy. Ohh gold. Doesn’t yet realize Platinum is worth more, etc.

    • Tedesche@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      4 months ago

      No, please don’t give him that much credit. If you saw him run a casino, you’d swear he was doing it on purpose, but he isn’t. He really just is that dumb.

      I’m not saying he’s not also in Putin’s pocket, but don’t try to convince me that he has the brains necessary to make sabotage look like incompetence. He’s nowhere near that clever.

      • Ech@lemmy.ca
        1·
        4 months ago

        I’m not saying he’s “brilliantly” obfuscating his intent. For one, it’s blatantly obvious. Second, it doesn’t take intelligence to do what he’s doing. Third, my original point is that everyone from media to government officials are clearly in denial about what’s obviously happening, and are constantly downplaying the seriousness of his actions by attributing them solely to incompetence. There’s no chance of countering somebody if you can’t accept the reality of what they’re doing.

        At this point, I assume only future historians will have the wherewithal to actually point out the intent behind it all.

    • Ghyste@sh.itjust.works
      10·
      4 months ago

      There hasn’t been a doubt about his intentions for a long time. He is, however, likely taking many actions because someone told him to, he heard a sound bite on Faux News, or he perceived some slight from social media.

    • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
      8·
      4 months ago

      it doesn’t take much intelligence to destroy things under you over the course of 4-8 years. He’s very obviously incompetent because he’s doing this on purpose.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        it doesn’t take much intelligence to destroy things

        “A bull in a China shop” is a comparison I often use.

        It’s fast and easy to break things. Any idiot can swing a sledge hammer at random stuff they don’t understand.

        Fixing and building takes a lot longer. Also takes a lot more knowledge, skill and expense.

  • D_C@sh.itjust.works
    161·
    4 months ago

    I wonder why? Hey let’s ask his boss, Putin. “Why is the obese imbecile being such a cunt…?”

    Ok, this just in from Putin:
    “Paedophile pisstapes”
    Wow, that could mean Putin was watching Grey’s Anatomy. Or it could mean that Putin has videos of russian asset tRUMP pissing over the kids that he had just raped.

  • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world
    9·
    4 months ago

    But no one in the us seems willing to do anything about it, aside from making the occasional mildly caustic statements online and in govt.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
    11·
    4 months ago

    As long as it makes him richer…

    And if he makes everyone else dirt poor, more power to him.