I'm getting tired of people pretending Trump is in any way smart in the conventional sense or that "philosopers" are socially inept and incapable of understanding "street smarts". He's connected, famous and he has money. — Benkei
So to sum up: Trump is emotionally intelligent (in a very limited and specific way) and stupid in almost every other way possible. — Benkei
Right. He is the cause, which is strong grounds to apply the 25th amendment. But lying about voter fraud, even if the cause of the coup, is not an outright incitement to insurrection. — Kenosha Kid
Yeah, I know you like this line, you use it a lot, but Trump couldn't outsmart a banana — Kenosha Kid
Apologies, meaning no offense, but the majority of this thread is really little more than the usual fantasy superiority ego posturing so common on forums. Perhaps we could cut the crap and just get down to what we really want to do. — Hippyhead
You're not very good at math are you?And yet he has taken over half of the world's leading superpower — Hippyhead
All these processes are never the product of the actions of one man. They require socio-economic circumstances to be a certain way, populism thrives in downturns. — Benkei
You keep pushing the incredible lie that Trump is some street-smart operator. — Kenosha Kid
If you want to prove your point, why don't you demonstrate what "smart things" Trump has done that has led to his election victory? — Benkei
Does that automatically mean he's stupid? No. — Hippyhead
Some of us are smart and Trump is stupid. — Michael
As I said, you keep pushing the incredible lie that Trump is a street-smart operator. — Kenosha Kid
That's not because I'm smart and you're stupid. Not that. It's because I'm 68 and you're probably 22. That is, I've been doing this since before your parents were born, and you're just getting started. — Hippyhead
When we can't defeat the point, try to defeat the person. — Hippyhead
There's a very rigid group consensus here. Readers apparently wish for me to join in the self serving chanting, to go along to get along etc. If I was smart I'd do that, and then I'd have friends. — Hippyhead
That young earth creationist, Ken Ham, started in Sydney, I used to drive past an Answers in Genesis billboard, with dinosaurs on it. But he had to relocate to Kentucky to get an audience. — Wayfarer
Because none of those things can be shown to reasonably expect as a consequence a violent coup in the Capitol. It's not about causality -- the 25th amendment option has been rejected. It's about criminal culpability. — Kenosha Kid
See the simple fact? He did not tell the participants at the rally, that there was nothing short of insurrection which could be done now, and advise them to go home in peace. No, he riled up their anger and frustration and told them to march to the capitol and fight. He might claim that he had no intent because he was truly ignorant, but criminal law does not allow you to substitute intent with ignorance because it would be a loophole allowing criminals who are proficient liars, to go unpunished.
German-based Deutsche Bank will halt all business with President Trump, his family, and his personal businesses, Bloomberg reported.
Two officials at the bank who remained anonymous told the news outlet that the bank will not conduct further business with the president other than overseeing the repayment of existing loans totaling more than $300 million.
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