Another day another lie

At his rally Pres.Trump said negotiating deals isnt easy.
Yet just in March of 2016 he said it was so easy.
Why cant he just tell the truth...and our 401k's...well I dont need him for another 4 yrs to keep mine. Recession is possibly coming. He cant take credit for good economy only..it is under his watch as Pres. so yes it would be his fault

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softspokenman · M

Sunday, 8/18/2019, Berkeley Heights, NJ (AP)
Trump speaking to reporters.
"I don't think we are having a recession, we're doing tremendously well, our consumers are rich. I gave a tremendous tax cut and they're loaded up with money."

MistyCee

@softspokenman Translation: "Since it doesn't flatter me, I think its fake."

I'm sure the problem is, really, that consumers are trying to buy bread, when they could just eat cake instead.

softspokenman · M

@MistyCee Do you think my reply cite is fake or the cite ?

MistyCee

@softspokenman As I think you know, I think Trump is fake. The rest flows from that.

It does sound like he's panicked a bit, which I suspect is due more to the polls and his lack of control than with signs of a recession that everyone seems to have predicted.

He's at the point now where he should be able to at least not run from his record, if not on it, but all he's got is a shaky economy, judges,and a tax break that didn't help his base.

He needs something more than toxic xenophobia , 4th grade swagger and Hillary to get reelected, and my guess is, he hasn't figured out yet what snake oil to try next yet.

I'm sure we'll have an assortment of nasty tasting ones soon enough.

softspokenman · M

@MistyCee I don't know what to say, is he mentally unstable, does he actually believe what he says, does the GOP, does his family? 🤷‍♂️

MistyCee

@softspokenman

As to belief, I'm sure GOP leadership doesn't believe him and questions his mental stability all the time behind closed doors.

Who knows what his family believes. Trump doesn't seem to have changed appreciably, and my guess is that they still use whatever coping mechanisms they've developed to deal with before. I doubt he's a wonderful father or husband in many ways, but he's been a good provider, and it's not like they haven't had to deal with him all their lives.

My guess is, like Trump himself likely has, they've learned to accept the idea that there's nothing wrong with anything you do if you can get away with it, while he's got a miserable reputation with a lot of people, he's good at getting away with stuff.

I'm not even going to try to diagnose him for the very qualities that got him to the Presidency and which seem to be tolerated, if not admired by millions, but I doubt he's really any less stable and might even be more so than other Presidents who would have conflicting priorities or ethical and moral concerns about their own conduct.