qman said:

Because he can turn it off and on when he wants, and he always gets the results he wants at the end of the day. 

I get that it's super frustrating watching this con man bullshit his way through the top of the charts, but don't let that frustration cloud your vision of what really is occurring.

Yes, Trump can play to role of an idiot at times and guess what?  Most of his supporters know he's purposely acting like an idiot, that's the brilliance of the whole thing.

A huge part of this whole thing is that it's extremely entertaining. Trump recognized that reality from day one and exploited it for his benefit.

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Enlil said:

That ensures that they will not re-enter the U.S.

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Enlil said:

Belief absolutely affects conduct.  That's not what we're talking about, though.

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It is now.

Enlil said:

Yes, the placebo effect has the potential to make dead people come back to life and re-enter the U.S.

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Placebo effect in studies may advance science which again may have potential to make dead people come back to life and re-enter the US.

Enlil said:

Yes, the placebo effect has the potential to make dead people come back to life and re-enter the U.S.

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Enlil said:

And a giant space lobster may one day visit the Earth and give us the secret of how to extract unlimited energy from the pit of one peach.

As long as we're in fantasyland, we may as well dream big.

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Enlil said:

Yes, the placebo effect has the potential to make dead people come back to life and re-enter the U.S.

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Enlil said:

Belief doesn't create reality.

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Enlil said:

Yes, the placebo effect has the potential to make dead people come back to life and re-enter the U.S.

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feldman114 said:

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But don’t you think he cares about his legacy? Let’s say he’s fooling all of us - he’ll still be remembered as an idiot.

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Depends by whom. At present 49% think that he is doing a good job (he won in 2016 with 48% popular vote) and you can safely add 5% who don't like him but understand that any one of the Dem clowns would sink the economy. You are in a very noisy echo chamber where "Trump is an idiot" is all you can hear but don't read too much into it. On top of his persuasion game Trump has one quality everyone has noticed - he actually does what he said he would. Some voters who hate him but like his ideas may hold their noses and vote R just because they know shit will get done

Metoo said:

feldman114 said:

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But don’t you think he cares about his legacy? Let’s say he’s fooling all of us - he’ll still be remembered as an idiot.

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Depends by whom. At present 49% think that he is doing a good job (he won in 2016 with 48% popular vote) and you can safely add 5% who don't like him but understand that any one of the Dem clowns would sink the economy. You are in a very noisy echo chamber where "Trump is an idiot" is all you can hear but don't read too much into it. On top of his persuasion game Trump has one quality everyone has noticed - he actually does what he said he would. Some voters who hate him but like his ideas may hold their noses and vote R just because they know shit will get done

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Historians are “fooled” by his “act” as well though. The fact that he’ll go down in history as a cartoon president is pretty evident.

I’m not calling MAGA ppl dumb - it’s a more diverse group that it seems - but isn’t it safe to say that the vast majority of historians aren’t on board? Just like scientists, ethics professors, etc...