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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by koheripbal on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @06:30AM (#23321400)
No one is making the argument that he's the best president ever, or even a good one. The point is that he became the President of the USA - he played the game very very well.

It becomes more apparent when you see his videos on the subject from the 1980s - he was planning this move for decades.

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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by ggm on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @03:13PM (#23328393)
perhaps the point I missed, is that because he is so visibly un-sellable, yet successfully sold himself, he wins, because Blair and Obama had underlying competencies. Trump is the best salesman, because he is selling.. nothing. And its being bought.
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