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Peacetrain

(23,906 posts) Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:27 AM Tuesday

Does President Trump create problems, so he can claim he has a solution by backing off

Seriously.. take tariffs.. he puts them on and 2 days later he is doing everyone a favor by taking them off..

He got rid of NAFTA, then rebranded it USMCA last term.. and then got rid of it this term.. tariffs of all the car makers and today he is going to Michigan to take them off..

Crisis in a can.. the great re-brander

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Does President Trump create problems, so he can claim he has a solution by backing off (Original Post) Peacetrain Tuesday OP

No- that's just what he does when he can't continue the chaos he created. Nt Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #1

I don't think so; he's too impulsive. And he's been obsessed with tariffs for years. Ocelot II Tuesday #2

It's an old trick. Ping Tung Tuesday #3

No matter what chaos he causes, he'll claim victory. Silent Type Tuesday #4

I think "Trump" is not in charge Johonny Tuesday #5

I question if he's in charge of very much, including his own hygiene. trump is rapidly losing the basics. nt AnotherMother4Peace Tuesday #9

He's the rapist that blames it on the victim, becomes helpful, & becomes the "protector". Some sort of "DARVO" AnotherMother4Peace Tuesday #6

He has spent his entire life conning people, he has perfected it to a fine art. nt ImNotGod Tuesday #7

tRump does daily outrageous comments to stay in the media chatter FarPoint Tuesday #8

Yes and no. His enablers indulge his dumb decisions knowing that when it RockRaven Tuesday #10

All the time. It's called a "straw-man argument." Present a problem that doesn't exist, and fix it. Greybnk48 Tuesday #11

I don't think it's the initial strategy, but it is the coping strategy. tanyev Tuesday #12

Does a bear crap in the woods? maxrandb Tuesday #13

Fiendish Thingy

(19,209 posts)

1. No- that's just what he does when he can't continue the chaos he created. Nt

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:30 AM

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Ocelot II

(124,512 posts)

2. I don't think so; he's too impulsive. And he's been obsessed with tariffs for years.

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:31 AM

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He only pulls them back when he gets enough blowback from the money men.

Ping Tung

(2,265 posts)

3. It's an old trick.

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:36 AM

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I remember LBJ "leaking" that he was going to send something like 100,000 more troops to Vietnam which triggered outrage. A few days later he announced that he was going to send "only" 50,000 and most people were relieved that he was going to send "only" 50k to provide cannon fodder for a lost war.

Silent Type

(9,154 posts)

4. No matter what chaos he causes, he'll claim victory.

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:37 AM

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Johonny

(23,493 posts)

5. I think "Trump" is not in charge

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:40 AM

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Despite his Im a dictator image. Recent interviews with Trump make him seem like he is marginalized in his own White House. Every Sleepy Joe fear, appears to be true with Trump. Who is running what and whose policies are we following and what information is getting to the president? We don't fucking know.

Trump seems generally surprised by his deep unpopularity as if he had no idea the things happening are awful.

AnotherMother4Peace

(4,734 posts)

9. I question if he's in charge of very much, including his own hygiene. trump is rapidly losing the basics. nt

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 12:12 PM

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AnotherMother4Peace

(4,734 posts)

6. He's the rapist that blames it on the victim, becomes helpful, & becomes the "protector". Some sort of "DARVO"

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:51 AM

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"Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender" (DARVO) - very abusive & manipulative. A technique often used in Cults.

ImNotGod

(670 posts)

7. He has spent his entire life conning people, he has perfected it to a fine art. nt

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:51 AM

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FarPoint

(13,944 posts)

8. tRump does daily outrageous comments to stay in the media chatter

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 12:00 PM

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His goal which is successful is to take oxygen away from any/ all Democratic activities and/ or messages. This is not new behavior ..It's just being called out in legacy media because they have a dog in this plan....

RockRaven

(17,183 posts)

10. Yes and no. His enablers indulge his dumb decisions knowing that when it

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 12:58 PM

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blows up they can do that retreat and spin maneuver. But I don't think he is engaging in that three/four step planning. He's a crooked dumb asshole, not a long term strategist.