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kentuck

(111,098 posts) Fri Feb 2, 2018, 09:49 AM Feb 2018

One thing I have noticed about Comrade Donald.

It is that he does not make long-range plans. He lives for today. He does not think about tomorrow. Some have called him "transactional".

He is an improviser and a bullshitter. If he makes a decision today that does not look good tomorrow, he will improvise some sort of excuse or try to bullshit his way out of it. Or create a distraction to change the subject. Every day is a new beginning.

That has worked for him in his business world but it is difficult for our nation to try to change into something different every day. Groundhog Day is a very appropriate day for his personality.

If he releases the "memo" today and it flops, he will be on a new subject tomorrow, as if the release of the memo never happened? But, if his base latches onto it, he will take it as an opportunity. He will push it as far as he can, creating more divisions and chaos along the way.

He is like a pinball bouncing off the pins and making all kinds of noise...

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One thing I have noticed about Comrade Donald. (Original Post) kentuck Feb 2018 OP

Your observations are spot on. Ohiogal Feb 2018 #1

Exactly. Transactional thinking. LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #2

Unfortunately, yes. kentuck Feb 2018 #4

Exactly correct. nt PCIntern Feb 2018 #3

his future plans are never past a cpl days or..maybe Monday or Tuesday... samnsara Feb 2018 #5

I, for one, Ohiogal Feb 2018 #6

I think it is more difficult for some folks than others. kentuck Feb 2018 #7

Comrade orange fuck-face is too busy stroking his ego too care about the future. kydo Feb 2018 #8

They are all "comrades". kentuck Feb 2018 #9

Yes they are! kydo Feb 2018 #11

Yes, this is exactly who he is.. mountain grammy Feb 2018 #10

So we're in a dystopian merger of... Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #12

good post and on the money!! bluestarone Feb 2018 #13

someone needs to make a Matryohka doll Javaman Feb 2018 #14

One quibble on "He does not think about tomorrow." hvn_nbr_2 Feb 2018 #15

Astute observation. Duppers Feb 2018 #16

Ohiogal

(32,000 posts)

1. Your observations are spot on.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 09:53 AM

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LuckyCharms

(17,440 posts)

2. Exactly. Transactional thinking.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 09:55 AM

Feb 2018

He doesn't think through any consequences of his actions. Possibly the worst trait imaginable for a POTUS.

kentuck

(111,098 posts)

4. Unfortunately, yes.

Reply to LuckyCharms (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 09:57 AM

Feb 2018

How long can a country survive in such chaos and uncertainty?

PCIntern

(25,550 posts)

3. Exactly correct. nt

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 09:57 AM

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samnsara

(17,622 posts)

5. his future plans are never past a cpl days or..maybe Monday or Tuesday...

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 10:02 AM

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Ohiogal

(32,000 posts)

6. I, for one,

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 10:03 AM

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Am getting angrier every day about how we're constantly being jerked around with health insurance. How can you budget or plan anything? In my house we don't have a lot of wealth or leeway to up and change things every year.

kentuck

(111,098 posts)

7. I think it is more difficult for some folks than others.

Reply to Ohiogal (Reply #6)

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 10:38 AM

Feb 2018

Some of us cannot afford such inconsistency or change.

kydo

(2,679 posts)

8. Comrade orange fuck-face is too busy stroking his ego too care about the future.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 10:42 AM

Feb 2018

PS: I like your comrade idea.

kentuck

(111,098 posts)

9. They are all "comrades".

Reply to kydo (Reply #8)

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 10:47 AM

Feb 2018

They have sold out America.

kydo

(2,679 posts)

11. Yes they are!

Reply to kentuck (Reply #9)

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 10:51 AM

Feb 2018

It's disgusting that it has come to this.

So it's what 277 days more of the russian orange out?

mountain grammy

(26,621 posts)

10. Yes, this is exactly who he is..

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 10:50 AM

Feb 2018

and the complicent GOP going along. Traitors all!

Wounded Bear

(58,660 posts)

12. So we're in a dystopian merger of...

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 10:53 AM

Feb 2018

50 First Dates and Groundhog Day?

bluestarone

(16,943 posts)

13. good post and on the money!!

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 11:02 AM

Feb 2018

He lives to confuse and divide!! (RUSSIAN TRADEMARK BY THE WAY)

Javaman

(62,530 posts)

14. someone needs to make a Matryohka doll

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 11:45 AM

Feb 2018

putin being the largest, then tRump, then carter page, then the other morons.

hvn_nbr_2

(6,486 posts)

15. One quibble on "He does not think about tomorrow."

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 12:50 PM

Feb 2018

Actually he doesn't even think about five minutes from now. Instant gratification is all that he understands.

Duppers

(28,120 posts)

16. Astute observation.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Feb 3, 2018, 11:05 AM

Feb 2018

My mother has had this problem all of her life. My late grandmother told us, "you have to watch her." So, it seems to be a mental processing thing (low IQ) and just like Mr. I-am-very-smart-and-have-the-best-memory, she's very defensive and excessively ego-driven. And, of course, she's a Republican (and fundie Christian. My father dated her for only a few months before his service in WWII; they married shorty after his return from Europe, so I don't think he knew her well.)

Seems to prove that mental capacity somewhat dictates personality and political allegiance. Are some folks just hopeless?

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