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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOne thing I have noticed about Comrade Donald.
It is that he does not make long-range plans. He lives for today. He does not think about tomorrow. Some have called him "transactional".
He is an improviser and a bullshitter. If he makes a decision today that does not look good tomorrow, he will improvise some sort of excuse or try to bullshit his way out of it. Or create a distraction to change the subject. Every day is a new beginning.
That has worked for him in his business world but it is difficult for our nation to try to change into something different every day. Groundhog Day is a very appropriate day for his personality.
If he releases the "memo" today and it flops, he will be on a new subject tomorrow, as if the release of the memo never happened? But, if his base latches onto it, he will take it as an opportunity. He will push it as far as he can, creating more divisions and chaos along the way.
He is like a pinball bouncing off the pins and making all kinds of noise...
Ohiogal
(32,005 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)He doesn't think through any consequences of his actions. Possibly the worst trait imaginable for a POTUS.
kentuck
(111,098 posts)How long can a country survive in such chaos and uncertainty?
PCIntern
(25,554 posts)samnsara
(17,622 posts)Ohiogal
(32,005 posts)Am getting angrier every day about how we're constantly being jerked around with health insurance. How can you budget or plan anything? In my house we don't have a lot of wealth or leeway to up and change things every year.
kentuck
(111,098 posts)Some of us cannot afford such inconsistency or change.
kydo
(2,679 posts)PS: I like your comrade idea.
kentuck
(111,098 posts)They have sold out America.
It's disgusting that it has come to this.
So it's what 277 days more of the russian orange out?
mountain grammy
(26,623 posts)and the complicent GOP going along. Traitors all!
Wounded Bear
(58,662 posts)50 First Dates and Groundhog Day?
bluestarone
(16,970 posts)He lives to confuse and divide!! (RUSSIAN TRADEMARK BY THE WAY)
Javaman
(62,530 posts)putin being the largest, then tRump, then carter page, then the other morons.
hvn_nbr_2
(6,486 posts)Actually he doesn't even think about five minutes from now. Instant gratification is all that he understands.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)My mother has had this problem all of her life. My late grandmother told us, "you have to watch her." So, it seems to be a mental processing thing (low IQ) and just like Mr. I-am-very-smart-and-have-the-best-memory, she's very defensive and excessively ego-driven. And, of course, she's a Republican (and fundie Christian. My father dated her for only a few months before his service in WWII; they married shorty after his return from Europe, so I don't think he knew her well.)
Seems to prove that mental capacity somewhat dictates personality and political allegiance. Are some folks just hopeless?