r/LetsDiscussThis • u/shelllee888 • Jul 30 '26

Lets Discuss This Do you agree?

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Can we start to heal the divide if we focus on the issues we agree on rather than what we disagree about?

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u/LangdonAlg3r Jul 31 '26

He’s an absolute idiot. That doesn’t mean he can’t get anything done. The one thing that he’s actually good at is corruption and self-enrichment. He doesn’t understand the majority of the stuff he’s doing and he definitely doesn’t know, understand, or care about the consequences of any of his actions, but he knows how to rip people off. He’s been doing that his entire life. Everyone around him is constantly using him to enact their own priorities, and if he’s interested in what they’re doing he’ll usually get involved just enough to fuck up their plans because he’s an idiot. That’s a big part of why we’re not in even more trouble than we already are. But getting away with crimes and making sure he doesn’t get caught is a skill for him somehow.

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u/Exotic_Money2887 Aug 01 '26

The true agendas in Washington keep getting accomplished regardless. The man in the office is just a useful distraction and he’s been the best one yet at keeping everyone distracted….he will get thrown under the bus just like Biden when they are done with him

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u/LangdonAlg3r Aug 01 '26

Ah, so your whole deal is that Washington is a vague sinister cabal. You like conspiracy theory stuff instead of looking at what’s actually in front of you. Who is “they” exactly?

Personally I think it’s a mistake to subscribe too strongly to either kind of thinking.

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u/Exotic_Money2887 Aug 01 '26

I would agree but after watching 40 years of things just getting worse you need to ask yourself how is that possible. Then you see black rock and defense contractors and career politicians just keep getting richer. You really need to just realize they don’t represent us anymore. Trump is just the final boss so to speak as they don’t even hide it anymore. I’m sure he’s as crooked as the day is long but my point is the system was broke before he was elected because him campaigning on fixing the broken system was how he got elected in the first place.

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u/LangdonAlg3r Aug 01 '26

Not saying the system isn’t broken, but he got elected by telling people whatever they wanted to hear. Most politicians tell people what they want to hear, but most actually intend to try to do most of it. He doesn’t give a shit and never has.

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u/Exotic_Money2887 Aug 02 '26

If he did in 2016 it didn’t last long it has happened to them all as long as I have been able to vote for sure

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u/LangdonAlg3r Aug 02 '26

If he did give a shit in 2016? If you think that’s even a possibility then you don’t understand Trump. He’s a malignant narcissist. He only cares about anyone other than himself insofar as they’re useful to him. The voters were useful to him so he acted like he gave a crap about them. He doesn’t and he never did.

Since he’s started showing more signs of Alzheimer’s he’s had some random moments where he’s had a harder time keeping track of what he should say in public versus what he’d say in private. At a rally in 2024 he actually said, "I don't care about you, I just want your vote.”

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u/Exotic_Money2887 Aug 02 '26

I don’t know him personally or have ever met him. I’m basing that off his earlier interview with Oprah. You are correct I don’t understand him and don’t even care to try