Comment by balamatom

17 hours ago

>It’s baffling that anyone would assume that’s how any of this works.

It's because the president said it on TV.

Is that a recursive loop? The president thinks that’s how it works because the president said so on TV.

I can believe that kind of reinforcement happens. Trump watches Fox News, sees himself saying X, and thinks “yes, it’s very good that {X}.”

  • >Is that a recursive loop? The president thinks that’s how it works because the president said so on TV.

    He's probably exactly this stupid, but in regards to the sentence

    >It’s baffling that anyone would assume that’s how any of this works.

    I was referring to the rest of the anyone.

  • When malignant narcissist psychopathic pedophile criminals take power, they don't have a constructive plan for maximum long term benefit to society because they don't know anything and DGAF except that which benefits them personally.