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Kaleva

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4. Where is the evidence that shows Trump is smart enough to do that?

Reply to Jspur (Original post)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 08:22 AM

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By many accounts, especially by people who have worked with him , Trump is pretty clueless and everything has to be about him. I haven’t seen any evidence that Trump is capable of strategic thinking.

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Trump is using his attack on Rob Reiner to distract people again from Epstein and his ACA debacle [View all] Jspur Tuesday OP

I can walk and chew gum. RandySF Tuesday #1

Same orangecrush Tuesday #5

Backfiring? The disdain that even many supporters have for his despicable posts re: Reiner combine to affirm hlthe2b Tuesday #2

Or he evaluates people only on how they treat him karynnj Tuesday #8

You're giving him too much credit D_Master81 Tuesday #3

I think you're right orangecrush Tuesday #6

Where is the evidence that shows Trump is smart enough to do that? Kaleva Tuesday #4

I'm not saying Trump is some mastermind genious but his strategy of distraction Jspur 17 hrs ago #10

Except this hasn't distracted from his failures with the economy, mwmisses4289 Tuesday #7

MaddowBlog-On the Reiners' death, Trump should have quit while he was behind LetMyPeopleVote 18 hrs ago #9

No strategy here... lame54 17 hrs ago #11