• KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
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      It’s got to be one of:

      • He’s just stupid. Maybe his ego requires him to stay in the spotlight, and with Elon getting a lot of media attention, he feels he has to do absurd shit just to get attention. Like a toddler throwing a fit when their parents are talking to other adults.
      • He’s actively trying to sabotage the country, probably as part of a quid pro quo with Putin for helping him win the election.
      • It’s cognitive decline. He has no idea what’s going on anymore. Maybe he even thinks he’s doing something that benefits someone here. Who fucking knows

      Whatever the situation, it’s increasingly dangerous to have him as president, and the damage he’s dealing is going to outlast his presidency.

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      Plenty of STDs that add to such decline as well. I love that the christian right’s ideal president is also the most likely to be harboring the largest collection of sexually transmitted diseases of any former president (where he had competition, his competitors were likely much smarter in choice of partners, protection, and obviously discretion).

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      How can you tell if it’s age related neuronal decline or just him being the dumbest goddam student his professor at Wharton ever had?

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      I’m guessing substance abuse and very little sleep has rotted his brain. Same goes to Musk.

      Both have the same type of behavioral traits as long time stimulant abusers.

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      I think it is a mix of narcissism and related impulsivity, grifters in his circle influencing him so they and he himself can speculate on a recession and market manipulation from his policies, ideologically indoctrinated people that drank their own cool-aid about libertarianism and finally, indeed, him also declining after he was never all that bright to begin with.