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In reply to the discussion: Trump believed coming across as 'unstable and insulting' in controversial posts could 'bring the Iranians to the table' [View all]

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61. I've heard the media testing this excuse lately, likening it to Nixon and North Vietnam
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 10:10 AM
17 hrs ago

Of course it's ridiculous and just another wild attempt at slavishly sanewashing.

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Trump believed coming across as 'unstable and insulting' in controversial posts could 'bring the Iranians to the table' [View all] BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago OP
No, that is the real him. twodogsbarking 19 hrs ago #1
Trump is and has always been unstable and insulting. Which brilliant aide came up with this "strategy?" Vinca 19 hrs ago #2
I don't know, but that is exactly what it is. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 19 hrs ago #3
he's decompensating and barbtries 18 hrs ago #32
It's 24th dimensional chess, don't ya know. travelingthrulife 17 hrs ago #56
He doesn't do this with Russia or Israel. He knows better. LeftInTX 17 hrs ago #66
Acting? Chasstev365 19 hrs ago #4
Mafiadon thinks he's still in The damn Apprentice bs. Justice matters. 18 hrs ago #35
shithole has always been a jerk bully................... Lovie777 19 hrs ago #5
Nonsense MissouriDem47 19 hrs ago #6
Horsesh*t EarthFirst 19 hrs ago #7
Just more sane-washing bullshit. FalloutShelter 18 hrs ago #22
Easter F bomb Whip-poor-will 19 hrs ago #8
This is just a cover story to hide the fact he is insane. Irish_Dem 19 hrs ago #9
"Aides" Like "Sir" with tears in their eyes... Justice matters. 18 hrs ago #37
that is my take... also he may well have had some notion for this strategy but he's still also fucking insane and LymphocyteLover 18 hrs ago #39
Yes even if he did use this as a strategy it is still INSANE. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #88
He is trying to mimic Mel Gibson's character in the "Lethal Weapon" movies. John1956PA 11 hrs ago #92
+100000000000000000000000 chia 13 hrs ago #87
Kinda like Vincent "the Chin" Gigante displacedvermoter 19 hrs ago #10
Appropriating Nixon's MO for Vietnam "strategy". no_hypocrisy 19 hrs ago #11
+1 dalton99a 19 hrs ago #19
The reptilian part of Trump's brain works fine Deminpenn 19 hrs ago #12
"Unorthodox tactics"? give me a fucking break. Walleye 19 hrs ago #13
How could you tell? Wonder Why 19 hrs ago #14
He is coming across as insane. Baitball Blogger 19 hrs ago #15
Can't control himself.. BattleRow 18 hrs ago #36
So are his bowels... displacedvermoter 17 hrs ago #55
I have read that your gut is your second brain.. BattleRow 17 hrs ago #59
They call something a "Gut Instinct" for a reason displacedvermoter 17 hrs ago #64
and what's his excuse for everything else? nt Javaman 19 hrs ago #16
So his strategy for his disaster of a vanity war is he's insane? agingdem 19 hrs ago #17
;-{) THE DARK TRIAD Goonch 19 hrs ago #18
Raskin is trying to form committee to assess his mental status. travelingthrulife 17 hrs ago #62
He's in Dark Tetrad territory. YodaMom2 16 hrs ago #81
"I meant to do that" ToxMarz 19 hrs ago #20
lol. BootinUp 18 hrs ago #38
A fool seldom has a chance of a master stroke of genius - in the case of this Asshat NEVER. NoMoreRepugs 18 hrs ago #21
Raping young girls is also unstable and insulting, and a felony. twodogsbarking 18 hrs ago #23
Or older females. BattleRow 18 hrs ago #31
Same with highly classified TOP-SECRET military documents stored in... Justice matters. 18 hrs ago #40
Oh, it's many dimensional chess diplomacy, Yonnie3 18 hrs ago #24
Art of the deal IronLionZion 18 hrs ago #25
A book he didn't write and probably never read ... FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #51
Trump doesn't have to pretend... Escape 18 hrs ago #26
It is no act. He has always been crazy psychopath who is a megalomaniac. Botany 18 hrs ago #27
I think you meant to say "hadn't bought his way out". llmart 16 hrs ago #69
Thanx! Botany 16 hrs ago #72
This must be a new form of mansplaining delisen 18 hrs ago #28
His strategy is to make them die laughing. twodogsbarking 18 hrs ago #29
Welcome to the Spin Zone. Nt BootinUp 18 hrs ago #30
I don't think this will fool or bother the Iranians. mwb970 18 hrs ago #33
What a pile of horse manure. xuplate 18 hrs ago #34
Which explains the posts this morning about knocking out their niyad 18 hrs ago #41
Sure, dude, sure. mwmisses4289 18 hrs ago #42
He didn't say it...you don't understand it...he was joking... underpants 17 hrs ago #48
Oh, bullshit. Unstable and insulting is all he knows; that's who and what he is. Ocelot II 17 hrs ago #43
Senator Raskin is moving forward with a commission to assess his mental health. travelingthrulife 17 hrs ago #60
Well, to be fair, I've never seen him do this Russia or Israel... LeftInTX 16 hrs ago #73
He's a bully as well as being insane. Ocelot II 16 hrs ago #75
Bullshit Stpaoulboy 17 hrs ago #44
"Tipping his hand now?" NorCalBlue 17 hrs ago #45
;-{) TRUMP ADOPTS STRATEGY OF INTENTIONALLY ACTING UNSTABLE Goonch 17 hrs ago #46
What a load of shit Bristlecone 17 hrs ago #47
That's how he has gone through life... Wounded Bear 17 hrs ago #49
I'm reminded, as I often am, of an old Doonesbury cartoon... malthaussen 17 hrs ago #50
It took Cheung and Miller six weeks to come up with THIS? Prairie Gates 17 hrs ago #52
Cheung is a certifiable, foaming-at-the-mouth loon BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago #58
Horse shit. travelingthrulife 17 hrs ago #53
Oh bullshit he's trying to rehab his image after Mr. Mustard 2023 17 hrs ago #54
That's also his "excuse" to dismiss his war "criminal INTENT" to shield himself Justice matters. 17 hrs ago #63
This message was self-deleted by its author Ponietz 17 hrs ago #57
I've heard the media testing this excuse lately, likening it to Nixon and North Vietnam PSPS 17 hrs ago #61
Seriously! He thinks we're all dumb enough to believe those comments and other inflammatory statements Fla Dem 17 hrs ago #65
The lies and the lying liars behind the truth of incompetence. 58Sunliner 17 hrs ago #67
"I Call It The Weave" 2na fisherman 17 hrs ago #68
Astute observation.Re: Weave BattleRow 13 hrs ago #85
Just like there was no plan for the war to begin with this idea that his posts were intentionally strategic... Hugin 16 hrs ago #70
no!!! STOP THE WAR THAT U STARTED AllaN01Bear 16 hrs ago #71
Ya, right! BlueWavePsych 16 hrs ago #74
What an 18-wheeler load of UTTER BULLSHIT! 3catwoman3 16 hrs ago #76
The other "Trump" card that might bring leaders to the table: hay rick 16 hrs ago #77
"adopted a strategy" Talitha 16 hrs ago #78
Well, this is just piling onto what's been said above chowmama 16 hrs ago #79
So he's not crazy, he's just stupid. YodaMom2 16 hrs ago #80
Sure, Jan. City Lights 16 hrs ago #82
That's because he has no clue how to negotiate. Karma13612 15 hrs ago #83
So I guess this is GOP's Schrodinger's Asshole gambit GenThePerservering 14 hrs ago #84
Oh fuck that Figarosmom 13 hrs ago #86
"I was just kidding, guys!!" Grokenstein 12 hrs ago #89
That headline makes zero sense. ananda 11 hrs ago #90
If you believe that, I happen to have a certain Strait for sale... jeffreyi 11 hrs ago #91
Hide the ball Nasruddin 10 hrs ago #93
Sane-washing a psychopath thought crime 10 hrs ago #94
BULL$H!T!! maspaha 10 hrs ago #95
Considering that he's ALWAYS been unstable and insulting, that shit don't fly here. Karasu 8 hrs ago #96
Bull... ruet 8 hrs ago #97
Like that's not just as bad as Trump *unintentionally* acting BSC toward Iran? 50 Shades Of Blue 7 hrs ago #98
Crazy like a fox! ... with rabies and dementia. Qutzupalotl 7 hrs ago #99
100% BS!!!!! BigmanPigman 2 hrs ago #100
"It was an act, on purpose if perhaps in error" is pathetic spin... He's a fucking psycho. RockRaven 2 hrs ago #101
Ludicrous sanewashing. If this was true and just a strategy, then they wouldn't announce it ffs unblock 2 hrs ago #102
The only grain of truth there is that a spoilt three-year-old has a tantrum when he doesn't get what he wants Doodley 36 min ago #103
12 dimensional checkers Mz Pip 28 min ago #104
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