Rob Reiner dead???
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He learned how to work the levers of power much better than first term. I really hoped he would have figured out how to be more presidential.
@Mik said in Rob Reiner dead???:
He learned how to work the levers of power much better than first term. I really hoped he would have figured out how to be more presidential.
I have to admit that evidence is conclusive that he lacks the psychology to learn a certain type of thing. Anything having to do with self-reflection for instance.
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I disagree. I think it’s coldly calculated. It’s a persona that he puts on and takes off. He’s playing a role and playing it to perfection for good or ill.
The Brad
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I disagree. I think it’s coldly calculated. It’s a persona that he puts on and takes off. He’s playing a role and playing it to perfection for good or ill.
@LuFins-Dad said in Rob Reiner dead???:
I disagree. I think it’s coldly calculated. It’s a persona that he puts on and takes off. He’s playing a role and playing it to perfection for good or ill.
You mean he takes time off from being a douchebag and instead becomes a colossal douchebag?
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You'd also have to imagine, if it was a calculation, what sort of person he is and what kind of emotions he actually has, behind the calculated persona. Care to give that one a shot?
I’ll give it a shot (or to some, a dunk with extreme prejudice).
Trump is passionate and covetous, but only about himself and his limitless desire for power over others. He is coldly calculating in exercising his power to feed his passion for his self image of greatness. In short, he is truly loathsome in all respects.
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Trump's comments are vile. I'd like to see how MAGA defends this. It's impossible.
This will come back in November 2026.
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God, what a fucking harpy.
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You'd also have to imagine, if it was a calculation, what sort of person he is and what kind of emotions he actually has, behind the calculated persona. Care to give that one a shot?
@Horace said in Rob Reiner dead???:
You'd also have to imagine, if it was a calculation, what sort of person he is and what kind of emotions he actually has, behind the calculated persona. Care to give that one a shot?
Sure. The kind of asshat that tries to sue a widow out of her house to expand his casino? The kind of asshat that routinely doesn’t pay contractors and defaults because on average he still winds up ahead even when he eventually pays off?
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You hear it all the time… He’s not the over the top buffoon in private. I’ll point back to Bill Maher and his dinner with Trump as just one example. It serves his interests to be over the top so he is.
The Brad
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You hear it all the time… He’s not the over the top buffoon in private. I’ll point back to Bill Maher and his dinner with Trump as just one example. It serves his interests to be over the top so he is.
@LuFins-Dad said in Rob Reiner dead???:
You hear it all the time… He’s not the over the top buffoon in private. I’ll point back to Bill Maher and his dinner with Trump as just one example. It serves his interests to be over the top so he is.
It's just as simple an answer that he can act cordial one-on-one when it serves him to. Anyway the "reality" of a person is a nebulous and near meaningless concept, a story we tell ourselves. Whatever someone is, is what they do. Not in just certain situations, but in all situations, in aggregate. It's complicated.
Education is extremely important.
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I will find it hard to vote for anyone who is full on Trump. That said, if the presidential election were today I'd still pick him over Harris. It's not like we didn't know what a boor he is.
@Mik said in Rob Reiner dead???:
I will find it hard to vote for anyone who is full on Trump. That said, if the presidential election were today I'd still pick him over Harris. It's not like we didn't know what a boor he is.
You answered your own scenario. Not saying you’re wrong but many people put macro policy over vile morality and incessant dishonesty. Which is how he gets elected.
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@LuFins-Dad said in Rob Reiner dead???:
You hear it all the time… He’s not the over the top buffoon in private. I’ll point back to Bill Maher and his dinner with Trump as just one example. It serves his interests to be over the top so he is.
It's just as simple an answer that he can act cordial one-on-one when it serves him to. Anyway the "reality" of a person is a nebulous and near meaningless concept, a story we tell ourselves. Whatever someone is, is what they do. Not in just certain situations, but in all situations, in aggregate. It's complicated.
@Horace said in Rob Reiner dead???:
@LuFins-Dad said in Rob Reiner dead???:
You hear it all the time… He’s not the over the top buffoon in private. I’ll point back to Bill Maher and his dinner with Trump as just one example. It serves his interests to be over the top so he is.
It's just as simple an answer that he can act cordial one-on-one when it serves him to. Anyway the "reality" of a person is a nebulous and near meaningless concept, a story we tell ourselves. Whatever someone is, is what they do. Not in just certain situations, but in all situations, in aggregate. It's complicated.
I choose to believe that if he were truly that cartoonish and boorish of a person that he portrays, that he would have failed magnificently at life and would have been a footnote in history about the worst excesses of the 80s and 90s.
