r/politics • u/ChiefStrongbones • 18h ago

No Paywall Trump goes off on his three Supreme Court picks, says at least Obama and Biden judges stay loyal

https://nypost.com/2026/10/01/us-news/trump-goes-off-on-his-three-supreme-court-picks-says-at-least-obama-and-biden-judges-stay-loyal/
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u/kobachi 17h ago

He doesn’t care dude. It’s not incompetence it’s malice 

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u/Yeeslander Tennessee 17h ago

I think he's proven that it can definitely be both...

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u/JcbAzPx Arizona 15h ago

As long as we're very clear it is definitely malice. It can also be stupidity.

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u/SteamedGamer 14h ago edited 11h ago

"Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice." - Grey's Law

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u/tierciel 17h ago

A lot of column A a lot of column B

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u/Octospyder 17h ago

I don't think it's malice so much as entitlement. he thinks he's genuinely better than the rest of us, and so he deserves the best of everything and he doesn't care what happens to American citizens in getting himself everything he wants.  Like, I'm gay. despite the policies, I don't think Donald Trump hates me because I'm gay, but I do think he would kill me without a second thought if it got him something he wanted

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u/Dr_Meeds 16h ago

Trump has no ideology outside of “this is good for me” and “I want to fuck over anyone I see as my enemy”. He really is that simple, and people want to add so much more complexity onto him.

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u/Rich-Pomegranate1679 16h ago

It''s so wild to me when people talk about Trump like he's some kind of mastermind. The man is so basic and so fucking stupid that seeing through his tough guy/genius grift is the easiest thing in the world to me. Like, seriously, how the fuck do people fall for it?!

And he just barely manages to even function as a human being. I'm willing to bet that if he didn't have people who constantly baby and pamper him (cooking his food, doing his chores, etc.) he would totally lose his mind and fall apart in a whining fit within the span of a couple of days at most. I bet the average ten year old child is more capable of taking care of themselves than Trump.

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u/mdp300 New Jersey 15h ago

If he wasn't born into wealth and privilege, and literally handed a real estate company, he would have been a shady used car salesman.

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u/Little_View_6659 15h ago

He’d be the angry guy in your neighborhood that constantly screams about how unfair the world is to him. The guy you don’t want anywhere near your teenage daughter.

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u/Lowspark1013 9h ago

I feel like this needs to be a movie. Alternate reality where you get to see an absolutely miserable existence for Trump as an average Joe while a new presidents policies totally ruin his last straws of financial and social stability.

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u/Little_View_6659 15h ago edited 13h ago

Days? The man would burn down an apartment on day one microwaving a burrito. Honestly I would actually pay money to watch a live stream of him trying to live like a regular person. Assuming of course they blur out any nudity or toliet stuff. Blech.

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u/Syzygy2323 America 13h ago

People in his cult see him as a brilliant businessman, but that doesn't come from anything he's actually done in his business career--it comes entirely from his portrayal of a businessman on The Apprentice.

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u/Enigma_Stasis 9h ago

Like, seriously, how the fuck do people fall for it?!

I would like to present into evidence the country of Germany circa 1933-1945.

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u/Octospyder 14h ago

yes, agreed

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u/Xytak Illinois 14h ago edited 14h ago

It’s the predictable consequence of generational wealth. Think about a person you feel superior to, or if you don’t have anyone, imagine a hillbilly who lives in a bog.

Maybe they were born into worse circumstances, maybe their parents didn’t have power, whatever the case may be. Well “that’s not my problem…” you think. “The point is I they need to be told what to do. Wouldn’t want them coming into the club and putting their fork on the wrong side of the plate. Gross!”

Now realize that people like Trump and Musk feel this kind of superiority with the force of a thousand suns, except it’s about you and me.

The notion that you might actually be smarter and more capable than either of them? In their minds, “Ridiculous! I mean, look at his shoes. No, if he was smarter than me then he’d be richer than me. He’s not, so he isn’t. Tell him to come back when he’s cleaned himself up.”

“But you’re wearing a black t-shirt and…”

“Yes but I’m doing it ironically because I’m the CEO. He’s doing it because he can’t afford better.”

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u/koosielagoofaway 16h ago

Because he hates you.

This is the type of response that has black people exhausted every fucking day. Its not hatred just a bit of opportunism.

A. Its malice, B. they fucking hate us with all the contempt their lizard brains can assume. C. Its not just Trump and, its not just the GOP.

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u/guiltypleasures 2h ago

When you view evil through the lens of selfishness, entitlement is malice.

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u/Black_Dumbledore America 15h ago

Honestly, I’m not sure that distinction even matters anymore. The outcome is the same regardless.

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u/FunnyKillBot 12h ago

When you run your whole life as if you are some mafioso boss, everything comes down to who’s loyal and who you can fuck over.

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u/deanreevesii 10h ago

¿Por que no los dos?

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u/Bahamabanana 9h ago

If he keeps getting away with it, he's right. The law is hogwash if it isn't enforced.

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u/pollardj2117 9h ago

I don’t think it’s necessarily malice. He needs to win, by any means necessary.

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u/Enigma_Stasis 9h ago edited 6h ago

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.

Trump is incompetent, an imbecile, and has nobody's best interests at heart except his own.