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'Can you imagine the disdain?' Ex-GOP insider says Pete Hegseth setting stage for a 'coup'
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Here's the one conspiracy theory that always sticks with me because it explains everything. Putin's number one goal for decades has been to destabilize the United States. That's why Russian troll farms have posted things supporting both sides of decisive issues for ages. He doesn't care about the issue, just that Americans fight over them. Trump has been mixed up with the Russian Mafia since his real estate days, and Putin has a lot of dirt on him. Since becoming president, Trump has appointed people most likely to disrupt or destroy the organizations they're in charge of. The person who wants to get rid of the department of education gets put in charge of it. The person who doesn't believe in science and who believes junk conspiracy theories, gets appointed health and human services. Many more examples. The goal is to make the government fall apart.
So in that context, Hegseth doing this works either way. If he gets the military brass to fall in line and go against the Constitution, Putin wins. If he tries and the military brass goes against the commander in chief, Putin still wins. The goal is destabilizing the country and taking down the government.
Hanlon's razor.
I honestly don't think stupidity explains all of Trump's decisions nearly as well.
It might explain Trump but not necessarily the people advising him on which decision to make.
Man bankrupted Casinos... Do we really think he's taking advice?
He bankrupted his casinos, but he made himself richer in the process
Exactly. The guy's a very talented shyster, almost to the level of a savant. He's stupid in a lot of ways. His social intelligence is practically zero, for example. But to utterly discount him is dangerous.
Those bankruptcies were deliberate money laundering operations. The idea always was to suck all the profit out, run it into the ground, and walk away, declaring bankruptcy and sticking all the creditors with the bills.
That's why he did it over and over. It's not because he didn't learn how to avoid bankruptcy from his previous bankruptcy, it's because he learned how to milk the next one even better.
No, not advice. But he is taking orders though. I mean Putler clearly has Trump’s balls in a vice.