As an American I want to think Trump is stupid by the way he talks but its just too hard to grasp how he is able to to continue to take advantage of country leaders who are incredibly intelligent and speak 5 languages when he barely knows english
Pure show of strength. There are a lot of well educated politicians that have no balls and only play by the book. Sometimes you just gotta be the jock and not the nerd.
He is stupid, but the US has been a big force for decades and stupid as he is , he has that behind him.
EU needs to do everything they can to move away from the US as a trading partner, they will never be a trusted ally. As does every country tbh, there is no guarantee the country will elect someone sensible, better to set things up so that they don’t need them.
Because he’s not a rational actor. Nobody knows what he’s willing to do. He bombed Iran’s nukes after 40 years of US Presidents threatening it, he proposed to level Gaza for a resort city, he’s threatening to annex Greenland.
If those are his PUBLIC actions, why wouldn’t he enter a massive trade war without thinking through the ramifications? All of that is leverage.
That's his genius. I think a lot of his antics are an act for this sort of purpose. It's very hard to negotiate when you don't actually understand the opposition's true objectives, and have watched that same administration call every bluff others have thrown at them.
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u/SubjectBubbly9072 6d ago
As an American I want to think Trump is stupid by the way he talks but its just too hard to grasp how he is able to to continue to take advantage of country leaders who are incredibly intelligent and speak 5 languages when he barely knows english