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The President of the United States everyone... Deserves to be checked into the loony bin.

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[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 47 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

This is a demoralization tactic.

It’s not about Biden, it’s not about conspiracies. It’s about rubbing your nose in it.

“Look at the absurd shit I can say and lose no support. Look at how brazenly I can spew this garbage and look at how you’re doing nothing about it. Fuck you, I win, and you won’t even try to stop me.”

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 55 points 3 days ago (3 children)

You're giving way too much credit. I think he's just a jackass sharing conspiracy theories about people he doesn't like.

[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah. I think it's somewhere in between this and the above post. I think he thinks it's funny, and he likes stirring the pot for his own amusement or to deflect from something else. I don't think he's thinking about it as a demoralization tactic; I think he's just having fun because he doesn't take being president seriously and he's just seeing what he can get away with.

I think Trump is mainly there for grifting, trolling, and bullying, and all the other stuff is just because he wants his crazy base to love him. He just uses the issues as leverage.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 11 points 3 days ago

yeah, no, his mental process definitely isn't that elaborate

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 6 points 3 days ago

"he's playing 5d chess" "That's no rook, that's a cat's turd."