President Donald Trump says he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he repeatedly claimed as a candidate that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war solved within 24 hours — and before he even took office.
It was a hyperbolic statement by someone who is engaged in constant hyperbole (which is the word he meant even if he’s too stupid to know it). I’m going to give this one to him and blame any idiot who actually believed him. Also price of eggs but that one is sticking to him and I love that for him.
Trump doesn’t do hyperbole. He’s a narcissist. He genuinely believes his own bullshit. It only becomes hyperbole/sarcasm/a joke/a negotiating tactic/[insert some other excuse] when he comes up short against his own limitations and reality.
I don’t think the two are mutually exclusive, but I’m not going to fight about it. I’m sure as hell not here to stand up for him. I’m just way more pissed at the people who look at him and see leadership material than I am pissed at Trump for being Trump.
Everyone knew exactly who he was and fucking chose him. What an indictment of our society that this was even possible.
People now are saying ‘oh he doesn’t mean it’ and ‘its just a negotiating tactic’, ‘he’s just trolling’ about trying to annex Canada and Greenland. It’s one of his manipulation tactics, where noone can ever be sure if he’s serious or not, which gives him an advantage in that he can advertise the most shitty actions in advance and its still a shock when he does them, and he always has plausible deniability if he doesn’t do them. ‘Duh, it was obviously just sarcasm! As if trump would use the richest man in the world to dismantle the government!’
It was a hyperbolic statement by someone who is engaged in constant hyperbole (which is the word he meant even if he’s too stupid to know it). I’m going to give this one to him and blame any idiot who actually believed him. Also price of eggs but that one is sticking to him and I love that for him.
It’s not hyperbole. It’s outright, incessant lying.
Hey, fundies! Do you know enough about your own religion to know who’s said to be the father of lies?
Trump doesn’t do hyperbole. He’s a narcissist. He genuinely believes his own bullshit. It only becomes hyperbole/sarcasm/a joke/a negotiating tactic/[insert some other excuse] when he comes up short against his own limitations and reality.
I don’t think the two are mutually exclusive, but I’m not going to fight about it. I’m sure as hell not here to stand up for him. I’m just way more pissed at the people who look at him and see leadership material than I am pissed at Trump for being Trump.
Everyone knew exactly who he was and fucking chose him. What an indictment of our society that this was even possible.
People now are saying ‘oh he doesn’t mean it’ and ‘its just a negotiating tactic’, ‘he’s just trolling’ about trying to annex Canada and Greenland. It’s one of his manipulation tactics, where noone can ever be sure if he’s serious or not, which gives him an advantage in that he can advertise the most shitty actions in advance and its still a shock when he does them, and he always has plausible deniability if he doesn’t do them. ‘Duh, it was obviously just sarcasm! As if trump would use the richest man in the world to dismantle the government!’