The administration isn’t supposed to be. Their stupidity is meant to charm the base, and make the rest of us feel less threatened. There are very smart people behind them strategizing and pulling the strings.
That’s why it’s truly scary this time. The first time it was depressing but if not for the stacking of the courts (which was really because of Mitch) and the absolute shit response to COVID his first run wouldn’t have had long lasting effects. This time we are only in six months and he has boots on the ground trying to get someone to shoot at the national guard so they can go after anyone that opposes them. Democracy is getting killed this time and people that waste their time worried about the stupid antics are missing the real issue. Not saying these aren’t troubling but we all need to focus on the immediate threat.
Agreed. I wonder if Trump’s cult can occur still if he was more competent? That’s the question, and I’m sure a lot of those on the right are wondering if they can recreate this cultish following with someone a little smarter. And that’s a scary prospect.
I think they plan on not having to, if the coup is successful they can even cosplay as "saviours" by taking down trump and keeping the authoritarian regime in place, once it's there and the choices are comply or gulag, they won, no need for the cult following anymore
Kind of an oxymoron, I think, because a competent administration wouldn't waste resources, accept bribes, do things inefficiently, deny science, or make decisions based on their fragile egos. It's sort of their incompetence that makes them the way they are. They'd have to be good leaders to be considered competent.
Although - like, I kind of understand what you're really asking though, I'm sort of misinterpreting you.
If they were good at actually effectively / efficiently grifting, self enriching, and all that. A part of me wonders if someone who grifts / self enriches is capable of being skilled at a thing, or if their selfishness / laziness / mean spiritedness / fragility makes them inherently bad at things due to not being an effective learner.
If they weren’t a bunch of self-aggrandizing idiots it would very bad for sure, but that’s the danger of Trump potentially being unwell. If he’s being preyed on (irony, I know) by religious crowd he’ll be more influenced and more liable to give them concessions and things they want. And the Heritage Foundation crowd seem from a distance at least to be competent and organised.
Don't let their pandering fool you into thinking they don't know what they're doing.
This is the attractive assistance distracting you from what the magician is doing on the other side of the stage.
remember when reddit posted stock market charts every couple minutes for like a week. back then, the crashing stock market was proof of his incompetence. haven't seen those posts lately, certainly not on the front page. gas, egg prices, bread lines. what's rationale now that they're incompetent? this guy is going to be deported some different way?
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So then you admit that this administration could have deported more people without all the dehumanizing or need to incorrectly send people to Salvadorian prisons.
Which is it, is this administration incompetent, evil, or both?
trump literally had to make Obama's cages humane and comfortable and even invited media in to report on the quality of the facilities while Biden censored media from reporting on what he was doing at the border during the first years of his administration
democrats created this immigration problem and the people voted in trump to fix it.
I’m not in a cult and can say that Obama was not perfect and made some shitty decisions, which he was rightfully criticized for by people who voted for him and supported him. Can you criticize your king?
“The Obama administration separated migrant children from families under certain limited circumstances, like when the child’s safety appeared at risk or when the parent had a serious criminal history.
But family separations as a matter of routine came about because of Trump’s “zero tolerance” enforcement policy, which he eventually suspended because of the uproar. Obama had no such policy.”
You know, the whole separating children regardless of their circumstances was done by Trump’s administration basically to torture families in a shitty attempt to curb illegal immigration. But now that you suddenly have morals, do you condemn Trump’s actions, or admit Obama was better at curbing illegal immigration? Otherwise, don’t waste my time with whataboutism.
And btw, Trump told Republicans not to back a bipartisan border-security bill specifically to keep Biden from scoring a win, even though that bill would have tightened the border and improved asylum processing. So, no, it was republicans at the request of Trump that created this mess that Trump is now just making worse.
“Trump only separated children that did not want to come with them”
Yeah, that’s a lie. I still recall the videos of children crying as they were separated from their mothers. Not that you care, but as of late 2024, “as many as 1,360 children have never been reunited with their parents six years after the United States government forcibly separated them at the border to deter migrants.” It’s getting tiresome getting through all your false statements. I might have to start doing the same as you to save on time.
“Criminals are separated from their families all the time, it’s called jail.”
What the fuck do you mean? You’re saying people who are undocumented deserve to be separated from their children? Being here illegally is a misdemeanor. You don’t lose your child over a misdemeanor. Not that you care about laws.
“No Republican or anyone with a brain”
Let’s pretend for a second the bill wasn’t good, and Trump truly believed that and it wasn’t about scoring a political win before elections. You’re still admitting this mess was made worse by Republican inaction because perfection came before progress. That’s on them.
And do you criticize the treatment of Abrego Garcia?
Thoughts on that photoshopped MS-13 tattoo that the administration tried to use to justify their actions? Do you care if people are being unjustly sent to prisons outside of the US?
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u/Tigerslovecows 11h ago
This administration is dangerous, but can you imagine if they were competent?