Donald Trump spent his first 100 days back in the Oval Office driving an economy that the world envied to the brink of crisis, risking America’s reputation as a financial safe haven and fostering fear among voters who’ve lost confidence in his leadership.

Americans were desperate for relief from high grocery prices and bought into Trump’s promise to make America affordable again in November 2024, partly out of nostalgia for the pre-pandemic economy of his first term.

But the president deliberately and singlehandedly adopted policies that are almost certain to spike prices even more; that could lead to shortages; and that have CEOs and small businesses dealing with chaos and the possibility of a recession.

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    Is he that stupid that he really beleives his plan will work? Or is he so afraid of Putin’s kompromat that he’ll destroy his own country in order to keep it hidden?

    Why not both?

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      He is the dictator of the US. This is how he extracts every last cent possible from the working class to fund tax breaks and handouts for the ultra-wealthy. Accountability is not a factor for someone like this who has lived his whole life with no accountability and continually failed upward to the highest office. He “doesn’t need your vote” anymore, he is there and he’s not planning on leaving this time no matter what the voters say.

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      Is he that stupid that he really beleives his plan will work?

      Absolutely, have you seen any sign of high intelligence coming from tRump?

      Or is he so afraid of Putin’s kompromat that he’ll destroy his own country in order to keep it hidden?

      I am increasingly doubting this. Do you really think a tape of some prostitutes pissing on him would change anything at this stage?

      I also do not buy the notion tRump is a russian asset because he is just too stupid to be recruited… he is too stupid to be easily manipulated though.

      His stupidity, at full and constant display and perfectly complimentary of the USA’s population ignorance, is more than enough to explain where we are and far far more likely than any other theories…

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      It is both. There is no reason to copitulate to Russia unless the Kompromat is that good.

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        In the Fantastic Four comics, Dr. Doom wears a mask because he was hideously deformed by a science experiment gone wrong. Later writers retroconned it so that Doom had a tiny scratch but was so insanely egotistical that a tiny flaw was too much for him to bear.

        I like to think that the kompromat is something like Trump having premature ejaculation or erectile dysfunction, or crying that his Daddy didn’t love him. Something a normal person could shrug off and move on from.

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      It’s not kompromat. It’s flattery. “You’re such a good boy, Donald!” is doing a lot more here than you realize.

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        I blame Melania. If he was getting love and support at home, he wouldn’t have to spend so much time looking for affection outside the home.

        Only mildly sarcastic.

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            The only reason I don’t think Melania has any ties to Putin is that she wouldn’t treat Donnie so shabbily if she had to keep him on a leash. Remember she stayed in NYC for six months at the start of his first term. A handler would be in constant contact.

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      I think he believes it will work for him. Which is the only concept that has ever mattered to him.