Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Reply #3144 –
i wouldn't call Trump stupid or dumb, not if the litmus test is his ability to influence public opinion and attract voters. On that level, he is a very canny operator. There are some very sobering comparisons being made between not only Hitler and Trump as individuals, but in the state of their respective countries as they both rose to prominence. Underestimate him at your peril IMO.
Absolutely.
This bloke has managed, over decades, to avoid capture and conviction for all manner of crimes. As my mother would say, 'he's as cunning as a sh1thouse rat.' He is street smart and will not hesitate to use all manner of barely legal tactics to stay one step ahead of the legal and tax systems in the US. Plus he's a showman, and our US friends love being entertained. Plus he uses religion to recruit Christian Fundamentalists and other zealots quite effectively.
A powerful and influential cornered narcissist who undoubtedly has all manner of 'dirt' on plenty of colleagues and opponents, is not only immorally and unethically manipulative (without a scintilla of conscience) but resultantly very dangerous to friend and foe alike. And there's his uncanny ability to galvanize the LCD to do his bidding, violently if necessary... again, without conscience, accountability, remorse or using any 'directly' stating so, language - probably a strategy he learned from the mafia bosses and how they avoid accountability.
Though in Jack Smith (Special Counsel Prosecutor) Trump may have just met his match...