Historian Michael Parenti used to issue an important warning to people laughing at Ronald Reagan, who said he had no idea what he was doing -- Parenti said "Just because you don't understand what he's doing doesn't mean they don't understand what their doing."
Trump is less a person who "understands" things than he is the front man for an…
Historian Michael Parenti used to issue an important warning to people laughing at Ronald Reagan, who said he had no idea what he was doing -- Parenti said "Just because you don't understand what he's doing doesn't mean they don't understand what their doing."
Trump is less a person who "understands" things than he is the front man for an awful lot of awful people (Leonard Leo, Vlad Putin, Vic Orban) who have clear goals and clear strategies for accomplishing them, and have managed to install their tool in a position where they can use that tool to pursue their aims. Whether the character we call "Donald Trump" understands the script is beside the point -- the people feeding him his lines and his positions sure understand things.
to some degree...but the thing is that trump is easy to manipulate by the next person who talks to him, so it's not necessarily the case that any one individual is going to get what they want. it's very, very chaotic.
Historian Michael Parenti used to issue an important warning to people laughing at Ronald Reagan, who said he had no idea what he was doing -- Parenti said "Just because you don't understand what he's doing doesn't mean they don't understand what their doing."
Trump is less a person who "understands" things than he is the front man for an awful lot of awful people (Leonard Leo, Vlad Putin, Vic Orban) who have clear goals and clear strategies for accomplishing them, and have managed to install their tool in a position where they can use that tool to pursue their aims. Whether the character we call "Donald Trump" understands the script is beside the point -- the people feeding him his lines and his positions sure understand things.
to some degree...but the thing is that trump is easy to manipulate by the next person who talks to him, so it's not necessarily the case that any one individual is going to get what they want. it's very, very chaotic.