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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)
[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 2 weeks ago

He's old enough at this point, it could genuinely be his mind going, causing so much flip flopping. OTOH, him having spent his life used to calling shots and people listening, it may be breaking his brain a bit that he is currently holding one of the most powerful positions in history and Iran is not only not doing what he demands, they're actively destroying components of what makes that position powerful in the first place with no end in sight. He is getting humiliated on a large scale and for someone like him whose life revolves around ego, it's gotta hurt; that is, if he's still coherent enough mentally to comprehend it properly.

Though this is also assuming any sort of accuracy to the information he's getting. He could be insulated from some of the reports and reacting to whatever he hears from advisors or Fox News without any kind of comprehensive picture given to him on what's going on.

Whatever the cause, the character of it looks very tantrum-like.

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Donald has 0 ideas of his own. He no decision making capability. He parrots whatever he is told. He can't even pick a single person to agree with and hold on to that for a few hours. Trump has so little willpower he could be convinced he is a peanut by budgie taught to say "You're a peanut." He is the worlds biggest slave. He can't understand people saying "no" because he is incapable of disagreeing with anyone. I wish someone would just tell him to khs.

[–] Beat_da_Rich@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago

Donald has 0 ideas of his own. He no decision making capability. He parrots whatever he is told

The characteristic of his that is the ruling class's biggest asset is also their Achilles heel.

[–] Marat@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh my god he actually is a LLM

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

Oh fuck. This is why they actually believe they can make AGI because they are nearly as intellectually vapid as a chat bot.

[–] PumpkinFactory@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

The five stages of grief but it never moved past stage 3.

[–] inari@piefed.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago

A/B testing. Try multiple ideas, see what sticks

[–] Ronin_5@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago

Give an inch, take a mile. That’s how America ‘negotiates’

Iran is already beginning negotiations to do a limited opening. And America says that it isn’t enough.