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throw0101c ◴[] No.42949485[source]
>> It's been like what, only two weeks? This shit is exhausting already.

> It's meant to exhaust you.

* https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1886247034664964548

Ezra Klein:

> That is the tension at the heart of Trump’s whole strategy: Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him. […]

> What Trump wants you to see in all this activity is command. What is really in all this activity is chaos. They do not have some secret reservoir of focus and attention the rest of us do not. They have convinced themselves that speed and force is a strategy unto itself — that it is, in a sense, a replacement for a real strategy. Don’t believe them.

* https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcas...

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okeuro49[dead post] ◴[] No.42949760[source]
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bende511 ◴[] No.42949922[source]
you already had Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. what more immiseration could you really be hoping for
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okeuro49 ◴[] No.42950017[source]
They're nothing like Trump? You should research what happened to Liz Truss.
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wesselbindt ◴[] No.42950120[source]
Since you're asking, yes they are. Johnson is a right wing populist, and Liz Truss recently spoke at a far right conference, complaining about the deep state thwarting her plan. They're Trump without the funny accent.
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1. dboreham ◴[] No.42951666[source]
Parent is probably noting that neither is now in office, in part or whole due to their stupidity and criminality.