• WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    19 days ago

    Nobody tell him that when he says things like that, it doesn’t make them look pathetic - it makes him look pathetic.

    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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      19 days ago

      There is a negotiating tactic where you try to convince someone that their potential allies have already surrendered, but it doesn’t work when that person can just contact those allies directly.

    • A_A@lemmy.world
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      19 days ago

      Delusion and narcissism being his basis, you can’t make him see what he is.

    • Sludgehammer@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      He might even be being told it. I’m sure the legions of suck-ups he surrounds himself with are telling him exactly what he wants to hear.

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      17 days ago

      Oh, I can believe a country would do this, it’s worth kissing ass to protect your country.

      I don’t believe they would do anything other than kiss some ass though.

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    17 days ago

    Like when he had tariffs, where he said that INSERT NUMBER of countries, reached him to negotiate. Imagine being a liar, and the citizens still haven’t killed you yet. You have to be lucky!

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    17 days ago

    So fucking stupid. If he’d picked one industry in one country, he’d have succeeded. But he’s only succeeded in uniting the world against him.