Until the Epstein post, I had the same question. Now, not so much.
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FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
What are the chances they are working together and creating a distraction?
mjhelto@lemm.ee 2 months ago
LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al 2 months ago
It’s entirely possible
auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Less than 1%.
People vastly overestimate these bozos.
They aren’t lying. They actually believe this shite. They aren’t playing genius 5d chess they are just reactive morons. Look at the leaked Signal group chats.
No doubt Vance is a bit smarter and is acting a bit, given all the ‘Trump is americas Hitler’ stuff. But this is unspoken between them.
FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I see your point, but I’d be cautious of underestimating them.
Regardless of their own shortcomings, they have more resources than virtually anyone else on the planet to compensate for them. They certainly have teams of incredibly smart, and incredibly well paid people scheming for them.
auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Different kind of smart. I dont underestimate them I just see right through them.
They have people who are Ben Carson smart. Domain-specific. Not in general reasoning, critical thinking, or capable of maintaining such a façade. Anyone smart would’ve distanced themselves along time ago unless they are grifting them. And generally those types of smarts don’t end in MAGA to start with. Just like how MAGAts don’t end up as artists. (Name one conservative artist who isn’t shit)
And Trump cannot lie. Yes, all he does it lie. But he also cannot lie. If you ask him if he commited a crime he’ll straight up admit to it. Everytime. He rejects the premise of guilt. The lies he does tell are done out of a mix of unconscious strategic self-presentation and the fact he is just thick as shit and believes whatever he sees on the TV.