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cynicalpeace | on: Trump wins presidency for second time
This is a good point, but when you compare to Kamala, she's even worse on this front.

Kamala never talks like just a normal person. My wife was telling me this this morning. You can't get through the facade. How on earth are you gonna know what she's really gonna do?

My wife was like- "I just don't see Trump being a warmonger, but Kamala, she very well could be."

And then you take into account what she has said and done (Cheney anyone?) and it's open shut case of who's less warlike.

kubectl_h | parent | next
> "I just don't see Trump being a warmonger, but Kamala, she very well could be."

It's not Trump that will be the "warmonger", it's the people he empowers. Trump is a shallow personality -- all he wants is attention, he does not have an ideology. For the boring part of actually enacting policy he defers to supplicants and this time around his supplicants are more unserious and self-interested than the first time around.

This is just basic 2nd order reasoning that it seems like so many people in this country lack.

pc86 | root | parent | next
All the Republicans who were against him being re-elected are the warhawk wing of the party. There is zero evidence of him being inclined to be a warmonger, and a lot of evidence (and history) to the contrary.
cynicalpeace | root | parent
> all he wants is attention, he does not have an ideology

This is not demonstrably true. He's had a consistent ideology since the beginning- MAGA and now MAHA too.

I used to think Trump was shallow, for maybe a few months in 2015. The problem with that is if you think Trump is shallow, it means all the people who voted for him and love him are stupid. In fact, you implied you think this:

> This is just basic 2nd order reasoning that it seems like so many people in this country lack.

Your operating philosophy cannot be that everyone who disagrees with you is stupid.

Your point about supplicants can be equally applied to Kamala.

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moogly | parent | next
> Kamala never talks like just a normal person.

And Trump does? He says absolutely insane things.

However, "normal people" don't run for president.

alach11 | root | parent
In an age of inauthenticity on social media, people are inherently drawn to someone who appears authentic. Trump comes across as a straight-shooter. People may not love everything he says, but they feel like they can trust him because he isn't hiding behind a mask.
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9dev | parent | next
Do you even notice yourself how you consistently refer to Harris as ”Kamala“, but Trump by his last name, and what that means in terms of respect towards the candidates?
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archagon | parent
Uh, Trump barely talks at all.
cynicalpeace | root | parent
Trump has many 3 hour long podcasts and routinely gives 3 hour long speeches, off the cuff.
archagon | root | parent | next
His ramblings are borderline incomprehensible.
slackfan | root | parent
Might wanna brush up on your english listening skills then.
pxndxx | root | parent | next
He does move his mouth a lot but I wouldn't call whatever sounds he produces "coherent speech"
BolexNOLA | root | parent
You do realize almost every time he goes off the cuff Fox and co pretend it doesn’t happen or they immediately go into damage control if it spreads, right?